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Show SCOUT RULE WON . IN OLYMPIC GAMES Luther Halsey Gulick, member of the Olympic committee and also of tho National Council of bhc Boy Scouts of America, says in tho August Au-gust issuo of the Boys' Life- magazine maga-zine that tho American athletes proved prov-ed victorious In the Olympic games because they excelled in four qualities. qual-ities. "They won because they wero prepared," pre-pared," ho writes, and thus pays tribute trib-ute to the boy scout motto. "Be Prepared." "Every man wns trained to tho minute. Ho thad made getting himself him-self ready for his teat his main business busi-ness for quite a period. They all realized that If the Olympic games were worth going into thoy wore worth going Into thoroughly, and so thoy prepared themselves for theso games as if thoy were the main business bus-iness of life, and Indeed they were for the tlmo being "Tho men obeyed When a man goes into athletic work or business or any other enterprise Involving a great many men. It is necessary that they work together It Is necessary that they do absolutely what those ovcor tihem say I am told that some of the men from other countries did not obey with roforence to sleep, with reference to eating, with reference ref-erence to sundry other things which Interfore with their physical condition condi-tion The men themselves did not realize that absolute obedience was the price of success. The Amorlcan athleteB obeyed "Thoy pullod together; they did team work. The trainer picked out just tho events that each man should enter, so ftbat the team, as a whole, should make the very best showing poflBlblo, ralher than that each mnn should appear as prominent as possl-blo possl-blo For examplo, if America, In a certain race, only had one first-class competitor who also chanced to bo good In two other events in whiou there were several ether American competitors as good as ho and particularly partic-ularly If this was a hard contest, It would be better for tho one American Ameri-can competitor who was good at the raco In hand, to enter that race and not enter the others Tho Amorican athletes pulled togother. Their team work was a genuine source of power to them. "American sent tho best material siie could got to Sweden to win these races. Sho put in charge of the athletes ath-letes the best trainers and advisers that could bo secured. "These four qualities, I believe, won tho games in Stockholm. They are the same qualities ttrnt win In scholarship, business and everything else In the world." |
