Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
ATHLETICS AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP. |
| Authors: |
Larson, Jordan L.1 |
| Source: |
Journal of Educational Sociology. Feb55, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p257-259. 3p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Physical education, *Secondary education, *Education, *Athletics, *Physical fitness, Sociology of sports |
| Abstract: |
The article presents views of the author on high school athletics. The experience of the author with high school athletics goes back some thirty years, when as a beginning superintendent in a small town in north-eastern Iowa, he found that he was responsible for coaching both high school dramatics and athletics. Since this school had no gymnasium the athletics consisted largely of fall and spring baseball, with some individual work in track. A boxing club was organized for winter sport. This proved to have a genuine effect on the discipline and the morale in the school. Each boy soon learned that self control was necessary in boxing. He also recognized fairness in matching with an opponent both as to weight and as to experience. This soon resulted in the finest spirit possible among the boys and in the school in general. Greater achievement in their studies was stimulated more through working closely with these boys in athletics than in any other way. One boy in particular, a poor and indifferent student near the bottom of his class, discovered he could box better than any of the other boys. It was suggested that if he applied himself equally as well in his studies he could also excel in scholarship. From then on he amazed his teachers with his achievement. |
| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
