St Clare High School - Je Me Souviens Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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The St. Clare Student Develops a Healthy Enthusiasm for Clean Sport

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JE WE SOUVIENS Basketball Amerlcms so we are told are gifted wrth lnventrxe mxnds VVhenever exrcumstances necessrtate lmprovements Amerlcan genxus readlly finds some devlce to meet publrc demand Smce the sudden growth of our natlonal lndustry and the consequent mcrease of lersure tlme the need for games had been keenly felt Yet whlle Bell was busy w1th hrs telephone Edlson wlth hrs lamp Morse wrth hrs telegraph no one thought of 1 sport that would embody true Yankee sprrrt It was not tlll the early mnetles that James Naxsmlth mxented what may be safely termed our sol orlglnal ball game that IS basketball Though the Young Men s Chrrstran Assocratlon was the flrst to benefit by thls sport loyers at large adopted rt wrthout delay Its popularrty far from dwlndllng has ever been on the lncrease as can be s en by the celebratron of rts Golden Jubllee near at hand B sketball IS one of the many games that nfty years ago were banned to grrls Although Puritan ldeas do not preyall 1n modern educatton there are strll people who oppose femmme sports on the grounds of health consldera trons All lnstructors are not wrse and most gtrls are oyerlealous Such IS Defendrng the repute of our physrcal culture gurdes we dare ask l I aot posslble to hold a happy medium mstead of reyectmg entlrely a means of soclal physlcal and rntellectual development? If l1v1ng wlthout work rs un thmkable work wrthout lrvmg IS equally abnormal And can there be real llvmg wlthout occaslonal recreatlon The law of the Sabbath seems to uphold thls vlew An ldeal puprl rn our opmlon finds trme both for study and relaxatxon School bemg a preparatlon for l1fe an ldeal puptl learns that hours of lersure naturally follow hours of toll and must be well fllled But she also keeps ln mlnd that play at the correct t1me IS legrtrmate 1f If carrles not only the war rant that 1I1S w1thout s1n but also the measure that rt IS wlthout excess Well dlrected sports offer multrfarlous advantages Exerclse tends to strengthen muscles and nerves to tram them as a harmonrous whole Basket ball rn rts way contrtbutes to th1s motor coordmatlon as well as to general physlcal well bemg Moreover all knowledge cannot be gleaned from books The experlence of taklng part ln an actne sport 15 not wtthout salue urck perceptron raprd Judgment prompt dec1s1on all are necessary factors ln the makmg of a deslrable game On the court one must face opposltton meet competrtlon and surmount obstacles Nothlng better to strmulate thlnkmg Ftnally th1s game goes towards character formatlon A ball IS lntercepted players are to conceal thelr drsappolntment Adversarles hold a ball slmul taneously the most chrvalrous vylll grve ll p A foul lS penallzed he guxlty one understands the necessity of obedrence Opponents vym a game -v-l X7 l ' x 1 5 . 1 I ' H 'I H 5 Q ' 'A 1 3 1 I X7 1 4 ' I , , , , V . li X D 7 . 3,3 3 I I ' Vi I . e . . . . , V V! I . V , Al 5 VX 'heir plank V , e , , e , . Sl T V -l x y a V , , , 7 1 s es V , , e 5 - , , V V , Q , . V - f' ' u ' 't V , . , Z +ve-