: ~t I THE I W' ~ PETIT JEAN ~. WA ..... 192.7 ~ EVERYBODY PLAY "E,-erybody Play" is the motto of Harding, and the sincere des ire of the administration_ It was Eme rson who said, "1-1 itch your wagon to a star." Yet, r SIIPI)O,e that Emerson himself ne,-er drove a sta r. lI e may ha,·e gollen close enough to catch a whisp of a comet's tail. If he had on ly grabbed at the top of the tail he would undoubtedl;' have caught the til) of a tree top. Hal ding cannot afford to lower her mollo fo r athl etics, if she did the re would be a complete .tagnation of playing. Tnter-collegiate athletics tends to specialization of play on the part of a few expert s. Th e instructor gives a great deal of hi s time to the direction of these specials who are already better than anyone el.e. Yet we want it. Not fo r their benefit. but ror the cenefit of the school. The .chool must have it because ot her schools ha,·e it and the town expects it. A college is an institution of pep and enthu siasm for its loca l town. Of cou rse it brings in some spec ial trade that otherwise would never reach it. The students rurnish additional advertisements and as a consequent the town clean s up a bit and puts on a much more wholesome front. But the main thing is pep, whatever it i?, and an occasional cheering up. which is more easily done through the avenue of athletics than any other. Prom that point of view e,·erybody must play. In order that everybody 1)lay students must learn to play. People do not know how to play. They do not know how to entertain themselves. Grown students have for the most part never given up the rattler . They lik e to be entertained and entertained by mystic chimes. When turncd loo,·e in a gym they are worse than sheep without a shepherd We must have a she pherd to he rd our sheep, .hen wi ll EVERYBODY PLAY. Page 8Cl!enty-eight :
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