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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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that we are advertised by our lovingfriends. He may intend simply to amusehis children but there are his neighborschildren to be considered and his neigh-bors neighbors children as well. As thereport of his inevitably successful effortspreads, he will be asked by every religiousand charitable organization in his city toassist in their fund-raising work. He will,of course, attempt to do this—and will failin health, lose flesh and feel miserable.Then he will hedge, begin to charge forhis services, and perhaps be rated a mer-cenary creature, fallen into a worship offalse gods and smitten with the lust ofriches. Let him, however, continue on his way.His labors, though they line not his pocketswith gold, will give him much comfort.He will hear often that sweetest music inthe world, the laughter of children, and heshall go to his rest in the agreeable con-sciousness of having contributed by thesweat of his brow not only to the per-petuation of a classic but to the sum ofhuman contentment.
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THE SIGHTLESS ATHLETE HOW THE BLIND ARE TAUGHT TO TAKE EXERCISE BY J. E. BAKER THE argument generally advanced infavor of scholastic athletics, ap-plies to schools for the blind; butthere are especial reasons why the blindboy needs vigorous play. Groping. indarkness, he has been made timid by ahundred knocks. Instead of being hard-ened by his experience, the uncertainty ofthese knocks makes him peculiarly hesi-tating in his movements. The constantstrain on his nerves of this expectancy ofa hurt is debilitating and hence the greatmajority of blind boys take exercise nomore strenuous than a walk or a sun bath.Blind boys are like all other boys in theirimpulses and desires. It is as natural forthem as it is for those with vision to bebounding and buoyant. Strength of limband dexterity of movement are as muchadmired and as eagerly emulated by themas by others of their age. The play in-stinct is as active among the sightless asamong the seeing. Mischievous tenden-cies are in no wise monopo

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