Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1918 — GET BUSY BOYS AND GIRLS. [ARTICLE]

GET BUSY BOYS AND GIRLS.

Early thiSfkll will come ‘‘Patriotic Play Week.” It is time to get ready. The government has planned this demonstration in order to encourage the nation’s children in healthful activities. There will be drills, folk dances, and singing. The boys and girls in the canning, stock and poultry raising clubs, will exhibit the results of their summer’s work. Among its older boys and girls, each township will offer contestants for the physical tests. A standing broad jump of 5 feet and 9 inches, a run of 60 yards in 8 3-5 seconds, and the ability to chin himself 4 times entitles a boy to the first certificate for physical fitness. Can you do it, fellows? A girl can win her certificate by throwing a basket ball into its goal twice out of six trials; by walking 24 feet balancing herself on the narrow edge of a fixed scantling, 2 inches wide and 4 inches thick, while carrying abook on her head; and by running a potato race in 42 seconds. Other tests will be described later. Plans for the play week in Jasper county are under way and infomiation about them can be secured frfm Mrs. M. L. Sterrett, recreation supervisor.