Excerpt from The Oriole, Vol. 1: January, 1922 People ask us why athletics are necessary in a school. If they could only hear Dr. Burdick's lectures on.' The Value of Play, ' I. Feel sure they would soon find out. Indeed, he has made us see and feel how necessary these activities are, not only for old er boys and girls, but for the small children as well. He has given us very valuable lectures on 'public Health' and 'prevention of Diseases) 'this comes Physical Education. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.