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the old system stays, and comes in win¬
ner.
Let us notice some fallacies of the new
system.
As an argument for less work, the case
of athletic teams is often cited, where men
train very little and still play very good
games. Any reasoning by analogy from
such cases is absolutely misleading. Men
who play on athletic teams are, for the
most part, old, matured men, many of whom
have played on college teams for years.
They would naturally have a strength and
endurance and knowledge of the game
which the youngsters in the schools must
acquire by hard work and faithful, con¬
scientious training. The boys must ac¬
quire what the men already have, there¬
fore a different and more rigorous system
of training is necessary.
The new system believes that an igno¬
rant undertrained man is better than an
experienced overtrained one. Let two