Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1927, Page 94

b BONS 1RLS AND ARTAN G 7O HAVE NO € TAUGH - @UT THIS YOUNG HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY 4 Chapler’ 39—The Training of Young Spartani'-» By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD L#RoM EARLY BovHOOD, THEE LADS OF ANCIENT SPARTA WERE TRAINED TO ; BECOME STRONG AND FEAR)LESS YEARS OLD, THE SPARTAN BOY LIVED ATHOME WHERE HE WAS TAUGHT ALL THE GREEK LEGENDS. —° =] EN THE DARKEST NIGHTS A BOY WAS OFTEN SENT ON A DIEFICULT ERRAND ALONE AND WITHOUT A TORCH SO THAT HE WOULD LEARN TO FIND HIS WAY ABOUT IN THE GLOOM AND HAVE NO FEAR OFF THE DARK, OF TRAINING ALMOST AS STRENUOUS AS THAT OF THE BoYS.THEY Toor PART IN ALL SPORTS THAT WOULD MAIKE THEM SUPPLE AND HEALTHY, AMD HELD RACES AND CONTESTS AMONG THEMSEIVES. FHGHTING MEN. UNTIL HE'WAS SEVEN GE OF SEVEN THE BOY WAS 3 ENROLLED IN A COMPANY OR CLASS OF ; A, A LASS COULD VISIT THEIR PARENTS BUT SELDOM. ::is‘:;gfg%i g::fi';;”é‘;o“;"‘g:g_‘ THEY LIVED IN ROUGH SHELTERS WITH LITTLE \ WARMTH AND NO BEPS. AT NIGHT THEY, WAS ALLOWE] ONE ROUGH WOOLEN GARMENT WHICH HE WORE SUMMER AND WINTER ., INALL KINDS OF WEATHER . EVERY DAV THE LEADER TOOK THE BOYS FOR EITHER A LONG "HIKE" 6R A CROSS-COUNTRY RUN TO TRAIN THEM TO ENDUIRE FATIGUE . JAY S THE BoYS GREW OLPER, THEY were| ([ PRIVILEGED TO EAT AT THE PUBLIC HEROIC POEMS OF HOMER .MOST OF TABLES WITH THE MEN , THAT THEY THEIR TIME WAS DEVOTED TO MILITARY MIGHT BE INSPIRED J0 DO GREAT DEEDS | |EXERCISES, THE HANDLING OF WEAPONS, BY LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSIONS OF | |ANB ALL IKINDS OF ROUGH SPORTS TO WISE MEN ANP> VALIANT WARRIORS. MAKE THEM TouGH AND COURAGEOUS. 70 THE TEMPLE OF DIANA FOR A TEST OF THEIR COURAGE . HERE THEY WERE CRUELLY WHIPPED WITH RODS, THOSE WHO BORE THE PAIN WITHOUT AN OUTCRY WERE HIGHLY PRAISED, —° oY1 THE AGE oF TWENTY, THE SPARTAN YOUTH BECAME A FULL-FLEDGED SolDI ON LEAVING FOR HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN, 1S MOTHER wouLD GIVE HIM HIS SHIELD WITH THE WORDS, — "COME BACIK WITH IT OR OM IT. © McClure Newspaper Syndicate JOTH GIRLS AND BOYS WERE TAUGHT 70 OBEYAND RESPECT THEIR ELDERS, AND 0 BE CONSIDERATE TO THE AGED. THEY ALSO LEARNED TO BE SILENT LINLE: SPOIEN TO, AND THEN TO ANSWER- PROMPTLY IN AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE. If You Save This Page Each Week You Will Have a Complete History of Map.. - Bd-ev werE wavaHT To SING, TO DANCE GRACEFUUN AND PLAY UPON THE LYRE, THEY WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF SPINNING, WEAVING, AND THE HOUSEHOLD ARTS.