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PRESIDENT SETS
WALKERS’ PACE
Washington - - Americans who bravely set out on 50mile hikes these days are fortified by encouragement from at least three Pr'esi\ dents and a major poet. * Thomas Jefferson declared ' “Of all exercises walking is the best. ” Theodore' ' Roosevelt, a hearty advo1 cate of the strenuous life, ordered Marine officers to prove their fitness by making 50-mile marches. When President John F. Kennedy challenged the Marine Corps to obey the 55year-old order, he touched off a national hiking fad. Servicemen, college students, Bov Scouts, and secretaries embarked on long-distance walks in the spirit of Whitman’s lines: Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me. . . Willpower Helps
Walking for health has a long history, the National Geographic Society says. Hippocrates prescribed walks to prevent emotional disturbances, hallucinations and expansion of the waistline. Pliny the Elder described walking as one of the “Medicines of the Will”. Walking for pleasure, however, is a relatively recent pastime. The character in Congreve's “ Way of the world” who said, “I nauseate walking,” spoke for
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