An ephebos was an Athenian youth of 18 or so in training for citizenship; the new word is pronounced " ef-FEE-bo-file ."
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Hughes's notions that sportsmanship exemplified moral education and provided training for citizenship, have had a powerful influence on the Canadian sport community.
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From 1939, membership was open to so-called'National Juvenile Organisations'which had a membership of at least 10, 000, which were non-political in nature, and which worked towards assisting youths'mental, moral or physical training for citizenship.
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The ideals promulgated by English author and reformer Thomas Hughes, especially as expressed in " Tom Brown's Schooldays " ( 1857 ), gave the middle class a model for sports that provided moral education and training for citizenship.