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Show a , C- - litrtftal CwHaff. It was only yesterday, we may say,, that the Idea prevailed, that rabust physical development and. maawretual culture were Incompatible Incompati-ble with each other. The scholarly Individual was not expected to spend his time In growing muscle, or In athletic sport to any extent; but a great change In popular opinion opin-ion ha come about; the students In our best colleges make it a point to train their bodies, aa well aa their minds; and we have the statement from their professors, that. tbe time given to physical culture does not In the least interfere with the progress made in tbe various branches of study. On the contrary, the exercises exer-cises that develop the muscular j s-tem s-tem and balance the vital forces. Insure good health; and tbe student can do more hard work than his fellow who neglects to care for his pfaytlcal well-being. Indeed, It is but reasonable to sup-nose sup-nose that this would bu the case. But it would seem that physical culture, cul-ture, properly conducted, secures even greater gains; that it conduces to right living, and promotes tbe moral growth of the Individual, as well aa the intellectual. Take, for example, tbe testimony of a professor pro-fessor In a well-known University. He says: "Atpretentldonotknow In my acquaintance with the students, stu-dents, which extends perhaps to half the members of tbe University, Uni-versity, a single case In which the young man can be called a drunkard. drunk-ard. I believe this gain to be due in a large measure ti the sense of pride In a physical state, which effects ef-fects by far the larger part of the students. Their experiment In training, which isundergone In one way or another by a very large part of the young men gives them by experience a clear understanding as to tbe Influence of hygienic conditions. condi-tions. Tbe professor then ailds: "In a similar way the use of tobacco baa diminished, Between 183a and 1SS0, It was not uncommon to find young men so sodden with tobacco that they were unpleasant subject to have in a small lecture-room. In this decade, 1 have founu but two or three persons affected to this ex-tent ex-tent with tobacco. .Even the use of tea and coffee, on the whole undesirable, unde-sirable, with yeutb, but extremely extreme-ly common in former yean, has remarkably diminished. I am Informed that only about oue-half oue-half the students (indulge tn these beverages. In fact, tbe ways of the trained men In a college, like the customs of an army in a State where the military arm has great importance, are effective upon the body of the folk. Reasonable living Is necessary to athletic success; and thehablta of these men become, ina way, a pattern for tbe school life." It would appear then, that doing right physically, lsastlmulous not only hi the mental but also to the moral powers. In other words, whatever tends to the development of a part, Is also -conducive to the symmetry of the whole being which Is precisely as It should be. Nature's laws are In harmony with each other; and the sooner we find out this fact and put ourselves In harmonious relation with it. the belter It will be for ti Individually, and the mom speedily we shall elevate mankind. SI. XjouU itaga' |