| Show W t nn y EDUCATION DU C TON IN INI I THE TIIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS tf V Wu WU NW to N the tho opening day clay of ot this weeks session efe lon of ot the Utah ON o 13 l 1 0 U Dr I 1 Teachers Tea o convention co nv on V Gowans of ot the limo university ft II before thu tho lecture elion eion which was listened lI listened to 10 naked marked attention by hy tte pedagogue eese mend mid pronounced pr by uy thorn then us an on address add addI Interest and anti usefulness I tint shat account It IN Ix reproduced In the con un m News In Its entirety In tho t ho place pt e of ot physical education Nihil curriculum Perhaps nothing will so 00 touch much 1 Unto tune when body und cud mind w will I hot both bothie cured for tor as liB a II diffusion us ie f of ot or r mo tin belief bellet that the preservation l In 18 a duty Pew Kow seem cem Z there is fe such each n II thing us nn Ien habitual word will is I imply the Idea that they arc ure nt lit i ily to lit twit treat their bodies us liS they tho Ica e en oil JI agh the evil consequences for i Il 1 oil nu their and on oil fu tu IU ui tn are 1110 often II as great UH IlK Ihn t by II 1 crime yet jet they do to not think mink themselves In lit fin nn degree ii I The fart h Is I that all ull of ot Hi th buss la II of or tU HIM uro sins 1111 Is generally seen then and r p Jill not tilt till then than will III the physical I l IIIi of ot tho young youn g reecho receive III al ill the Ito ut U t it U deserves 1111 above t quotation notation Is to tho Ilia greater realer i ui 1 of tin the concluding paragraph graph of ot essay on Physical education l meld 1 I shall hall bo III very In happy If I t can cun In toward ruin smell mo the IiI of ot the timo when kiddy aul nind ns all ho bit expresses ox pr II It will hull if adequately cured for tor forCh Ch h high to 10 which we e ar nm am In the competition of ot modern r r it ll highly neM that In III Into to 10 n a mental III ell 1111 fitness for tor the tho thoI I I ili I thre rc should also bu bo fit fitT n cry T u of ot school children Irl I our mini unI U s break down wry every year ear III h r a d higher climbs the tho mortality rato I Inn uin rub front from nervous nervous lI eq 8 More and more IB I Ii nervous strain lit and 11 lock of ot proper pl I 1 activity ItY ng the lima vital vitalIty Ity It of ot the race and It 11 la to I time thul that we recognize r At IU Spencor SIJ Bays that the tha first helmet to C M In lit life In la to bo ho hoI bou u I good animal and that the which our sheep end and oxen have for tOl yenta yearn part lIft derived from frum the t of or th laboratory I should be lie par pur In by 11 our OUI children MINI lINI II AND BOOr II Without calling In tie tl n the Ih great of hork hor and 1111 II pig we would that tho I a 1 the mho rearing of well grown men and Is of or some same moment the felons Indicated by II theory and endow adorn endowed adorned 1 ed ell by practise ought to be he acted upon In the met last ease case ns uc I In tho the fret Further tho the relationship of or education to 10 nu mental Cost tat la III a II matter not to b be lost sight eight of ot In rUng ding the Iha problem before us no Activity Is III the primary condition of growth and development 8 AFFECT FJ 1 TUB fUm The Tho reaction of or motor training upon Ulon cerebral development Is la a n well under tinder understood stood thing then The Is to l about this Any action R llon tends to make thu nervo tract net act In the tho same eanie way WI greater el I und tad III HI by II reuniting the net act tho Iho mo motor tor tur response becomes a 1 habit Thus Thue tilt tho whole system Is 18 molded and tho character formed l Just JURt how those thole changes tako place pIneo wo se o do obit not know Imo since wo o cannot look In upon the developing brain huh but we WI do know that thatus us liB activity l to III the primary primal condition of development of it n muscle llo call or n a gland cell coll ao IJO It la to tho I ho primary condition of or development nt of a nerve veil coll mill wo we 0 tan eon Infer Utter that thai no na n a result of ot motes moto nc ne the thc motor cells voile of ot the tho brain In Increase crease In III number or 01 In tn size olzo and 1111 tuna fune function tion lion or 01 throw out association fibers which establish h a n more perfect canner annI connection lion tion n 11 motor md 1111 sensory areas Wrenn EverY 1 sensation to Immediate ac nr action tion and every action brings bringa up n a mem memory ory of Dt the corresponding sensation 1 i re c wll UJ bo be both JollI moler motor and sensory defeats In III the Iho brain If It proper association us tion llon libers are not developed by uy the right kind kl i I d of ut training HABITS TS Dilli N D ON O TRAINING Tho rho must most far reaching results rc of ot motor notor training Is to the acquirement of ot correct habits The rho proper NOller association of ot action and sensation Tho develop development development ment In III the child of or sensations which always 8 eventuate In action and are arc nev never 11 er et divorced the Cie develop men mant me nt I and Olt 11 accumulation urea of ot Itlene dill dle associated with action nation produces tho the builder of air II Ir under proper training the limn motor notOr to 10 u II moral Immoral Idea u or a I sensation wilt will bo be I e accurate and 1111 right Dr DI Donaldson I of ot Chicago university nays saya Education consists tH III In catkins of or the central nervous system and Mercies aye The TIll physiological function of the nervous system Is le to ii ad adjust just Juet the tho IJ HI II that In III tho thin or to 10 one another but hut tile the psycho psychological logical 10 function Is to If to 10 adjust time the pro Owen that occur ace within the organism I to the that exist outside of or It the study of or the tho psychological cal cui functions of ot the nervous system Is III the lie study of or conduct The rime of or line hUB n it more direct bearing up 1111 upon upon on educational theory theor and 1 lid practise than all nil the other oilier medical sciences combined And AliI this Is to my 11 apology It If you u will per pcr permit Hilt mit me Inn to 10 be bo personal for practising medicine ns nR n a specialist on the nervous system to 10 make mahe a living while my greater Interest Is l In Itt the educational application ot of the th subject that people are generally moro more Willing to pay n II nerve specialist for tor curing a II dl M than a 1 director of physical education for rOl preventing the tho sarno Rille thing S IN CHILDREN Dr 11 n A celebrated i I ogist tins has this tide to te say IIII the I part which physical training should play In the education of ot children n with tendencies to 10 net Instability I The rho children of parents who mani manifest I feet fest a predisposition to 10 somo disease are frequently not Merely quick In their perceptive faculties but Jut uro elm also al o etl of or great Intellectual powers Jowers po and much of ot their future neco depends upon judicious mental training In III youth nuth The Tho children of or such ouch families ought not to ho bo subjected to In tonny any severe cevero mental strain during dining the tho period of or bodily nt or be al III allowed lowed lowe to enter ellier Into Inlo competition with other children In the mental gymnastics which are so 80 fashionable In our public schools I On the t other othor hand IIan regular graduated gfa g tell und mill systematic fI exercises In the form tonn of or walking riding gymnastic and una doer dOCK n II groin groat d I ul ii I or of Rood good goodby ny by h both tho and lud nervous systems Everything 1 which tends to develop tho the mum mus do II H of or the lower extremities and trunk and ani In Indeed deed all 1111 muscles engAged tn Ill executing the movements common to bath loth mutt man mend tho tile ton lower lor ver animals tends alio aho a t au to develop the fundamental part o art or of time the system it a 1 rood good sound development of at the In la the tho prerequisite too to well wll balanced de development development of or the tho accessory I 1 IOP OF The order of ot development of ot the ner eer nervous system In the tho race lUll hits been b en from the fundamental to the tho accessory por 1101 portions tlonA Ilona and find no one elm can r reverse leven vers this Ihfe pro Jess with Ith Impunity In tn that further de do development of ot the tho Individual which ion coil education In UH Ito Widell widest Physical education Is proper motor training I It alms In hygienic work at lit the es oe establishment 1 of organic vigor the role rail raising ing of ot the vitality vi II of or the Ih III I to the point of lit fatel blo hlo In III the tho corrective work worl at atthe t the correction of ot physical ilef defects ts and andIn andin In III recreation rc work nt It brain and the establishment of or vitality Hut But HutIn ButIn hutin In mill all thin tide thero thieve must bo IH adaptation work worl light recreation for tor the Iho average pupil correction work fur for the th weak or diseased and athletic work wort orl for tOr the truly vigorous I PHysiCAl i What place talon Uon should be bo to 10 physical ph education In the curriculum of or the public In III order to an mill answer this 1111 question let us tie try Iry to 10 at us II celuta Its It II relative Importune Pint FItt not forgetting tho the old oIl Ideal a 1 sound Rounel mind In a n sound body bolly let UH us whet Proper physical education may reason r ulily lih be expected to do fur for the child chUd In Its tint time public pill he school Dr Ir W W V Hastings 1111 limo Tho I muscular and antI neural ate are In hl the thu of or In III the Iho strength and ami size of ot strength lr n lh mat and function function tion of ot vital organs neural cud muscular her lar coordination co and control quick perception physical judgment and courage IS Tine The effect of or systematic pin physical Meal training upon t r Is in fund III decided U It to is productive prod n of or n mess s of ot vUlon Ilon nf ot Melt flit control immoral in oral e und individuality If It phys I al education UI toil did lilt di d nothing In moie e than hail I to satisfy the thi Vital of or tint tile lime promotion of ot it would he at mil least lenet eqUAl to ho any nn Ito one of or the th i as see It It no new elende but bill If It In III addition a to this It IH is capable of doing oln what Dr I Jr Hasting says In sal It IN is In III what want wantI I J have hav ju just t him you yon OU will wili certainly agree with m in me In III dying a ing that flint It if Icu I m Jr tar far superior to any all ono subject of ot the present curriculum Mc Does Doell It any ally No to the child chilli Mid and to school und mind teachers teacher only the tho lre of ot a n slightly measured expense and a II little littlemore more mom work of which I will speak later lalee If It our conclusion are lire then physical education should be erod ns no Important and should as much attention from flom school hool author too tit and parent ae any other subject at et present included tn In mho tho cur curriculum curlie lie of lit the public 11 II e That It does dol not now do so 0 you ou will 11 id 1111 It 11 is II so meo 0 easy o sy to find fault tault and 10 au bary Iy y to suggest reform rill 1 hut but It IH to hard very 11 hard to carry arr them thel out I am n sure you will all bo he wondering what I have hA to propose PLAN pon NT In brief I that hot he tine subject of ut education In ill the public schools be ho put upon IV it haste just It Itis li is In th time the largo ii and aliI col colIe Ie levee This means menne n r v nl examination of ot child including nod the examination of ot eyes eye ears olin and 1111 hAiled booed upon this thin time Ih prescription of ux ox for tor time the Individual which when curried carried r out will to 10 Plum Him list health and organic vigor I ol second bod hod bodily ily II control und nod third erect elect carriage and symmetrical develop development development ment It has bUll been b en demonstrated that lint n 1 real really ly Iy l serviceable examination of ot rill nil tho the pupils of or u a school Is 11 practicable hlo twice a year RI requiring not moro more th than hn n a L day dl at examina examination tion With lith one olle set of or Instrumental and anda amid amida a number of ot ob pupils pupae can lan h be ht examined not ant Including III the tho eye timid and car examination at met thu limo rate rato of CO to 10 75 Th pop per P I hour and anal thin 1110 Ihl rate rato con can bo be for hours If tf necessary sary In Lincoln over children were measured through limo tho uio ule of ot two sets liCit of or instruments In working mig In iii separ separate ate IIII rooms within two hours hour And In III 10 were welO In mu four weeks with wit on ono one vet eel e of ot Instruments ami amid amione amidI I one nun corps of ot observers II jl rile of or tills this general thou of ot ell all th the children of ot a II school is to to 10 determine the form torm of ot exercise feces I rill and to th the effects of or orI I various forms torm of lit exercise upon ti on de development development but principally to enable th time lilt at lima tha beginning of ot tIle tho year eer to select those who t require 1 e special attention at nl ha the hands of o the this director director lit lie nt met a n 1 special examination Is 18 then titan chime able to r re for tor those thOM who HM used correction and and to n II rw to the Ilse toothy faintly physician 1811 the th Ihl time lI or time ortho or limo pedlo surK on those canoe canes which wound bu lw benefited by b proper treat treatment ment 11 the director lor himself handling tho those ensee only that thin can mill bo be fully tully treated tr by It exercise then the practicability of or examination and an the for tor h adaptation and Individual what awn tn Rn lit lie looked to III to for tu the carrying out nut of or a 1 propaganda that will place the he ct of or education e where u it I In answer to Mrs Aire lIt 1 I lake tek the tho liberty of ot tho tOm from tOmI Dr fr W W of ot I lilt An S soon Buon an fill each city ally should be provided with a 1 physical director who shall hall have havo chaise chanco of or mho tho i hygienic hY work In the city school chool determine the character rind and l quality of ot work to 10 b he be given riven by II b and train them where In III lh the exercise to 10 13 he be given Ho lie should b ho thoroughly equipped l also to the tho over alt all of recreation work on time the play pill including whet what I le known as time athletics athletic He lie honl give special at ut to 10 corrective work orle for tOl the weak and antI diseased and examine nil cases noted by hy teacher leacher make ko n IL I diagnosis and proscribe exorcise 8 hel J the Indications an uro III that It II will provo 1100 and amt e the tho the tho meld aid of ot the family physician phel Is to needed lie He should con coil conduct conduct duct the semiannual examination with time tho th mild of competent teachers hell rind and medical assistants Special Investigations should follow during till lit year or occur nt met the tho semi semiannual H annual examinations as till soon coon as nil skilled can calf all be ho secured by hy tho the director tor 1 of yell c you mid and nd clue cars II rt l II I cranial e of ot an sty value strength touts teeth u o thu Iho Ie hack back and amid respiratory and ot of the heath and lUll are important among further ex animations without the Iho ra re rt moval of ot clothing In n cities where th IB III o no training Introduce cale tooth free tree hand and light work Into Inlo public school 11 cour C courses M for tor onu t half hair hour to one olle hour each day even ven If It such exercise must take place It II itu th thO tile e hallways hallo e Or r 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