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Show I I Two classes of cliil-m cliil-m dren in our public t attention to-day. First, lntOOl fflbUOttttt the children of the busi- ness and professional - classes. Second, the By JOHN M. TYLER. brighter and more ambi- Prof""r f BloloAm t.oug ch.ldrol of cvcry " class. Uoth these classes will probably enter into business or professional life. A sound and vigorous vigor-ous body and tough nervous system are absolutely essential to their success. Muscular excrci3c and fresh air are necessary to tho child to promote growth nnd development of all the vital organs, thebrnirt included. If the motor centers are not well developed, the adult becomes an unpractical ., dreamer ever, as President Walker has said, "standing slnverinuoii .lu. ' brink of action," always planning, hoping, or criticising, never creating or realizing. Tho motor centers must be developed early, if at all. . The sensory and motor centers deserve and need more time and training train-ing for their full development. The best hygenic exercise for the child, that which will best promote the growth of all the vital organs, is the one which calls into play the largest mass of muscular tissues. Such exercises arc running and climbing and others which use the muscles of the trunk, legs, and shoulders, and which characterize tho natural, spontaneous plays of children. The play instinct is only the expression of a craving for oxer- ciso of organs which absolutely require that exercise for their further growth and development. Such an instinct deserves our respect, and should be gratified in our system of education. Furthermore, good physiologists physi-ologists tell us that the centers controlling the action of tho heavy muscles ' , of the trunk and legs nre precisely those which resist nervous prostration ' and weakness, and that they must bo exercised at all cost in tho children of i. nervous parents. Tho child's play is fortifying him against the dangers of 1? adult life. True Bocial life apparently begins ip -the primary au I intermediate grades. Here boys nnd girls, with much friction and squabbling, learn to adjust themselves to their surroundings. Tho firmest and most enduring friendships arc made early. This part of education, whoso field is tho play-ground play-ground ruther than the desk, needs special emphasis in our day of small families, llccd mora and bettor manual training of ull kinds throughout tho K- school course. The teachers in our high nchools should bo allowed timo uiul Rj freedom for moral and religious education, for development of tho pupil's H tastes, interests, nnd ideals, for charucfer-building, as well as for inslruc- tiou and intellectual discipline!. Such a system will produce graduates of Kk for greater power and ellieiency, of more real know ledge and of no lew Hrv Icarn'u BBS': |