Show balanced education of mind and body should be the aim of modern schools by niA SAMUEL MiTri r G dixon M M D n f of heau health of 0 1 A great essential has haa been neglected in the education of the tens of thousands of young men and women who are graduating from the high schools and calle colleges 1 ro of f the countr country TI they ley are presumed mohave to have been fitted to meet the responsibilities and problems of life ide in the majority of instances they have had bad mental but not physical education some few have devoted themselves to a greater ogreater or less degree to competitive sports this number is but a small fraction of bf those who pass abro through u gh our schools our cu curriculums ams are often so planned that they make physical development difficult or I 1 possible impossible in to lay the foundation n of lie health alth there should be proper physical training under the supervision of specially y trained medical men beginning in the elementary school and going through the college course A low few years of training in youth and early manhood and womanhood would serve to instill babi habits lis of personal hygiene which would add inestimably to our future welfare individually and ai as s a nation in every activity of life good health is a primary essential no mental attainment can make up for a puny ill nourished ill developed body black of well developed physique almost invariably proves a handicap to accle achievement ment 0 dur O system has failed to bring abouna about a balanced balance d education of mind and body individual efficiency and preparedness forthe uncertainties of life depend upon this |