Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-10-06
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.


euration Of Rev. J. w. Hall, as President Of
Miami University, juno 9slh, 1855, by W. NJ.
Cory, Esq,
physical development should DC the first
process Of Education, and il should be pursued
by tho professor at the University, amongs, his
pupils, without ceasing. The body, in its
health and power, is the sub-straium of The in
diyidual; without il, the oll,er gins are wasted,
for what is cleafness Of intellect, and what arc
praces Of spirit, il there be no strength Of con
stitutionl The dismounted gun is the type of
an invalid man Of genius for want Of a car
rage, the engine can never be brought to bear
lis not seniceable to friends nor rdonbicd
by enemies. 1t must lie unused snd useless,
except, perchance, on some rare day, when the
danger of explosion is added 10 the difficulty
Of getting the range. come 10 help the
young men ] ain addressing, in this most i'm
portant matter Of their education. ] speak
feelingiy, because ! have suffered 50 much in
my own person, aud in the loss Of ny friends,
from neglect and ignorance of hygiene. If
this were. the only topic of my DISCOURSE, ii
would be worth their while aud mihe TO confer
patiently and anxiously together The stu
dents and men Of letters, In the United States,
are sadly deficient in their physical stamina
There are as many dyspeptcs as drunkards
among us, and the two classes With the con-
snmPiives, sweep away from the lheater Of ac-
tion, into their pale and faied ratks the half Of
our ardent and ingenious youth There may
be more serious problems but surely. it is Sc
rious enough to enquire what can be done to
escape from this special calamity, which at
lacks so often the shining mark How many
glorious young graduates Of this Institution,
how many oihers, from elsewhere, have fallen
dead at the door Of existence, because they
neither knew nor practised the laws Of self
preservation. II requires no enor, of will or
memory, to call back to these groves the de-
parted shades Of the deeply loved and early lost,
who have 50 perished. The ellor, required, is
to prevent the familiar and easily procession
from arrestiug the duty Of the day.
Let US consider physical education, die, and
exercise, with cleanliness and prudence, are the
means for producing that symmetry Of figure
which is the assurance of health. IL the body
be not developed according 10 lis laws, it will
not be well, nor available. In that develop
,ien'' "hieh Is saeeonpnshed' o. course great
~ oy nature during YOUTH iheIe are certain
absolute conditions. The principal of these
are those two great organs OF the body, the
stomach and lungs, in their best estate. With
good, strong stomach, and large chest, and
sound lungs, the physical system win go on
with the process OF waxing and wasting, from
gay 10 uay' ana rom nour 70 hour' "hien we
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