Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-06
PHYs1oAI CULTURE.

PHYsICAL CULTURE. largely Attended Meeting Held at Yale University Yesterday-Ninth Annual or the American AssOcia. tion for the Advancement of Physi. cal Education.
 The American Association for the Ad- | vancement of Physical Education Is hold ing It's ninth annual meeting in this city. The opening session was held in the Yale yesterday morning and was attended by about 200 people, many Of them noted physical instructors in col leeiate institutions in various parts of the country.
 This association was founded nine years ago by Dr. W. G. Anderson of this city and his brother, Dr. H. s. Anderson. Its object was to bring together annually men and women interested in physicsl culture for the dil cussion of various sub jects of common interest. The associa- tion has grown rapidly and now embraces $50 members in various parts of the coun- try. The first meeting was held in the Adslphi academy. Brooklyn.
 Yesterday morning the subject taken up was the department of anthropometry and vital statistics. The committee in charge was Dr. Edward Hitchcock, ST., Miss Senda subjects open for brief discussion were: s'Critical Study of Dsmeny's Vital 1ndex"; s'Tests of Special Senses and Their Rela- tion to Personal Hygiene; ''Relation of Photoaraphy to Authropometry"; "Psy- choloaical Tests to Determine the Value of Gymnastic Training'; "New Apparatus for Measurements, with the Appliances on Exhibition" and 'sReport on Progress of Anthropometry."
 Dr. Hitchcock, a venerable man from Amherst, presided. Among those who George W. Fitz of Harvard. Dr. Paul O. Phillips of New York, Dr. Sselye of Am- herst, Dr. Euebuske, Dr. Sargent of Har- yard and Dr. Jay W. Seaver. No papers were read and the discussions were of in- terest mainly to those engaged in the physical education of young men and women.
 Ladies seem to predominate over the male contingent at the meeting.
 In the afternoon the large lecture room of Dwight hall was filled to overfowing with those interested in the work.
 The meeting was opened by brief ad- dress of welcome and congratulation by President Dwight. A lecture was given by Dr. George W. Fitz of Harvard uni versity entitled "A Study of Respiration" !" He had large number of charts on which were graphically depicted the results of his Investigations in respiration. While at the worlds fair last summer he made experiments on the various races of women at the midway plaissnce to find data in connection with the ques- tion whether restricted clothing in civilized women prevents 8 fuller abdominal respi- ration than is found in uncivilized races of women, who are not accustomed to use re- stricted clothing. The statement has been made that American ladies of culture by the restricted clothing they wear confine their respiration entirely to their chests. In the uncivilizsd women the abdominal and chest respiration is about equal, and among the civilized races there seems to be 8 little less abdominal respiration. He edsd not seem to think that the investigation had been carried sufficiently far and that adequate data had been acquired on which to establish theory that as 8 rule re- stricted clothing had any great effect on abdominal respiration.
 President G Stanley Hall, Ph. D., L. L. D. of Clark university, Worcester, Mass who is one of the leading psychologists in the country, the spoke on Some Relations Between Physical and Mental Training ' He said that the first thing to be tended to was the body, but that the culture of the mind should be carried on in connection with bodily development. For there is nc more favorable condition for training the mind than when the body Is in prime con- dition.
 Dr. W. G. Anderson of the Yale gymna- sium then read paper on "The Relation of Certain Exercises ss to Pulse Rate" In the Swedish system of gymnastics 1t it | taught that immediately after such severe exercise as running and jumping certain ! lighter exercises should be taken. Dr.An derson said that his experience would seem to disprove any such theory. He thought | that there was no exercise in existence which would have the beneficial effect upor the system that mere rest would. Dr. Scripture of the Yale physiological
 psychological laboratory was down for { ofy in Gymnastie Exercise" In the ab
 sence of Dr. Scripture, his assistant, Dr,
 Bliss explained the application of his eun ningly devised machine in connection witt this subject.
 l Eliza M Moshier, M. D., of Brooklyn,N N l Y., then read very interesting paper or
 "The Importance of Maintaining the Pel
 vis at It's Normal Obliquity-A New Pel
 vic Obliquimetre."
 Her address was devoted to the impor
 tance of sitting and standing properly
 and was altogether very scholarly Urea
 tise.
 Dr. Alice B. Foster of Chicago universi | ty, where she instructs the female students
 in gymnaatics, then read 8 paper entitled
 IA Few Figures on Occupation and E@er cise." She compared the measurements and work of the girls at Chicago university | with the statistics of measurements and
 work accomplished by female gymnssts at Oberlin college, Obsrliq, o and also 8, Wellesley college. The paper was an ex ceedingly interesting one and was listened to with great interest. It closed the after noon session.
 THE EVENING SESSION. The evening session was held at the Yale gymnasium and consisted of 8 gymnastic