The morning times., 1896-03-22

In gymnastics, but gymnastics are simply
an artificial means for developing a normal
condition. II a girl is well set up, II she has
q good chest Development, proper lung Ca
paclty. q hi-G back, Weil-poised head, ana
fine ta2ScGIIr control; n she has q good car
ri8ge. 81, im fact. she has dressed hygleni-
taiiE, and rkcd normally, she can keep
herself lH condition by games alone, and
dpe> not need gymnastics. But with most
girls thesc a-iIncial forms Of exercise are
nrccss1ry Jp pet them in condition for
games.
Physical training therefore. naturally
Gitlggs itself into Nvo classes, the ARTIFICIAL
OF gyfnaa~jiCs, and the spontaneous sports.
fIH.. ...-E .a.-,u1.E at4 jhOag exercises winch
have f.r tIeir object the rcgainmE and
maintaining cf normal cunuitIon, both
aesJHcti. ;snI hygiene. College girls are
50 ambitious Tor intellectual honors, and
Ihe mental lfe is 50 tense that There is a
tendency among them 10 ignore the acstIet-
iC SIDE of iifc altogether, forgetting lnat lnc
strongest UosEcra woman can possess is that
OF personal cHarm: So that 1t often happens
that tEp society giTi who has had . just re-
gard lor her appearance is in better condi-
ton hygicHCally than the college girl.
a strong appeal Is therefore made 10 the
girls "a Wellesley N the beginning Of their
course 10 develop themselves 10 the utmost
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Tine aesthetic side Of their work constitutes
learning 10 walk naturally aud gracefully,
CuitivaiIuG fine carriage Of head and body,
IC8piug and climbing. in fact. everything
tnat tends to the personal, practical side of
life, including jumping from a carriage,
landing correctly. and even running for
car.
since so much OF this work is simply
setting up and corrective, il is deadly
duu unless The instructor has the power
so throw an immense amount OF animal
spirits into The lesson. But even under
The best conditions Miss Hill has found
. that gymnastics DO not furnish the neceS-
saTy nerve stimulus, the refreShment which
Is necessary 10 a good working brain; that
games alone really give q recreation Of
yltai energy, ana That she whose brain
shall the most clear, the most active, and
IN The freshest mental condition, must have
she nerve stimulus which comes from sports
Il have not started games at Welles-
lev" said Size, simply because i love
Them. II has been natural evolution
OF our work. a necessity which has forced
itself upon my observation, the prime OH
5ect OF my work being the all-round best
development % The student both as
student and as a woman.
NV interest in physical training is first
OF All educational IL ] separate my
work from he intellectual life of he col
lege, ] am not fulfilling the duties Of my
position ] am here TO assist The mental
work, ana though 1 dearly love games for
their own sake. ] desire above al that
the work done IN all branches OF physical
training shall he or recognized assistance
10 tie intellectual department. / have
proved COnclusivcly iD different ways that
the girls who arc out OF doors are the best
an rOund .ifls. The stroke on the senior
crew last gear was the best mathematician
70 he ciass. We iF5iB wholly for health
and vital strength. One or our students,
who had rowed for three years was Obliged
TO undergo an operation for appendicitis
and the coctor said that the success of the
operation "a nd her rconseGuent recovery were