The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-27
NEED OF MORE EXERCISE.
STRAIN or MODERN BUSINESS
 METHODS ON THE BODY.
The Nervous of All Glasses Under Too Much Tension Value of the Physical Work In the Y. M. 0. A.-Trainin- Suited to Each Man.

Much Tension-VaIue of the Physical Work in the Y. M. O. A.-Training Suited to Each Man.
 Glancing backward through the
 pages of the worlds history, one at
 once sees the value of the power of courage, control and endurance. You
 may apply this to wars, reforms or to the work of individuals. Some of the
 best schemes the human mind has ever
 invented have died unknown to the
 world, because the man had not phys ical power to carry them into execu-
 tion. Some young men complete their college course and enter on the stern
 duties of life with practically nothing in the storehouse of health Depres- sion and Encouragement follow rapidly
 for the man has not vigor and enthusi- 1 asm to set him on fire with his busi- | ness; he is unable to cope with his less learned brother who has vitality and | life to push the business he is hand | ling.
 The physical department of the Young Mems Christian association seeks by systematic work to give men such development of body as will ena- | ble them to accomplish more in the | regular duties of life for a month or | for lifetime. To get this kind of de- | velopment does not mean that the as- | sociation purposes to make finished gymnasts of all of it's members; many | of the men care only for the plain
 body building work combined with re- | creation, which will give man that tone of physique which is so much | coveted and so little possessed
 | Another class of men enter the work | not only to develop better health, but | to gain more complete control of their | bodies. With this class special atten- | tion is given to form, accuracy and l finish; to meet the demands of these
 men, the work is graded and examina- tions in gymnastics conducted so that | the men may advance in accordance | with their ability to do the work. | At all hours outside of class work | men may do individual exercise, giving l special attention to developing the
 weaker muscles so that full symmet-
 rical development may be theirs; or in | other words, take such exercise as will | develop the weaker parts of the body, and symmetry is the result. In the in- | dividual work much time is spent with | the pulley weights, striking bag and hand ball. The last two are especially | fascinating, carrying ones attention at once from business cares or study
 to the simple sport itself, where good l cheer, exercise and bathing give the power of body to cope with the ner- vous pressure and intenseness which | so much characterize modern city life. | During the last four decades there ] has come forward not only in our large cities, but in nearly every college and university, special demands for power | to live. Civilization during the last | half century has pressed men into such keen specialization that there is a ten | dency to nervous bankruptcy on the | part of the American people. Nerve I energy is everywhere increased and physical activity decreased The busi- ness man remains in his office and | does his business in all points of the | city with the telephone, where he would at one time have been brought 1 into the open air and sunshine. He presses the electric button and brings | the boy from the next floor for the er- rand instead of having to go to him. l He dictates his correspondence to the | stenographer, where once he would | have taken tme for writing. Among | the laboring classes the tendency is in | the same way. The greater part of
 the heavy lifting and laborious work of | the world to-day is done by machinery. The refreshing walk is changed to the
 maddening rush on the bicycle or cleo | tric car.
 Public schools, colleges and universi- | ties are keeping pace with the other lines of activity. Longer hours of | study and higher standing is required
 to pass the different grades and classes
 now than ever before.
 Never in the history of our nation
 was there as many nervous break 1 downs as at the present time. These facts are briefly stated to show the
 great need of something to take the
 place of the physical work which boys | ana men once ull Lp COuuiGl DdldllCG
 the nerve work which Is continually increased.
 The Young Mems Christian associa- | tion is an organization to help men re- | gardless of their religious belief 1 One has only to be thoughtful of the | conditions and needs of men to be con- l vinced that the physical department | has a definite work to do and a posi- 1 tive need to meet in the lives of city men of the present day. Good health and power to work are the piers on which every successful career is built; and it is in this that the association 1 offers to the men and youth of New | Haven for less than two cents a day. | Every year tons of patent medicines and poisonous drugs are taken into 1 the life blood of the manhood of our ] city, but these can never give the per-
 manent foundation of health, power and cheerfulness that is gained from l proner bathing, exercise and rest which develop the working powers of l the body. and especially the power of | nutrition, so that the wholesome food | eaten is readily assimilated and built | in bone, blood, muscle and nerve, 1 which keep alive and in good order | +bic bouce in which we live Nature