The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-18
Texas Man Made a Hit.

Texas Man Made Hit,
Austin, Texas, July 16.-Superlntendent
IL. L. Piner of the State institution for
the blind made himself famous at the con.
vention of instructors OF the blind held at
Raleigh. n. c., last week. The Raleigh
News and Observer speaking OF him says;
Perhaps the most notable thing yester-
day was the paper OF MIR. IL, h. Piner of
Texas ON The Moral, Corrective and Eco.
nomc Value Of Physical Training. The
paper was profound In thought ricn IN sug-
gestion. chaste In diction. IL was received
with great enthusiasm. The paper was
generally pronounced the finest Of the kind
ever heard.
The News aud Observer then quotes ex.
| tensivcly from the paper and the following
| Is taken from their quotations.
The reflex action of soul upon body is
| Nowhere more manifest than among tho
blind. Nor is the educational value of ply
| steal training anywhere more apparent.
| With the finest avenue OF sense perception
! closed, ordinarily unable To recognize the
| existence OF ponderable bodies except by
| physical contact, With ideas OF distance
| and relation confined to touch and heatiug,
with the ever-present danger OF collision
| and injury, our slghtless children contract
habits of inactivity from which It Is difH.
| cult to move them. STOPPED shoulders, hol.
| low cheeks, narrow lungs, atrophicd nos.
| trils. incomplete oxidation, spinal curva-
| turc. poor bodily carriage, ncurasthenic
| and neurotic conditions are all common Alb
normal appetite, the concomitant OF In.
| digestion. is followed by an engorgcd and
| sluggish condition, and this by malassimila-
| tion and consequent auaemlc state OF blood.
| 70 the sometimes terrible aud always IN
! sistent force of heredity is added the In.
| diligence Of the child by the parent IN every
whim and caprice, so that the Sins of an
| cestry unite with false parental sympathy
| to intict the child,
Health is the first wealth" to our blind
| protcges Physical uprightncss SusgCstS
| spiritual uprightness. manly attitude,
| though assumed under command, suggest s
| to the pupils mind the conception Of man,
| Illness The mind takes up this idea, en-
larges it, idealizeS 1t and projects 1t into
| and through the body from the thinking cen
ters Here is the only true physical dc.
velopment for moral, corrective ana eco.
| monte values In life and character Give
the mind n proper conception of the per
! Torrance. create q desire for physical eX-
| cellence, put strong personality Into your
| teaching hold before the children unceas-
| ingly the highest Ideals Of both soul ana
| body, instill a love for the projections of
| form and feature. and the work OF the ply
| steal trainer is practically done.
Physical perfection Is somehow inSepara'
bly, linked with moral perfection. They rise
mutual. Reciprocity is the law OF their
union. Integrity of muscle leads IN the
| direction of Integrity of mind. Integrity
| is the strongest support to integrity Of
! true physical director Whoever has charge
| of this sacred WORK ought to he a pro-
| found psychologist. He ought TO know
nLatomY like n surgeon. lie ought to he
acquainted with the processes and fnnc-
| lions of all the bodily agents and organs
and to understand all that science has
| taught us of the nervous system. "rhe
| body must be trained to obey the com
mands of the mind; the mind must he
trained to give commands worth obeying,