The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-08

New York, Feb. doctor L. II. Guiick'
newly appointed director of physical train
ing In the schools of Greater New YORK
will seek to establish swimming pools III
every school In the city. If successful mere
the plan may be adopted throughout 'he
country.
A large swimming pool was recently built
in German public school and the pups
We're invited. not compelled. to dispor!
themselves in the pool; the girls at certain
hours, the boys during other hours; htteen
minutes being allotted to each class.
Only . per cent of the children accepted
the Invitation at first, but as the months
passed the proportion grew until ~ per cent
of the girls and 30 per cent OF the boys
availed themselves Of the pool, and mark
these results:
The physicians attending the schools soon
found there was less illness among the
children who, unwittingly. were taking that
panacea for almost all the ills of the child
hood-were keeping clean.
And the teachers OF the girls particu-
larry found the little ones were taking
better care of their attire and more pride
in it because, being two or three in a bath
room, they disrobed in each others pres
ence.
So those who best know the new director
of physical training expect that in due
season he will strongly urge the inStaia-
ings
In the pursuit of his purpose to physically
train children. Doctor Gulick has studied
even the physiology of chiids play. Lit
orally he began at the very root of the
He has studied pink little cherubs in their
cradles and has worked and lectured on the
muscles an infant develops when it earn
estly tries to put its small foot in lis smaller
mouth Doctor Gulck will tell a young
mother that pain in her baby's stomach
a Is BE blessing in eoIliekg DISGUISE: For ,t
diaphragm and certain muscles of its
thraox and throat, and this development
and STRENGTHENING Will help TO protect ba-
by, as 1t grows, from diseases much more
serious. Doctor Gulck is no drean,Sr-nei-
ther is he a revo!utionist or disorganizer.
stroy, the system OF physical training that
exists in the greater city's public schools.
of Education and he is sure Of himself, but
he makes no promises.
WOULD AVOID PUBLICITY.
A modest, almost a tlmid, man, he shrinks
from notoriety. He says:
existing physical work in the schools and
10 make more broadly known its infinite
value.
Il will introduce each day a few minutes
of recreative exercise in addition to the
daily gymnastics.
Il will seek to make plans for agreeable.
special physical work for those pupils who
are not normally developed.
II will do ali in my power to further
high school athletics and to broaden their
influence, so that an always increasing
number can reap the benefit Of such com
II feel confident I will have the support
of the Board of Education and of Superin-
tendent Of Schools Maxwell. So with their
aid take up this work of physical educa-
ton. having always in mind its benefcent
moral effect Those who have developed
athletics and physical education know that
with the magnificent material at hand New
York should lead the world in this direc-
"A few minutes OF recitative exercise
each day." says Doctor Gultck, and in these
few words n ne says much One ct the great at
the secrets Of his success. is to make exer-
else attractive. He readily learned that
Xoung women and men ne Sguleky GTe OF row u
vented basketball-that admirable game
that sets In action almost every muscle Hf
per. that increases strength. de1terity and
grace. To-day the big g-muscled giants of
the. great universities are playing basket
sar, Wellesley and Smith and young women
in high schools all over the country, adding
at once to their strength, thier beauty, their
unknowingly. setting themselves to MAIN
tain the American girl as the loveliest,
healthiest. most attractive creature on
earth.
Necessarily the Board Of Education did
not choose Doctor Gulick for this important
position without careful study of the plans
mind.
MORE EXERCISE NEEDED.
A few of the newest schools have gymna-
sia, and in these the pupils exercise for a
brief period each day on the horizontal and
parallel bars and with light dumbbells. In
dian clubs and wandS Superintendent
Maxwell said: Full advantage has not yet
been taken Of these few gymnasia- In the
vast majority of the schools the pupils take
exercise under their teachers direction for
only fifteen minutes each day, and this In
the CldSSrOOm9 The windows OOeppd n