The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30

indeedl Not q bit Of II! II seems to me
the older they are the more they enjoy
them. II does one good to watch how
they forget their cares and worries ana
abandon themselves to the spirit and inter-
est OF the sport.
LAST year we had several basketball
teams and held interclass matches,
and this year we will organize teams for
handbal also. Every girl must undergo
q special examination by me before being
allowed to enter teams for these sports
st Is more dangerous for girls TO enter
such games Unfortunately than for boys,
simply because. just before coming to col
lege, most girls have little or no chance for
proper physical activity. The running,
romping and outdoor games always open
to boys are closed to girls. except those
who have gymnasiunns In their schools.
There Is danger In a girl taking up
strenuous games or heavy gymnastio work
right after this period OF inactivity. Then.
too, girls are more exoitable than boys. IN
active games they are apt to draw upon
their nervous energy and exert themselves
beyond their strength.
What Is the favorte sport among gtrisf
Swimming, think decidedly. 1t seems to
be special fad among the women Just
now.
All sports are good for women II well
guarded and not played to excess. The
result OF a proper gymnastic course In
college is that the girls go forth holding
themselves in proper position, walking
correctly, and using every muscle with ease.
With bodies we'll controlled and well de-
veloped, they are better able In every way
to meet life and the demand that the world
will make upon them as women, In any
sphere Of action"
In the gymnasium OF the Horace Mann
school Miss Elizabeth Burcheneal, who
will have charge Of the dancing COURSES
in the Physical Education building, had
lust dismissed class.
HAS dancing properly place tn physi-
cal training2" she repeated. 1T seems
to me, that 1t Is whole system Of phya-
cal training in itself. 1t Is something
that brings into play every muscle and
part Of the body at the same time. and u
STRENGTHENS the heart and lungs. 1t Is
fundamental part Of the education Of every
woman who would become physically
II am speaking now not Of social dAno-
inr-that is merely the moving Of the feet.
The dancing which will teach as part
of the regular course in the Physical Educa-
ton building is very different from that.
It is not fancy dancing, or Whist that name
is usually understood to imply. either.
Il does not consist Of skirt dances or OF
the Highland fling. -
aClassic dancing is. ] think, the best name
for that which teach. 1t is the dancing
known to ancient peoples, and which mas
been revived by NJ. B. Gilbert OF Boston,
who Is its greatest exponent In this country.
1t was from him that learned it.,
sSuch dancing has grown to be looked
| upon more and more as q necessary part
| OF a physical education At the national
convention OF the Physical Education
| Society soon to be held here. one whole
session Is to be devoted entirely TO the
| consideration OF this subject. That shows
how important it Ii In the opinion OF our
leading physical instructors
sThe classic dancing which teach u the
| harmonious use Of the whole body at the
same time. and in response TO hymn nm
body constantly into play.
1T il not an easy thing to do, by any
| means. The mental or Intellectual side OF
It is one OF its strong points. Every move
mept inspires q certain el.lotion Of It's own
thrills or soothes. until the dancer forgets;
all but the fascination of the dance.
Certainly II produces q perfect grace.
Grace is simply the psrfect ooordipatton
of the mi s,les Of the body-the result OF
an even development Of every part OF the
human frame. Classic dancing accom-
plishes this perfect development. It 10 q
in dancing" 49,