Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-04

persons as We'll ne in retarding the men
Hl developments
Exercise should be entered into with
2ast and enjoyment The mind should
Doe employed I'm every movement thct
and SKIN and an the Aner sensibilltles
should ~ required for the execution
But the central principle IN all
correct physical culture II con-
troll. When the interest causes =
loss uf mental or physical con-
troll 81 Is harmful excitement. Also an
Interest which teaches selhshness and
irritable or careless language is as bad
in % game of basketball as IN n game
ol cards.
Genuine physiol culture produces an
citation of the mind and spirit IN unison
with the ennobling OF the body. "
Cultivatps generous Impulses, refined
expression and lueenly bearing toward
All engaged in u.
SAYS GAME IS ROUGH.
Basketball is a rough game. II Is
often rude game The partakers are
BETRAYED into uucOuth and ungainly
positions and actions which, II much
rcDeatel, lead 10 corresponding
thoughts and habits. Instead OF cul-
turc, the result is lack Of culture.
But. someone says, b. gives splendid
muscular development This would be
% good argument If physical culture
were mere development Of the human
upIu1l. which it is not. Couture Of
thc body means the power to express
through the physical incarnation tho
ideal OF n noble soul. Twisted contor-
tl.ul of muscle and limbs, tumblins,
leaning and bending double backward
Vl not ugcglt a lovely soul develop
uCul They are mere animal capera
and suggestive OF our kinship with the
jungle tribe.
As grjmHccs are never marks OF re-
Gnpmeut, and coutOrtiOus are TRAITS or
the abnormal or the vicious. so mas
sivo muscle relates the human TO the
bontt of burden The animal Of Intel
I,ul thn horse OF sWifiness ond az
is never exhibited Tor his muscle, lie rs
syumdtrcal, rounded. graceful ana
dipuiGel No carriage nor goes ue a4u
ftis ,lettuaeg and beauty by unnatural
antics. rcnds. twists and physical nor
rors. Neither should physical culture
for human beings include these
NOT PROPER TRAINING
Clearly then, Basketball is not the
training that American girls need.
s ylye of enthusiasm for physical
culture rs passing over the country ana
me- wgetern cities are being touched by
A. This is good Everybody Is rush
ing into some form OF physical eNer-
else. Righteous enthusiasm has moved
the world into mighty channels OF pro-
gress and success. Blind enthusiasm
however. on the other hand, never ac-
complisned anything but banetul ell
fects and deporable failure. People
pet the word physical culture" on the
/ tongue and roll and toss II about IN us
| Observation-Disclosures, dreaming that the
| something which Il means is the elixir
| for every human ailment, not realizing
| that physical culture as well as patent
| medicine foods, and money may have
ms commercials That all that goes
| under the allurlng name physical Gull
! ture ia not the genuine article; ana tnat
! the couuterTeits contain the poisons ana
INJURIES OF the adulterated stun Ia any
! other market
PROPER EXERCISE is GOOD
Righteous enthusiasm IN any line
| lends TO inyCstigatiou, not TO blind ac-
! ,autaucs of anything labeled under the
| plhring name Physical exercise OF
the wrouk kind not only ceases TO b,
"physical culture" but II brings about
| conditions Of lifelong physical suitetlng
mental and moral deterioration II
should be avoided among the other Wei
GUS mposltlons Of which many innocent
vroplp are the victims.
Exercise should be vigorous md brisR
aud animated; but withal 1t should b'
balanced, rhythmic, and suggestive o.
tbe nncr emotions We do not want
stupid conycutionallty and priglshnea'
I'M our girls and women; nor indeed car
| we tolerate masculinity, loudness, onC
rudeness.
EFFECT ON THE MIND.
Physical attitudes tend TO create cor
responding thoughts In the nina an'
affect the soul directly.
Basket bah for girls In measur
lyius the sWeeter womanly nature /
tends toward the immodest and care
less. and may bo the first impulse TO
ward gr0velliHg life. Indeed mos
aprartus work for women has ten
deucy I'm the same direction ana rams I
rive gracCfulness and real culture I
| The body and mind.
Basket bail and kindred games nm
exercises under the false title or phys
ical culture are therefore harmful froi
i every standpoint physical mental an
, ! psychic