Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-12
STRONG BODIES
HELP MEN ALITY
EXERCISE IS AS ESSENTIAL AS
STUDY
Teacher Who Gets Next to the Heart
Is the One Who Can Secure
Interest in Hy-
giene


training department of the N. e. A. In
deed, 1t is doubtful if even this august
body would quite dare to condemn the
great national game as an amuseIneiIi ~
for the youngsters of the puphc sraae
schools. Members of the n. r. A WIN
attended the meeting of the department
of physical training yesterday morning
in Oak hall found their time well spent.
The program was Interesting anu tHe us. us
cussfons which followed the papers were
There was a general feeling that the
meetings of the physical training depart
ment whose work concerns ana lnllu-
ences that of all the rest of the schooli
ought to be given in larger halls. ana
that the programs should pc arranseu
so that the attendance could be much
Basket bali, football. dumbbell and in
dian club swinging were all discussed as
exercises to be used either ind1Vldually
or collectively in the schools and each
found its supporters. The advantages
and disadvantages of these and other
sports were extensively discussed. Inc
many questions of the specialists in
physical training, and valuable hints ana
suggestions were given for those SchooIS
where no regular athletic and physlcal
director is retained.
Pupils May at Least Run
One very sane suggestion and one
which might be followed in the poorest
ment, was made by Lillian Bird Rich,
Great Falls, Mont. She proposed tnat
the grade teacher take her class out, iine
the members up and have them run: Inns
is something in which big and little pu-
pills may participate without any tedious
preparation. 1t fills the lungs with freSh,
ebnefits which follow increased activity
of the heart and lungs without the oan,
gers which sometimes attend prolonged
playing of such fatiguing games as pas
Mr.. Mcclure. superintendent of schools
at Yuma, gave an interesting account OF
class in club swinging. winch nad
grown so strong numerically that the
School campus had to serve as a field for
the class meetings: Other speakers on
the subject were Mrs. NJ. A. Harper OF
Los Angeles and San Francisco ana A.
Claude Braden, superintendent OIL phy-
steal training at Pomona college.
Teachers Must Exercise
Mr.. Harry shafer principal 10 Of =. the state sta
tered the seed for these Suggestions 1 IN
his practical paper, What Can Physlcal
Training Do for the Teacher? HIS main
teacher, is to be maintained or, If need
be, attained, along with the education,
was well backed by his proposal OF va
rious plans for the guidance Ian c of a those
Following is synopsis OF MI Shaler
speech: - 49,, +,,,o
THE ideals ana pracllCes ol any tl4llS
have found application in the schooIs OF
the period AT present the enlightenment
of a country may be determined largely
by attention paid to school hygiene and
THE schools of Spain are inadequate
and insanitary and from 40 per cent 10 %
per cent of her people illiterate. litter
acy is diminishing very slowly. England
for decades has been alive to the value
of physical training. Many committees
OF parliament have investigated condl-
tons and recommended measures. Inc
small loss of life in the japanese army;
in the Russo-Japanese war, can be traced
to the influence of instruction in schools
under the direction Of 5000 medical adviso
emphasize such instruction. A..
american schools are awakening to the
value of physical training. Consulting
physicians are becoming numerous, and
the main purpose of education, health, Is
being recognized as the great educational
Get Near chidren's Hearts
Attention to. physical training will
leads, in most cases. sedentary life; 1t
elastic step. She will possess magnetism
energy, vitality to give her school;
Desks properly adjusted. satisfactory
temperatures, good light and air cleanli-
ness with a minimum of dust in the at
mosphere, good order, and clear thinking
will characterize her school. Such a
possibility is open to every teacher. ana
will make her labors and those or her
with regard to athletics, the teacher
should encourage and direct them, with
in reason, and should participate, if pos
Chile The teacher who gets next to the
hearts and into the lives of pupils Is the
one who can enter heartily into the sports
and games of childhood and youth. She
and her pupils derive pleasure and profit
from physical training"
Music and Exercise Harmonize
Miss Martha Johnson is director of ply
steal education in the public schools of
Salt Lake City. Her paper on THE Re-
lation of Music to Physical Education"
was received with great interest,
Miss Johnson's discussion of her sub
ject was in part as follows:
popular as the use of music is in the
gymnasium in this country, it is still
a moOted question among our educators
whether or not we are justified in its eX-
tensive use. The Germans use it to some
extent, the Swedes very little and we al
most entirely. Are we doing right?
physical education has two great OBJ
iects TO be attained-irst, the stimulation
of the nutritive processes of the body,
circulation. respiration and digestion;
second, the correction of posture.
1.-THE stronger the muscular contraction
the greater the blood supply to that part
of the body and therefore the better the
muscular tone. The correction of posture
nutrition of the body Weak muscles will
always cause dropping head, contracted
breast and protruding abdomen. Hence,
If we are to correct erroneous posture we
must first increase the blood supply and
nutrition of the body
Experiments Show Effects
"By experiment it has been proven that
the effects of music upon bodily move
ments are: SO
a. Sound made simultaneously with a
movement increases the muscular con-
90 Intensity of sound strengthens con-
49, Higher the pitch the stronger the
"a Strength of contraction is affected
by music-major stimulates, minor de-
IS Point of fatigue is postponed.
sc Steadiness of contraction suffers.
"Since music strengthens and hence
stimulates the nutrition 1t is a help. But
IL is a psychic law that the mind can
focus it's attention upon but one thing at
a time When music is used the atten-
ton is averted from the form of eXecu-
ton to the time element Hence when
posture is to be obtained music Is a
hindrance. But when correct form has
been mastered so that it becomes second
nature music again is of value as a slim
illus Therefore an intelligent use of
music with physical education is bene-
| fcial,. but its absolute continuance Is
| harmful"
| Az the close of the nroRram Acting