The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-08-22

Universal training as outlined by
Secretary Newton ID. Baker OF the
War Department, Is enthusiastically
Endorsed by Captain Carlton Lyman
BrOsius, instructor In physical
training 81 the Southern Depart
menL, who has been In the city the
past several days. Captain Br0sius
Is making n tour or the various
posts In the department. and Co
lumbus IL his next objective point
after ri pasO. He has Just returned
from the Pacific coast where he
spent several weeks at army camps
and posts. He writes:
universal training, military and
physical, will bring forth the best
qualities In the young men that
are 10 be brought under the juris-
dictiOn of the plans now formulated
by Secretary OF War Baker for
military TRIMMING" said Captain
Brosfns yesterday. The outdoor
exercises. consisting OF athletic
games, marching for distance and
physical training alone will build
the young man 10 a higher standard
OF physical fitness for future pur-
poses In following out his pursuits,
Athletics and physical training aim
10 unfold the natural and symmet-
rical beauty OF the human mind
and body, making II NJ and capable
In every phase OF moral life 10 obey
and carry out the will OF its master,
the mind.
"Education. 10 be complete, must
be not only moral and intellectual,
but physical. As the training OF
the mind and the affections Is the
subject OF systematic attention In
early life, should not the education
Of the physical powers be COM
menced early2 II will demand no
more maturity and thought To un-
dersland the reasons for adequate
clothing, bathing, the necessity OF
an erect position In standing aud
sitting. regularity In taking food
supply Of pure air 10 the lungs,
etc, than 10 comprehend gcogra-
phical details or moral truths.
Used ny Anclents
physical training as well as ath.
lelics were used as a curative agent
In the earliest days. Aesculapius
Apollo's descendeni, Is said 10 hav,
been the inventor OF the art ol
gymnastics. Medea procured health
and youth by gymnastics. II wac
four 10 five hundred years before
Christ that Iccus, the later herodl,
Gus, made II a branch OF medica'
science Ia preserve the health ant
cure diseases by the use OF gym
nastics. and among his many pupil
was the famous Hippocrates. Do
cles, praxaRoras. H%erOphilus Celsui
and Galen recommended movement
treatment and gave rules for II.
"Mercurialis wrote In the SIX
teenih century n book. DE ART
Gymnastica,' or science OF bodil,
exercise, which he divided int
gymnastics for athletes, for tn
military and for the cur OF dis.
eases. 10 which. as used by tn
Greeks and Romans, he gave espe'
cial attention and pointed out tn
different movements IN diiieren
Discipline Is Basis.
"'rhe history Of athletics an
physical training therefore had IT
beginning centuries ago, the valuI
of outdoor games added In CERTAIN
amount Of disciplinary exercise
created among the Romans an
Greeks the fundamental principle
OF success both from a viewpoin
of business and military traininf
Discipline Is the basic material 10
-successcs: whether II he In a mill
tary establishment or business
amounts 10 the same.
Three months Of good whole
some outdoor training during IN
nineteenth year Of a young ma
will place him IN a position !
understand his own body, teach hll
10 care for himself properly an
learn tu obey the laws Of home en-