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5. Discuss methods and times for rest in the daily program of housework. 



6. At the meeting devoted to the topic of saving strength, read from 

 " Power through Repose " a chapter of interest on the subject. Discuss 

 and apply the chapter. 



7. Discuss the economic value of health. 



8. Does sympathy put a premium on unnecessary disease? 



9. Study the effect of physical education on people, from the earliest 

 days. 



10. Is the body as a whole as strong as its weakest part? 



11. What seems to be the effect of carriage and physical attitudes on 

 character? 



12. What effect has our physical bearing on others? 



13. How much can schools do to secure healthful attitudes in children? 



14. If possible, introduce, from sculpture or pictures, the study of some 

 strong ideal of manly or womanly strength — for example, of Apollo, 

 Venus, or Diana. 



15. Is enough done at home and at school to provide, for both boys and 

 girls, games that effect healthy development? 



16. Should the often excessive amount of exercise required in housework 

 take the place of a brisk out-of-door walk ? 



17. Wherein does housework as specialized labor interfere with the 

 healthful development of women? 



18. Wherein can physical exercises counteract bad results of housework? 



references for further reading 



Bishop, Emily M. Daily ways to health. B. W. Huebsch, New York 

 City. 



Seventy years young. B. W. Huebsch. 



Gulick, Luther H. The efficient life. Doubleday, Page & Co., New 

 York City. 



Payson, Anne. Power through repose. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 

 Mass. 



