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of all our activities, and there can be no proper training that 

 does not educate the whole system of man. 



The exercises used are selected and arranged with the 

 following points in view : Real value in the development of 

 the body. The limitations of the school room as regards 

 time and space. Systematic training of large numbers with- 

 out confusion. 



In the first lessons the children are taught the correct rest 

 and active positions of the body while seated, the manner of 



rising and sitting, and the correct standing 

 Positions 



position. The simplest exercises are selected 



for the first and second years in school, and the work is 

 made as objective as possible. For example, in stretching 

 the arms upward the teacher says : " Try to touch the ceil- 

 ing;" or something to arouse the conscious effort of reach- 

 ing up after an object. In the horizontal arm stretching for 

 chest expansion they are told, " Try to touch the sides of the 

 room." Exercises in marching are given in all the lower 

 grades as helpful in forming correct habits of carriage for 

 the body. The position for marching, " head erect, chest 

 leading, hips back, hands at sides, weight on the balls of the 

 feet " should be retained as the children march around the 

 room or through the aisles, keeping step as they sing some 

 bright marching song. No exercise is more thoroughly 

 enjoyed than marching, and none is more helpful in afford- 

 ing the needed rest and relaxation from the study period. 



The attention given in the first years to the position in 

 sitting and standing is continued throughout the course. In 

 the upper grades special stress is laid upon the correct carri- 

 age of the body. This is essential, not only as a matter of 

 gracefulness, but also for health. The result of regular, 



