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especially in large towns and cities, where there is little 

 opportunity for outdoor games. These exercises should 

 form a part of the regular course of study. The object 

 should be the promotion of sound health rather than the 

 development of muscle or the per- 

 formance of feats of agility or strength. 

 Exercises with dumb-bells and wands, 

 or even without any apparatus, prac- 

 ticed a few times a day, for five minutes 

 at a time, do a great deal of good. 

 They relax the tension of body and 

 mind, and introduce an element of 

 pleasure into the routine of school 

 life. 



113. Narcotics and Physical Exer- 

 cise. Recognizing the fact that alco- 

 holic beverages and tobacco are so 

 disastrous to efficiency in any system 

 of physical training, instructors in 

 physical culture rigidly forbid the use 

 of these narcotics under all circum- 

 stances. While this principle is per- 

 haps more rigorously enforced in 

 training for athletic contests, it is 

 insisted upon in teaching those who 

 have in view only the maintenance of 

 health. 



114. Practical Points about Physi- 

 cal Exercise. The main object in (Based upon a photograph 

 undertaking systematic and graduated 



physical exercises* is not to learn how to do mere feats 

 of strength and skill, but rather to fit one's self for the 

 duties and the work of life. 



the Muscles may be de- 

 veloped on the Trapeze 

 or Horizontal Bar. 



