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between fourteen and eighteen. We should have 

 no hesitation in enforcing such attendance, and 

 will return to this point later. 



Physical exercises ought to be taught by teachers 

 who have themselves been systematically trained. 

 But in most cases both economy and efficiency 

 suggest that the physical instruction should be 

 given by the ordinary teaching staff. It follows 

 that the members of this staff must be trained. 

 This obvious truth has not always been grasped 

 by either teachers or training colleges, and the 

 Commissioners strongly recommend that steps be 

 taken so that all teachers should have opportunities 

 for obtaining certificates showing that they have 

 received adequate physical training, and that such 

 certificates should be part of the necessary quali- 

 fications for future appointments. We under- 

 stand that this has now practically been done in 

 England, where the chief Education Authorities 

 always insist on such a certificate. The Report 

 closes with an appreciative account of the work 

 of Cadet Corps and Boys' Brigades. These latter 

 institutions originated in Glasgow, and have spread 

 all over England as well as Scotland, but so far 

 only a small percentage of the available boys have 

 yet been brought under their quasi-military and 

 entirely salutary discipline. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL 

 DETERIORATION 



A Report even more important than that of 

 the Scottish Royal Commission is that of the 



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