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seen young collegians show at first the most as- 

 toundingly untrained perception of the relation of 

 things, and of spaces, and of the effect of a blow, 

 yet after a while develop peculiar skill and aptness 

 of judgment. They get a certain practical educa- 

 tion from play which they are not getting from 

 mathematics, or from psychology and physics. 



Dr. Woods Hutchinson takes the position that 

 play is a provision of nature, intended to bring out 

 not only physical, but moral and intellectual 

 strength. "Exercise," he says, "is literally the 

 mother of the brain. Every play, worth the name, 

 develops not merely strength, endurance, and 

 sweetness, but also alertness^ quickness of response, 

 coolness, balance, wariness, and judgment that is 

 both sure and swift." The individuality of chil- 

 dren must be taken into account. Some get play 

 by working in their garden plots, while others are 

 prompted by instinct to some sort of construction, 

 and still others to caring for pets. While my shop 

 is open I cannot induce one of my boys to join us 

 at croquet. Some children are naturally marine 

 biologists, preferring the frog-pond to an athletic 

 field. While these are paddling in the water, others 

 are naively devoted to trapezes and jumping bars. 



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