PHYSICAL CULTURE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 106, 28 September 1914, Page 4

PHYSICAL CULTURE.

BY MSL K&TD | ( There wa# ft frrg* atUmUJ* M tSbo t BnoMieilluxxi yesterday afteraoo* ait Übs Good Tcsuiiplar Hal), when itt. itoyri Gariick, Director oi Il>7»xal Bduca±loll, gave an intet'«ti4 nUdsree* ea tis subject. At tho outset Mir. Garlifik ftaid it vma claimed iby eoairpeteat a,ut!a#riti«s ihlsut & child's constitution up to tke agg oi seven year# waa practically till physical*. Between the ages ol seven and fourteen the constitution was nime-teiitilMt physical eul one-tenth mental, witile betnreea "tlh-e ages of fourteen. «Jid twenty, aeventeniths werei .physical asd three-tenthe mental, the latter, according i® Cecil J&hodea), being the iie&l e&jjatfty of manhood. Reasoning on tlhis batria, 'to speaker laid, it down titait j* riiiM should 'have a proper amount of inttcmtion paid to its physical welfare, especially b»fcweea the «.ge» of terea and fourteen. At that period of life «Mldre* received deem and lasting imprwaiom, oiVil found kaibita that generally lusted itfhrouigboait life. If, he argued, at "their jariii of their live* children received good phyßiea.l training, makraifi thejr IkxKcb thoroughly fit, they (had tlhe best possil&a foundation for tJieir mental culture, and there was every probability that their after livee would ba beneficially affected. The system of (primaiy education, aupplemeuted Ibv physical training, Rimed at giving aH-roundi development!, eo ii fco eecuire (toured nriralu in healthy , boiiea. Th 0 effect of phyMcd! tmiai-1 ing aa exemplified iu history ifhowod that it contained two sound fjwtorn i» 4he development of a satioa: (1) It created a standard of iadividaal «ffi- ] •riency, and (2) it produced th® power •f concerted actio®, Tho firtrt waa «osential to development in time* of peace, while tho latter wag. preemk in times of war. Ha claimed that .Hhe j Biost nece&sary training for a, nation n&t> that -which developed dSncipliße. In t peace the individual vas aa nothing, thigh he learnt the lesson of self sacrifice, The scheme of phy»ical education. that he was tarrying ooit aimed a.t discipline above ail things. He omphaaised the fact that tho firrt objeet attained was the correct .position of attrition. The children'* rothola attention and interest waro made to eentre an the teacher, so tihat-thel physical instruction waa' a great aid ut tallying cut tho ordinary school wottc The re- j gular irosltnuctioin by teacher* encoirrap- j ed the. formation of nvelfhodiail hajbits, while tho daily losacms in physical eitercifcco, couple witlh. organised! game?,! devtiloncd the real «pirik of ddsei,pline, er, i> oWiei' worite, B:ilf-«?ontrol, eelfreliance and prompt obodiwum to control while tho value of 00-operation with each aa well, as rc«peot for soutuaJ' rigfhte, thus bringing out all the <],iiafllitie» treat are «*?eiitial to fiuoceai iu lit# aid g»od eitiaciifihip. Ia the course of aa afber-tnlfc -witlk noma of thoßO present, Mr. Garliek, replying to a qucotion by Mt. Uoodaare as to what wa« tho vee of physical tailt'jre to a man over 410 yeiara of ace, eaid that the whole Boareti of fc tnam's health after 40 was tJiai b» should Jureathe forrectly, eat moderately, ami <lri nk j(.diciously, tho correct kreathing Ibeing the most important of aW'. With ref«ij to eating, he pointed out that .meant food to 'be nuuiti«a,ted thoroughly until it waa redueed to a Jiourd form. That mi«an& eatang only about one-third of what was usually taken at a meal, but.the food when ihufi treated was more enjoyaMe aarl produced a grciaitex benefit. With rewrenee to exercise, the ape&kai sjssci'K«d Hhat if the average man, iastead of a&andonirag his athlotin liabitß at the of 30, continued a certain amount *f itretehinig m ovementa daily, he would k«eip his arteries in good bong and «ondition and his joints would be mraple, far a aian waa only aa old «b the •tate of his aj'teries implied. In illustration of this theory, ha SiWJ tf)« fcnibita of tho cat, which by oontiimoufl etretcliins; movement retained ability fIU its life.

Uli. ROYD GAPJJOK KsTEJITESWED

■ln lie course of a» iaforooal dial with li ; 1 Royd Garlick, a Daily News representative nsoertainel thati "fhe teachers' physical culture cs&sse« have It far proved * great Wieenas wherever ihey ba.ve Injen held. Proof of this is to be found in the fact aftetr receiving tlhe Arist eeries of lessons the teacheJrs have invariaibly eagertT preseed the instructors to rapea/b the tui'tioTi in the following yeax, and the apVaicm had been expressed tliat #he insitititbion of tie system was the Bauodfist undertaking that ihr> Covemmleat had entered u"on, ABthvl as to whether there hiwl been any difficulty over rftwinjef the echools while the toadheffl iweiyeid in•triintuon in physical training, Mr. Garlic replied that so far tlhws bad not bes tile «li«htcst difficulty in amy district. oil Win Miration Boards having readily agreed thereto.

THE PROGRAMME OF TfORK. The classes for the instruction' of •teachers under the TuJianaiki Board of Skiueatioa commence to-day. The tatiiters will assemble afc the Hood Templar Hall at 11.30 ( when Mr. Garliek will give a brief outline of the nam of the work and it» neaps. The aetaoi ciiaawi wi3d commence i» the afternoon,, those for the men ,being given the men's camp on the ra<eeeourse, where two instructors will each 4a3te a wtuad. The lady teachers will be taken in four squads at the follow1* kails:—£oroiifltiom, Drill, Good Timiol ar and Brouffliam Street, tflvree tsquais. At the men's caan" work i» to begin iiJt 7 ».m„ and flnWi at 4 (pjn., there beina ftii intermediate (spell ia the tmornin;? and afternoon, with aa hour ftad a-half for lunch. The lady teachers commence at 9 ium. nod finish at 4 p.m., but their speffla will be more frequent. "Hie elaaws are to extend over iwn ■ffeete.