PHYSICAL DRILL.
The Wellington Education: Boardor a majority of the members of that body—are ..viewing with apprehension a proposal of the Commandant of the Forces that. Indian clubs, dumhells, and other appara~ tus should be abandoned" in the imparting of 'physical";drill, to the. ■schW lars of the -schools. ' It may be Wen-; tioned, however, ■that ihe Swedish' ; system; of physical driUr-iwirich ''\ is I admittedly-the: most'perfect in the world—-provides for exercises of the ; body only.. r his- system hasi been copied by England and tries, and is applied to the British*' . military training. It is maintained -that, by of apparatus, the: muscles of the arms and legs only ; are developed', and that these be- ! come stiffened by continuous, exer:»'cise,.;;' ■.■-■.■-: ' ;| ;,.' •'.;'._ ■ -
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10178, 2 March 1911, Page 4
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118PHYSICAL DRILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10178, 2 March 1911, Page 4
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