GIVE THE GIRLS A CHANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1960, 9 April 1885, Page 2

GIVE THE GIRLS A CHANCE.

An eminent French writer has said:— '•When you educate a bqy,yqu perhaps edncate a man; but when you edupate a girl, you are laying the foundation for the education of,a. family," He plight have added that to this end the physical training was of equal importance with the mental, In these days the subject of the physical training of the young men is occupying much attention, and the discussions are. broad and full of interest.'" The fault is, that the needs of both sexes in this reßpect are not equally, considered. An erect figure, ari'organism in which the processes of life may go on without the ceaseless discord of functions at war with each other because of abnormal relations—in short, the added advantages which a fine physical adjustment gives its possessor—are as necessary to one sex as the other, and for the same reasons, If physical education and consequent improvement are things to bo desired, it is not that a number of individuals as a result of their training shall be able to perform certain feats of strength or agility, but in its broadest sense it is for the improvement of the race, and the race can-' not advance physically, intellectually, or morally unless the two factors which constitnte the race share equally in whatever tends to its greater perfection. Therefore, if in consequence of proper physical training, men can do more work, live longer, and transmit to their offspring ashare of this'improved condition, women also should be so trained that they can ,do more work, live longer, and contribute to the higher possibilities of their offspring by supplementing instead of thwarting the - promise which lias been presiipposeuVih. the higher development of the male parent,-r'Pop'iujr'' Science Monthly,' •