Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Physical Education in the Public Schools: An Eclectic System of Exercises, Including the Delsartean Principles of Execution and Expression
First awaken in the mind an appreciation of the necessity for a good body, then practice to the end of developing the physical being becomes a pleasure. Boys can be won to ear nest work by suggestions as to the importance of strength and manliness. They can easily be led to see the commercial value put upon a good form and courteous bearing by the busi ness world. Tell them of the boy whose healthful, gentlemanly appearance won him the position over a crowd of careless, slouching competitors.
Girls are pleased with the attainments of grace and beauty, while all acknowledge the universal demand for health and good manners.
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