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Synopsis
Excerpt from School Grounds and Play
There are many men of the old school who believe that work is the proper method of developing manly qualities in boys. They still proclaim their theory, forgetting that our child labor laws do not allow boys or girls to work before the age of 14 or 16. Work on the farm and in many other lines of industry had a great physical and practical value; but farm boys have mostly dropped farm work, except a little during the vacations. There is almost nothing for city boys to do. Some girls sweep the floors, make the beds, and wash the dishes, but they do not grow strong from washing dishes.
It is impossible to develop a high degree of motor skill unless the muscles and coordinations are trained during the period of growth. The best time for physical training is the period of the elementary school. During this time there is little physical work; probably not more than 5 per cent of the pupils have regular access to a gymnasium, and their chief source of physical development is play and athletics.
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