Part 20 (2/2)

”But it was not until the close of its third year that the institution fully attained a collegiate character During these three years the Faculty had been carefully studying the conditions of the probleh an extensive intercourse with students, parents, intelligent educators, and through other channels of inforraduallya permanent course of study toelements”

The lack of method and discipline that characterized the athered here, was even more evident in their physical habits, and the effort to counteract the results of injudicious food, dress, social excitement, etc, seean to be evolved froinal chaos of the educational eleienic _morale_; and year by year this haspace with the constantly improved standard of scholastic attaine experience as teachers will readily understand how the disappointment and irritation that so many of these students felt, both as to theirtheir previous education, and their vague and irrational ideas about what they would accoe, acted unfavorably upon their health In not a few instances there was induced an abnorh, soe household This, added to the usual ho their first essay in independent living, and the absence of regular and definite duties,ordeal for the first few months Then, all the while and everywhere, beside and beyond these general disturbing influences, there were found the special and individual lack of any sound hygienic theory and practice, and a persistent antagonisatory That the tiht hours, was a rule stoutly resisted and habitually disobeyed by irl, hen reue's end, ”At hoht and as early in theas I pleased, and it never hurt irls ”couldn't see any sense in ularly to ood brain-work could be done on a diet of toast and tea, or crackers soaked in a paste of vinegar, molasses, mustard, pepper and salt, or confectionery and pastry They ”hated” beef and vegetables, and brown bread, as well as stated hours for partaking of such si could have been counted on one's fingers The gospel of good apparel according to Miss Phelps and Mrs Woolson had not then been preached; and, although the testimony of plain, every-day doctors, and of learned medical professors was that they had labored earnestly forand thick-soled shoes, Fashi+on's frown had deterred thethe advice, so what could be expected fro of the saia, congestions, and other besetlimpse of the hich ca people, and also of some or the obstacles that prevented the early establishress was all the while h there were ements; and, best of all, there was the saroup of intelligent, conscientious students, who, once having learned physiological truths, accepted theroup eree, by even the youngest and raceful to have hysterics, or to give other ood appetite that was regularly appeased by plain, nutritious food caarded, first, as not unladylike; second, as quite proper; and last, as a desired blessing: thin walking shoes, insufficient clothing, squeezed-up waists, and the like, grew in disfavor till they were stayht, warht to many their first lesson of physical freedom

To Elizabeth M Powell (now Mrs Henry Bond, of Florence, Mass), as the first Instructor in Physical Training after the gymnasium was built, and who for five years pursued her adreatly indebted for the thorough respect which that department has always commanded, and for its harmonious co-operation in the primary business of these students in science and literature

Just as the courses of study became more definite in aim and requirement, as the work of each class was more clearly marked out and adhered to, and as the intellectual life responded to the impulse of a reasonable and steady dethened By the close of the third year we could not but be as ienic senti the students, as ere by their coress in liberal culture; and both seeely and fairly attributable to the systeht out froinal confusion, and as patiently fitted into an efficient working-plan

So far as I a here has done more to counteract the hereditary or acquired tendency of e and sex than the opportunity for pursuing, quietly and continuously, with a definite aied courses of study

I can recall nuirls who came to us weak, indifferent, listless, full of ained in this bracing atmosphere of happy, sustained industry, such an iot aches and discontents, and went hoer to do their share in the world's work

Every one knows that uncongenial, badly-planned, disconnected, or purposeless effort fatigues, worries, and weakens both body and h, thens

To these general state the last three classes I have divided each class into three groups, designated respectively ”Good,” ”Fair,” ”Delicate,” according to the condition of health in which the individual students entered upon the college curriculuood health 14 ” ” fair ” 5 ” ” delicate ” 2

Of the fourteen ”good,” thirteen graduated in as good health; one in much deteriorated health

Of the five ”fair,” all left improved, as did also the ”two delicate”

CLass OF 1872

Entered in good health 18 ” ” fair ” 9 ” ” delicate ” 1

Of the eighteen ”good,” all left in as good or better health

Of the nine ”fair” all improved, and the one ”delicate” had ceased to make that distinction necessary; she was proood health 19 ” ” fair ” 14 ” ” delicate ” 12

Of the nineteen ”good,” fifteen left as well as they ca, and felt the undue strain in dith Two deteriorated in health

Of the fourteen ”fair,” five left in essentially the same condition; nine improved

Of the twelve ”delicate,” five left in the same condition; seven improved

It is scarcely necessary to say that every year the same old battles with bad habits in dress, diet, exercise, sleep, and work, have to be fought; but the enemies are not so nuaining in nuth; so the prospect for ultireatest obstacle that we find to the consu, is the pressure ly by their parents, to take the hile they are too young