Keeping in Condition

I N C ON D I T I O N
I
O N TRA NIN G FOR O LD E R B OY S
P hoto b y C hannel . P hil ad e l p hia .
TH E R E LA Y R UN N E R
l i l y
A w e l - p rop ort o ne d y o u th in p os it io n f or the re a R e prod u c ti o n
.
o f a b ro nz e gu re b y D r iv i y
R T ait M c Ke nz ie o f the U n ers t o f
g
. .
P e nns yl v i
an a . y
Use d throu h the c ou rt e s o f D r M c Ke nzie
. .
KEEPING IN CONDITION
A HA N D B OO K ON TR AI NI N G
F OR OLD ER B OY S
H A RRY H . MO O RE
W I TH AN I N TR O D U C TI O N BY
CL A RK W . HE HET R ING T ON , Ph D
. .
I
UN VE RS TY O F I W I
SCO N SIN
N th: Emit
MAC MI LLAN C OMP AN Y
1916
A ll ri ghts r es erved

3& { 4 Y
Se t up l yp d P b li h d O
and e ec tro t e . u s e c tobe r, 1 9 1 5.
P R EF A C E
MO S T y ouths Of fourtee n to eighteen years of

age are ambitious to be strong and clean and
vigorous . If a high standard o f manhood

is constantly before them they W ill strive
,
earnestly to achieve the qualities o f man

hood therein represented . T hey are eager
for i nf ormation W hich W ill explain how they
may get their bodies into the best possible
physical condition hO W they may keep t
, .
While considerable material o n athletic train

ing personal hygiene and sex hygiene is
, ,
nO W be ing published in books and maga
zines no o ne has yet brought together in

,
co ncise form for adolescent boys all the essen

tials Of training for manhood .
T his little book is an attempt to set up an

ideal of vigorous manhood and to supply the
youth W ith the necessary information for its
achievement .
vi PRE FA C E
Theauthor is indebted to many friends

for much generous aid He is especially .
grateful to P resident William T F oster and .
P rofessor N orman F C oleman Of R eed C o l.
lege and to P rofessor C arl Kelsey O f the

,
University o f P ennsylvania for help in revi sing

the manuscript . O thers , to o numerous to men
tion members Of the E xecutive C ommittee
,
Of The Oregon S ocial Hygiene S ociety mem ,
bers Of the faculties Of R eed C ollege and other

institutions secretaries O f The Y oung Men s
,
C hristian A ssociation , and High S chool boys

all have helped . If the book proves use
ful it W ill be due to the generous aid
, of
these friends .
H H M . . .
REED C O LL EGE , PO RTLAN D , OR EGO N ,
Jul y , 19 15 .
IN T R O D UC T IO N
TH I S book gives boys a practical guide for

training in its larger sense o f training for man
hood The essentials involved in training
.
exercise fresh air diet rest and the control

, , , ,
Of inner force are i nterestin gly exp lained

and the fact emphasized that all o f these essen

tials not one o r two Of them are necessary
, ,
for real success But Mr Moore goes further

. .
and presents to boys interested in their per

,
sonal development and power the method o f ,
realizing their manhood and the relation Of

this training to racial and national welfare .
The adult uses his physical mental and , ,
moral powers to make a living to enter into ,
social relationships with his fellow men to ,
carry o n civic and political enterprises to ,
gain a deeper insight into the problems o f the

world to nd pleasure in recreation and above
, , ,
viii I N T R O D UC T I O N
all to care for his family if he has one These

, .
are the functions Of the grown man but the ,
boy has a function more fundamental than

any O f these and in that sense more important .
T hisfunction is revealed by his interest in

manly physical exercises and achievements .
While freed from the larger responsibilities

Of adult life it is the function Of the boy to
,
deve lop the powers that will be used in adult

activities such as vital and nervous energy
, ,
skill will power and courage His interest in

, , .
expending or craving to expend a large share

, ,
Of his energies in physical achievement is

N ature s method o f securing his development .
This development cannot be secured after

maturity A t maturity the gates O f all the
.
more fundamental forms o f education are

closed The adult can only conserve the
.
powers his youth has given him .
There is yet a larger meaning to this ideal

Of training for manhood I t is related to our
.
nati onal pro gress and welfare The realiza .
tion that he is a link in the chain Of heredity

I N TROD UC TI O N ix
must appeal to every boy T hrough parents .

,
grandparents and great grandparents he is

,
-
linked to the past clear back to the beginning

, ,
and he has the opportunity to be linked to the

future through possible children and children s
children on to the end o f time His body
, .
,
as Mr Moore shows is a trust and his right

.
, ,
to use his capacity to give life depends upon

his conservation O f his trust and upon his self
mastery ; for the race must not suff er from the
misuse Of his energies o r impulses T hose to .
whom he may give life in the future have a

right to the vigor steady nerves and clear
, ,
brain Of a wise ancestor I n making this fact

.

clear the author connects the boy s ideal for
,
himself with the racial idea .
Many boys feel that the good old days of

adventure and achievement Of personal glory
are no more F or the crude and untrained
.
,
they are past ; but for the boy who develops

the highest vigor the strongest nerves the
, ,
clearest brain and the steadiest moral courage

,
there never was a time in the history Of the ,

x I N TR OD UC TI ON
world so full o f opportunities for achievement .
E very city and town Off ers its G olden Fleece

in the form Of some civic achievement that
requires a ner type of courage and effort than
that put forth by the A rgonauts .
F o r parents and teachers this book is timely

and suggestive I t shifts a large part o f sex
.
hygiene from a position Of awkward isolation

to its natural place as a phase Of an idealized
yet practical program Of training a train

ing in which the boy s interests and e n thu

i
s as ms high I t points the way to a pro
are .
gram O f training now used by many expert

leaders O f boys to relieve them Of the sex
excitation and temptations which Jane A ddams
characterizes so clearly as part of the dangers
Of present day social life
our -
.
The boy lives in the enthusiasms Of his

daily experiences and achievements ; he ex
presses impulses and emotions and molds ,
them into character habits Whether the .
impulses and emotions are morally good or

bad depends upon the ideas and ideals that
N T R OD U C T I O N xi
I
control the ir expression T hese ideas and
.
ideals leadership must supply I t is the func .
tion Of adult leadership to attach the ideal Of

training for manhood to the boy s enthusiasm
in daily achievement I n this ideal Of train
.

ing to build a life the parent s o r teacher s
,

enthusiasm may match the boy s enthusiasm
and guide it into hi g
h and ef cient effort .
C LAR K W
. H ETH ER IN G TON
May 8 , 1915 .
C O N TE N TS
C HA P T E R II . F IV E E SS E N TIAL S IN S
UCC E SS F U L T AIN
R
IN G
The b ath
Resul ts with fre sh air

xiv CONTENT S
F ads
W hat to e at
C offe e
The control o f i nte nal f o ce

r r
The d ev l p me nt of the b oy into t he man

e o
A dange to av oi d
r
R l at i on f mi nd to vi il i ty
e o r
P ati n e in t ai nin g
e c r
Summar y
C H A P T E R III . D AN G E R S TO V I R I L I TY
IL LUSTR A TIO N S
KE E P IN G IN C O N D ITIO N
A H AN D B OOK ON T RA IN IN G
FOR OLD ER B OY S
C H A P TER I
T RAI NI NG AND VI R I L I TY
To be in training to get the body into the

,
best possible physical condition to keep t , ,
is the natural ambition o f every youth A .
well developed well proportioned human body

-
,
-
is a thing o f beauty and an inspiration I t is .
a marvelous organism superior to any machine

,
which ever has been or ever can be invented .
I t is a delicately adjusted organism yet it will ,
stand severe strain a hard football game a

, ,

heavy day s work if it be kept in good con
dition .
By specialized intensive training a man may

,
become a great baseball player football player , ,
B 1
2 KEEPING IN CONDITION
or a record breaker in the hundred yard dash .
But the custom of training continuously for

a few months each year for football track and ,
eld work baseball tennis or other sport is

, , ,
short sighted compared with the custom of

,
training for manhood . A wiser way is to keep

in the best possible condition all the time The .
thing to be achieved is that excellent condition

known as tness tness for athletics for ,
work for any task which a man may be called

,
1
upon to perform .
SO
to keep in condition does no t necessitate
continuous intensive and specialized tr
, aining
, ,
such as may cause a man to become stale

o r overtrained I t need no t mean a rigid
.
diet from which there can be no variation

, ,
,
day after day and month after month I t

, .
does not necessarily require a certain hour for

retiring year in and year out I t does mean .
the selection Of those factors in everyday l ife

which make for the best possible physical and
mental health and the rejection Of those factors -
which tend to prevent one from achieving c o m

'
TRAIN IN G AN D VIRILITY 3
ple t e health Training f or; manhood involves

.
the development and cons ervation of vi ri lity

"
.
E very n ormal youth is ambitious to have

virility He would rather have full virility

.
than a million dollars A t least this is true

.
if he understands all that virility means .
What Viril ity M eans

By virility is meant
.
manhood in a complete sense I t is made

up of at least six qualities O f course it in
.
c lu des s trength of mu scle no t necessarily big

,
-
muscle but muscle that will do any work

,
o ne may have for it whether it be hiking

, ,
wrestl ng or pitching grain in the eld Quality

i , .
Of muscle rather than quantity is desirable .
T here is s u ch a thing as having too much

muscle John L S ullivan is said to have had

. .
so much muscle that he could not reach the

collar button at the back Of his neck S an .
do w famous for his great muscular strength

, ,
was unusually slow and inaccurate in using

his body .
While strong muscle is important a con ,
s ide rab le number of men who have built up

4 KEEPI N G I N C ON DITION
tremendously strong muscles on the outside

Of their bodies have lost o ut in competi
tion because they have lacked inner qualities
,
Of V irility O ne O f these inner qualities may

.
2
be shown by comparing two runners T hey .
may be placed side by side in track suits sub ,
mitte d to various strength tests and meas

u re me nts and apparently be Of equal strength
, .
But placed together on a mile course o ne man ,
shows himself weaker than the other A t .
the end Of the rst half mile he becomes

exhausted and has to quit He lacks stayin g .
quality o r reserve force The other possesses

, .
this quality and nishes in good condition .
T his quality 18 called endu rance .
A third quality is energyWithout it a

.
,
man is lazy . Unless he be exceptionally

strong in other particular s to compensate
fo r this almost inexcusable weakness his ,
school has no use for him in baseball basket ,
ball O r track and eld athletics E nergy

, .
means activity , and activity res ul ts in the

development Of one s powers .
6 KEE P IN G I N C OND ITION
S tates an inexhaustible supply Of timber ,
coal metals and other forms of natural we alth

, , ,

and for years millions Of dollars worth of
these resources were wasted N ow it is .
realized that this wealth is limited and any ,
waste in its use is condemned The conser .
vation movement is a protest against wa ste ,
and is based on the idea of saving forfuture

use .
If in the development of the nation it is

, ,
important to conserve o ur natural resources ,
it is much more important to conserve the

great vital forces in human life especially the
,
vital forces O f youth Those things which

.
waste the strength and energies of youth are

to be regarded as much greater dangers to the
welfare Of the nation than business activities
which endanger o ur forests soil mines and
, , ,
water power He who trains for manhood

.
conserves the great vital forces in human life .
E xa mpl e s of Virility
. Most men O f recent
years and of the past who have won great
records in athletics and who by their intel
,
TRAININ G AND VIRILI TY 7
lectual powers and physical abilities have ,

rendered great service in the world s work
have possessed these six qualities Of virility .
Walter Johnson who was the star pitcher

,
Of the Washington baseball team in 19 13 and

19 14 combines self control and will power with
,
-
energy muscular strength and endurance

, , .
D uring the 19 13 season he won more victories

than any other pitcher in the A merican
League He holds several records such as
.
,
striking o ut the most men in a season throw ,
ing a ball at the rate Of 12 2 fe et a second and ,
pitching 5 6 consecutive innings without being

scored o n Johnson keeps in condition by
.
taking scrup ulous care Of his body He does .
no t smoke notwithstanding reports to the

,
contrary A boy who admires him more

.
,
than any other man on this earth recently ,

said I t s not what he says it s what he is
, , .
Modern baseball requires men who trai n and

.
3
develop strong bodies and alert minds .
Henry Ward C amp who rowed with Y ale

,
in the great Quinsigamond R egatta in 18 5 9 ,

8 KEEPIN G I N C OND ITION
was such a man . The rst day Harvard won ,
but C amp insisted that Y ale should row the

next day when thanks to him defeat gave
, , ,
place to victory A friend writes Of his .
singular physical beauty his handsome

face his manly bearing and his glorious
, ,

strength . He continues , I well remember ,
while at college riding o ut o ne day with a

,
classmate O f his and passing him as erect, ,
and light Of foot he strode lustily up a long ,
hill and the enthusiasm with which my com

,

rade pronounced this eulogy , There s Henry
C amp a perfect man who never did anything
, ,
4
to hurt his body o r his soul
William Holabird Jr who became a great , .
,
golf player at the age Of eighteen was also a ,

man Of V irility . T he G olfers Magazine writes
Of him , While chiey known to the public
as a golfer he was catcher on the school base
,
ball team half back on the eleven held the

, ,
gold medal for the inter class track meet and -

, ,

in fact excelled in all athletic sports
, He .
was tall in stature and muscled like a G reek

TRAI N IN G AND VIRILI TY 9
god with clear cut

,
-
, delicate , rened , and
5
manly features .
P resident E meritus E liotOf Harvard Uni

versity has been able to main tain a high
standard Of health and at the age Of eighty
, , ,
is now capable Of remarkably e fcient work .
He writes that as a boy his diet was simple

, ,
and that he had exercise in the open air every

day and two months Of o u t O f door life in the
,
- -
country o r by the sea every summer His .
exercise consisted O f rowing sh ing horse , ,
back riding and walking He was active

, .
also in carpentering and wood turning While .
in college he took gymnasium work boxed , ,
and rowed with the crew His chief exercise .
was walking 6
A s the P resident Of a great
.
university and as a citizen he has sho wn ,
en ergy determination and courage He felt

, , .
it necessary on o ne occasion publicly to pro

test against certain acts O f labor unionism .
This action brought upon him vigorous eriti

c is m from labor leaders His life was .
threatened Hundreds O f antagonistic men

.
10 KEEP IN G IN C OND ITION
gathered but he went into the midst Of them

, .
His courage aroused their admiration I n .
stead O f expressing their displeasure they ap ,
pl au d e d vigorously D r E liot
. is wise and fair
.
and has been able to help the cause o f union

labor I n various capacities he has rendered
.
to the nation services of inestimable value .
L incoln
is o ne o f the greatest examples of
virility that o ur nation has produced I n his .
youth and early manhood he repeatedly per

formed various tasks showing ne quality of
muscle wonderful endurance great energy
, , ,
high courage and strong will power A s a

, .
youth he wrestled j umped ran races and

, , ,
walked long distance s He could -
.strike
3
with a maul heavier blows and s ink an r
ax deeper into the wood than anybody else

in the community A friend said O f him
. If ,

you heard him fellin trees in a c le arin you
would say that there was three men at work

by the way the trees fell He could out lift.
-
,
o u t work
-
and o u t wrestle any man with
,
-
whom he came in contact O n o ne occasion .

,
T RA I N I N G A N D V I R I L I T Y 11
he exercised his ingenuity and courage and

saved three men who were in danger o f drown
ing O n another occasion the champion of a
.
,
neighboring community was matched against

him in a wrestling bout N either man seemed.
to be able to throw the other Off his feet and ,
the champion tried to foul Lincoln no sooner .
realized the game Of his antagonist than ,
furious with indignation he caught him by the ,

throat and holding him
, , out at arm s length ,
7
shook him as he would a child .
C aptain R obert F S cott who reached the

.
,
S outh P ole January 1 7 1 9 12 gave the world

, ,
a wonderful record o f determination endur ,
ance and courage T hough starting o n his

, .
expedition with a complete equipment and

a large crew O f men as he and his comrades
,
advanced south they were forced to leave

behind not only the less vigorous members Of
,
the party but motor sleds dogs and ponies

, , , .
I n making the last 12 0 miles he and his four ,
nal companions had to haul the great sledge

upon which they carried their provisions .
12 K EE PIN G IN C OND ITION
A t the pole they found that A mundsen the

, ,
N orwegian explorer had arrived there only a

,
month earlier I t is a terrible disappoint

.

ment S cott wrote in his record
, and I ,
am very sorry for my loyal companions .
B ut with magnanimous spirit they photo

, ,

graphed A mundsen s tent with the N orwegian
flag at the pole thus themselves giving to the
,

world a record and a proof o f their rival s
previous discovery .
O n their return they met difc ulties and

hardships almost unendurable With over .
nine hundred miles between themselves and

s afety they pressed on day after day week
, ,
after week in the face Of discouraging acci

,
dents limited rations and fuel snow blind

, ,

ness severe cold ranging from 2 0 to 4 3
,
below zero and piercing penetrating winds

, , .
C aptain S cott and his brave companions ,
with bodies which must have been in wonder

fully t condition persisted by sheer force O f
,
will power and were overcome by a bli zzard

,
only a few miles from their ship .

T R A I N I N G A N D V I R I L I TY 13
The simple records found months later by

,
the side Of their dead bodies tell with dra,
matic effectiveness of the last few days of

heart Tending torture from exposure and
-
starvation . Wilson is feeling the cold most ,
mainly from his self s ac ri c ing devotion in

-

doctoring O ates feet reads the record
, .
He has rare pluck He has borne intense

.
suffering for weeks without complaint .
We must ght it o u t to the last biscuit .

O ates at last said he couldn t go o n We.
induced him to come o n the afternoon march .
I n spite Of its awful nature fo r him he

struggled o n and we made a few miles
, .
A nd later when they were in their tent He ,
went o ut into the blizzard and we have not

seen him since When E vans was insensible
.
and the safety Of the rest of the party seemed

to demand his abandonment they stood by ,
and did not leave him till two hours after his
death The remaining three pressed o n and
.
were later found together frozen to death in

,
their tent S cott seems to have survived the

.
14 KEEPIN G IN C OND ITION
longest He writes in his j ournal

. We ,
arrived within eleven miles Of o u r Old O ne

T o n C amp with fuel fo r o n e last meal and food
for two days F o r four days we have been
.
unable to leave the tent the gale howling

about us We are weak writing is difcult
.
, ,
but for my own sake I do not regret this

journey which has shown that E nglishmen
,
can endure hardships help , o ne another and

,
meet death with as great a fortitude as ever

8
in the past .
Many other examples Of men Of dynamic

power vision and leadership might be cited
, ,
men who have not only excelled in athletics ,
but have achieved success in the work O f the

world because they have trained and kept
,
themselves t . P rogress towards a higher

civilization depends upon men Of this type .
C HAP TER II
F IV E E SS E N T I AL S IN SU C C E SSF U L T RAI NI NG
TH E youth who would keep himself t and
acquire virility must provide ve essentials
in successful training T hey are ( 1 ) wise
.
exercise ( 2 ) fresh air ( 3) sufcient rest

, , ,
( )
4 wholesome food and ( )
5 the control
, O f
internal force .

F ailure to provide any one o f these ve

es sentials will endanger the success Of the
'
others E xercise alone will n o t bring desired

.
results no r will fresh air alone nor will any

, ,
combination Of two three or four Of these

, ,
elements A ll ve are necessary

. O nly when .
the youth faithfully trains himself along these

ve lines will he attain his maximum virility .
A complete examination by a physical

director is desirable when o n e begins training .
S uch a n examination should include various

15
16 KEE PI N G IN C ON D ITION
tests of muscular strength measurements Of ,
lung capacity weight height and a thorough

, , ,
inspection o f heart and lungs A record o f .
these various results may be kept together ,
with photographs o f the body in two o r three

different positions S ix months or a year
.
later by Obtaining another examination and

,
another set Of photographs o n e may note the

,
progress made after following the suggestions

given him by the physical director . T hus a

plan of competing with one s self may be
established E very month the youth may
. .
break his o wn past records and at the end

,
Of a year greatly improve his physique and

9
health .
Whether o r not an examination be taken ,
however it is well fo r the youth to check over

,
his daily program every month o r Oftener to

see if he has become decient in any one or
more Of these essentials . He may nd for ,
instance that his work and other activities

,
have reduced his time in the open air to only

a half hour and his time O f rest to only seven
,
F I V E E S S E N T I A L S I N T RA I N I N G 17
hours When a youth discovers deciencies

.
in his daily program o r weaknesses in any o ne

Of these ve essential points he will set him ,
self immediately to correct his daily schedule

and bring it back to normal .
Wis e E xer cis e . I n the physical life Of

man activity results in development and
, ,
inactivity in stagnation and retrogression .
The present day custom o f sitting in the grand

-
stand while two teams O f ve nine or eleven , ,
men get all the exercise is an unfortun ate and

even dangerous tendency R eading the sport .

ing page yelling one s self hoarse in the
,
bleachers and consulting bulletin boards may

,
be enjoyable but these customs will never

,
produce a nation Of vigorous men E xercise .
is found not in the grandstand but on the

, ,
eld.
The B est E xercises

Hiking baseball .
, ,
rowing canoeing and skating in the open

, ,
air are among the most benecial exercises .
S wimming is an excellent exercise when taken

moderately . When swimming in cold fresh
water twenty minutes o r less is enough at

,
o ne time ; more than this may be weakening .
O ne may swim fo r a longer time in salt water .
G"eneral gymnasium work with dumb bells -

,
clubs wands and apparatus is excellent as are

, , ,
also boxing and wrestling when fresh air is ,
provided O f all these in the opinion Of

.
,
many hiking stands rst Hiking takes one

, .
out into the open country and into the moun

tains ; it brings into play the large muscles ,
tones up the nervous system and generally ,
insures large quantities Of e xhilarating fresh

air by bringing into use the entire capacity
,
Of the lungs .
Theyouth should not conne himself to

hik ing however o r to any particular exercise
, , .
Le t him guard against specialization and o ne

sided development . The
highest ideal for
which all should strive is no t to produce a
runner or a j umper o r a boxer but the highest ,
10
type Of a physically perfect man What .

ever One s favorite recreation may be he ,
should add to it a variety of other exercises .

20 KEEPI NG IN C ONDITION
as ashes or clinkers and are called fatigue

poisons . The system can readily cast Off
through the lun gs the skin and the kidneys, ,
a normal amount O f these poisons ; but if

physical activity be continued too long more ,
poisons are made than can be disposed Of by

the system F atigue and sometimes sickn ess
.
result .
T hese cautions refer only to exces si ve par

t i c ipatio n in the distance runs boat racing , ,
basket ball and tennis , . For some boys and

men who are continually keyed up to a high
pitch and who are Of a nervous temperament
, ,
h ard tennis and basket ball are n o t des irable

Fo r such persons quieter exercise may be more

,
protable .
P ostu re . A n abundance Of proper exercise

tends towards the building up o f an erect we ll ,
proportioned body The head chest and .

, ,
sho ul ders should be held u p E mphasis need .
not be placed o n throwing the shoulders back .
A abby clumsy stooped body and a pro

, ,
tru din g abdomen detr act greatly from the

FI VE E S SE NTI AL S I N TRA ININ G 21
beauty and ef ciency Of the body The rela .
tive attractiveness Of various postures may be

Observed in the following gure .
1 P i
rol e s Show n g ( f m l ft t i ght) b
ro e o r ad , med i ocre and
g d t
.
oo p o s ure s .
I f necessary one should take special arm

, ,
ab dominal and breathing exercises in order

,
to correct faulty tendencies and develop an

erect well proportioned body
,
-
.

The B ath A man s daily exercise should
.
be vigorous enough to cause him to perspire

freely T his helps in throwing O ff the po i
.
22 KEE PIN G IN C OND ITION
sons referred to a process important to good

,
health O ne should follow such exercise with

.
a shower bath Of from one to three minutes

duration using rst warm water then cold
, , ,
and a vigorous rubdown with a coarse towel

afterwards Warm water and soap should be
.
used rst to cleanse the body thoroughly .
The feet and hands and hairy portions Of the

body need particularly to be kept clean .
S oap o n the head however is needed only oc

, ,
c as io n ally
in most communities I f a shower.
be n o t available a tub bath may be used

,
with at least two changes Of water The

warm bath should not last over ve minutes ,
A fter this a cold plunge may be taken I f .
even a tub bath be not accessible a wash ,

bowl placed on the oor of one s room with
, ,
two o r three changes Of water will prove a,
good substitute A bath so taken with a good

.
rubdown afterwards may be as invigorating

as a bath taken at the nest athletic club
in the country .
I n order to keep the entire body sweet and

FI VE E S SEN TIAL S I N TRAINI N G 23
clean many youths nd it desirable to take

,
a short vigorous bath eve ry day especially ,
if a shower be available o r if one may be con

triv e d If a tub be used o ne may take a
.
,
thorough bath as outlined above once o r

, ,
twice a week and a cold splash daily

, The .
bath s hou ld be taken q uickly . P rolonged daily

baths may be weakening .
A pleasant reaction should always follow the

bath . O ne should feel as warm after bathing
as before I f he does no t water not so cold
.
,
should be used A bath should not be taken

.
less than 4 5 minutes before a meal and n o t

sooner than 1% hours after eating so as n o t ,
to interfere with digestion .
Dr . D udley A . S argent Of Harvard Uni

versity believes that the regular bath follow
ing exerci se and the habit o f bathing estab
lishe d thereby are almost as valuable as the
exercise itself 12
.
Ru bdowns A fter a track meet or similar

.
occasion demanding unusual muscular e xer

tion a vigorous massage Of the particular
,
24 KEE PIN G IN C OND ITI ON
muscles fatigued is Often advisable An .
athlete may massage some Of his o wn muscles .
O ften he will need the help Of his trainer or ,
coach . A rubdown Of this kind assists the

system to throw Off the fatigue poisons into
the blood I t does not take the place Of rest
.
,
however A fter unusual muscular work and

.
the rubdown a long period Of sleep should

,
follow so that the blood may in turn cast , ,
Off the fatigue poisons through lungs skin , ,
and kidneys .
F re s h A ir I n the city O f C alcutta in

.
17 5 6 14 6 persons were conned in a small

,
apartment , now referred to as the Black

Hole about 2 0 feet square having only
, ,
two small windows The next morning 12 3 .
Of them were dead .
A t the time Of the C ivil War the A ssistant ,
S urgeon Of the United S tates A rmy re

ported that those whose occupations exposed
them to crowd poisoning o r to vitiated
air from any cause were by no means
so well tted fo r military service as those
Res u lts wi th F res h A ir . What wonderf ul

results may be had from living in the fresh
air is shown by experience with open air -
schools in G ermany E ngland and A merica

, , .
Usually children have been selected fo r the

experiments who are below normal in general
health in many cases they have been
tuberculous I n the open an the chil dren
.
,
respond wonderf ul ly the color comes into

their cheeks and the sparkle into their eyes .
T hey increase in weight and grow stronger

physically and more alert mentally 15
.
I n S witzerland
tuberculous children are
,
taken up among the snow covered mountains -
and are there gradually exposed to the air and

sunshine A good coat Of tan soon replaces
.
nearly all their clothing and although the air

,
is cold they seem to enj oy their sports in the

,
snow and to derive much benet from the

16
exercise .
H ow to P rovide Fres h Air . T hose people ,
Whose occupations and habits Of l ife keep

the m out Of the fresh air most Of the t ime
FI VE E SSE NTIALS IN TRA INI NG 27
must den itely plan ways and means Of over

coming this difculty .
The youth should ( 1) live as much o u t Of

doors as possible ( 2 ) keep the air indoors
,
where he is working or studying as fresh as

possible and ( 3) sleep in the fresh air
, .
T wo hours a day should be the minimum

fo r actuall y living in fresh out O f door air,
- -
.
More time is Of course very desirable This .
time should be spent if possible in invigorating

exercise particul arly in those exercises which
,
develop the chest as the heart and lungs need

,
to be given plenty Of room Walking to and .
from school or place Of business is a simple and

wise way O f providing for a portion Of this time .
C old air indoors is no more harmf ul than it

is out f doors
- -
B ad overheated air is more
o .
,
likely to make us catch cold than fresh ,
cold air When the outside temperature will

.
permit it is well to keep open all the doors and

,
windows O f the house E ven during the cold

.
season the windows should be partially open ;

and occasionally d uring the day all doors and
28 K E E P I N G I N C O N D I TI O N
windows should be thrown wide Open to insure

a thorough change Of air .
I n recent scientic experiments , human

beings have been kept alive in air tight com -
partme nts for many hours by keeping the air

in motion and at a moderately low temper
ature I f o ne be forced to remain for long
.
periods in rooms where ventilation is difcult ,
it is highly desirable to have the indoor air

kept in motion by an electric fan o r other
device and kept at a temperature Of not over
70 F

68 or .
A rrangements for sle epmg m the fresh air

may be procured if the youth is resourceful
and determined A room with several win
.
dows opened at the top and bottom usually

makes a fairly satisfactory arrangement .
T ents are good if well ventilated especially ,
when they can be placed o n a at roof up ,
above the stratum Of bad air which is some

times found near the ground . The best ar
rangement is a sleeping porch particularly ,
when it is built above the ground oor .

FI VE E S SE NTI AL S I N TR A ININ G 29
S u cie nt R e st . T hat
rest is needed in
proportion to the amount Of energy expended
is evident I f the youth is to keep in the best
.
possible condition he must carry o u t this

,
idea in his everyday life N ine o u t Of every .
ten youths between the ages Of fteen and

twenty years need eight and one half to nine
and one half hours Of sleep each night O ne .
may sleep much more restfully by sleeping

alone D ouble beds are now being largely
.
'
replaced by s ingle b e d s for both adults and

young people Though the youth should get
.
all the Sleep needed he should lie in bed no

,
longer than sleep requires Lying in bed .
after waking tends to make o ne lazy and to

rO b one Of vigor T O spring o u t o f bed imme
.
d iately upon awakening is good for developing

the will .
E ects f o I ns uicient Rest . A s was ex

plained under the heading o f exercise physical ,
and mental activity causes the manufacture

Of fatigue poisons Under proper conditions
.
these poisons are cast O ff during sleep I f .

,
30 KEEPIN G I N CONDITION
however sufcient sleep be not provided

, ,
they may accumulate and cause sickness .
The problem Of fatigue is important in our

industrial l ife T ables have been comp iled
.
from num erous investigations showing disas ,
17
trous effects of fatigue among workers .
I t is said that Mr T homas A E dison c an

. .
work all night till six in the morning then take ,
a little nap from six to nine and continue with

,

another good day s work . A few men see m
capable Of working under such conditions ,
but most people are no t E disons . Because

o neoccasionally hears Of a famous man who
can work many hours with but little S
leep one ,
is sometimes inclined to think that he himself

should work harder and sleep less T his is a
,
.
gre at m
.is take A man. may get along for a
few days or a few weeks without s ufcient
sleep and notice no pa rticularly bad results ,
but sooner or la ter he feels the effects Of the

accumulation Of fatigue poisons He is per .
haps attacked by disease germs d urin g a

period Of insufcient rest ; his system already ,
FI VE E SSENTIALS IN TRAINI N G 31
behin d in its work is unable to cast Off both

,
fatigue poisons and disease germs and he soon ,
nds himself a victim O f disease C ontinued .
study late at night and attendance at parties

, ,
the theater and other amusement s if partici

, ,
pated in at the expense o f sleep are doubly ,
vicious . T hey increase fatigue and they

lessen time for recuperation .
Res erve S trength E very youth ought to

.

have not only enough strength for each day s
work but a little extra for use in an emergency
,
at the nish of a race fo r instance when

, ,
victory is a matter Of a few feet or inches I f .
an engineer pulls his throttle wide open and

uses more steam than the re under his boiler
is generating he soon lowers the pressure in
,
his boiler He is then compelled to slow

.
do wn un til the pressure rises before he can,
again get the best work out Of his engine .
The youth in order to maintain maximum

,
efciency to or i g i nate great ideas to execute

, ,
big pieces O f work must avoid using his

,
strength to the point of fatigue E ach night .

32 KEE PIN G IN C OND ITI ON

he must fully recover from the previous day s
eff orts and in addition store up a little energy
18
for emergencies .
S u cient Rest P ro table . S ometimes

troubles attributed to other causes may be
quickly corrected by getting more rest The .
president Of a large bank upon being deprived ,
Of a vacation in E urope decided to get more ,
sleep at home as a substitute He did so .

,
and found as he put it that he could ght

, ,

better P ressed with the responsibilities o f
.
his position that ghting tone that ability

, ,
to say yes o r no decisively and at the

right time must have added not only to his
,
o wn well being but to his efciency as presi

-
Of
19
dent the bank .
Wh o l e s ome F oo d O n L ake E rie in 19 0 0

.
,
two large popular steamers raced from C leve

land O hio east 1 0 0 miles Much interest
, , .
was aroused in advance o f the race and the ,
crew o f each boat was eager to win . I n prep

aration for the race the men on both boats ,
careful ly sorted the coal in order to rej ect

34 KEEPIN G IN CONDI TION
F ads T he
idea Of getting much nutri
.
ment condensed into a small quantity Of food ,
and numerous other ideas upon which various

C
manufactured products and various isms
in eating are based , are erroneous . A bout
twenty v e years ago it was thought by some
-
,
that explorers and others who desired might

live on food condensed into small volume .
T his theory has been exploded N ow it is .

,
realized that the stomach and intestines need

bulk to work o n in order that they may func
tion properly .
W hat to syste m then needs

E at .

The , ,
volume Of food as well as nutriment O ne .
should eat chiey fresh vegetables cereals , ,
bread and butter eggs and fruits with a little

, , ,
fresh meat or sh no t more than once a day .
I f perchance were forced to eat one food

'
, , o ne
exclusively bread would be the best food to

,
select I t is the most nearly perfect solid

.
food Bread and milk together provide all

.
the important elements I n food A variety .
Of foods however is desirable

, , .
FI VE E S SE N T IA L S I N T RA IN I N G 35
T herehas been in the past a difference Of

Opinion regarding the use Of meat N ow .
many authorities agree that eating to o much

meat may cause constitutional diseases such
as kidney disease and hardening Of the
arteries .
Milk is an ideal drink and is rich in nutri

,
ment Water is now considered not harmf ul

.
at meals if the food be reduced to a pulp and

, ,
the water be n o t used to wash down the food .
Water should be drunk freely it is well to

make t his a practice upon rising in the

morning and between meals When o ne is .
thirsty cold fresh water is the best drink

, , .
I t is the water in any drink which really

quenches thirst .
What not to E at T here are very few

.
foods in common use which o ne may n o t eat

if o n e chews them properly S timulants and .
highly seasoned foods however should be , ,
avoided E specially should one be careful

.
not to eat meats fruits and vegetables which

, ,
are even slightly decayed I n using canned .

36 KEE PIN G IN C OND ITION
goods in camp or elsewhere the can should be

,
emptied and thrown away as soon as it is

opened in order to avoid metallic poisons
, .
I f all Of the contents Of the can be not needed

they should be transferred to a porcelain o r
enameled dish and kept covered .
Co ee C o ff ee is a stimulant which in
.
creases brain activity C o ee might there

'
fore be a good thing to use if it were not for ,
the fact that reaction always follows the use

Of such a stimulant and conf uses o r checks the
,
activity of the brain C offee does n o t add

.
any energy to the system but tends to give ,
a false sense o f power and to cause men to

draw o n their reserve strength with the result
Of weakening vitality I t may be said that
.
co ee is to the brain of a youth what a whip

is to a ne horse O nce in the great chariot
.
,
race Ben Hur used the whip and because

, ,
he had never used it before it proved e ffec ,
tive in the emergency . E ven if coffee be

used in an emergency one should expect a
,
period Of lessened brain activity afterwards .

F I VI
E E SSENTIALS IN TRAI NI NG 37
Tea is also a stimulant . N either coffee nor

tea is a food .
A lcohol and Tobacco . I t is

proved by no w
scientists that alcohol is a poison Heads .
o f governments economists physicians and

, , ,
business men condemn alcohol because Of its

effects o n health and efficiency Many sta .
t is tic al tables Show these e ff ects .
I n respect to tobacco while many mature

,
men feel justied in smoking all agree that it ,
is detrimental to the development Of a grow

ing youth D r S eaver formerly director of
. .
,
the Y ale University gymnasium studied ,
scient ically for a period O f nine years the

effects Of smoking among students He found .
tha t non smokers increased more in height

-
,
weight and chest girth than the smokers ;

,
in l ung capacity the non smokers increased -
cubic inches and the smokers

cubic inches .
R ecent scientic investigation also throws

light upon the question Of s moking The .
hea rt beat o f several non smokers was reg -

38 K EE P IN G IN C OND ITION
is teredby means of a scient ic instru ment ;

also the heart beat Of various smokers be
fore smoking at the time o f smoking and after
, ,
smoking The heart beat o f the S mokers was

.
considerably weaker than that Of the non

smokers it was stimulated at the time o f
,
smoking and became weak again immediately

,
21
afterwards .
S low E ating . S ome people eat as though

they thought their stomachs had teeth . In
eating slowly lies a secret Of healthful and
happy living A ll f ood s hou ld be che wed to
.
u
p pl I
. f the youth adopts this habit it will ,
add more to his enj oyment strength and effi , ,
c ie nc y than many other less simple factors
in hygienic living .
A little eaten slowly will do more good

than much eaten rapidly Hurry and excite .
ment tend to retard o r stop digestion ; D r .
C harles W E liot attributes much o f his suc

.
cess to a calm temperament and a serene mind .

T hese are furthered by taking one s meals
leisurely quietly and cheerfully C heerf ul
, , .
40 KEEPIN G IN COND ITION
D IET
( C ontaining approx imate ly 2 5 00 l
c a ories )
F o r b o y s 14 to 18 ye ars O f age , we igh ing 1 1 0 to 16 0
P rune s, a p ricots , a pple s auce , or any fre sh

se aso n, o ne dish .
Oatmeal ,
M o d erate -
S i ze d dl Sh, W th
i
R i ce , or
for winter
Wheat cereal
or
Flaked wheat or corn

Large Si ze d dish with -
Puffe d wheat or rice ,
fo r su mmer 1
.
S hre dd e d wh eat
E ggs two , .
( B ac on or griddl e c akes may be substitute d

sio nally or t h is c ourse may b e o mitte d e ntire ly )
, .
M ilk one gl ass , .
Toast two slices with butter , , .
DINN ER
Ste ak , o ne or two c h op s , roast, or sh .
B ake d p otato , o ne , or its e q u iva ent l in mash ed or
bo il e d p otatoes .
1 k
The b re a fas t foo d s su gg es te d i
f or the w nte r mo nths may b e us e d throu gh
o u t the eary . T y
he f urn s h i more nu tr ime nt in p p ti
ro or on to the ir c os t t han
the p p
re are d foo ds su gg es te d f or su mmer . If light e r. co o er l k
b rea f ast foo ds
are desired , howe v er, these prepare d f ood s may be use d .
FI VE E S SE N T IAL S I N TRA I NI N G 41
C elery c re a pe as Sp in ach cau l iower beans

med , , , , ,
carrots or o th er coo ked v e ge tab l es o ne dish , .
Milk one glass , .
B read two sl ice s with butter

, , .
Any fruit mentioned above fru it be rry or c ustard pie

, , , .
Ligh t b roth or so u p with a few crackers .
C re ame d p o tatoe s or b ake d p o tato .
Small portion O f co ld meat s mall p iece O f steak , , or
o ne c h o p if d es ire d .
B read two slice s with butter

, , .
C ustard pl ain p u ddin g bake d appl e with

, , c rea m , or
any fruit mentio ne d abo ve .
In the menu above which provides changes ,
from day to day the rs t named article in

,
-
each class Of foods is the best Of its class .
Onetires o f many foods after continuous use ,
however ; therefore variety is desirable O ne

, .
may eat mashed potatoes boiled potatoes , ,
and creamed potatoes Often but it is well to ,
remember that baked potatoes are the best .
SO also oatmeal is the best cereal

, , In a .
s imilar manner preference should be given to

,
42 K E E P IN G I N C OND ITI ON
the rst o ne o r two named foods O f each class .
A s a general rule youths o f the broad chested

,
-
,
broad waisted
-
, large boned type
-
S hould be
careful not to overeat Y ouths Of the slen.
der type should eat more heartily particularly ,
Of vegetables and fruits .
The C on tr ol of I n ternal F or c e The last .

element Of successful training is control Of

internal force . T here is implanted in every
youth a certain internal force o r instinct .
I t is the instinct which leads man to per

pe tu ate his species to reproduce his kind
, ,
and we call it the race instinct the repro du c ,
tive instinct or the sex instinct

, .
A nimals have this same instinct With .
animals it seems to rule their lives N ature .
gives it limitations and keeps it under cer

,
tain control ; but animals themselves make , ,
little or no attempt to control it when it

asserts itself at various seasons .
Y outh is given this in s tinc t plu s the mental ,

'
and physical powers through the exercise Of

which he may develop control Of it . F urther
FI VE E S SE NTI AL S IN TRA IN IN G 43
more he must control it or it will control him

,
.
I f this instinct masters him he will lose ,
much of the virility he has already gained ;

if he masters it and makes it his servant
, ,
then it will bring to his life greater dynamic

powers .
I n the next chapter it will be shown how

this instinct serves the nal purpose for which
it was intended ho w it causes all living crea
,
tures to reproduce their kind and thereby

continue their species The sacredness and
.
the importance to the body Of the reproductive

organs will there be explained .
The male has reproductive organs for two

separate and distinct purposes T heir nal .
purpose is reproduction as stated ; their ear

,
lier purpose is this to develop a boy into a man

.
The D evelopment of the B oy into the M an .
I t would be impossible for boys to grow into

men were it not for the reproductive organs .
T his will be Shown by three illustrations .
The rst is this : O n each side Of the neck

there is a little gland called the thyroid gland
, ,
44 KEE PIN G I N C OND ITI ON
which continually manufactures an important

secretion I t is similar to the secretions o f
.
other glands such as the saliva and the gastr ic

,
jui ce This secretion however goes not into

.
, , ,
the food but into the blood and becomes a

, ,
very important part o f the blood If by .
accident this gland be injured in chil dhood ,
the child is likely not to grow into a normal

boy He is likely to be feeble minded be
.
-
,
cause his development from the time Of the

accident is severely handicapped by the lack
Of this important secretion in his blood .
The second illustration is this : When male

colts are about a year O ld, most of them are
subj ected to an operation called castration .
The farmer may say that he cuts or

alters them This operation consists in
9,
.
cutting away two glands called testicles ,
which hang in a sack between the hind legs .
A colt which is so altered becomes a geldin g

and a colt which is not cut becomes a stallion .
Those who are familiar with horses know what

a striking di ff erence there is between the geld
FI VE E SSE NTIA LS IN TRAININ G 45
ing and the stallion The stallion has more

.
muscle a longer tail and mane a higher

, ,
arched neck and more re in his eye He has

, .
more ght in him He is a far ner specimen

.
O f a horse than the mutilated gelding .
The third illustration is this : I n some

O riental countries when slaves are wanted
,
for menial kinds Of work in the court O f the

ruler young boys are sometimes castrated
, .
T hese boys do not grow up to be men I t is .
difcult to describe the kind o f human beings

into which they do grow T hey are likely .
to lack endurance and energy and courage .
I n most cases their voices do n o t change ,
n or ( 10
their beards grow T hese unsexed .

beings are likelyto become tricky e eminate , ,
and Cowardly .
F rom these illustrations a boy may get a

good idea Of the importance o f the repro duc
tive organs in the development Of a boy into a
man The facts are as follows : The human
.
male has two glands called testicles which

hang in a sack called the scrotum just b e
,
46 KEEPING IN COND ITION
neath the main sex organ called the penis , .
T hey are S imilar to the testicles Of the colt ,
and somewhat S imilar to the thyroid glands in

the neck When a boy reaches the threshold
.
Of his manhood these glands increase in S ize

, .
T hey secrete a substance important to his

development At this time boys undergo
.
,
various physical changes . The shoulders

broaden and the lung capacity increases ; the
vocal cords lengthen and the voice changes ;
the hair begins to grow coarser and longer on
the face , on the legs under the arms and

, ,
around the sex organs S ometimes these .
changes take place at the age Of 13 more ,
Often at 14 o r 15 and sometimes not until

,
the b oy is 1 6 or 1 7 o r even Older T ardy .
development should not be regretted for the ,
later these changes take place the better ,
it is for the boy O ne testicle usually

.
hangs somewhat lower than the other as

the b oy grows Older This is no t a wrong
.
condition as quack doctors would have boys

,
believe .
48 KEE PIN G I N C ONDI TION
not yield to temptation , waste his energy ,
and lose his self respect -

. F ar better let him
control this impulse or force and make it his
,
servant . By immediately turning to vigorous

exercise , o r hard mental o r physical work this ,
impulse may be converted in a wonderful

yet mysterious manner into a great con
structive force in his l ife The control Of this
.
force seems to contribute denitely to mus

c ular strength endurance energy courage
, , , ,
and will power and also to intellectual growth

,
and spiritual development L ife for a youth .
who controls this force will open up far f uller

and richer than otherwise would be possible .
Relationf Mind to Virility

o I t should .
be clear that clean living makes for fullness

Of v irility O ne sho ul d not think for a
.
m inute however that a youth can keep

, ,
clean physically without keeping mentally

clean He cannot do it T here is too inti
. .
mate a relationship between the mind and the

body S orrow a mental condition may cause
.
, ,
loss o f appetite a bodily condition F ear

, .
FI VE E S SE NTI AL S I N T RA I N I N G 49
may cause marked disturbances in the di

ge s ti tract
ve .
S ometimes embarrassment causes one to

blush A s long as the m i nd dwells upon the
.
subject o f the embarrassment the blood c o n ,

tinuesto rush to the face O ne s will power.
cannot control the blood supply The only .
way to stop blushing is to focus the mind on

some other subject .
E xperience proves conclusively that a boy

o r man cannot continue to loo k upon im
morally suggestive pictures hear s o called ,

-

smutty stories or indulge in sexual
,
thoughts without a harmful physical re

action

Of course it is impossible to keep dangerous

thoughts and suggestions from coming to one s
attention But by the exercise of w ill power
.
, ,
a man can avoid harboring them A s the .
saying is We cannot prevent the birds

,
from yin g about over o ur heads but we ,
can keep them from coming down and making

nests in our hair .
B
50 KEEPIN G I N COND ITION
E ntertain in your Secret consciousness no

thought that you would blush to have yo u r
friends kn ow or fear to have your enemies

know , a friend writes ; and D r P rince A . .

Morrow a noted physician has said
, The, ,
problem o f clean living is primarily a problem

Of self control
-
, of the mastery Of the mind over

the body .
S ometimes o ne sees a strong muscular man ,
known to be unclean in his pr i vate l ife A .
hort sighted youth may conclude that a man

S -
may be unclean and still retain his full

strength ; but this is no t the way unclean
livin g works o u t in the long run A side from .

a man s responsibility to his future children
and to race progress ( an important considera
tion to be discussed later ) ultimately the un
,

clean man loses o u t R egardless Of ho w
.
much strength a man has to start with he ,
is the loser to the extent that he wastes his

strength .
I t is desirable for the youth who has been

curious about these matters to dismiss them
FI VE E S S E N TI A L S I N T RAI N I N G 51

now from his mind He need not worry .
about glands o r anything else concerning his

sexual life If he will live a clean healthy
.
,
life N ature will take excellent care Of him

, .

P atien c e in Tr ain in g He who would

.
possess virility must work for it While .
some men seem to get o n well fo r a few years

without particular e ort the man who wins
'
o u t in the long run is he who not only trains

'
but trains har d and patiently who develops ,
his body regardless of either advantages or

disadvantages at the beginning R us kin has .
said , I f you want kno wle dge , yo u must toil
for it if food yo u must toil for it

, , he might
have added if virility y o u must toil for
, ,
it for as he says
, T oil is the law
, .
S u mmary SO much in regard to personal

.
hygiene is being published now in books and

magazines that the youth is likely to become
co nf used He may fail to get his knowledge
.
in its true relation to the subject as a whole .
He may also become discouraged fearing ,
that he must study a great deal about per

52 K E E PI N G I N C O N D I TI O N
s onal hygiene in order to live healthfully .
While the study Of many such b O OkS may be

benecial it is not necessary
, Hygienic liv .
ing is really a simple matter I t consists .
largely in living up to a determination to

Observe the S imple commonplace ideas which
,
have here been enumerated .
The
foregoing suggestions in respect to
exercise air re st food and the control O f
, , , ,
internal force may be reduced to the following

ve rules
1 . P rovide two hours o r more O f physical
activity each day with short periods o f
,
strenuous effort I f possible all o r part

.
,
Of this activity should be o u t O f doors .
2 . S leep in the fresh air and sleep long ,
enough each night to fully recover from

the previous day s exertions ( This will .
generally mean 8 5 to 9 % hours ) Also

.
,
keep the air indoors fresh .
3 . B athe Often enough to keep the body sweet

and clean ( This will mean a daily
.
bath for many ) .

FI VE E S SENTIAL S IN TRAININ G 53
4 . E at fresh foods moderately and meat ,
sparingly and chew all foods to a pulp ;

,
drink milk instead Of coffee o r tea and ,
use judgment .
5 C ontrol body and mind

. Make sex in .
s tinc t a strength producing force -

.
These then are the standards for the

, ,
youth who would keep himself t Le t him .
measure himself by these rules regularly ,
every month o r o fte ner When weaknesses

'
are discovered let him promptly correct them

, ,

and thus by faithf ul e ort achieve good
health He will know the joy Of breathing
.
the fresh morning air Of the splash Of cold

,
water o n the body Of the taste o f simple

,
foods A high degree Of virility will mean for

.
him the j oy Of action and conscious strength .

C H AP TE R III
D ANG E R S TO VI R I L I TY
IN the United S tates there are probably

at all times about persons seriously
23
ill
. A large proportion Of these are S ick
because as individuals they do not take
, ,
good care of themselves ; and another large

proportion because society as a whole has
,
not y e t acquired control of i nf ectious disease .
This condition Of a ffairs constitutes a great

economic waste which is in large measure
, , ,
unnecessary .
D isease is a danger to virility which the

youth may for the most part avoid The .
science Of sanitation is rapidly safeguarding

the public against inf ections by such meas
ures as vaccination and the use of antitoxins
and the insistence upon pure water and mi lk
supplies But the best safeguard against
.
54
more important than school life o r any other

occupation I f his physician advises life in
.
the open for a year or two he should quickly ,
put aside other ambitions and adopt that

mode Of life which means recovery and health .
C old s C olds cause a great loss Of virility

.
,
especially to persons who have them Often .
A cold is a serious germ disease the medical ,
name Of which is coryza I t may be said that

.
thousands Of people die o f colds

n o t di
re c tly , but indirectly . I t is a disease not

entirely of the throat or nose but Of the entire ,
system The coryza germ by getting through

.
,
the system breaks down the resistance S O

, ,
that other more dangerous germs may enter

and cause serious damage . A mong these is
the pneumonia germ Most cases of pneu
monia start with a common cold The .

cory za germ has been called the little bad
boy Of the gang who having once broken into
,
the system turns around and calls back to

,
the bigger boys C ome on in fellers

, , . The
24
door s open "
DAN GE RS TO VI RI LI T Y 57
G eneral training with emphasis upon fresh

,
air and su fficient rest will do much in pre

,
vent ing colds The fact that those who live

.
in the open are the most free from colds should

convince us that it is lack Of fresh air indoors ,
rather than too much which causes us to have

,
colds The teamster the chauffeur the forest

.
, ,
ranger and the mail carrier seldom s u e r

'
.
,
The motorman on o ur street cars suffers more

frequently now than when he stood in the
open The locomotive engineer is some
.
times exposed to extreme cold o n one side and

severe heat o n the other side yet seldom takes ,
cold N otwithstanding the severe exposure

.
to which explorers are Often subjected colds ,
are unk nown in the polar regions 25

.
If a cold be contracted a good treatment ,
consists in drink ing three o r four glasses Of

hot lemonade and taking a cathartic upon
retiring The hot lemonade causes profuse
.
sweating and urination resulting in the cast

,
ing o ff of poisons by both kidneys and Skin .
One Should preferably stay in bed the next

day . T his treatment is better than to let

a cold continue and cause o ne to feel half sick
26
for several days .
A s a matter o f practice , however , it is

much better to consult a physician when o ne
feels sick than to use home remedies I f a .
man treats himself a serious disease may de

,
v e lopunnoticed which might be detected

,
early by a physician One is safer even with .

,
a light cold if he be under the supervision

,
Of the family physician .
Typh oid F e ver number who died

.
-
The
Of typhoid fever in the United S tates during
19 12 probably exceeded the number killed in
six Of the greatest battles o f the C ivil War .

27
P eople are now learning however that this , ,
disease can be prevented by drinking only

pure water and pure milk F lies may carry .
typhoid and other germs and therefore should

be destroyed . G arbage S hould be kept in
closed cans manure should be covered and
, ,
the breeding Of these pests in other places

should be prevented by similar means I t is .
DAN GERS TO V I RI LI T Y 59
now hoped that ies may soon be permanently
If a youth then nds himself in a com

, ,
munity with a dangerous water o r milk supply ,
he will want to use every means in his power ,
fo r the sake O f his o wn health and that Of his

family and friends to correct this condition
, .
Though bo iling the water and avoiding milk

will prevent infection more permanent meas ,
ures Should be taken I f health O fficials and

.
other municipal authorities are enlightened

and have the welfare Of the community at
heart they will take steps at once to remedy
,
co nditions if the danger be properly brought

to their attention .
C o n s tipation .
~
H ab itu al constipation is a
r
common trouble and causes a great loss o f

vigor When waste food products acc umu
.

late and are no t promptly cast o the system ,
absorbs poison from them Headache and .
other symptoms of general ill health may

result I t is important
. in fact O f rst
impor t ance for the youth to have at least
o ne re gul a
time each day fo r eliminating
g
these waste products The movement of the
.
bowel should be accomplished without labo

rio u s straining T his may cause piles an
.
,
exceedingly painf ul disease o f the rectum .
G eneral training greatly aids regularity .
If special remedies are necessary more fruit ,
and more butter may be added to the daily

menu Unripe fruits should be avoided
. .
Two glasses Of water upon arising followed by ,
a brisk walk of 15 to 30 minutes or abdominal

exercises before breakfast , are particularly
helpful , as are also two or more glasses
Of water drunk between meals . A bdominal
exercises which are especially helpful are
those described by F igures 3 6 7 9 and 10 , , , ,
of the Home E xercises described on the

preceding p ages E xcept in emergencies
.
,
or upon the advice Of a physician medicines ,
and injections Of water into the lower bowel

shoul d no t be used for this condition .
Vener e al D i s eas e s . Venereal diseases are

germ diseases which start with an i nf ection
Of the sex organs F rom the sex organs the

.
,
germs Often travel to other parts Of the body .
Of all diseases venereal diseases are now

,
considered the most serious They constitute

.
the great black plague ( called on the P acic

C oast the great red plague ) T here are .
two principal venereal diseases They are .
contracted almost always from prostitutes .
A prostitute is a woman who makes a business

Of selling her body to men Most prostitutes
.
are diseased part Of the time and some O f them

most Of the time T here are also non pro
.
-
fess io nal prostitutes women who prosti

tute themselves only occasionally to particul ar
men F rom a standpoint O f disease n o n pro
.
,
-
fe s s ional prostitutes as a class are as danger

o u s as professional prostitutes o r even more
,
dangerous I n referring to the infectiousness

.
Of both these diseases it should be stated

,
that certain preventives recommended by un

scrup ul ous men are not to be depended upon .
S yphilis is o ne o f the venereal diseases .
Men are generally afraid O f this disease .

When the germ Of syphilis gets into the blood ,
it may cause loathsome sores o n various parts

Of the body I t is well understood to cause
.
much insanity and paralysis A man may .
transmit syphilis to his children who may ,
have to su ff er much more than he h imself

suffers . His children s children even , , may
have to pay the penalty Of his mistakes .
G onorrhea ( o r clap ) is not well understood

by many men I t has Often been said that
.
gonorrhea is no worse than a cold That is .
a false statement which has caused imme as

u rab le su ffering . The germs Of gonorrhea
are sometimes exceedingly persisten
t and
treacher o us . They may remain asleep inside
Of the body for months and then break o ut
and cause a recurrence Of the disease It .
is true that many men are apparently cured

of Quack
gonorrhea in a few weeks time .
doctors and other incompetent physicians

Often stop outward signs of the disease and
leave the germs deep seated in the tissue ,
to break o ut again , possibly years later .

DAN GE RS TO V I RILI T Y 65
G onorrhea cures sold in some drug stores

are worse than useless A man may contract
.
this disease realize his mistake may quit

, ,
associating with immoral women altogether ;

he may fall in love with a beautiful girl who m
he would not harm for any thmg I n the world
and his happiness may seem complete A nd .
then after marriage tragedy may come He

, , .
m ay nd that he has made his bride an

invalid for life .
I t is said by physicians that this disease

causes about 5 0 per cent Of the operations
upon women for diseases O f the reproductive
organs ; it also causes large numbers Of
women to be incapable Of bearing children ,
and many to be invalids or semi invalids for -
life F urthermore it is estimated that there

.
,
are to day from

-
to bl ind people
in the United S tates who became blind at the
time Of birth because Of gonorrhea 28
Their .
blindness is incurable A large proportion Of

.
all this suffering is caused by gonorrhea

given to the wife by men who think they are
cure d bef ore marriage . I t should be under

stood however that there are other causes
, ,
Of blindness childless marriages and invalid

, ,
ism . T herefore , one should refrain from draw

ing conclusions regarding disease in others .
Venereal diseases may be acquired by

accident from public drinking cups and from
,
toilet seats T herefore it is well not to use

.
public drinking cups , and well to protect

the sex organs from contact with public toilet
seats These diseases are very rarely caught
.
in this way however P ractically always

, .
they are contracted from persons having one

or the other disease .
Many darker pictures might here be drawn

to Show the e e c ts Of these diseases upon the
innocent ; most physicians can tell of tragedy
after tragedy due to venereal diseases B ut .
these are not pleasant to relate and it seems ,
unnecessary to enlarge upon the subj ect

here .
Wor ry . A nother danger to physical

strength and vigorous life is worry . A ll
worry is needless useless and harmful

, , . It
robs o ne O f energy and vigor Most boys are .
not so foolish as to worry except when they ,
do no t understa nd an experience which comes

into their lives at about the age of 1 6 to 1 9 .
I t is a physiological experien c e which every

youth Should understand .
E mis sions . I nside the body near the blad

der are two little glands which may be likened
,
to m iniat ure football bladders When a boy is .
blowin g up a football bladder and he lets his

nger slip from the rubber tubing the inward ,
pressure Of the walls o f the bladder forces o ut

all the air at once These little glands called
.
,
sem inal vesicles act in a similar manner T hey

, .
begin at about the age Of 15 to 18 to ll up with

a secretion They get fuller and fuller until
.
nally they can hold no more Then in the .
night during sleep when the youth has no

, ,
control over his body the walls press inwar d

,
and force o ut a small quantity of this secretion

through the same passage through which the
water from the bladder is discharged This .
is sometimes called a wet dream I t is more

'
properly called a seminal emission I t is a .
natural experience and hap pens sooner o r

later in the lives Of all healthy boys . I n some
boys these experiences may begin at 15 or
even earlier in other boys they may begin as
,
late as 18 or 19 , or even later . A t rst they

may occur only once every few months .
When full manhood is reached at the age O f

2 1 to 2 5 emissions may still happen inf re
,
quently o r they may occur as Often as two

o r three times a month o r even Oftener .
T hey are also likely to be irregular . TWO or

possibly three may occur on successive nights ,
and then there may be none for a period Of

several weeks .
The secretion Of the testicles which hang ,
on the outside Of the body bears a vital rela

,
tion to V irility because this secretion is ab

,
sorbed by the blood . The secretion Of the

seminal vesicles within the body however is , ,
not needed in the development O f virility ,
and it is this secretion that is occasionally

29
discharge d .
DA N GE RS TO V I RI LI T Y 69
Cautions . I f a boy or young man allows

himself to become sexually excited these emis ,
sions may involve the whole sexual system and ,
may happen S O Often as to be harmful A short .
time ago a football player o n one Of the big

,
University teams began to play poorly His .
coach investigated the trouble and found

that the man had a suggestive picture hang
ing in his bedroom The coach at once tore
.
it down 3
P ictures Of thi s kind suggestive ,
stories certain vaudeville acts and all im

, ,
pure t hin king may result in emissions at too

frequent intervals I f o ne be leading a com
.
p ara t iv e ly inactive life physically and fears ,
he is having emissions to o Often he may do ,
we ll to add more physical exercise o r manual

labor to his daily program I f the emis .
si ons do not become less frequent it may be ,
assumed that they are occurring at natural

intervals provided Of course they are not
, , ,

caused by sexual excitement dur ing one s
waking hours .
I t is well not to lie o n the back at night o r

to drink water late in the evening . If o ne
Sleeps in this manner the bladder may rest ,
in a full condition o n top Of these little glands ,
irritate them and thus cause an unnatural

,
emission .
L ocal I rritation . O ccasionally when the ,
foreskin O f the sex organ is long a cheesy ,
substance which collects under the foreskin

, ,
causes irritation resulting in emissions at

,
too frequent intervals . This irritation may

be prevented by drawing back the foreskin
when bathing and washing the organ clean
, .
I f the condition Of the organ is such as to make

this impossible a trivial surgical operation
,
called circumcision may be performed if this ,
be advised by the family physician .
If the sex organ becomes hard and erect at
times the youth need not worry

, . T he wise
way is to pay no attention to it .
Varicocele A nother needless source Of

.
worry is a condition called varicocele S ome .
times the veins around the cord in the scrotum

( the bag shaped receptacle in which the tes
-
diseased because Of false ideas and misinfo r

mation F ortunately S ocial Hygiene So
.
c ie tie s , S tate Medical Boards

the United ,
S tates G overnment and other agencies are

,
putting these scoundrels o u t Of business .
P imples Many boys pass through a

.
period in their lives in which they are annoyed

by pimples o n the face and other parts Of the
body P imples have little o r nothing to do
.
with the sex life and are not in any way an

indication O f venereal disease .
F ear
and worry tend to make us cowards
and to rob us Of vigor The healthy youth.
,
as a rule need pay no attention to seminal

,
emissions or to his sex organs in any way I f .
he will keep clean in min d and body and take

good care Of his general health there will be ,
no cause for fear and worry .
D r ugs Headaches and other pains are

.
danger signals and should be SO regarded .
The real cause O f trouble Should be studied

instead of covered up by the use Of headache
medicines and other drugs S ome drugs no t .
DAN GE RS TO V I RI LI T Y 73
'
only are ine ff ective in getting at the real

trouble but they cause positive injury to the
,
system Various popular headache powders

.
,
which contain coal tar products are weaken -

,
ing to the heart ; death even has resulted from

their use T wo o r three widely advertised
.
soda fountain drinks also contain inj urious

-
drugs Most patent medicines are to some

.
extent frauds Many times they contain.
habit forming drugs and other inj urious sub

-
stances A wise youth will consult a reli

.
able physician when in ill health and not ,
rely o n any O f the much advertised patent -
medicines .
T hr oa t E ye an d T ee th D is o r d ers
, , F acial .
v -
deformities deafness retarded intellectual

, ,
development serious nervous disorders

, ,
stomach disease and j uvenile delinquency are

,
some Of the direct and indirect results Of com

mon defects Of throat eye and teeth , , .
A denoids are found in the back Of the throat .
By causing one to brea the through the mouth ,
they Often result in the hatchet face and

various diso rders D eafness and backward

.
ness in school are also traceable to adenoids .
S ore throats are sometimes not serious but ,
SO Often do they prove to be an indication o f

diphtheria scarlet fever whooping cough
, , ,
measles or tonsillitis that t o day every sore

, ,
throat is regarded with suspicion by those

well posted in preventive medicine .
E yestrain
may cause indigestion and other
serious troubles F e w things will cause a
.
breakdown of the nervous system more

swiftly and surely . I t is found that many
j uvenile delinquents have defects o f vision .
The use Of newspapers and books with small

type reading o n street cars excessive use O f
, ,
the eyes at night attending moving picture

,
theaters too frequently and S itting too close

to the curtain are among the most common
causes Of eyestrain I f we force our eyes to
.
overwork in studying we may develop eye o r ,
nervous trouble and lose far more time as a

,
result than we could ever gain by extra work .
The care Of the teeth is more important than

active physical exercise Of any kind to have ,
not only an inspection O f heart and lungs ,
but a complete medical examination to see if ,
there be any weaknesses which need particular

attention I f such an examination shows the
.
youth to be in good health he need have no

,
fears T he thought to be remembered from

.
this chapter is that disease is almost always

unnecessary Knowledge O f disease shows the
.
importance O f healthful living If the yo uth

.
will train and keep himself t he can d e velop

,
a high degree Of bodily resistance and he need,
have but very few if any sick days in his life

, , .
C H A P T E R IV
T RA I NI NG A ND RA C E P RO G R E SS
T RA I N I NG is important not only to the ih

dividual youth but to the future generations
,
which will succeed him E very youth alive

.
to day may affect the future o f hun dreds Of

-
descendants T hose who follow him may

.
be vigorous and useful citizens or they may

be defectives and a source of great expense
to the state A ccording to the training and
.
the standards Of living a youth adopts in early

,
life he may be a factor in race progress o r a

,
factor in race degeneration .
I n 172 0 there was born in N ew Y ork S tate

a man to whom sc i entists have given the name
31
Of Jukes He had ve daughters and
"
.
,
there has been up to the present time a total

Of at least 100 0 descendants The histories .

o f these descen dants together with about
,
77
20 0 persons who have married into the

family have been looked up Th ey have
, .
included
P rofessionalpaupers 310
C onvicted criminals 1 30
Habitual thieves 60
Murderers 7
Victims O f venereal diseases 440
P rostitutes at least 6 00
T radesmen 20
( O f the 20 , 10 learned their trades in pr i son ) .
S cientists who have traced the record Of

this family estimate that up to the present
time it has cost the state Of N ew Y ork over
In 17 0 3 there was born a boy named

32
Jonathan E dwards He became a very
.
able man A few years ago 139 4 Of his

.
,
descendants had been listed . These have

included
C ollege presidents
Judges
process called cell division After the amoeba .
has grown to its full size it gradually gets

longer and thinner in the center The nucleus
, .
in the center di vides and the cell comes to have

two distinct parts each ,
with a nu cle u s F inally .
the two parts completely

separate , resulting in
two daughter amoebas ,
j ust like the parent ex

FIG . 2 . D ia g
ra m s how mg
0 6 1} d ivi i i
s on n the a moeba cept for the fact that
(hi g hl y magn i ed ) .
they are small er The

P , p aren t ce l l
g
. .
l
D , d au hte r c el s .
parent am oeba has re

produced itself I n this case the parent has .
given all of its life to its Offspring N oth .
ing remains . I ts sacrice is said to be

complete .
F igure 3 represents a many celled organ -

ism . T his little animal reproduces itself
by a process Of cell division but in this ca s e ,
it sacrices o nl y part Of itself The parent .
organism remains and can later reproduce

itself again The daughter organism becomes
.
T RAI NI N G A N D RA C E P R O G RE S S 81
entirely separated from the parent and soon

becomes a parent itself capable Of , re pro duc
In the more complex many celled organisms -

,
including human beings there are many mil ,
lions o f cells A s scientists study complex

.
organisms it becomes ,
necessary for them to

classify cells according
to their uses A mong .
the many di fferent kinds

F 3 D i g m h wing IG a ra s o te
Of cells there are thou
,
p d ti n in m ny ll d
ro
. .
uc o a -
ce e
highY m gm a
sands known as muscle
cells thousands as brai n P p nt g ni m are or a s
D d ght g ni m
.
,
,
, au er o r a s .
cells thousands as gland

,
cells and thousands as germ cells or repro

,
duc tive cells .
F igure 4 may be used to represent repro

duction in certain forms Of animal life ( fo r ex
ample the salmon )
,
33
The male ( M ) and also
.
the female ( F ) are comp osed o f millions o f

cells ( many more Of course than are shown
, ,
in the gure ) E ach has muscle cells brain

. ,
G

cells and germ cells The die re nc e is that .
,
the germ cells in the female and the male are

di ff erent The female germ cell
. call ed
the ovum is round in shape and passive in
,
disposition ; the male germ cell ( S ) call e d ,
F
0 M a
4
'
FI G 4 D i
a rag m( great l y id l i
ea ze d ) show i ng f tili
er i
z at on of the m
ovu
g g g
. .
o u ts id e Of the the fe mal e m ( hi hl y ma

o r ani s ni ed ).
M mal e g
or ani s m; l g i
F , f ema e o r an sm o, o va ; s , ms
S pe r
ii g
,
A, s p erm fert l z in an o um v .
the sperm is shaped generally like an elon

,
gated tadpole and is active in disposition .
B oth the o v a and the sperms are liberated

from the female and male organisms before
reproduction occurs The sperms are at .
tracted to the o v a and unite with them , .

male . They are live organisms capable Of mo

tion and under a high power microscope they
,
-
may be seen propelling themselves The sperm .
cells Of various animals are shown in F igure 5 .
When reproduction occurs among mammals ,
a sperm cell which has been released from

the male organism enters the female organism
and fertilizes the ovum within . This is
illustrated by F igure A fter the sperm
unites with the ovum the ovum thus fer ,
F M
FI G 6 iag am ( g atl y i d li d ) h win g f t ili ti n

D r re ea ze s o er za o of the o vum
g ni m (highl y m gni d)
. .
wi thi n th f m l e e a e or a s a e .
M mal gani m ; F f m l g ni m ; O a ; S
e or s e a e or a s ov sp e rms ;
p m f t ili ing an v um
, , , ,
A , s er er z o .
tilize ddevelops to a certain state when it ,
frees itself from the parent and continues its

T RAI NI N G A N D R A C E P R O G R E S S 85
growth in the outside world I t in turn .

, ,
becomes an adult organism male or female

, ,
as the Case may be .
Wh ile in the more complex forms Of l ife

the male and female parents sacrice but
little of their own lives in liberating germ
cells from their bodies the nourishment and
,
care which they give to their Offspring in

volve far more sacrice than is ever required
Of the simpler organisms S ometimes the
.
female ( as among the birds ) must deposit a

large amount of food within a shell so that ,
the ovum shut up within can grow and

, ,
achieve sufcient strength to break loose

from its covering and Obtain food for itself .
I n other instances ( as in human beings ) the

female must carry the growing ovum within
its own body protect it and nourish it for a
, ,
period ranging from a few weeks to many

months A s will be seen later the human
.
,
father and mother sacrice more for their

Offspr ing than do all other forms of life .
I t will no w be interesting and protable

to see how these laws apply to particular

forms Of l ife with which we are familiar .
Re produ ctio n in P lant Life . The most

beautiful part Of the plant the ower con , ,
tains the reproductive organs Of the plant .
The male germ cells develop from the yellow

pollen which is readily noticed in most
,
owers The female germ cells o r the o v a

.
, ,
are found at the base Of the central organ

the pistil in a receptacle called the ovary
, .
When the ower is in full bloom it is ready ,
to do its part in reproducing the plant .
F lowers have no control over the process O f .
reproduction but are entirely dependent upon

,
other forces especially upon the wind and

,
upon the work Of insects .
The lily furnishes a good i llustration o f

reproduction in plant life R eproduction in.
this plant may be brought to pass by the in

du s try Of the bee A ll the lily blossoms have
.
a number Of short ste ms called stamens in

, ,
the swollen ends Of which the pollen grows

( see F igure A s the bee works from one
the use of a microscope in a laboratory , o ne
gets a much better idea of the beauty and

wonder Of the whole process . A ll owering
plants are dependent upon insects the wind , ,
and other natural agencies for their re pro du c

tion N 0 plant can choose whether
. or not it
34
will reproduce itself .
Reprodu ction in A nimal Life . S almon

furnish interesting examples of reproduction
in animal life They are found along both
.
the eastern and western coasts Of the United

S tates but are the most plentiful in the fresh
,
water streams owing into the P acic O cean .
The salmon born in these rivers start down

stream for the sea as soon as they are about
an inch and a half in length There they .
grow and develop for a period Of from two

to four years When they are fully matured
.
and when springtime comes they swim back ,
into the fresh water streams and often

-
,
through rapids and up over falls They go .
on and on till they nally reach Shallow water ,
where the female digs a nest in the sand and

lays a quantity Of ova from her body The .
male then swims over the nest and pours

from his body a few drops Of uid containing
sperms T hese sperms fertilize the o v a The
. .
male and female work rst o ne and then the

,
other for about two weeks until the average

, ,
female has laid about 6 000 eggs .
A ll this time they have been SO intent o n

their work that they have eaten nothing
in fact they have hardly stopped to eat all
the way up from the ocean so that no w they ,
are much exhausted from lack of food and

from the process of reproduction They drif t .
down stream but none , ever reach the ocean

alive They give up
. their lives for their
young They s acrice
. life its elf in obeying
the race f u l lling the laws of

instinct and in
reprodu cti on I n the meantime a small per
.
,
cent Of the eggs which have been fertilized

hatch o u t young sh who in their turn if
, ,
they are n o t eaten by larger sh swim to ,
the ocean where they develop into ne big

, ,
salmon .
I t was seen that owering plantsde are
pendent upon bees the wind and other out

, ,
side forces for their perpetuation A nimals .
reproduce their kind through the working

out Of the race instinct within them and are ,
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not dependent upon other agencies .
Reprodu ction i n H u man Lif e Human re .
production is o n a much higher plane I n .
some respects however the process is S imil ar

, ,
to that in the ower Within the body Of

.
the human mother there are two ovaries

which produce o v a at intervals o f about
twenty e ight days When a sperm from the
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.
male sex organs unites with an ovum within

the body Of the mother the ovum thus fer ,
t ilize d begins at once to develop T his is the .
beginning O f a new individual life I t c on .
t inue s to grow month after month careful ly ,
protecte d by the mother and nourished by

the blood from her heart un t il after nine , ,
months it is born a new human l ife into the

,
world . This means suffering and s acrice

on the part Of the mother ; but she th inks of
this race instinct but that he has acquired

,
the power to control it to a far greater extent

than have the animals . I n this respect he is ,

far above them .
T h e Transm is s ion of C hara c ter is tic s .

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It
has been shown how we transmit life from o ne
generation to another N ow it is important

.
to inquire what characteristics such as genius , ,
perseverance disease and insanity may be

, , ,
transmitted to future generations The laws .
Of heredity have no t yet been fully deter

mined by scientists but a few facts are
,
known which are important for us to under

stand .
Characteristics A lready i h the Family .
E vidence is accumulating to Show that such

characteristics as feeble mindedness insanity-
, ,
and criminal tendencies on the o ne hand and , ,
resistance to disease inventive genius musi

, ,
cal ability and strong moral qualities o n the

, ,
other hand are all transmitted to future

,
generations when these characteristics are

represented in the germ cell . It S hould be
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understood however that according to the

, , ,
best scientic facts at o ur command ac ,
quired characteristics are not transmitted to

any measurable extent I f there be in
.

v e n tiv e ability in a boy s family he may ,
transmit this ability to his children B ut if .
there be no ability Of this kind in him or

among his ancestors he cannot alter the
,
germ cell and introduce inventive ability into

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the family even by hard study S ometimes
.
,
however inventive ability is concealed in the

,
family stock for several generations so a ,
youth may become an inventor even if his

father and grandfathers have shown no such
A n appreciation o f the fact that both desir

able and undesirable characteristics are trans
mitte d to future generations should make
both young men and young women careful
about marriage I t involves a serious risk
.
socially for those belonging to families hav

ing tendencies towards feeble mindedness -
,
idiocy o r insanity to marry because they

, , ,
may bring and Often do bring into the world

, ,
children with these characteristics I t is .
socially advantageous fo r men and women

gifted with desirable characteristics to marry
and to reproduce children which will be simi
larly g ifted .
P ossibilities
f o D amaging the Family S toc k .
N O W it is important to consider if it be
possible so to change the germ cell as to
damage the family stock T here is some .
evidence to Show that the use Of alcohol by

the parent may aec t the germ cell and
36
thereby inj ure the Offspring O bservations .
tend to show that syphilis may change the

germ cell and thus damage the family stock .
O ne physician examined 90 syphilitic families .
He found that 8 Of these families produced

no children A mong the remaining 82
.
families reproduction started in 35 0 in

,
stances The results were as follows : 9 1

.
were prematurely born in an imperfect

condition 1 0 were born dead 6 6 died very
, ,
yo ung and 18 3 lived O f these that lived it

, .
,
strong vigorous children becomes an effective

, ,
factor in race progress .
The C o n tr ol of the S e x I n stin ct . The sex

instinct may be a great blessing or a source

of destruction depending upon man s con
trol Of it I f it be not understood and if it
.
be n o t controlled diseases may be contracted ,
which sometimes handicap one o r more suc

c e e ding generations .
T he
nature Of the sex instinct may be
understood by referring to various natural
phenomena F ire is a great blessing to man
.
kind I t warms o ur houses and cooks o ur

.

food Up in the mountains after a day s
.
,
hard climb o n the trail its warmth cheers ,
the campers it cooks their suppers and keeps

,
them comfortable through the chilly evening

hours I t may be a great comfort to them
.
while it is under control ; but if it gets beyond

their control it may cause ruin the loss
, ,

o f thousands O f dollars worth Of timber o r ,
the loss Of the lives Of re ghters .
SO also a S pirited horse is a great prize

, , .
It a j oy for a man to ride him and feel his

is ,
ne strength and vigor under his control as

he guides him this way and that and , co m
mands him to run o r to walk But beyond
his control the horse may kill him

,
.
I t is a ne thing to have temper to be ,
capable Of becoming angry I t adds a cer .
tain desirable quality to the courage and

will power Of a man But a man must c on
.
trol his temper or it may some day control

,
him ; and under its control he may commit an

act he will forever after regret .
A t many points in the R ocky and C ascade

Mounta ins engineers have found mountain
,
streams fed by the melting snows rushing ,
uncontrolled to the rivers and thence to the

sea By building great concrete dams at
.
advantageous points their ow has been

,
checked and great quantities o f water stored

,
up above these dams I t is directed into

.
conduits which take it into turbines where

, ,
it generates electric power for lightinghome s

and business houses fo r running street cars
, ,
H
and driving great dynamos in factories If .
it be simply checked the accumulation may ,
cause damage I n order to utilize the power

.
,
the engineers must not only hold back the

water but they must direct it through the
conduits to the turbines .
A s in the realm O f natural phenomena

co ntrol means the development o f power S O ,
in human life the control Of the sex instinct

,
enables youths to develop greater virility

than would be possible without control .
B ut as the dammed -
up water must be di
re c te d ,
as the spirited horse must be guided ,
and as temper must be given an outlet along

safe lines SO it is not enough to repress the
,
sex instinct ; it too must be directed into

constructive activities The idle youth is on .
dangerous ground A s C harles Wagner re

.

minds u s Work is life idleness is death
, , .
L e t the youth throw his energies his e n ,
thu siasm the whole ow O f his life into

,
athletics art mu s ic religio n into club activity

, , , , ,
into his studies into the vocation O f his choos

,
38
t e gratin g .

Love s arch fo e is lust . At
the very start there must be no question as
,
to which o ne is to rule . T hey cannot both

endure .
F urthermore the boy , or man yielding to

this temptation may contract o ne Of the
venereal diseases before mentioned There .
have been so many lovely girls inj ured for

life by these diseases that fathers and brothers
Of girls have begun to demand some assurance
o f the young men whom their daughters and
S isters marry that they are clean . A few

states now require a certicate showing free
dom from these diseases before a marriage
license will be issued Men who evade this
.
law by getting a license in a neighboring state

are likely to be either ignorant o r V icious .
T hey are not men whom most youths would

want their S isters to marry .
I t should be understood that sexual inter

course is not necessary to physical health .
I gnorant men Often hold that it is and some ,
doctors whose education is decient may say

T RAI N I N G A N D R A C E P R O G RE S S 10 1
that it is advisable The best physicians c o n

.
de mn this doctrine A few years ago 360

.
,
Of the foremost medical authorities Of lead

ing American universities S igned a statement
declar ing that there is no evidence that
abstinence is inconsistent with the highest
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physical mental and moral efficiency
, , .
Many who
have been deceived by this false ,
o u t O f date idea have found o u t later

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at the
,
expense Of much suffering that sexual inter ,
cours e has meant for them not health but

disease When a prize ghter is training fo r
.
a ght and needs every bit Of endurance and

energy and courage he can command his ,
train er keeps him away from anything of

this kind Thousands Of fathers O f healthy
families have been as continent before mar
riage as the pure women they have married .
If passion o r instinct at times seems in

sistent let the youth hurry from the surround
,
ings which tempt and throw his whole l ife

, ,
body mind and soul into a strenuous game

, , , ,
o r into some other wholesome and absorbing

activity and he will nd that passion is di

,
verted and becomes a source of added energy ,
courage and vigor in the activity into which

,
he has fo r the time thrown his life

, , .

When Ulysses ship passed the I sle o f
S irens he had himself tied to the mast so that
,
he might not be enticed by the S inging Of the

sirens O rpheus was abl e to pass by this point
.
Of danger to Ulysses with Obvious indifference ,
because he was able to produce such beautiful

music as to make their music sound discord
ant SO by cultivating wholesome interests
.
, ,
enthusiasms and a ff ections in their lives

, ,
men may crowd out base passions .
With some men to live clean may mean ,
hard ghting S ome seem to be handicapped

.
by more passion than is given to most men .
F ierceghting then is the lot O f such a youth

, , .
T his may be an unknown friend suggests

, ,
the biggest ght ever waged by man a

ght in secret without applause a ght

,
requiring self control and will power a deter

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,
mination no t to yield till he can go joyfully

T RAI N I N G A N D R A C E P R O G R E S S 103
and clean into marriage with the o ne woman he

is willing to wait fo r .
" S ex instinct then is a great blessing ; it is

, ,
not if properly controlled a destructive force

, ,
in life but a great constructive force given

,
to the youth at the threshold Of his manhood .
D irected this new force in the life Of the youth

,
brings richer and fuller life greater capacity ,
and power for love and a quality of muscular

,
strength courage energy endurance and will

, , , ,
power no t possible in early boyhood .
A ttitude towards Womanhood A youth

should regard all girls as the future mothers
Of the race and should j oin all mankind in
paying homage to motherhood . The world
owes a great debt to mothers . I t bows in
reverence before their self sac ri c ing love -
.
I t is a ne thing fo r a b oy to associate with

a winsome girl but the association must be
,
wholesome A girl may inspire him to noble

.
deeds and accomplishments But familiarity .
breeds contempt and sometimes worse things

,
.
The boy who boasts Of the number of girls he

can fondle and kiss is far from being a gentle

man S uch familiarity is dangerous I n the
. .
rst place it may excite passion in the boy

,
to the point where he may then or later lose

control Of himself ; secondly it may excite ,
passion in the girl to a dangerous point ;

thirdly if neither boy nor girl is immediately
,
harmed at least the boy breaks down o r

,

helps break down the girl s modesty and
reserve which is o ne of her choicest assets
, ,
and thereby he may unknowingly prepare

the way for some vicious scoundrel who will
take advantage of her easy manner and ruin
her life A man is a coward who , by his
.
conduct makes it necessary for a girl to

,
restrain her o wn sex impulses and his also .
A youth Should treat every girl as he expects

other fellows to treat his own S ister .
I n an accident at sea with crew and pas

,
s e ngers hurrying to the life boats the rule ,

for every man is women and children rst .
SO careful are men to protect them from danger

that they hold in contempt the coward who
10 6 K E E PI N G I N C O N D I TI O N
He should center his attention upon develop

ing a strong body and upon preparation for
his life work T hese things in themselves
.
constitute ne preparation for marriage O ne .
ideal however should be woven rmly i nto

, ,
his very life o ne principle should govern his

,
daily conduct Knowing the facts the youth

.
,
who is true to his manhood will resolve that

he will give his future w ife as clean a life as
he expects in her Though he may have but
.
few principles at least he believes in fair

,
play and he despises cheating A s a matter .
Of fair play he will adopt for his o wn life the

,
same standards he demands in the girl he

will some day marry .
T hus it is seen that training is important ,
not onl y to the youth himself but to his ,

children and his children s children The
, .
spark Of life is to be accepted as a sacred trust ,
to be transmitted undimmed to future genera

tions The youth s habits O f life may deter
.
mine the success or failure Of many others .

C HAP TER V
T RA I NI NG AND NA T I O NA L P R O G R E SS
WH I LE specialized training ts a youth for

a place o n a football baseball or track team
, , ,
a larger program Of training ts him fo r a

useful place in the work Of the nation of which
he is soon to nd himself a citizen .
He will soon face various social and political

problems upon which he must take a stand .
He must be against child labor and against

graft in politics o r his very indifference may
act in their favor He must be for a clean city
.
and for good schools or his very inactivity may

result in an immoral and u nenlightened city in
whi ch his children must grow up He may .
become a powerful factor in national progress

because Of faithful training through youth .
N ational D an gers C all f or Vir il e M e n .
While strength O f muscle courage self con

, ,
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107
trol , energy , determination , and endurance

were demanded of the great men Of the past
inwars and other crises in history these vital ,
qualities are needed in even higher degree

to - day .
TO -
day , special problems call for virile
men . G reat wrongs exist in o ur country
which we would hardly believe possible .
C hildren labor long hours in cotton mills ,
glass factories and coal mines deprived Of the

, ,
j oys Of boyhood and girlhood even Of proper ,
nourishment and rest I n the coal breakers .

,
boys bend over coal chutes for long hours ,
their backs aching as they pick out the S late

and stone amid the dust and roar Of the moving
coal I n the cotton mills girl
. spinners ,
walk up and down lo n g aisles quickly tying ,
threads together when they break The .

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work of boys in the glass factories O f the E ast

is particularly hard and inj urious Mr O wen . .
R Lo v e j o y o f the N ational C hild L abor C o m

'
mittee several years ago calculated thework

done by the boys whose task was to carry
T RAI NI N G A N D N A TI O N A L P R O G R E S S 109
red hot bottles from benches to oven He

- .
found by counting the number of trips and the

distance that in eight hours they traveled
,
nearly twenty two miles constantly o n a

-
,
slow run S ome Of them were under twelve

.
years o f age and fo r this work they were paid

,
41
from sixty cents to a dollar per day While .
recent legislation has raised the age limit at

which children can be employed conditions ,
are still serious .
Hundreds o f boys in o ur great cities de ,
priv e d Of legitimate play and recreation ,
seek adventure in petty forms Of mischief ,
which often brings them into the Juvenile

C ourt Many of these are thus brought into
.
contact with serious crime and develop into ,
real criminals .
I n N ew Y ork a half million men women , , ,
and children are crowded into ill lighted and -
ill ventilated rooms T here are

-
deaths.
a year in N ew Y ork C ity from tuberculosis

alone I f year after year in o ne little
.
, ,
district men were killed in battle the ,

world would arise and stop it T ubercul osis .
is preventable and if these thousands could

,
have proper nourishment air and light most

, , ,

Of this s ue ring would soon be stopped .
T he greed Of tenement and sweatshop owners

42
is killing thousands .
S trikes have become a great source Of

human suffering I t has been estimated that
.
during the twenty years ending 1 9 00 there

were nearly strikes and lockouts ,
causing a loss O f over three hundred million

dollars to employees and nearly o ne half this
amoun t to employers E very great str ike
.
leads some men to drink others to petty thie v

,
ing o r vagrancy ; some to abandoning their

families 43
A ll this loss and su ffering may be
prevented in the future by establishing a
friendly relationship between capital and
labor .
A more serious problem is unemployment .
Although persons who do not u nderstand this

evil may say that the un employed can get
work if they wish and although unemployed
,
necessary evil ; many diseases used to be con

e
s id re d necessary evils which to day are either
-
preventable or curable . SO none of these

other evils are C
necessary evils . T hey are
problems to challenge all the powers of the
most vigorous and capable men which the
country can produce .
While it requires ability and courage of high

rank to save o ne man from a burning building
o r from drowning and while men rej oice in
,
such heroic rescues it is a nobler service to

,
combat those evil agencies which threaten

the health and happiness and the very lives
Of hundreds of the weak F acing bullets is .

child s play compared with facing criticism ,
unpopularity even social ostracism as men

, ,
o f convictions sometimes have to when they ,
undertake to correct these evils S uch enter .
prises require ability and courage of a higher

order .
Th e R e l ation of Tra in in g to th e s e P r ob l e ms .
N ations cannot meet dangers solve prob ,
lems and make progress without men who keep

,
T RAI NI N G A N D N A TI O N A L P R O G RE S S 113
in training William E G ladstone was a man

. .
who trained and kept t thus enabling him ,
self to serve his country in times Of great need

-
.
G ladstone as a boy played cricket and fO Ot
ball His favorite recreation was boating

. .
He was also a great walker which he con ,
tinu e d to be through life I n later life .

,
pressed with the responsibilities Of high Of ce ,
in order to keep himself t he gave a whole ,
hour dail y to exercise A s a man he was .
about middle height broad shouldered and, ,
muscular He had great physical strength

.
and enjoyed remarkably good health He was .
a man with wonderful capacity for work he ,
had a brilliant intellect rendered great serv

,
ice to his coun try and lived to the age of

,
eighty nine
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.
Lincoln by keeping himself in condition

, ,
was able to meet tremendous demands upon

his strength and by the power o f his virility
, , ,
mee t dangers and solve problems which would

have downed a weaker man .
So the you th mus t train not only for the s ake

of wi nning honors f or his schoo l, but in

order
that later he may be t to take u p the ght in one

c apacity or another agains t the dangers which
threaten his n ation . A s the football games Of

R ugby and E ton ( famous schools in E ngland )
are said to have developed the grit and te nac
ity that changed defeat to victory at Water
lo o S O may vigorous athletics and c ons c ien
,
tious training to day serve our youth well in

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later years as they take up the battles Of

,
citizenship 45
F ighters are needed fo r this
.
warfare with a quality O f virility greater than

that demanded by any war in history .
Var iou s Type s are of S ervic e . T here

numerous ways in which men may serve .
I n the rs t place
men are needed in the world
,
Of commerce and trade n o t to get rich at any ,
cost but to render a denite service to man

,
kind He who employs men and women

.
under wholesome and cheerful surroundings

to man uf acture a useful product who pays ,
them fair wages and sells the product o f their

labor to the public at a fair prot without
-
,
blocks Of miserable tenements and built model

homes in which people co ul d live decently
46
at reasonable expense .
G eorge W C hilds while working in a book

.
,
store as a boy made the positive decision that

,
he would some day o wn the P hiladelphia

Ledger . His good health and cheerful opti ,
mistic spirit were important aids to later

success . A t the age o f nineteen he went into
business fo r himself and at thirty ve pur
,
-
chased the Ledger T his took courage ; for

the year before the owners o f the paper had
lost He immediately set about
to make the Ledger a clean paper excluding ,
scandal and illegitimate advertising He was .
successful and became a millionaire He .
treated his employees generously and for ,
years made gifts of money at the rate of a

thousand dollars a day His life was full .
o f deeds Of service
46
.
B ut the producer artisan an d laborer have

, ,

an equally essential function in the great eld

o f commerce and trade Men are needed .
T RAI NI N G A N D N A TI O N A L P R O G R E S S 117

on the farm to produce the world s food in ,
the mines and forests to take other forms o f

wealth from the earth artisans and mechanics
are needed in shop and factory in city and
,
country as we strive for national progress

, .
All honor is due the man who creates and pro

duces wealth by the sweat of his brow The .
man who goes through life living o ff the earn

ings o f his father o r other relative without any
attempt to make himself useful is but a para
site I ncidentally it may be said that many
.
,
Of the best all round boys in high school are

-
those who are not afraid of work but get out

,
into the elds at harvesting time into fac ,
tories and into any honest work which will

,
pay them in experience and money whether ,
or nottheir education depends upon their

earning their expenses .
I n N ovember 1 9 13 William C arr an

, , ,
engineer was in charge of a passenger train

,
running between N ew Y ork and P hiladelphia .
When about forty miles from N ew Y ork the ,
steam chest exploded and instantly enveloped

him in scalding steam and water His agony .
must have been intense but his mind worked ,
clearly ; he was able instantly to throw o n

the emergency brakes and close the throttle
before falling unconscious to the oor SO .
strong was his sense o f responsibility that ,
when danger came his mind worked almost

,
automatically William C arr combined two

.
qualities a feeling of responsibility and a love

,
for his work T hese qualities lift work above

.
drudgery make it a pleasure and bring to life

, ,
47
a deep satisfaction A mong the producers
.
Of the world we nd deeds of valor and

courage to equal those which inspire us from
the pages of history .
I n the s econd pl
men are needed in the
ace ,
,
professions and in the sciences for work in
which special training is necessary I n order .
to be effective movements in social reform

,
must be backed by men who are trained and

capable and who are recognized as authorities .
P hysicians educators lawyers and scientists

, , , ,
by entering the ght for national progress may ,

for a second trial . A gain it broke . But the

third time he was successful . T hus he gave
to the world a great instrument in bringing
about a spirit o f brotherhood among men .
46
Many professional men have rendered great

services to the world . A mong those in the
medical profession L ord L ister discovered the
,
value of antiseptics By keeping secret his

.
discovery he might have made himself

wealthy But he gave his discovery to the
.
world I t has been a greater factor in saving

.
life than anything else in the treatment Of

surgical disease . I n this profession no man
is considered in good repute who patents any
instrument or device or drug . He is expected
to give what he discovers as soon as its value ,
is demonstrated freely to the world

, .
Men are especially needed to train them

selves fo r denite elds of social reform .
E xperts are needed in the elds o f child labor

j uvenile delinquency the liquor traffic the
, ,
prevention of disease prison reform unem , ,
ployment charity and relief immigration

, , ,
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in Y M C A
. . . . and modern church work ,
and in all lines o f organized service C on .
n e c te d
with o ur great colleges and universities
are schools of civics and sociology to which an ,
increasing number o f the brightest men in

the country are going for special training .

Jacob A R iis became one o f N ew Y ork s
.
most useful citizens as a newspaper reporter .

He exposed the conditions o f N ew Y ork C ity s
water supply which might have caused a
,
serious epidemic Of typhoid fever and brought ,
about the installation of a new system He .
threw his life into a ght against the slum with

all its evils and a dozen blocks of the foulest
,
tenements in the city were destroyed O ne Of .
the worst Of these blocks was turned into a

park He worked against police lodging
.
houses and against child labor R iis believed .
in the power o f fact and in the goodness of

the people A s a newspaper reporter he
.
brought the facts before the people and reform

resulted Much o f the time he fought almost
.
S ingle handed but he was right ,and because ,

he fought faith q y and woul d not give up ,
he wo n o ut
48
.
C ho o s in g
a V oc ation The youth who is
.
-
keeping himself in training for a l ife of useful

service should be careful not to handicap his
usefulness by dr ifting into his life work A .

man s vocation or life work should be de
lib erate ly and carefully chosen in reference ,
rst to the opportunities in various elds

, ,
and second to his o wn adaptability After

, .
a vocation is chosen thorough preparation

,
should be achieved although it may require

a considerable sacrice T his may mean a .
college course and sometimes a professional

,
course R ecords of the unemployed Show

.
that lack o f tra ining means a great disad

vantage to the man who wishes to make a
place for himself in the work of the world
'
A high school o r college career brings the

student not only benet but responsibility
and a man who would play fair will strive
to give back to the world in generous service
something of what he has received from it .
is the policy O f the helpless the sel sh and

, ,
cowardly A nimals have to take the world

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as they nd it Men do not

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49
R ight in A merican high schools are evil

conditions which do not have to be accepted .
Often there are dishonesty dissipation and

, ,
lo w moral standards . High school life , as

well as public l ife needs men of vigor cour
, ,
age and leadership to bring about higher

,
standards .
S tudents o f history realize that the Uni ted

S tates O f A merica faces grave dangers which
threaten the success O f the R epublic O ther .
great nations have risen and endured for

three to ve hundred years and have suc ,
c umb e d to decay from within and their

enemies from without O ur nation is still in
.
its youth ; it is less than a hundred and fty

years old Will it endure " O ne o f o ur great
.
men o f the present day asks Will some his ,
torian o f another race S it by the Shore of the

P acic in the year A D 3000 and write on
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The D ecline and F all o f the C hristian E m

T RAI NI N G A N D N A TI O N A L P R O G RE S S 125
pire If so he will probably describe the

,
nineteenth and twentieth centuries as the

golden age when outwardly life ourished as
never before but when decay was already
,
50
far advanced .
A s in the past national immorality has

meant national decadence s o will it in the

,
future ; and as in the past national purity

has meant national power so w ill it to our
,
nation A s C harles K ingsley said

. I t was ,
not the mere muscle o f the T euton which

enabled him to crush the decrepit and de
b auche d S lave nations I t had given him
.
more that purity of his : it had given him

, ,
as it may give yo u gentlemen a calm and

, ,
steady brain and a free and loyal heart ; the

energy which springs from health ; the self
respect which comes from self restraint ; and-
the sp irit which shr inks from neither G od nor

man and feels it ligh t to die for wife and
,
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ch ild for people and for Qu een
, .
In 1 776 and 1 8 6 1 great wars called for

brave men to die for their co untry TO day .
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12 6 K E E PI N G I N C O N DI TI O N
brave men are needed to live for their coun

try A higher type o f patriotism is requ i red
.
than ever before Men o f strong muscle

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endurance energy courage self control and

, , ,
-
,
determination men who have conserved their

,
strength men who have trained and who

,
have kept themselves t are now wanted to

,
take up the ght against the dangers which

threaten us from within that our nation may
,
endure and realize in some degree the hopes

Of mankind .
fec tio us diseases . It is written in a c ear s t l yle and is
re liable .
3 TH E H E
. ALTH M AS T E R . Samuel H op ins A d ams , k
H o u gh to n P rice Mif
in C O
ne t . .
T he story o f a phy sic ian who g oe s to liv e with a

family to teac h th e m ho w to live health q y and avo id
disease in p re fe re nce to tre ating th e m afte r th ey be
c o me sic k T h ere is a bo y in the s to ry who pl ay s b ase
.
b all and p atronize s the so d a fo untain too O ften ; also
4 . F IRS T
T o TH E INJ UR E D
A ID G e neral E d ition .
M aj o r C h arl es Lync h A merican N ational Red ,
C ross P rice 30 c e nts

. .
T h is s mall vo l u me te lls wh at to do be fo re the d oc tor

c o me s in c ase O f dro wnin g frac ture S p rain dis l oc a tio n
, , , ,
s h oc k p o iso nin g faintin g s unstroke and o ther acc i

, , , ,
dents I t is co nc ise and re l iab le

. .
5 . T H E B O Y SC OUT H I
KE B O OK .

E dwa d r C ave ,
D oub l e day P age , CO . P rice 50 c ents ne t .
This b oo k is writte n by a man who h imse lf is an
exp erience d h iker I t will b e v al uabl e to all who

.
know the j oys of the road regardl ess of their interest ,
in the B oy Sc o u t move ment I t te ll s abo ut p ac ks .

,
grub te nts care of the fee t and the mysteries O f

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eld stream and forest

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6 . TH E C R ISIS .

W ins ton C hurchill , G rosset D un
lap . Pi r ce 50 ce nts .
T h is is the y Of a y o un g l awy e r who l ive d at the

s to r
time O f the C ivil War H e had convictions in re gard .
to p ub lic q uestions was true to the m and was brought

, ,
in to e xp e rie nc e s re q u irin g vig o ro u s ac tio n and a h igh
q u al ity o f c o u rag e .
7 . TH E D OC TO R . R alph C onnor, Grosset D unl ap .
P rice 50 ce nts .
A boo k o f ac tio n , o f l ove , and O f service . I t te ll s of

a gh t in defense o f a wo man s goo d name and of many ,
thrillin g incid ents of life in the c o untry and in the woo d s .
8 . TH E T H RE E G O ATH E RS
DF .

P e ter B . Ky ne ,
George H . D oran CO . Price

A s h ort
y of three robbers in the C al ifornia
stor
desert An adventure brings th e m into c l ose to uc h

.
with moth erh oo d the wonder and gl ory O f whi c h makes

,
a d ee p imp re ssio n up o n th eir l ive s Wonderful deter .
minatio n courag e and se lf sacri ce are s h own by th ese

, ,
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k
sa e O f a little c hild the y agree to p rotec t .
9 . MEN OF IR ON .

H oward Pyl e, H arper B ro .
Pir ce
T his boo k te ll s y outh who trained for knigh t

Of a
hoo d . It is unus ually well writte n and is full o f ad
I
130 K E E PI N G I N C O N DI TI O N
venture Men of . I ron will be en oj yed p
e s e c ial ly by
y ounger boys .
10 . A C E RT AIN R I CH MA N . William Allen Wh ite ,
Grosse t P rice 5 0 ce nts D unl ap . .
This is a more se rio us novel d eal ing with p rob le ms

of b u s iness and ec o no mic s in the United States It .
tell s O f V igoro us me n so me of wh om are cruel se l sh , , ,
and unp rinc ipl ed and of o th ers who pl ace h onor and
,
the welfare o f the state ab ove p rivate g ain .
Virility in Vers e
11 . P O EM S OF A CT ION
E dit d by D avid R P t . e . o r e r,
A iati n P P i 75 cent
ssoc o re ss . r ce s .

Th p m in l ud E d win M a kh am
ese oe sLin l n c e r s

co ,

th Man f th P pl

e R b t B wning
O eIn id nt eo e, o er ro s c e

C h l tt P kin G il man

of th F n h C amp
e re c A , ar o e er s s

Man M u t Liv and E d wa d R wl n d Sill

s e,Opp r o a s or
t unit y ,

and many ot hers p oe m of vigo r , c o ura e , an g d
ac tion .
12 . TH E MAK IN G OF AN AM E R I CAN .

Jaco b A R iis, .
G rosse t D unl ap . P rice 50 ce nts .
The interestin g xperiences Of Jacob R i i s ehis life ,
in D enmark hi s arrival in N e w Y o rk and his wo rk as

, ,

a ne wsp ap e r re p orter H e has bee n c all e d N e w Y ork s
.
mo st useful c itizen This story o f his life is an insp ira

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tion .

132 K E E PI N G IN C O N D I TI O N
It is we ll to ld and isd to beco ns i ere d o ne of the best
boo k s p ubl ishe d during re ce nt years .
17 . A D RI F T ON AN I C E -P AN .

Wilfre d S . Gre nfe ll ,
with b iograph ical s k t h by C l a
e c re nce Jo h n B lake ,
H o ugh to n Mit
in CO . P ric e 25 ce nts .
Dr . G re nf e ll is a g
l d e d phy sic ian
vi orous , re d- b oo
wh o se h eroic se rvice has mad e him muc h be l ove d by

the p eo pl e O f Lab rad or A b rie f ske tc h O f his l ife is
.
give n Foll o wing th is is a v iv id account of D r Gre n

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fell s e xpe rie nce o n an ice pan with his eskimo d ogs -
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18 . T O LD B Y TH E A
C MP F IR E . F . H C h e l e y , As soc ia
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tio n P re ss . P rice 75 ce nts .
Intere sting storie s o f re a l bo y s, who are full O f vi o r g

and the j oy of l iving . The sc e ne s are l aid in the o ut
doors Of the
O f- C o l orado R o c ies k . This will be
espec ially e nj oy e d by yo un ger boy s .
'
Choosing a Vocat
(The lines of wor k pu rsue d by the me n ve re abo
ferre d to will be ggestive to

su th o se c h oosin g a voc a
tion . The fo ll owing boo ks are of p artic ul ar val ue ) .
19 . TH E Y OU G N F OLKS L I RA R
B Y OF O CAT IONS
V .
P d
re s i ent Will iam De W itt H yd E dit
e, or-in
c hief, H all and Lo c k e CO . B oston

, . Ten vo lumes .
Pri ce
Th e se boo ks co ntain valuable material re garding

e ver y sort of vocation . T hese are groupe d into te n
SELE C TE D BOO KS 1 33
volumes Of the foll owing titles : The M ec h anic Ar ts,

H o me ma ing , k Farm and Fore st B usiness The P rofe s , ,
sio ns P ub l ic Se rv ice E d ucatio n L iterature M u sic and

, , , ,
P ublic E ntertainment The Fine Arts While they are

, .
to o e xpe nsiv e for most boy s to p urc h ase l ibrarie s sh o uld ,
pro vide them so they may be ac ce ssib le to all yo uth s

, .
20 . PUB LI CAT IONS O F TH E VO C AT ION B U R A U E .
Th is b ure aup ub l ishe s a series of p amphl ets on The

Ar c h itec t

, B anking
The P rofessio n o f Law
,

,
an d o th e r v oc atio ns for 10 to 5 0 c e nts e ac h A ful l .
list may be had by addre ssing The Vo c ation B ureau ,
5 B e aco n Stree t B o ston , .
21 . S ALAR I ED POS IT ION S F OR ME N IN S O C IAL W O RK .
P ub lish e d by the Stu de nt D ep artment Inter ,

natio nal C o mmittee Y o u ng M en s C h ristian
,
Asso c iatio n P rice 15 ce nts

. .
The boo kl e t o u tl ine s twe nty o ne l ine s of soc ial work-

,
inc l u ding P ub l ic H e al th and Sanitatio n J uve nil e P ro ,
batio n P ubl ic R e searc h W ork H o u sing C h ild Labor

, , , ,
and many o th e r l ine s It d e sc ribe s the work in e ach

.
e ld and te ll s of o pp ortunities for ad v ancement and
22 . E N GAG E ME NT AND MARR IA G E .

-
Orrin G C oc . ks,
P re ss Pric e 2 5 ce nts
As so c iation . .
This little b oo k will no t be o f mu c h inte re s t to y o uths ,
b ut is mentio ne d he re as a bo o k to wh ic h th ey may
turn l ater for soun d d

a vic e garding
re
discusses in c l ear concise style suc h q uestions as

age o f marriage wh at it co sts re l atio ns h ip O f e ng age d
, ,
co upl e s care O f wife be fo re c h ild birth

, ,
Jos ephi ne G oldmark : Fatigue and Ef ci enc y Charities
17
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P ublic ati o n C o mmi ttee Part II p 193 , , . .
18
C f G uli c k : T he E f c i en t Li fe p p 4 and 10
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, . .
19
Willi am B laikie : H ow to G e t Strong and H ow to Stay
SO R e vi e d E di ti n 1 90 2 H arp
, s B p 53 o , er ro .
, . .
Fro m Le tte s f o m the C

2
B T ans po rtati n C O
r r . . r o .
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C le v el and Ohi and the Whi te Sta Li ne D e tr i t Mi ch

, o, r , o , .
21
F anc s G ulic k Jewe tt : The N ex t G enerati on G inn
r e ,
C O pp 136 14 4
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, .

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C f Win ld Sc o tt H all : F o m Y uth into Manhoo d

22
. e r o ,
The Assoc i ati on P e ss N ew Yo k pp 5 6 5 8 r , r , .

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2 3
Irv ing F i she : N ati onal Vi tali ty I ts Was tes and C on
r ,
se v ati on ;
r S nate D o ume n t N O 4 19 6l st C o ngress 2d
e c .
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Se ss i n p 656
o , . .
Adams : Th He al th Master pp 25 8 265

24
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25
P o fesso Willi am L H o op e A ting Pre id nt o f
r r . r, c s e
Tufts C ll ge M assach use tts : an a ti cl e o n C olds The

o e , r ,
Journal o f Outdoo r Li f M a h 1 9 14 e, rc , .
C f H all : F o m Yo u th int M anh

2
. d p 91 r o oo . .
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27
Irvi ng Fi she : M emo i al R elati ng to the C o nse rv ati on
r r
o f H uman Li fe ; Se nate D oc ume n t N O 4 93 6 2 d C o ngress . , ,
2 d Se s i on p 9 s , . .
Pri nce A Morrow M D : Soc i al Di s ases and Mar

28
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riage M ess rs Lea B o the s 8: C O

, .pp 2 1 22 and 26 27 r r .
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C f H all : Re p oduc ti o n and Se xual H y gi ene Fo ur
. r ,
teenth E diti o n W y nnewood P ub li shi ng C O pp 4 8 65

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3
Max J E xne M D : Th R ati nal S x Life fo Men

. r, . . e o e r ,
The A ssoc i ati on P ess p 7 7 r , . .
3
Jewett : The N ext Generati on p 4 See also R L
1
, . . . .
D ugdal : The Juk es Se v enth Edi ti n G P P utnam

e , o , . . .
3
Jewett : Th N ext G ene ati o n p 3 Se e al A E
2
e r , . . so . .
Wi n hi p : Juk es Edwa ds A Study in Educati on and

s - r ,
H e edi ty R L My ers C O H arri bu g P a

r , . . .
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Adapted f om di ag ams in G alloway s The B i ology o f

r r
Se x D C H eath
, . C O N ew Yo k
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NOTE S 137
3 N elli e M Smith A M : The Three Gifts O f Li fe

Cf . .
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D odd Mead C O , .
3
Jewe tt : The N ext Gene ati on G inn C O pp 72 73
5
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C harl es E Stoc kha d The E ff ec t o n the Offspring f In
5
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toxicating the M al e Parent and the Trans mi ss i on o f the D e

fec ts to Subs e q uent G ene ati ons The Ameri can N aturalis t r , ,
Vol 4 7 N O 5 63 pp 64 1 682
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3
Jo urnal o f the Ame i can Medical Ass oc i ati on April 3
7
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1915 , p 114 1 . .
38
D a vid Starr Jordan : The Strength o f being Mo all y r
C l ean H M C aldwe ll C O B ton

, . . .
, os .

3
M J E xn er M D : The Physi c i an s Answer Assoc i a
9
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Publicati ons f the N ati onal C hild Labo

See the o r C om
mittee 105 E as t 22d St N ew Yo k
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Jo hn Spargo : The B i tte C y o f Child en r r r .
42
Re v i se d to date from po ts in The Chil d en re r

r in the
Shado w by E rnes t K C o ul te Mc B ride N as t

, CO . r, , .
, N ew
43
Wal ter Raus h nbu ch : C h i sti ani ty c e s r and the Soc i al
C ri sis T he M ac mill an C O pp 2 38 239
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44
Rausc henbusc h : C hri s ti ani ty and the So c i al C ri s i s , p .
35 1 .
5
Phys i cal Educati on p 11
Sargent : , . .
4 Harv e y L Smith : The C hris ti an R a e Assoc i ati on Press

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7
The Ou tl oo k 28 7 F urth A ve N ew Y k D ce mbe r 6 , o .
, or , e ,
19 13 .
48
See Jacob A . R iis : The Making o f an Ameri can , The
4
Williams Sal eeby : Parenthood and Rac e C ul ture
C aleb ,
Moff at Ya d C O p 1 , r .
, . .
5
Rausc he nbusc h : Chris ti ani ty and the So c i al C ris is p , .
285
51
C harles Kingsl e y : The Ro man and the Te uton , Mac
mill an CO .
, Lo ndo n p , . 46 .
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I nte nde d q ui te as muc h fo r the pe rso n who re gard s

hi ms e lf as ab so l utely he althy as for the i n v alid o r the o ne
who is j us t a li ttle aili ng is thi s p rac ti c al c ons ide rati o n o f
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the human b ody whi c h migh t b e furth e r d es c ri b e d as a

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treati s e o n the s c i e nc e O f the c are o f the b ody The vo l .
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was te s and the i r re mo v al di e t b o dily h e at the wo rk o f the

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rec re ati o n, i nd ulge nc es the cyc le o f life and di s eas e are

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amo n g the d iff e re nt topi c s whi c h the autho r tak es up .
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u s e Of foo d air and wate r in the d e v e lop me nt and mai n

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te nan c e o f the bo dy I t will al so i mpre s s the f ac t th at

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e nj oyme nt higher e f c i ency and gre ater usefulnes s is

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I N C ON D I T I O N

MO S T y ouths Of fourtee n to eighteen years of

vigorous . If a high standard o f manhood

earnestly to achieve the qualities o f man

While considerable material o n athletic train

nO W be ing published in books and maga

zines no o ne has yet brought together in

co ncise form for adolescent boys all the essen

T his little book is an attempt to set up an

Theauthor is indebted to many friends

grateful to P resident William T F oster and .

P rofessor N orman F C oleman Of R eed C o l.

lege and to P rofessor C arl Kelsey O f the

University o f P ennsylvania for help in revi sing

Of The Oregon S ocial Hygiene S ociety mem ,

bers Of the faculties Of R eed C ollege and other

C hristian A ssociation , and High S chool boys

REED C O LL EGE , PO RTLAN D , OR EGO N ,

TH I S book gives boys a practical guide for

exercise fresh air diet rest and the control

Of inner force are i nterestin gly exp lained

and the fact emphasized that all o f these essen

for real success But Mr Moore goes further

and presents to boys interested in their per

sonal development and power the method o f ,

realizing their manhood and the relation Of

The adult uses his physical mental and , ,

moral powers to make a living to enter into ,

social relationships with his fellow men to ,

carry o n civic and political enterprises to ,

gain a deeper insight into the problems o f the

all to care for his family if he has one These

are the functions Of the grown man but the ,

boy has a function more fundamental than

T hisfunction is revealed by his interest in

While freed from the larger responsibilities

deve lop the powers that will be used in adult

skill will power and courage His interest in

expending or craving to expend a large share

Of his energies in physical achievement is

This development cannot be secured after

more fundamental forms o f education are

powers his youth has given him .

There is yet a larger meaning to this ideal

nati onal pro gress and welfare The realiza .

tion that he is a link in the chain Of heredity

must appeal to every boy T hrough parents .

grandparents and great grandparents he is

linked to the past clear back to the beginning

and he has the opportunity to be linked to the

as Mr Moore shows is a trust and his right

to use his capacity to give life depends upon

whom he may give life in the future have a

brain Of a wise ancestor I n making this fact

himself with the racial idea .

Many boys feel that the good old days of

they are past ; but for the boy who develops

clearest brain and the steadiest moral courage

there never was a time in the history Of the ,

world so full o f opportunities for achievement .

E very city and town Off ers its G olden Fleece

F o r parents and teachers this book is timely

hygiene from a position Of awkward isolation

gram O f training now used by many expert