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Title: Keeping physically fit; common-sense exercises for the whole family
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Cromie, William J. (William James), 1877-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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se acts is sometimes in-jurious. Take the child, for instance; it is notalways best to repress its cry. Dr. Campbellclaims that crying, especially in women, favorsthe proper expansion of the lungs, acceleratesthe circulation of the blood, deadens the effectsof pain, and relieves nerve tension. Some onehas said that women who are able to find reliefin tears, keep their youth longer than those whorepress them. Singing is beneficial because itdevelops the chest and tends to ward off diseasesof the lungs. Professional singers are compara-tively free from pulmonary disease. To be apublic singer one must have a good chest devel-opment and take both breathing and muscularexercises; in fact, the famous singer must livea hygienic life. I frequently have the studentsin the gymnastic classes sing a college songwhile performing dancing steps or other Ughtexercises, not only for pleasing variety, but onaccount of the benefit to the lungs. Childrenshould be taught to sing both at home and inschool.
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A B Fig. 38From starting position, Fig. 1, position 1, raise arms side-ward as in position A, inhaling. Bring arms forward andlower head forward as in position B, exhahng. Lower armsand repeat. 104 Keeping Physically Fit The act of shouting is emotional. The shout-ing of children at play is the outcome of exu-berant emotion and pent-up-neuro muscularenergy and the game or play is enchanced bythis outburst. When I was a physical directorin the Y. M. C. A., and had more than a hundredboys between the ages of twelve and sixteenyears in my charge, I often resorted to the fol-lowing. When the boys were in school all day,under restraint and bubbhng over with neuro-muscular energy so I could hardly get theirattention, I would take out my watch andannounce that I desired every boy to shout andyell for the following five minutes. It alwaysworked like a charm. In hke manner, thehurrahs of the applauding multitude, the yellsof frenzied baseball fans, the cheering of specta-tors at a football gam

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