The story of Jahn and the Turners--The enthusiasm which this movement generated in Germany--The ideal of bringing out latent powers--The concept of more perfect voluntary control--Swedish gymnastics--Doing everything possible for the body as a machine--Liberal physical culture--Ling's orthogenic scheme of economic postures and movements and correcting defects--The ideal of symmetry and prescribing exercises to bring the body to a standard--Lamentable lack of correlation between these four systems--Illustrations of the great good that a systematic training can effect--Athletic records--Greek physical training
V.--GYMNASTICS
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall.
