The view of Groos partial, and a better explanation of play proposed as rehearsing ancestral activities--The glory of Greek physical training, its ideals and results--The first spontaneous movements of infancy as keys to the past--Necessity of developing basal powers before those that are later and peculiar to the individual--Plays that interest due to their antiquity--Play with dolls--Play distinguished by age--Play preferences of children and their reasons--The profound significance of rhythm--The value of dancing and also its significance, history, and the desirability of reintroducing it--Fighting--Boxing--Wrestling--Bushido--Foot-ball--Military ideals--Showing off--Cold baths--Hill climbing--The playground movement--The psychology of play--Its relation to work
VI.--PLAY, SPORTS, AND GAMES
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall.
