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e burhtng cer. It might allow you &# © helper to lift
or bend a pert of e wrecked cer snd enpble some one
pinned benerth the wmeckage to escspe. One never knors
when e little reserve strength will be useful to you

er your fellow ren.

You missed # bet, Ded, while you vere just talking. I
was hoping you would elso mention the study of Dr. S.
Aw Weisran thet was reported at the Centrel District
Convention of Heelth end Physicel Educetion et Minner
polis. It wes celled “The Relstionship of the Shrpe
of the Chest in Herelth end Diseese". It is auite en
imposing title end wes rentioned by Dr. McCloy in his
speech to the Missouri Teechers Convention two weeks
ego in Kenses City.

You know, Docs, I hed forgetten sbout thet pepers I
heerd Dr. Weisren and enjoyed it very much. Right now
when the tuberculosis crive is on, the added inforretion
is rether tirelys It ves “cvund #het all tuberculosis
petients heve * certair snoped chest. When the depth

of the chest is divided by the width, the figure of 80
res found. In other vords, the depth res 80 per cent

of the width, meking the chest somerhet reunds In most
norrel individuels the reletionship of the depth to the
width figures sut to be pround 70. In the city of “inn-
eepolis rmessurerents rere rede on a greet reny school
children, »nd those with » chest index of €0 were divid-
ed into two groups. One group wes given henging end
stretching exercises which tere intended to develop

the shoulder girdle and increese the width of the chest.
The other group hed just their ordinery ectivitiess #&
After a period of tire it wes found thet tuberculosis
developed ruch more often in the students who did not
heve the henging end stretching exercises. It seers

to me thet this fect alone rould justify the 91d set-
ivities of working on the high ber and the parellel bars.

I think you heve rade a good case for sore of the oid
petivities. Now th>t the old methods heve teken eo beck
seat end our gyrnesivrs rre equipped with hot end esid
water, plenty of saep and good bething fecilities, do
you find thet ycur bething problems ere 411 solved?

No, Doc., the nioblers are not ell salved. In the first
Dlece, there it e towel probler. Most tawels, rhen
furnished by the boy. soon becore dirty ond ere not
leundered often enough, rostiy because of the inceonven-
lence of teking them hore end bringing ther beck. It

is ton often forgotten. The dirty torel presents »
health hazerd ss does the forgstten tevel, since boys
ere likely to forget heelth teeching end borrow © torel
from » friend.

I hed °n interesting siturtion develop during the lest
of Februrry, 1936, while the Kenses City s@hools rere
experiencing en enideric of influenza. At the stert
of each cless I would have a long line of boys at my