RADIO PROGRAM PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HEALTH December 9, 1937 "OVERCOME YOUR FEARS THROUGH THE USE OF MOTOR POWER" Allen -- 4 survey lasting two years and costing $25,000 was made jointly by the Hoover==- Allen-- Hoover-- Allen-- University of Chicago, the American Association for Adult Education, and the schools of the united Y.M.C.A. That survey revealed that the prime interest of adults is health. Health is obtained by following Nature's laws. Maude Royden, of England, said "You cannot break Nature's laws but you can break yourself against Nature's laws". Musculer activity is necessary for health. The human animal is first of all a motor animal. The nervous system develops with the progressive use of the motor musclos. As tho nervous system continues to develop the brain enlarges and soon there comes reasoning and imagination. Obstacles which are apparently insurmountable soon appear to the young human animal. The inability to conquer those mental Gibraltars causes doubt and misgivings. Upon the steps of doubt appears fear. Fear soon paralyzes, or at least inhibits the motor re- sponses. Wo must find a way to conquor foar. Miss Hoover, did you read the article by Dr. Honry C. Link, the director of the Psychological Service Conter, New York City, in this Decembor issuo of Tho Readers’ Digest, ontitled "Do the Thing you Fear"? Yes, and I onjoyed ite I certainly agreo with Dr. Link that wo have talked so much about the inforiority complex that if this term had not been so over-usod there would have been one less idea for people to fear. It scoms to me, Dre Allon, thnt Dr. Link certainly gave a great boost for physical education and solidly endorsed the need of cxercise. What was that example that Dr. Link so forcibly brought out to the young man who came to him im- ploring for a prescription that would enable him to conquer his insomnia? Well, Miss Hoover, it is just oxactly the same prescription that you give to your girl students overy day in the gymnasium. You tell them to "broathe with their legs", to use them when they convey thoir bodies about. Dre Link advised this young man to run around the block at night until he was roady to drop. "What you need is exertion," he said. "You have put too much of your physical energies into thinking and imagining things. If you run hard enough you will automatically relax and go to sleep. You have thought your- self into this fear with your mind. You can run yourself out of it with your legs." And Dr. Link states that this young man did so. That prescription is splendid for young people who are buoyant and peoppye But I should hositate to give oxactly that advice to older persons who are dejected or worried. I should first try to arouse their interests in some sort of a game to get their minds off their worrics. Most poople, when they are repressed, do not have the energy to run around the block. But there is hardly any individual who docs not like to play some game, and most people play at least one game well. Well, Miss Hoover, of course you are speaking about gemes that employ mus- cular action. I imagine that you aro thinking of games such as darts, deck tennis, badminton, quoits, ping pong, captain ball, dodge ball and volley ball, are you not?