School hygiene . The same boy, after the operation 289 38. Pupil writing vertical script .....317 SCHOOL HYGIENE CHAPTEE I The History of School Hygiene in Germany Special efforts to promote the physical well-being of the school population of Germany began to be made as early as the time of the Reformation. These consisted at first of an advocacy of physical exercise. While most of the theologians of the middle ages,like Berthold of Regensburg (1272) and Geiler ofKaisersberg (1445-1510), see in the running, tiltingstone-throwing, wrestling, jumping, etc., which werebeloved by old and young, no
School hygiene . The same boy, after the operation 289 38. Pupil writing vertical script .....317 SCHOOL HYGIENE CHAPTEE I The History of School Hygiene in Germany Special efforts to promote the physical well-being of the school population of Germany began to be made as early as the time of the Reformation. These consisted at first of an advocacy of physical exercise. While most of the theologians of the middle ages,like Berthold of Regensburg (1272) and Geiler ofKaisersberg (1445-1510), see in the running, tiltingstone-throwing, wrestling, jumping, etc., which werebeloved by old and young, nothing but a device of the Evil One for capturing souls with pride, and only a few like Thomas Haselbach (about 144 6) express the opinion that a man may for the sake of recreation and physical development engage in all sorts of sports, and contests maktin Luther, 1483-1546 like throwing balls through a ring or at ninepins, running races, shooting with the bow, playing ball, and so forth, Luther makes a very (17). 18 HISTORY OF SCHOOL HTGIEKE positive plea for the practice of such exercises, especiallyby the young. The ancients, said he, understood this matteryery well; and they required that people should exer-cise and have something useful and respectable to doso that they might not fall into intemperance, debauch-ery, gluttony, drinking, and gambling. I am there-fore very fond of these two exercises and amusements,music, and tilting, together with fencing, wrestling,and similar games; the first of which drives sorrowand melancholy from the heart, and the second de-velops the different parts of the body and keeps it inhealth. The real purpose is, moreover, to keep peoplefrom going into drinking, lewdness, gambling, anddice-playing, as they do now at the courts and in thecities, where one can hear nothing but: Here you are!Have a drink! Then they gamb]e for another hundredguilders or more. This is what happens when thesefine games and knightly sports are neglected. Stillbetter
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