Outing . THE ORANGE ATHLETIC CLUB. BY NEWELL B. of Snowshoeing and Tobogganing, have_ been factohistory. Physical train-ing was part of the edu-cation of the Persianand Grecian youth ; itwas fostered and encour-aged by the Romans. The Greeks soughtby it to attain courage, mental devel-opment and perfect proportions. Theirbattles, learning and art, showed con-clusively the results of physical , however, of any moral sentimentor strength, this physical training led toa voluptuousness that assisted in thedownfall of these empires. Early Christi-anity, viewing
Outing . THE ORANGE ATHLETIC CLUB. BY NEWELL B. of Snowshoeing and Tobogganing, have_ been factohistory. Physical train-ing was part of the edu-cation of the Persianand Grecian youth ; itwas fostered and encour-aged by the Romans. The Greeks soughtby it to attain courage, mental devel-opment and perfect proportions. Theirbattles, learning and art, showed con-clusively the results of physical , however, of any moral sentimentor strength, this physical training led toa voluptuousness that assisted in thedownfall of these empires. Early Christi-anity, viewing physical development fromthis point, naturally became arrayedagainst it, and the extreme of this op-position was reached in the radical as-ceticism of the Platonists. The succeed-ing Dark Ages destroyed all mental andphysical development, while the chival-ry of the feudal system necessitated arevival of physical training. On personalprowess much depended in the days oftournaments and the survival of the fit-test. The collapse of the feudal systemmarked another decadence in physicalexercise that e
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