The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . in the sketches ofthe modern cartoonist. In astudy of statuary in the EarlyGreek room of the Boston Mu-seum of Fine Arts, which containscasts from 500-600 , and in-cludes an age of high Spartandevelopment. Dr. Goldthwaitfound there was not a single castor reproduction that did notshow the body so poised thatthe greatest efficiency of theorganism would be possible. OfFig. 39 he says : — ^While the modeling may notequal that of the later Greek period,the poise is all that could be de-sired.
The posture of school children, with its home hygiene and new efficiency methods for school training . in the sketches ofthe modern cartoonist. In astudy of statuary in the EarlyGreek room of the Boston Mu-seum of Fine Arts, which containscasts from 500-600 , and in-cludes an age of high Spartandevelopment. Dr. Goldthwaitfound there was not a single castor reproduction that did notshow the body so poised thatthe greatest efficiency of theorganism would be possible. OfFig. 39 he says : — ^While the modeling may notequal that of the later Greek period,the poise is all that could be de-sired. The head is erect and insuch balance that all of the mus-cles must be in easy contraction,making possible any movement,forward, backward, sidewise, orwith any combination, with thegreatest ease and with the least possible waste of energy. Thechest is high, allowing the fullest freedom of action of the thoracicorgans. The shoulders are erect, in which position all of themuscles are in easy contraction ready for immediate functionwith the least effort. The trunk is so in balance that no group of. Courtesy of Dr. Goldthwait iiG. 39. — Correct standing position ina Greek statue of the period of highestSpartan development. POSTURE IN ADULTS 107 muscles or part is strained, but action with the minimum of wasteis possible, while the visceral support and function is maintainedwith the least effort. So, also, with the legs, there is no strain, butevery part is ready for full duty with the least waste in either time orenergy. The greatest amount of general fitness is suggested by thefigure, and this applies not only to that which is physical, but to thespirit or the purpose of the individual. In every part, the body, themind, and the spirit, the figure suggests readiness and efficiency. Notice that the vertical line test applies perfectly to this en-tire figure, as does also the ear test for the position of the is noticeable, too, that, as in all Greek statues, the perf
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