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UNIVERSITY OP ILLINOIS.

PHYSICAL CULTURE FOR WOMEN. 1. This course furnishes a liberal education of the body according to modern scientific methods. Each student comes under the personal observation of the instructor and is graded for work according to her physical condition. Special attention is given to defects of bodily carriage and movement, and prescriptions of exercise are given for the correction of round shoulders, uneven hips, drooping heads. The training has for its fundamental aims, health, strength, muscular flexibility and grace. It is divided into practical and esthetic work, and includes German, French, and Swedish exercises. The Delsarte culture is studied after the practical gymnastic drill is acquired. It is thoroughly taught as the higher use of the muscles, and includes artistic principles in the management of the body. An outline of two year's work is as follows: Free hand gymnastics, light gymnastics, the Day's Order, Nine Laws of Ling, plain and fancy marching, dumb bells, Indian clubs, fencing and apparatus work, Delsarte culture, studies in expression and attitude, pantomime. Every woman student, not physically disqualified, may take, this gymnastic drill three times a week for three or six terms. For this work, satisfactorily performed, together with the lecture in Hygiene (Phys. Cult. 2), one credit or two credits, respectively, are allowed toward graduation from any university course. All students who elect this work, must first be measured and examined, with a view to determining whether they are in fit physical condition to take the course. Six terms, twofifths study. Miss KELLOGG. For those among the regular students who are not capable of the physical effort required to make the term credit, a voluntary class will be opened where the students will be given individual work to bring the strength up to the normal, and when sufficient progress is made, entrance to the regular classes may be obtained by satisfying the instructor that all preparatory requirements have been filled. 2. A course designed to impart a knowledge of the conditions most favorable to bodily health and activity, of the principles underlying the hygienic treatment of common weaknesses and abnormalities, and of the avoidable causes of the more frequent diseases. Among the more important subjects treated may be named the theory of bodily exercise, ventilation and