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 and supervisors, and that the girl who is willing to go to one of these smaller cities and lead the movement in favor of physical culture can eventually become supervisor of the entire work in the public schools.

Naturally the teacher of physical culture who accepts a position in a public or private school at a stated salary enjoys a certain sense of financial security, and this step is generally taken by women qualified to hold positions in either public or private schools. On the other hand, some girls who have completed only a desultory course at a so-called finishing school but who are bright and well educated, through reading and observation, have taken up the study of physical culture thoroughly and have succeeded as private teachers.

The teacher who "free-lances," or organizes her own classes, must summon personality to her aid. She must make a strong appeal for her work, interest editors of local papers in physical training, and establish herself largely through the pleasing impression she creates. Later her methods of teaching may be commended. Her training of young people may show results. But at first she will win out on purely personal grounds.

I recall a young woman who made just such a struggle in a small Ohio city. She started out