SWHA - Keeping Fit

Glands Build Up the Body

Such glands as the thyroid in the neck and the sex glands -- ovaries -- in the pelvis secrete substances which go into the blood. These glands contribute greatly to physical and mental development.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was prepared for the great service he rendered because he kept himself fit in body and mind.

Theodore Roosevelt

Sickly and frail when a boy, Roosevelt by faithful training achieved the vigor of manhood.

Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Falcon Scott, England's South Pole hero. With brave companions he struggled thru snow, ice, and storm 923 miles to the pole.

Give your children a fair start

Every child has the right to be well born. Will you give your children healthy bodies and a fair start in life?

Be worthy of your mother

Your mother has been unselfish and devoted to you. Will you be worthy of her? The chivalrous youth protects the honor of all women and girls.

Treat every girl like sister

Treat every girl as you would like to have another man or boy treat your sister, girl friend, or sweetheart.

Pure girl is waiting somewhere

Somewhere the girl who may become your wife is keeping pure. Will you take to her a life equally clean?

Although man and many other animals reproduce their kind in much the same way, man differs from other animals in the way he treats his offspring. The human father and mother form a union called the family, and patiently rear their children through…

Human Reproduction

The human baby also develops within the body of the mother. The ovum, or egg cell, within the mother is fertilized by the male cell, or sperm, which comes from the father. The fertilized egg cell develops within the body of the mother for about nine…

Reproduction in the Rabbit

In mammals (the rabbit, cow, horse, and man) the young grow from an egg while it is still inside the mother's body, instead of outside as in the chick. This egg (called the ovum) is fertilized by the sperm (male cell) from the male animal. As the egg…

Reproduction in the Chick

A chick can hatch only from an egg that has been fertilized inside the hen's body by the male cell, or sperm, from the rooster. The fertilized egg, when placed under the body of a hen, hatches into a chick within twenty-one days.

Reproduction in the Salmon

The mother salmon after making a "nest" in the bed of a stream lays many eggs. The male salmon spreads milt, containing male cells, over the eggs. The male cells "fertilize" the eggs. Then very slowly they develop into young salmon.

Reproduction in the Plant

The parts of the flower are the sex organs of the plant.

All life passed on by reproduction

All life is passed on from generation to generation by means of reproduction. It is reproduction that keeps alive the world of plants, of animals, and of men. A plant or animal that does not reproduce itself becomes extinct. If wheat and similar…

Clean youth won't cause wife to suffer

The youth who achieves self-control can go joyfully and clean into marriage with the one girl he is willing to wait for, and become a husband and father without the danger of causing suffering to wife and child.

Ignore Fake Advertisements

"Ads" in newspapers, booklets and tin signs are put out by "quacks" to get money from ignorant boys and men. Patent medicines and quick cures for syphilis and gonorrhea generally do more harm than good. Don't let "quack" companies scare you by their…

Do Not Believe Him

If some "wise guy" tells you that sexual intercourse is not dangerous, the facts are: A girl who would yield to one man has probably had relations with another. Very likely she is diseased. Most prostitutes (private or public) have either syphilis or…

A syphilitic baby

The man who has contracted gonorrhea or syphilis may bring suffering upon the innocent. When he marries, and the baby comes, it may be defective.

Don't demand purity unless you offer it

Have you a right to go to the marriage altar demanding honor and purity in the girl you marry, unless you are willing to offer her a clean life?

Girl shouldn't marry man with syphilis

This girl may become an invalid for life if she marries a man who has had gonorrhea not entirely cured. Gonorrhea causes: 1. Many surgical operations upon women; 2. Much invalidism among innocent wives; 3. Many childless marriages.

Blind Boys

These boys are blind because their mothers had gonorrhea, in most cases contracted from the father. Most of the blindness in children is due to gonorrhea.

Inherited Syphilis

A man may transmit syphilis to his children. His children's children may pay the penalty of his mistake.

Germs of Gonorrhea

Gonorrhea may cause stricture, bladder disease, rheumatism, heart disease, sterility and other diseases. If the germs of gonorrhea get into the body, they may remain in the deeper parts and, long after an apparent cure, cause a return of the disease.…

Germs of Syphilis

Syphilis may affect any part of the body, including the brain and heart. It often causes paralysis, softening of the brain and death. Syphilis may be cured if treatment is begun early enough and continued long enough.

Self-control and venereal disease

Men who fail to develop self-control sometimes yield to sex temptation to indulge in sexual intercourse with immoral girls and become infected with a venereal (sex) disease. The chief venereal diseases are syphilis (pox) and gonorrhea (clap).

Need for self-control

An aviator must have a sound body, a clear mind, and steady nerve; his control of the machine depends first upon his self-control.

Sexual intercourse not necessary for health

Sexual intercourse is not necessary to preserve health and manly vigor. The natural sexual impulse can be kept under control by avoiding associations, conversations, and thoughts of a lewd character. (Manual of Military Training, by Moss)

The Spirited Horse and the Sex Impulse

A spirited horse is a great prize. It is a joy to ride him to feel his strength and boundless energy underone's control. The sex instinct, when directed, is the source of power and of a richer, fuller life.

The Sex Impulse and Achievement

The sex instinct in a boy or man makes him want to act, dare, possess, strive. When controlled and directed, it gives ENERGY, ENDURANCE, FITNESS.

Keep Your Mind Occupied with Good Books

Keep your mind occupied with good books. Some good ones are: Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson; Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain; The Virginian, by Owen Wister; The Crisis, by Winston Churchill; The Making of an American, by Jacob A. Riis; The Last…

Use Your Mind Contructively

The man or boy absorbed in constructive and interesting work and thoughts has no time to bother with smutty stories.

How the Mind Affects the Body

The thought of food when one is hungry causes a secretion to flow from the gastric glands of the stomach. Merely thinking how a lemon tastes will increase the flow of saliva. Sex thoghts cause the blood to flow to the sex organs and so produce…

Do Not Worry

Seminal emissions at night are natural. Most healthy older boys have them. Unless emissions occur very frequently no attention need be given to them.

A Natural Experience (seminal emission)

A new experience comes into the lives of most boys when they become about 15, 16, or 17years old (like the boys above). Occasionally (about one to four times a month) a fluid from inside the body is discharged from the sex organ during sleep. This is…

Outdoor Life (avoid self-abuse)

1. Athletics. 2. Abundant outdoor life. 3. Wholesome companions. 4. Lots of good fun. 5. Constant employment. 6. Will power will help a boy break the habit called "self-abuse" (in case he has acquired the habit) and recover from any harm it may have…

Sleep in the Fresh Air

Air is the first necessity of life. Always practice deep breathing. Sleep with your windows open, or better, sleep out of doors. Turn in at a regular hour. Men need 8 or more hours sleep; boys need 8 1/2 to 9 1/2 hours.

Avoid Constipation

1. Drink water freely on arising. 2. Be sure that your bowels move at least once each day. 3. Make it a habit to sit on the stool the same hour each day. 4. Eat laxative foods, such as fruits, fresh vegetables, and coarse breads. 5. In general, avoid…

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