The training of the ear and voice is an exceedingly important part of physical culture. Drill the children in pure vowel sounds, in the enunciation of final consonants; do not let them speak of ‘walkin’’ and ‘talkin’,’ of a ‘fi-ne da-ay,’ ‘ni-ice boy-oys.’ Drill them in pronouncing difficult words – ‘imperturbability,’ ‘ipecacuanha,’ Antananarivo,’ – with sharp precision after a single hearing; in producing the several sounds of each vowel; and the sounds of the consonants without attendant vowels. French, taught orally, is exceedingly valuable as affording training for both ear and voice.