The greatest good is to come to the next generation, so far as educational effort can accomplish its purpose, through the solicitude of mothers and fathers in so caring for their unborn and born children as to obviate the establishment of those physical defects which not only prevent normal muscular development but which affect the entire outlook upon life. "Flat feet," or broken arches, feeble musculature and low muscle tone, which induce faulty posture, are factors determining whether the child will experience pleasure in activity and competition with his associates. One victory in a game causes a desire for other victories, and confidence in self and the belief that effort will be rewarded by achievement are the direct result of successful participation in closely contested games. Although there are many examples of great achievement by persons whose physical constitutions were below the average or even decidedly inferior, it is nevertheless true that physical handicaps usually determine the angle from which life is viewed. Children who are below the optimum in physical well-being do not radiate happiness, but tend to view the outlook with discontent and to brood over the hardness of life rather than eagerly to seek its opportunities with the expectation of bettering their own and the condition of others. Physical perfection is the greatest assurance that the individual will make an effort, and lack of effort or failure to do one's best is to the average human being the worst handicap to success.