, 1864-03-07
GYMk kAS1lCS,
Physical Cul:ure--Its Necessity and
Usefulness-The Ole and
the NeW,

would 80 tremendously chsner ma tn t,ivr In the
word totally opposite EienfGcatfou II ia moi ne
cceeaty 10 inform The tcholar that The root of the
term Ia 11cnnns-" naked whence WAS derived
the word QVMn1zo-'I wreetlc ''-bccause in thcsr
exercises the contestants werc stripped to the skin
and the earlier trials of strength wcre sin-
ply trials between two, each Of whom stroye 10
threw the other to the ground, when betting his
foot on the neck of Lis fallen antagonist {aoonip-a
''concst wrcstling'J the victor received his re-
ward. Things, processes, ideas and expressions
havc nightly changed since then,
A few ycare lntcr and the original simplicity Of
the contest wus lost in a multitude of fc,ta os
strength, while among the moro brutal. The n,s.
sious ginning full ewuy. led to the eladisto,1.l
bat which Ia preserved In the Spanish hn1t foht q,
our own day, and IN q ecarcc)y lesa mild foTm IN
cur otsn prize ring, Modern eymuasts h,vr
preserved the idea in the tesh coornd ,ioh,s whfc
arc 10 them what The topo Ia m tbc o.ninta- ~
robe of Office. The 1aat and ,noat ,,1,c.1 ch.,ns
rrcduc1pr comnletc inversion of,hs ,r;o;n.l ,ae.
ia the adont,o, ~. e.,ao;sn 49,. ,a4s. $50.
that In ~1,,1rx- a. ~. ,>.-tess
mcmtxatIon nj fhc n,,.t;ss b.. ~ NV ss ~
of ercrc;sc co,,nfl,, ,5,.,,a =, ,.ss,.
The dcre1on1nent n i,s ,,h,,.,as1 ,sa..s., =,
1r,vs hoc, tho ~, " .s =.
1,r,,c fcrcc rr;c,,ra snn-a-.. .aa "ss.s.: - . -
t1,. rr,v ,,,,..ss-as - ou
ihc rlcr Srd r.s r,s7, ,,,,,r ~ ao..,a .o-. ,,rc
on Tho n.y.ic,, ,,a. r. IT. .,,,,;s.s .s ~ r,I
tivation n tho r,1,sthcn, ~ 7.os noccsz,tv the
interest of The nccn- 1,e{nn orc1tsa Nv cn,,;s,;vr
esesrs 4, .v1;<,, ~ r,s+ ,as - ~ ,,.,,, haro,
M ~, 1,ns .1a., ,,s,.,s ~, ~.;s. ~.
m,,n1 cro1rr rhs sna,,trt;nn If the o,,1,r,,
,,,n,oe ,-.s = ...... 'Ae 49, 80. ~ s,,'s,'
w.. fn ,,,,t srhon1s -. 49, 5,,ssaant |
lar 1,,p,.-s t,...a s1.,..s ~ ,..s.s ~ -.-1-
,jon To The t,,7;ron5 ~ ~ ,,so.,a VIZ, ~.
1,cc,me too h,r,h,,. =, a,,,,,.f La. .s..-.s ~
The r;.t. or d.t,st - .t,-..s~..s - ~s..N"..~ :.
1,s,,inr lrr .1srcs TN ,.r1, <,tha. ~ - ~ =.
,,o.rer w.s dc,,r4,n,. ~. r,-.- a.r,s.;s..;s
away thr rock an ,rb,cs h,r -
,nd lef, hc5 rnat1no m +,e ~, s.s.,s 800 o..
spce.1i,y I'm, ""AN' s'''>
The nstires of modern Tr+o,,c ,,,vo eor,,a ,bs;,
fn.cro.t IN a,tcn,,oy to fb,s ,,-s.ttao 49, ~
door exercises and cnmro ~ pn,,;.1',,, 49,.
1ributcd lsrr,v 10 he no,c- ~ t,o ns+tnr ~.
ia rccocrlz,n f,Is s~d t,,a an ~ 10. ss;a,a. :;
r,rf-e1nrnt1r en1cu,staa -, sa~a,a,, ..
noycr or thr ,ncp md -cndor M, ,,rso,n,,s ~
s,rt,ror NJ m ,n+,uo,,.t T.. a.-,a. 49,. ..:.u.s.s
Of ymnast,cs has hac1 w, ,;tto ,,,r--7ca snd ~
cent In iso.sfed c,scs +ha do~o,sn-no,t ~ +Lo
mnseIca hv .xprt,;ea hos to,, ,,.,,aaioa
T1,c fccf ;s tint 1tis h,s ,,,t ,,a' - t,.r.,,,
oh,1,tr OF ,ho ,,-,,,,,. -, xn,.1.. 49,
to lli In with auy nronor ni,n 1t "a duc rvha, ~
the absolute poverty Of material and ABSENCE ~
attraction. TIL very recent period thc wou,d hr
cymnast has Lesu wanted to strain himself 1,y lin.
ing u du1nb-bell one or two hundred nonnd. In
weight, and to run imminent risk Of rupture In
manipulating ill and singular the oopYiances of the
establishment. In fact a 1oni. ,ns4d. orc
OF those Yuoms WIS encnch to frscbtcn
a sensitive min. Long ropca IN which lc wa er-
pccted to swain, poles hnnc in m;dsfr oye. which c
miCft 1rcet. lis r,ncr- !, 3da.e u, =, ,,:,dnh !.