Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-31

oAheAhA Va llllGISSb N"S
in our communities, among our young
men. in the training of the Gymnasium.
The performances at Music Hall last even
ing, on the occasion Of the benefit of the
master gymnast of this region, showed a
prea, deal of cultivated muscle and disci-
plined ..knack" and experiences on the
part of ambitious amateurs. Our Gold
Hill hall for schooling in the tricks and
trials of Bars is well, promptly attended,
and the pupils are all carefully benefting
BY the instructions afforded. Mr.. Ward
says he never had so attentive a class.
We learn that there is to be u hall fitted
up in Virginia, with superior apparatus,
for the school-room Of the "undeveloped"
who may adopt this method of regaining
or confirming good health and ~equippinS
themselves for the literal rough tumbles OF
life. Horace Mann used frequently to re-
late an aneedote of O Missionary in n Of
our large Western towns-in early times
who vainly attempted to steam up suf-
6cicnt public literary spirit to obtain a
public library; thinking this the best ex-
pedient to open a door for religious in
huences, among a certain class of New
England folks who had come unconverted
from their old home. Failing at first in
this, he bethought himself Of the project
for establishing a gymnasium /; and, in a
country where wood was cheap and the
little labor required for such an object
could be readily obtained almost at q
gratui,y. he soon had his barn" full of
climbing, jumping, wrestling. swinging
| youths. In less than twelve months there
after he had the pleasure of acting as
| President Of q Library Association own
| ing a thousand volumes, and his church
was filled with earnest members. These
were of the consequences Of his "muscle
strategy" But there was more, from this
course OF procedure, that Mr.. Mann had
to relate. The young men of the town
were all free from bodily ailing; many Of
them recorded as thus redeemed from the
post Of confirmed nervous dyspepsia.
And the taste for vigor-giving sports ex
tended TO adjoining neighborhoods ; and
like desirable results were boosted. The
girls caught the spirit of the day-the
gymnastic spirit. And in the town re-
ferred to there was established, so long
ago as 1916. a Girls Gymnasium ; to this
day one Of the institutions Of the place,
and the foundation OF a Young Ladies'
Seminary (called Gymnasium y, which
has enjoyed and now has unsurpassed
reputation as q school for the full training
of Misses.
Well: this is telling the whole story Of
a gymnasium. which is not likely to have
parallel repetition here. But it is in
stractive of the advantages of the system,
and indicative Of the points it may bring
forth in the way Of securing connected
institutions. Body and brain are equally
iuvigora,ed and strengthened BY the manly
exercises of this character of school, spe.
cially intended for physical improvement.
The pupil or exerciser Of to-day has ad-
vantage over the boys who, five or six
years ago, attended Gymnasiums. Then,
there was a fee for membership, and you
were admitted and left to practice what
sort of exercise you chose in the hall.
Now, there is a regular course Of instruc-
ton, adapted to you straight as you enter,
and the time per day you can devote to
the building up of your physique. Prac.
Using in classes, composed of persons OF
your acquaintance, relieved from the I'M
pleasantly criticising eye of old soldiers
in the business, constitutes an improve
mens# in this school for improvement. Be-
fore, the exercises became tiresome; mo-
notonous Us they were in the round Of a
uovice's suggestion. Moreover, being de-
sultory in his exercises, both as respects
times for and character of practice, there
was on an average little or no positive
growth in the development of the body.
4 regular schedule of exercises not only
secures a c~alculable enlargement Of the
power of the muscles, but also renders
what was once, at best. a tedious process
of self discipline a most entertaining and
lven fascinating recreation.
OF Mr.. l.. P. Ward, the trainer Of our
ball, we are glad to say: he is an old
printer, though a young man /; he is a
frst-rate gymnast - can climb a pole
quicker even thar Dan DeQuille, though
the latter be fortified for the trip by a dose
Of "ho-io; :" he is a person Of good, care
full judgment in the appointing Of exer-
cises for his pupils-not urging them to
attempt the more difficult feats too soon "a
most important item ; he is p%unctual, and
at all times agreeable. We hope he may
lind permanent employ in his new art,
and that Gold Hill and Virginia will con-
tribute. through organized societies, to
his liberal support Us a Master of the
Bars.
Nor MUCH "PHGNIN."-Our neighbor
OF the Union thinks the transfer Of the