Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-26
AT WEST POINT.


nastlcs and Swimming.
Previous to 1882 there was no special
training in gymnastics ut the academy.
The athletic apparatus was limited,
and the cadets used to go and practice
when they pleased outside of study
hours. In 1881 Lieut. Edward 5. Far
row, who graduated from here in 1876,
returned after five years Indian war
fare on the frontier rs instructorot tao
ties. His experience in the saddle and
hardshipS of camp life convinced him
of tie necessity of systematic course
of gymnastics to develop and increase
the physical powers of the cadet by
gradually advancing him from pre-
liminary movements TO the most ardu-
GUS and complicated machine exercises.
BY June, 1852, Mr.. Farrow succeeded
in getting the old riding.school in the
academy building fitted up rs Il gym
nasium, and began TO put his theories
into practice. The height, weight, and
measurement, and chest measurement
of every cadet in the fourth class was
entered in book, and each one put
through au hours systematic drill
every day. At the end of the first year
the advantages of this treatment were
apparcnt even to those who had ut lirst
been opposed to the plan The average
man in weight for each cadet in the
class Tas Il! pounds, the average i'll
crease of chest girth 4! inches, the
average increase in forearm | inches,
the average increase in upper arm 2
inches. The largest gain in weight for
any individual member in that class
was 49, pounds; the largest increase in
chest girlh u inches, and the largest
increase in the upper arm ) inches.
Under the system arranged and carried
out by Lieut.. FurrOw, the development
below the waist iSuniform with the de-
vclopmcnt above it. The transtorma-
ton in some of the boys at the end ot
the first year is sometimes marvellous.
From awkward, STOPPING, Shambllng
boys, hardly capable of Il brisk three
mile walk, they become strong, supple,
athletic young fellows, capable of Il
forced march of twenty-five miles Il
oav for three consecutive days, and
performing difficult and seemingly in
possible frats on horseback, climbing
paraprts, mounting scarps, and cross
ing bitches.
In this study, Us in all others here,
the cadet goes through his lessons with
military precision and discipline. The
sections march into the gymnasium,
and each man stands erect in line un-
til his turn comes TO perform the les
son of the day No unnecessary talk
ing or shouting is allowed, and the ca
diets are not allowed TO poke fun ut the
awkwardncss of beginner, Very
frequently some absurd performance
of timid fellow makes the instructor
laugh too. The lesson over, each man
wraps himself up in his ovcrcoat and
marches back to his quarters. The
exercise is divided between recitation
hours, and the change stimulates the
mind to study. Not since the present
gymnasium was started has there been
an accident. Care is taken to arrange
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