The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-07
THE INDIANA FUNNIEST.
The Arrangements for the Gymnastic Festi-
val To Be Held in this City.

The eleventh gymnastic festival of the Indiana
district which will take place in this city on July
26, ~, % and 29, promises to be of unusual in
terest The festival is being arranged for by
the Social Turnverein of this city, which, to-
gether with the gymnastic societies at Evans
vile, New Albany Lafayette, Terre Haute,
Louisville, Ky, and Danville, ILL.,, forms the In
diana district Beside these, the societies from
Cincinnati and Dayton, o., will take part in the
festival The committees on arrangements have
been busily engaged for months, preparing for
the occasion All the societies taking part in the
festival are in excellent training for the gym
nastic exhibition, which. is calculated to show
the advantages offered by a systematical phys
ical training
The visiting societies will arrive on Saturday
the 26th, and will be conducted by the reception
committee from the Union Depot to Turner Hail.
on Maryland street, where they will be Welcomed
and entertained to be then conducted to their
quarters. In the evening there will be a torch
light procession, in which all the German
societies in the city will take part. Captain
Louis Kern will be grand marshal, and each
society taking part will appoint an assistant
marshal. The procession, which the societies
aim to make the finest display OF the kind that
has ever taken place in this CITY, will march to
the Exposition building where the reception
concert takes place. There will be addresses of
welcome by Mayor McMaster and Mr. Hermann
Lieber the president of the Turnverein who is
also president of the executive committee. For
the concert, inwhich all the German singing soci
cites of this city will take part a fine programme
has been prepared, and other steps have been
taken to make the reception concert a grand
affair, as well as a pleasing entertainment.
The building will be beautifully decorated and
illuminated, and will present a very attractive
appearance.
On Sunday the 9th, the gymnastic exhibi-
ton will begin at the shooting park, the com
mittee on arrangements having been fortunate
enough to secure this beautiful place. On Mon
day the exhibition will continue, to close on
Monday evening. 1t will comprise gymnastic
exercises on appearances, calisthenic and tactic
exercises, and athletic sports. The childrens
classes will exhibit on Monday afternoon. All
the societies will take part in the exercises and
compete for the prizes offered At the last four
festivals the Indianapolis society has always
carried off the first prizes and the visiting So
cieties will make great efforts to carry first
honors away from Indianapolis this time For
this and for other reasons the exercises promise
to be unusually interesting
On Monday evening the award of prizes will
take place at the Exposition building, and the
ceremonies will be followed by a ball. On Tues
day the visiting societies will be shown the city.
The price of admission will be twenty five cents
to the reception concert, and the same amount
will be charged on Sunday and Monday at the
Shooting Park. The admission to the bali on
Monday evening will be 81. 90 for gentleman and
lady, Season tickets, admitting to all enter
tainments, will be 81. 100 The sale of these tick
cts has already begun
Great interest is manifest, and the festival
will doubtless bring great number of people to
this city. The executive committee, which is
composed of Messrs II. Lieber, A. Bohn, Oscar
Sputh, Joseph Karle, G. G, Hedderick, H. Eisele
and G. Vonnegut, is now meeting every week to
perfect the arrangements for the festival