The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-09-04

CITY GYMNASIA.
TRAINING TO CREATE A HEALTHY
RATHER THAN A STRONG" MAN.
Physical Training Ms Conduc In the
City OF Philadelphia-Y. M. C. A.
Gymnasts-Dr. sargent's System
DIR. whites Methods.
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The physical educator Of to-day aims TO
create the healthy rather than the strong"
man. Normality i what he strives for
The prod uction Of sprinters and spurters on
the same plan on which Strawberries are
forced is a thing OF the past, in theory at
least The physical educator pretends to
utterly condemn the extraord mary develop
ment Of muscle. He Is Sdown on" trapezes
and turning bars. He has been quick to
appreciate the drift Of public opinion. He
knows that in the last decade or two when
such Paladin OF the oar as Renforth lied
In his boat on the 81. Johns, when Walter
Brown, who first carried the fame OF the
American sculler to England, went of like
a school girl OF a hard cold on the lungs,
when the scare on over-training even got
into literature and Wilkis Collins took
1t up and wrote a novel about 1t, when
irate fathers forbid their sons to train for
freshmen crews, and frightened mothers
prevent their daughters from swinging the
three-pound Indian club in the maze Of cal
isthenics-he knows from these signs that he
has come nigh to being public bugaboo
and acts accordingly
Y. NJ. c. A. GYMNASTs.
or all the city gymnasia the physical do
partment Of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation is perhaps the most easily accessi-
bic and popular in its character. That the
physical department is managed in accord
ance with the conduct Of the rest'of the es-
tablishment is evidenced by the text on the
back Of the card which is furnished to each
pupil at the end of his years course, and
shows the twelve months improvement in
measurements
GDn Won allow man xuhay, thay ony,,o ha,.a
to take up whatever form Of physical exer-
else they likel" was asked Of H. c. Barrett
the head Of the physical department Mr..
Barrett produced huge pair Of calipers,
and responded, "Not by any means When
o man comes here measure him with this.
find out every place where he's weak and
Iset about developing those places; generally,
Of course, it's in the chest
Lining three Of the four sides Of the room
were long rows Of lifts, light iron weights,
these mounted on pulleys, and each having
ten rope-handles by which the weights could
be raised. Some of the handles pulled
straight out. some sidewise; of some one
handle pulled in one direction and the
other contrariwise. There was no direc-
ton In which q human muscle could
grow In which the lifts could not extend
it These lifts all of graded light
without straining by child, are now the
principal weapons in the armament Of the
physical instructor. On another side Of the
room were the sliding seats. oars and foot
rests Of a full-rigged, racing she'll Beside
it was a stationary bicycle, from which no
man could take header and further down
the row was a health lift, with which a man
Of sedentary habit pulls the headache out Of
his study -duled brain.
Folio wing is the list of measurements
which Mr.. Barrett takes at the beginning
and at the end of a students course, In
every case with a marked increase in year
between the temporal extremes: Name,
date, age, weight, height, neck, shoulder,
circumference Of shoulder. chest inflated,
chest uninfatei, chest diamster, waist,
hips, right thigh. left thigh. right calf, left
calf, right arm up, left arm up. right arm
down, left arm down, right forearm, left
forearm
THE SARGENT SYSTEM.
The name Of DR.. Sargent professor of
physical culture at Harvard, is now synony-
nous with all that is "ad vancsd" In the cul-
.ivation Of the body, A room in the Baptist
publication building, next door to the Chest
nut street front OF the Christian association
edifice, Is the local shrine Of the Sargent
system" and DIR. Walter A. Ford Is the high
priest. There are at least forty women in
DIR. Ford's class Of l00 and some of the
Sargentian appliances are essentially lady
like.
Not only are there machines for strength
ening the spine, bolstering up the back, ex-
panding the chest and developing the biceps
but the minuteness Of the Sargent sy tenn
includes the stiffening Of the wrists and tho
strengthening Of the fingers. The little
hand that grips q machine like shovel
handle and turns 1t over fifteen times in
fifteen minutes, with the Iron weight at
tached to it, for six days week and thirty
weeks in q year, gets a forearm behind 1t
that can handle the hardestmouth brute
ever seen on Wissahickon or LAndsdowus
drives Fair votaries Of Chopin and Liszt
have sliding-rack, weighted also. which
renders the fingers which grasp 1t, accord
ing to Sargent, capable, in due time, Of
completing the most interminable opus Of
any modern master.
DIR. WHITES METHODS.
At the foundation Of this and every at
tempt at the rational physical Improvement
Of university students Is the action taken
last autumn by the board of trustees in re.
gard to athletics. A chair Of physical eiu-
cation was then created In the faculty
Of the college department and the po l.
tion filed by DR.. J. William White. the
president Of the Athletic association DIR.
White has examined all undergraduates in
that department with view towards pre-
scribing for them in the future the courses Of
physical culture which they especially nsei,
thus turning the advantages Of the Athletic
association to useful account Without such
direction the competitive sports, games and
exercises might be harmful In some cases
and useless In Others. ""
hot content with this examination, Pro-
fsssor White furnishes to each student .
copy OF q blank, which he Is expected to fll
up with his name, class and department or
occupation; age and birthplace; nationality
Of father, mother, paternal grandfather,
paternal grandmother, maternal grand
father, maternal grandmother, and occupa-
tion Of father. Tbs following questions are
then to Be answered, "
1If parents are dead. Of what did they
diet Which Of your parents do you most
resemblei Is there any hereditary disease
in your familyi l. your general health
goodi Have you always had good health.
Have you ever had any Of the following dis
eases: Asthma, shortness Of breath, bron-
chitis, splitting Of blood, pleurisy. pneu-
monia, palpitation Of the heart, Bright's
disease, gout, rheumatism, neuralgia, head
aches, paralysis, dizziness, fits, rupture,
dyspepsia. habitual constipation, varicoss
veins, piles, liver complaint jaundice,
chronic diarrhsa, dyssnteryi Have you
ever had any injury or undergone any
surgical operationf What have been your
favorite exercisssi How much time have
you devoted 70 them dailyi How much
time do you spend In the open air dailyi
How many hours do you sleep dailyi How
much time do you spend in study outside Of
the collsesi II you ~ tobacco. TO what
sxtentf
Could Get No Charm Out.
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