Smyrna times., 1889-11-27
Healthy Young Women.
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE BODY.
The Woman's College Of Baltimore.

The WOman's College of Baltimore
in its thorough equipments for mental
and physical training, is claiming a
large attention on the part of parents
who are seeking the highest develOD.
ment of their daughters. Among
| others from the Peninsula who com
mcnced the present term at this col
lege is Miss May Thompson, daughter
OF the Rev. Henry S. Thompson. In a
description Of the institution the Bal
timore Sun says:
The Bennett Memorial Hall of phys-
ical culture is rapidly becoming one of
the most important departments of the
WOman's College, and in the course of
the next month, when all of its appa-
latus will have been placed in position
IT. VIII be one of the best equipped and
best managed gymnasiums in this
country.
The hall was founded by the generous
gift of Mr.. B. +. Bennett in memory of
his deceased wife, and was opened in
September, 1889. The building fronts
on 81. Paul street, with its south side
resting on Fourth street, directly op-
pOsite Goucher Hall.
The first floor Of the hall contains
the gymnasium proper, the dimensions
of which are Il by 38 feet, this being
the entire western section of the floor.
10 the jeff, on passing through the
main entrance, IS a large dressing
room, containing about 65 lockers.
while on the opposite side are the re-
ceptIon room, the Office Of DR.. Alice ~
Hall, the director, and the EXAMINING
room.
The second floor contains a large
dressing room at the southern end
while the northern end is given up to
the numerous Zander machines. The
gallery Of the gymnasium. which is ON
level with this floor, also holds sew
eral Aander machines, and an excel
lent walking path, 42 inches in width.
has been put down
Each applicant for degree in the
college will be compelled TO exercise in
the gymnasium one hour on three davs
OF each week, in addition to which the
students will attend an elementary
course of lectures on human anatomy
and hygiene, by DR.. Alice
L. Hall the object Of the course being
to give the student a practical knowl-
edge OF the structure, functions and
relations Of the different systems of
the body, and Of the best methods of
securing aud maintaining sound phvs-
icaI health.
In the gymnasium the worl, will
consist Of systematic class exercise. and
OF individual training. For the class
exercises the Swedish system of educa-
tional gymnast cs will he used, and for
the special training about 80 species of
the Zandcr machines have been i'm
ported from Stockholm, Sweden.
These machines are TO take the place
OF the Sargent appliances, as the REQ
lsteriug of the muscular force exDend
ed is considered more accurate in the
Zlnder appliances.
Upon entering for the course in the
gymnasium the students will be exam
lned by DR.. Alice Hall. For this pur-
pose new invention, the first of its
kind introduced into this country. has
been placed in the examining room.
The machine IS particularly valuable
IN the accuracy of its measurements of
the various forms of spinal curvature.
and the deViatiOns or defOrmities of
'he body. By its use the position of
each vertebra can be ascerlained. and
it also measures the standing height
and the relative position of the head.
shoulders and hips.
All exercises in the gymnasium will
bc under the personal direction of DIR.
Hall, or Miss MathiIda Walin, the in
The main hall of the gvmna-
STUN will be used for class work.
Along the entire length of the western
wall and the north and south sides1I
there will he a series of ladders. each(I
about three feet wide, with the rungs
about seven inches apart. This series
OF ladders IS in common use in Sweden
and is known as the ''ribb stol" where
class of thirty or forty pupils can ex-
erclse at the same time. Across the |
breadth OF the hall there i'll be a hOr-
lzontal bar, about forty feet i'm length |
or continuous series of bars also. to be |
used for class work. Then there will |
be the usual rope ladders. climbing
poles, parallel bars, horses, and walk |
ing plank. The Zander machines are
ranged along the eastern wall. Each |
Is built with reference to sim
gle muscles or groups of muscles. the |
levers which constitute the machines
being so arranged that the resistance
to be overcome is exactly measured, !
and exactly in proportion to the
strength of the person, or of the mus
cles to be developed. The movement
is perfectly even, the sam amount of |
resistance being used each day until |
The muscles are strong enough to over.
come greater force, which can then
be added by adjusting the levers of
the machine. In other respects the |
gymnasium is fitted after the manner
81 the most perfect college gymnasium
Of the country.
On the basement floor, however. the
swimming-poOl and the bath rooms are
the finest in the country
The pool occupies the northwestern
portion Of the basement, and is 46 feet
long and Is feet wide. The bottom.
which is of cement, slopes in such
way that that the depth of the water
will vary from 4 to feet. The sides
Of the tank are of gray, glazed brick.
and are topped with white marble.
The water will flow into the pool, from
The mouth of a lions head at the
northern end of the pool All of the
metal work in the basement of the
gymnasium is finely nickle- plated.
At the southern end of the base
ment are two shower baths; and two
needle baths, while there are also nu-
merous dressing rooms. One of the
apartments, not familiar to MANY Der
sons, is known as the drying room.
After coming from the bath, the Young
ady enters this room to dry the hair.
For this purpose there are two large
pipes from the boiler room. The
mouth of one of these is about six feet
rom the floor, and three feet directly
above the mouth of a similar nine
which prOtrudes from the floor. The
young lady wishing to dry her head
holds it in the spaces between these
pipes, hot air is forced from the lower
pipe into the pipe above, and the head
s dried in very short space of time.
Two bowling alleys are also in the
basement. 1t is expected that within
he course Of the next month all the
machines will have been placed in no.
'ition for use, and then the girls will
nave to go in for regular gymnasium
work. At present they are simply
irilled in calisthenics, and while some
)f them heave a sigh after everv one
If their exercises, the sigh has been
noted down as growing more healthy
very day, which fact denotes mark
"a Improvement in the lung power.
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