The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-05
father Of gympaplics In Ge,many u
Being convinced that physical edncat;on

turhvefelhs In this country.:ThS reyu
J.. was that the American people bsc,n
convinced Of the benefits derived fro,
physical exercise and started to for,
athletic clubs similar TO tho Germn
Gymnas:ic Associations. The intro In,
r ton OF gymnastics In universities mn
colleges also became more general, Tn
Iutnverein formed q union known tr
II day by tho name OF North Americal
Turnerbund (Gymnas,ic Union). whIrj
now has membership Of 10000 or N more
In iis schools for physical training owe
1000 children, boys and girls afe in
structcd by lao teachers. who have vrad
lated in tho Seminary for Teachefs n
0 gymnastics Of tbe North America
0 dymnatic Union. To the credit Of iii,
organization 1t must be said that Il In.
succeeded in convincing the boards ri
:. education OF many cities Ia the United
2. States that physical education il ia in.
portant as mental.
, Physical al'Ea4ca,ion in Public Schoo,,
In tho last few years physical culture
has been introduced In the nuhIic
SGhools Of quite q numbered cities Of ,he
Union. Among those cities are: CHI.
cago, III; Kansas City. Mo-. Denver
Col;,; Davenport, Ia Ilighiand. III !.
st. Louis, Mo-; Canton, o.; ST. Joseph
DO, etc. In Chicago the best resnits
are gained. Fifteen teachers of vym.
nastlcs, among them one superintendent
OF physical culture, are teaching in th.
schools. Esch Of them teach in a Ger.
thin district OF the city. To every room,
Ten minutes are devoted twice a week
me city pays the teachers from $3.50 to
SSl,eoo year, amounting to about Slb,.
wv expeuses for physical culture, This
believe, Is the best proof that such
education Is beneficial and well worth
Introducing In the schools Of any city'
1t It was not worth the money the ji.
rectora OF the Chicago schools would
certainly not 60 to such au expense
Pittsburgh, Pa. also introduced this
educational braHch, but as vet ia SONS
low districts only. New York and
good many other cities arc abont IN in.
lroduce It, aud, no doubt, the time is
not far of when 1t will be introduced ia
all public schools, colleges and uniyer.
stiles.
Fhys'cal Training in Our City.
Wheeling can bs proud that it has
Mithln lts walls ono Of the oldts.
unfnverelns ~ in the country. The
Wheeling Turnverein was organized in
1893. During the war very few mem.
oers were lett on account Of tho most
ehl!sting in the ranks OF the North. as
most OF the Turner's OF the country did.
,py their own free will. After the war Il
loosed as though the society would
never arise again. Still the few mem
oers remained together, and to-day it ia
one OF the best standing societies Of iis
Kind in the country. 1t has now 1l0
member and belongs to the above named
gymnastic union. Oae hundred md
htty boys were taught in it's Physical
Training School in the past year and 100
girls. Forty.tour men and twelve ladies'
also received instructions during the
rear. Ths course contained: Tsctics-},
Marching, drilling, running, etc. Calls
thenics-free gymnastics with or with.
out apparatus, such as dumb.bells.
wands, ladian clubs aud poles; appara.
tus exercises and gymnastic games, The
games are especially taught and prac-
t!ced in the first classes, which contain
the youngest pupils.
The Athletic Club OF this city also has
tinegymuasium. It has been in exist
ence about four.years. The Y, NJ, G. i,
was organized about ten years ago, and
has improved since then in every way,
These two organizations are instructed
by a practical gymnast, Mr.. Jacob Loos,
The Wheeling Female College bus
equipped gymnasium in the past year
and course OF gymnastics was given by
myself in tina. institute last wintor. The
gymnasium outfit is practical, and the
interest taken in gymnastics by the
ladies' showed that the measure Of iu-
Producing gymnastics in the institution
was q wise one. A second courso will
be given in the college this year.
On the South Side OF this city n Tnrn-
verein was organized last winter, and it
also has gymnasium ior boys and men,
The interest taken by pedagogucs In
physical education in the last few years
leads me to think that in future the at
tention will be paid to that part Of euu.
cation which it deserves. llisundoubt-
edly understood that sound body has
a sound mind, and that fact compels us
to do something for our pupils TO rro.
mote their health before anything. Let
US all make an effort to introduce eyery-
thing which is to the welfare of our pu.
pills, which assists them to gain nil re.
quirements OF their future life, and. i'll
we succeed, We can say we have done
something Tor our fellow.men; for the
following generations Of our country we
have done our duty.
The paper was listened to with great
deal OF intersst by all present.
~ AFTERNOON. .a, |
After a song and roll call, Dr.. Payne
began his work by referring again 10 an
previously used, i. e., that
the teachers knowledge consists Of two
parts, on one side psychology and on tho
other OF subjects. The topic this after.
noon is knowledge or value OF subjects.
Plato says that every free born Greek
boy should be compelled to study ari,h.
metic, for its disciplinary value. Alis,
totle, a pupil Of Plato, makes plea for
the study OF music, and 30 we find that
one great man favors one thinv and
some another. Alex. Balm discussed
also the study OF subject. It ia very
important Tor the teacher to know what
grammar is good for, what arithmetic
is good ;foy, etc. 1t makes teaching
much more interesting. Subjects haya
IA many values as they have distinctive
effects. The widest distinction in values
is between tho practical and disciplinary.
All manual labor. as wood chopping, has
two results, ono il practical, as in the
pile OF wood, and the other is disciplin.
ary, as in the increase Of muscle or the
skill acquired in doing the work. So
with arithmetic. The boy learns to
solve the problem. This is tho objective
or practical result, while the other is the
discipline Of miud acquired in the sou.
ton Of every problem. In some work,
aa exercise in the gymnasium, there ia
but one result-disciplinary. All Of pe,
ometry, all OF logic md nearly all OF
arithmetic and algebra aso disciplinary
to the ordinary student. To summarizes:
Education values are OF three kinds, ~ |
practical, .t9) disciplinary, (3) culture.
The entire talk was intensely inter,
ant;nu f.I# |