San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-04-16
BRILLIANT EXHIBITION.
HEALTHY BODILY DEVELOPMENT
SHOWN.
The German Way of Combining
Health and Pleasure for Their
Children and Youth, With Dancing
For the Older Folk.

Saturday night last marked period in
the history of the San Antonio Turn YER
Elm, which will be long remembered by
the one thousand ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls, who attended, and will
always be bright spot in the annals of
the verein
The event was the first of its kind given
by the Turner'S, and it is to be hoped it
will not be the last one. Under direction
of Prof. Julius Conrad, the accomplished
teacher of the Athletic classes, and with
the aid and attention OF the standing
committee on amusements, Messrs. Gus
Schneider, IsSy Cahen, Ed. Schuncke ami
Koerps. who were aided by Prof. Kuhn
and president Otto Statfel, the affair was
brilliant and successful. The even
ing was given up to an exhibit
ton of the gymnastic classes, both
sexes participating and showing in all
their difficult marches, drills and maneu-
vres, high degree Of training. The
guests were accommodated with seats in
ampitheatre and chairs placed about the
campus In the open air, while electric
lights made the scene dazzling and the
Military band diScourSed the music for
the occasion, which continued from to
IL o'clock, when the guests and Turner's
ADJOURNED 10 Uue udHCluS hOOI MucI6 d
grand ball was enjoyed.
NOTES.
The little boys tug of war was a fine
| feature of the evening. Two teams, IL
each, pulled against each other in true
| Greek college style.
A fine drill, with difficult marching and
countermarching, was executed with
| silent command by a class of As misses
| and little girls, all In uniform.
| Another drill, executed by Is young la
| dies and a like number of young men, was
gracefully accomplished and won storms
| of applause.
The horizontal bar exercises of the
active turner's was quite treat, which
| few of the guests had ever seen, outside
| the circus tents, while the youths classes
on the parallel bars were just as we'll fin
ished and schooled.
| The prettiest event of the evening
however, was the May tree dance and
song, by some so little girls, who executed
every difficult figure with a surprising de-
gree of perfection.
The evening closed with an exhibition
of torch swinging la Indian club style
by Jos. Erps and Geo. Corning. The cam
| pus was darkened and when the torches
| were Swung-in the many intricate curves
| andc ircleS by these expert young mentht
| effect was very artistic.
| Prof. Conrad now mas regular class o
22O, not including the active Turner's
| Lessons are given twice each week, anC
the science of fencing and boxing is alsC
taught to quite large class of youns
| men.
Yesterday there were about Is couple
rehearsing the german and calico hOl
to be given at Turner hall May 26.
TWO ACCIDENTS.
Two slight accidents, due to careless
ness, happened at the turning exhibition
Saturday night. A little girl was strucI
on the head with a piece of the apparatu
u sed in the high jumping exercise, ant
was somewhat injured, though not Sc
riously, and a boy dropped a lighte,
torch against lady's dress. Had no
Policeman Walter Beck, on duty in tn
grounds, quickly snatched the brant
away, the fiimsy dress would have prob
ably seriously burned the lady.