Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-12
which apparatus not in use may be

WHicH apparatus HOl III uSe may w |
stored.
Around the room at height of ten
feet is the Robert coacave running
track. seventeen laps to the mile. On
the same level is the visitors gallery
over the main entrance, and on the OPP
pcsite side is the trophy room 1Sx4o'
feet.
The main floor is lighted BY forty-five
windows in a row just above the track.
ard row around the eighty-foot clere- |
story. Fer artificial lighting of the
whole building there are three arc
lights in the main exercise room ard
|i;fty incandescents in the offices and
basement.
The building is we'll equipped with
apparatus Of excellent quality supplied
b. The Narragansett Machine Company
al q cost II $1,000. There are about fifty
lspecies Of apparatus, of which the fol-
flowing may be mentioned: Twenty
Ichest weights. two horizontal bars one
lparallel bar, onq horse, one buck, swing
! ing and travelling rings. sixty pairs Of
hIndian cubs, sixty pairs of DUMB pslls.
ten large mats, and complete setofs
measuring and testing apparatus for
4 the directors office.
The modern college gym nasium differs
/ very materially both III construction
land t<c from that of ten Or iittseif yeafs
/ ago The idea has prevailed tbet ;;ie'
;,yilnasisi,Yi was a club house Cor taa
use Of s;:eil lnsl as We're gifted with.
s great strength or activity, 10 prepare
them for the athletic contest they were
training fnr, that those men were at
tracted WHO did not need development.
while the weak ard poorly developed
stayed avsa.. n the cast this idea IS
! yet only slowly disappsarins, and in but
4 frM eo!lsgns. notably Amherst anu
Yale. Is gymnasium work reaairsfl 9.
1.-THE student during a part or the waols
ii 81 his colisc. In The west many COZ
ieges reqs.i,e general attendance AZ
sIlished admirable systeaas that haNe for
their object the care Of the health md
the ptysica develepsneat OF the MACS of
4 students. Grinnef is we!l in the W j Of
such COLLEGES and W.ith two buildings,
/ each furnished With alnless perfect ia
Il ciiities for required wcyn. has 4 gym
u nasiu,n equipment that =; uNsuipass
q The aim Of physical culsura IS not e
bring out {. lot Of ;g.ttnnasts. 1t il
I rather 10 Keep the student IN good bod
y lily health. and TO promote his growth
{ gradually and sysie.natically by means
of light, frequent and we'll adapted eX-
ercise. on entering college he IS given
careful physical and medical examira-
!. tons and his family history in respect
70 disease tendencies. is carefully III
!, CURED INTO. If he IS physically aefee-
Il tive o., has bad history, work is eivet
: that is of a character especially adapted
{ I'd his needs III, he. IS fairly strong ane
. sound he joins class that meets daily
or on alternate days for general al
r around work. This work is selected VIII
9 the object of strengthening the eircuia
!. tory, the respiratory. and the disestlv'
: action ard of promoting the srQMth am
Y activity of the muscular system
n Strength grace and erect carriage ar
: all direct results of consistent syn1nas
: um practice. Bad8cases of spinal eulva
ture may be successfully trratsd By spe
: cial gynnastic movements ard IL talsel
Z in hand early in life may be permanent
y Is cured
e Finally the Gymnasium. aecompisae
: many of the results sought for in an
e We'll directed manual training schoo
! An intimate correlation is estahlisfie
h between mind ana body The mind
"a taught 10 coordinate and IN ssili an
le the body to perform It's lrlsy aiaisllts as
i curate arr. .leci:seiy. Tire bpgs tiSt
), X berones 81 more perafsi servant of q
n llnii,d The 5T&ctical side cf the ST.
e DEM s nature Is cultivated ard the vaiu
. of this training IS bound 70 BE- felt an
i. appreciated throughout life
- :, WEBSTER COUNTY POOR FARM