Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-11-03
Y. NJ. G.. A.

Iutcl llS.
Last Saturday evening the Boys de
partmcnt held the opening rally. Forty
five boys sat down to treat of cake and
ice-cream, furnished by the committee
and the boys mothers, after listening to
two well-eXecuted violin solos by Robert
Kaplan and several amusing rccitations
by Adam Hitchins.
a membership contest was arranged
between the Reds" and "Blues.' The
captains chosen are Gale Townsend
and Adam Hitchins The contest will
eliminate Dec % III IA royal banquet, at
which the various talents and abilities
of the boys will shine forth i'll we'll
chosen speeches.
The committee will to-day take the boys
Saturday, November b to SIMPSONS
Rock
The sale Of reserved seats for the Star
Course will open at the Association
Rooms Monday, Nov. ), at s II. H. No
person will be permitted to reserve more
than seats at one time for the course
or for single entertainment.
The sale of course tickets is nearing
the limit and those who desire should
get them at once.
First number will be Hon. George Il.
Vending i'll "Saul Of Tarsus.
Election returns will be received at
the Association Rooms during the even
ing of election day and refreshments will
be on sale all day and night, consisting
of hot coffee, sandwiches, etc. All men
are invited. Make the Association your
headquarters on that day. Games,
music, etc. Good time.
The following is the text of G.. G..
Townsend's address, delivered Thursday
evening, October Is, on the occasion Of
the members annual meeting and ban
quet:
Having been notified by our General Sec
reta'y as entered the room that | should be
called upon to make a few remarks, | have
jotted down some thoughts to which | want
to call your attention.
My subject is-"A Sound Mind in A Sound
Body" By sound mind | do not mean
only that the possessor of that mind is sane,
but that he is possessed of fair amount of
intelligence, patience, good judgment and
good temper The lack ofany or all Of these
attributes is a sign of an unsourd mind and
this, in turn, often indicates a disordered con-
dtion of the body Did you ever ask and
~, .
OF course you didn't. The only man who
can get anything out of him is the dentist and
he has to pull it out. You never saw a con-
frmed dyspeptic who was not a chronic
growler 1t is impossible for anybody to
take rosy view of life when his digestive
apparatus is out of order (and his stomach
feels like dog fghD and, such is the in
tluence of mans stomach upon his brain
that if we can regulate the condition of the
body we can very largely control the action
Of the mind.
This brings us to consideration of the
means by which this important end may be
accomplished. The human body is made up
of a complex condemnation of constituents,
q got these words from DR.. J. Marshall Price
and theyr re all right and-just as in politics
fla man doesn't look out for his Consttu-
cnts, they will make it hot for him.
Now we are all so constituted that we need
certain amount of muscular exercise to
keep our bodies in a healthy condition, and
it should be of such character that all of our
muscles are brought into play. This cannot
be had outside the gymnasium as specially
prepared set of exercises such as we use in
our class work. These movements are de-
signed to bring into use every muscle i'll the
body and can be utilized to bring weak
muscles up to correspond with those that
have had more use and are consequently
more fully formed. In this way all-rOund
athletes can be developed, and in this way
only. This system is in vogue at all Colleges
and Universities, at West Point and at
Annapolis, in the army and in the navy, and
in all the great city gymnasiums, 1t is used
by all professional acrobats and athletes
just as the preparatory school is used by those
who expect to enter college. Iii the ground
work and foundation for all future athletic
work
Our gymnasium Is equipped with all that
is necessary for thorough Development We
have a good dressing-room and lockers for
clothing; a line shower bath for men and a
good deep tub where cigarette tiends can
drown themselves.
Last year we sent a team of five men TO
compete with Cumberland. Result-best
two out of three. Last summer our relay
race to Homecoming resulted in the time be
tween these two cities being lowered to
49, minutes, the previous record of one
hour and 81 minutes having been held by the
Royal Blue"
| shall never forget the relay race. loaned
my Jersey to one of the contestants and he
has not returned it yet.
This fail three of our men took part in the
Y. NJ. G. A. field day in Washington. They
came home with two first prizes and one
second.
This winter Cumberland is to have Il trainer
to devote all his time to the gymnasium.
What are we going to do? Work harder
than ever, and more Systematically than ever,
and do them up again. We have the
material, and if we take class work regularly
and practice for special events between tunes
have no fear of our being beaten. except by
better men. And they don't exist.
thank you for your attention.