The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-08
A GYM
New Adjunct Of Lyndale Congrega-
tional Church Looks Like an Or
binary Lecture Room.
Press Buttons and. Shift Panels, and
a Fully Equipped Gymnasium
Springs Into View.

Next Monday night. which sees the first
meeting eof the Lyndale Fraternal associ-
alton, marks the opening of one of the
best appointed gymna Sums In the city.
The association, which is the outgrowth
Of the Mems club Of the Lnydale Congre-
women and children. without regard to
creed or sect, and is the first town
institution of the kind In Minneapolis
A unique feature of the gymnasium is
that it is an p-to-date class room as
well, with separate class rooms somewhat
resembling booths; but so cleverly has
the room been designed, SO many are the
devices that have been invented, that a
person, stepping into the room when the
Sunday school was in session, would never
dream that under foot, over head, behind
the. WainscOting. and even, in the .,su-
perintendents, all T the appliances for
every kind of stimulating exercise were
lying concealed. z. n - '@
AS you go about the big room which,
when the folding doors are left open, has
capacity for seating 700, with room for
200 more in the gallery, you feel that some
magi have been at work. AS you walk
across the hard wood floor, there suddenly
spring up, one, two, three, horizontal bars.
Your guide laughs at your astonishment,
and points out a number of small, circular
pieces Of wood, set in the floor, which
would never be seen except. by a most
minute observer or by the initiated I'm
derneath the pieces are several feet of
gas pipe into which the apparatus fits
Another among the host Of ingenious in
ventions of the PASTOR Rev.: Charles e.
Burton, is shown when a section Of the
wainscoting, apparently solid, is made, by
the pulling of a little hinge to open above
thus revealing a pulley, or: chest weight
There are some thirty five Of these alone
more than in any other gymnasium in the
city. .,.
Every variety of apparatus for calisthen.
les as well as gymnastics. is to be seen
but the finest thing inthe whole outfit Is
found in the basernent-the baths.
There are four shower baths with botl
hot and cold water, but best of all there
is a swimming pool. 1T is not so very
large, the capacity being just 10000 gal
Ions, but it is significant in that it repre-
sents the most desirable, most thorough,
progressive adjunct Of the modern gym
| nasium. a@t:>-".
While the main Object Of the associa
tion is healthful recreation, the club alst
partakes of1the nature of a fraternal so
ciety: When member is sick, both per
sonal attendance and financial aid are pro
vided.
members Of the association, whether regu
lar church members Or not. The ides
Originated a year ago last fall, when tn
association, realizing the need and denan,
for some form OF, recreative exercise TO
boys and men. instituted classes for mod
crate. gynanastic exercises and indoo
sports The new addition to the church
which is; practically Occupied BY the. gym
| nasium Sunday: school, will cost whe,
completed, something oyer $1,000. .,.rS -;''
| The members. whl9 Are expected to- mum
| Der 200 to begin With, will be divided
into four classes made up respectively o