The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-30

Waved from a great many different
-..ndnonts the opening OF the new Physi-
vi d,,cation Building Of Teachers COL
laao which will lie dedicated tomorrow
iii an event OF Importance.
That America Ia the first country to have
.roh q luilding shows for one thing how
americans have assumed the lead In the
.,hletic world. That such a building.
dsvoted entirely to physical education, Is
nossible at ALL demonstrates what an import
ant place gymnastics have assumed In mod
am education. Then the fact that the
r,est majority of the students will 10
somen and that. owing to popular demand,
the entire place with it's gymnasiums and
sximming pool, it's running track. fencing
nom and owing alleys, will lie opened
n the feminine world at large. instead OF
tsinp reserved for the students of Teachers
College and the Horace Mann School, is
evidence Of the extent to which women
are going in for athletics these days.
Accordin. to George l.. Maylan. NJ. D..
who is head Of the physical training de-
nartmcnt Of Columbia, and who will direct
The work in the Physical ducation build
Inc it also shows something far more inn
porant thar sny Of these.
THE most important thing shown by
the fact that such building is not only
possi !e, but necessary to-day, is the great
demand that now exists for university
trained people as teachers of physical de-
relopment in the lest colleges and schools
.verywhere," said DR.. Maylan. Before
this the physical instructor OF university
VAS considered to rank far below the other
professors.
Now all that is changed. 1t has been
recognized that to become teacher OF
pbyscal training requires university
course in scientific study quite as import
ant and Intellectual as that taken for law or
medicine In this university at present
the teaching Of gymnastics Is upon precisely
the same tasis as instruction in Latin or
Greek In order to get his degree STU
dent must pass the examinations and receive
Is many points in the gymnastic course as
10 any other studies.
The purpose and scope Of our work IN
the new building will be threefold. The
two purposes with which the building was
designed were, first, to provide courses
for the education Of teachers OF physical
training and, second, to provide suitable
place for the physical training Of the stu
dents Of Teachers College and Horace
Mann School.
A third purpose was afterward added
namely the offering Of the opportunities
which the building affords to college women
10 all other women who may desire them
This is a new departure. l know OF nc
other college that thus opens its gymnasium
to the public. -,
THE training OF teachers is really the
most important work to be carried on
The course has been established for two
Years. and this season we will start on
with a Junior and senior class, and will
one postgraduate.
1.-THE course sprang from the great ant
growing demand for people well traine;
and well qualified to take charge OF the
physical education departments OF schools
and colleges. How great that demand
has become is shown by the fact that In
the Boston Training School Of Gymnastics
last year, when a class OF twenty-five stu.
dents received teachers certificates there
were on fAe no less than l25 applications
from various educational institutions FOL
their services.
DO think that graduation from the
gymnasium OF q good university qualities
q person to teach gymnastics? Not at all
can't be too emphatic on that point.
1T is one thing to take exercises whiol
will benefit our selves and quite anothe
to give others exercises which will develop
them. Entirely different courses OF stud,
are necessary FOR each. This is PROVED