The Washington herald., 1907-11-18
TURNER BUND COMING
Washington Will Probably
Win the Convention.
GENERAL VOTE TO DECIDE
Interesting Session Of the GeiStiEer
Abend. Which is Addressed by
Prof. a. Werner SpRnhOofd. of the
Public schools Long Distance
Walk from this City 20 Baltimore.

Information received by the Columbia
Turnverein from other cities and socie-
ties belonging to the North American
Turner Bund seem to indicate that
Washington. in all probability. will win
che contest for the holding OF the TWEEN
ty-third national convention of the North
American Turner Bund, 10 be held next
year
The Columbia Turnverein only recently
entered the race for the honor. and the
national executive committee Of the bmd.
after nytstigating the claims OF a large
number Of cities for the convention. de-
ciisd that either Washington or Chicago
was the best equipped for the meeting.
and should De voted upon by the various
tuInvereine.
Yesterday was fixed upon as the day on
whica general vote was to be taken on
the proposition. and Indications point to
Washington as being successful in secur-
ing the convention, which Will bring
about COO delegates and many hundreds
Of visitors 20 this city.
The Principal Feature.
The principal feature at last nights
Geistiger Abend. which was largely at
A Werner SpanhOOfd, OF the public
schools. on the theme, Athletics as
means 70 gain health" Prof. SpanhOofd
advocated athletics as a means Of de-
| velOping health rather than Of develop
ing strength. He said that under present
condition Of school athletics boys in
most cases were not properly prepared
for the strain which they subjected them
selves 70 i'm the various contests and
games; that they often contracted In
juries from which they suffered in many
cases FOR life. Prof Spanhoofd suggested
/ that methodical system Of physical
culture ana gymnastics should be intro
duced in the public schools. something
on the plan Of the tUrnvercine. whose
! system prescribed an evenly balanced
gradual development of all parts OF the
| body
Dr. Kurt VOelckner's address on Re
deblUethen der Deutschen Iiteratur'' was
4 a rare treat for the German scholar. dis
cussing as il did in a thorough manner
+ the beauties and the many peculiarities
Z OF the German language. Schuler's .'Das
| Lied Won der GlOcke" was recited in a
most effective manner by Robert II
/ Stelzncr. Other numbers on the pro-
gramme, all Of which were well received.
were; Piano SOLO Miss Media Waldecker:
prologue. Herr :. Scharbau. violin solo.
I Paul SWartZ, cornet solo. Herr Gus Sc
ger, violin solo. Otto q. RadI; Svendsen' s
I Romance" violin solo. :. Scharbau.
+. +. Mann, secretary Of the verein. an
nounced that a team OF eight members
I OF fhe turner section had broken the
record IN long-uIstance walk from here
I 10 Baltimore, The distance is f0Ety-five
miles, which was made in nine hours and
a half. the party leaving Washington
yesterday morning al 12-l5 o'clock. and
I arriving IN Baltimore AT 9.45 o'clock
The team consisted OF Carl Kollmar. John
! Hennig. r Dinowitzer. Paul Arndt.
+ Herbert Becke. Frank Kropp. Aug.
/ DuehTing. jr-. and Carl A. DuehrinE-
Announce Special Meeting.
Mr.. Mann further announced that at a
/ special meeting of the United German
/ Societies 70 be held tomorrow evening al
\ their hall. the question of the teaching OF
/ the German language in the public
/ schools of this city viii be discussed
! and resolutions adopted which viii Doe
submitted 10 the board Of education. il
I is the contention Of the United German
I Societies that the German language for N
/ practical purposes is Of greater benefit
I and advantage 10 the pupil than the
I knowledge Of any other language with
/ the possible exception Of Spanish.
/ Prof. Martin FrtZsch. first athletic di-
rector OF the district OF which the Co
I lumbia Turnverein is member. and
/ which includes the cities OF New YORK
/ Philadelphia Wilmington. and other
/ large communities, viii inspect the
/ classes OF the verein on Friday even
/ ing The ladies' class on this occasion
will give a fencing drill. and all the othel
I classes viii so through a regular school
drill and exercises on the various appa
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