Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-31
OPEN GYMNASIUM
ATSTATE NORMAL
DESCRIPTION OF NEW BUILD
ING AND EQUIPMENT AT
LEWISTON.
viii Furnish Healthy Exercise and
Recreation for Students.

LEW A0A ~ AuduO, Jan. O1.--lme
board of trustees of the state normal
school at Lewiston have decided to
open the new normal gymnasium to-
morrow night. The gymnasium has
just been completed and is one of
the finest in the northwest. 1t is a
two-story building, finished in the
English half-timber style.
The main floor will be used as a
combined gymnasium and auditor
ium. A suspended running track will
encircle the room and gallery win
be located In the rear Offering seat
ing accommodations for $50. 1t is
estimated that the gymnasium will
accommodate at least a thousand
people. On the main floor are pri-
vate rooms for making physical ex-
aminations, together with the Office
of the physical director.
In the basement are the separate
apartments for the men and for the
women students, with lockers for 23O
women and 100 men. There, too, is
the swimming pool, 25x4O feet, with
depth of from four to ten feet.
here are six shower baths for the
young women and four tub baths.
The physical director of the state
normal, Miss Madge Deema, has out
lined a most thorough course in
physical education. The floor work
of the young women in the normal
school classes will consist of Swed-
ish and German gymnastics, and the
usual work with Indian clubs and
dumb-bells. The Swedish gymnas-
ties are especially recommended for
the improvement of the general pos
ture. While the Swedish gymnastics
are considered corrective, the Ger
man gymnastics are recreative. Floor
work will usually last 25 minutes for
each class. The rest OF the As min
ute period after a brief rest, will be
given over to folk and fancy step
dances and to gymnastic games. 1t is
significant that more and more atten-
ton is being given to folk dancing in
present day schools. DR.. Luther II.
Gulick, head of the department OF
physical education in New York City,
has just written a book, 'The Phil
osophy of Dancing" in which he
shows very clearly the educational
value of folk dances. Swimming,
dodge ball, basket ball. and hockey
will constitute the informal side OF
physical education. !.
The swimming pool will be open
to :he young women twice a week.
and to the young men, also, twice
zach week. The young women stu
dents will organize class teams In
basket ball.. No normal team OF
young women, however, will be per-
mitted to play matches with Other
schools. The normal school viii be
however. represented by a team con
sisting solely OF the young men. A
strong schedule has already been ar,
ranged. The hockey field will ad.
Join the gymnasium on the east
Games win be played in the early
spring. The young women expect tc
have a strong team this year.
The completion Of the gymnasium
marks another step forward in tbs
development of Lewiston state nor
nal. The students there win nov
have ideal facilities for exercise. and
NE playing OF indoor games, such al
basket ball, indoor tennis and bass
bail.
Speaking of the gymnasium. Prese
oent Black said today: ut is ou'
purpose to give every young man ant
Young woman in the school propel
PHYSICAL training. The old saying
sound mind in a sound body il
oae in which we thoroughly believe
Oar new gymnasium is not to b