Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-22
orinneIl and Vicinity.
Special to Times-RepubIican.

Grinnell, Jan. 22.-Iowa college facul-
u has just made regulation which
changes radically the future for phys
ical training and makes general. at
least for the freshman and sophomore
classes. that healthful development
that che athletic department Of COL
lege is supposed to create Beginning
with next fall all members Of these
two classes will be required to take
outdoor physical training in some of
the sports incident to college life.
Physical examinations will be held and
the students classified and placed where
they can gain most and a given
amount of time will be allotted for
this work for which. 1t is likely, due
credit may be given in the college
course. AS a corrective Of the evil in
college OF the over development Of the
few, often to their later disadvantage,
this general compulsory. .healthful ex-
ercise for the entire class body is
welcomed by many outsiders who have
the good OF the student body at heart.
All arrangements are now completed
for the opening of the third consecu-
tive annual short course in Grinnell.
The rooms used will be the same as
those Of last year. Stock judging will
take place in the auto garage on Main
street; corn Judging In the upper room
OF the old high school building: do
nestle science work in the lecture
room of the Congregational church;
and the general corn show in the
armory on Fifth avenue. Prof. r. K.
Bliss. A. A. Cave and S. T. Martin will
do the stock Judging; Prof. NJ. L.
Mosher, ]. r. Woods. and r. A. Gregg,
the corn judging: Miss Neale S.
Knowles and Mrs. Augusta Kennedy
will have charge Of the domestic sci
ence work: Joe Naylor, Of the boys
work. and c. E. Brown Of the exhibit
car.
The wineman Glove Company. Of
this city, has made arrangements to
change quarters into the solid. COM
modious brick building on Commercial
street. belonging to the Easy Fit Man
ufa curing Company, having rented
one room on the lower floor and the
entire second floor in the old building
which faces on the alley between Main
and Broad streets.
The fire department was called out
in the middle of the forenoon Friday
to put out blaze In what is still gen.
orally known as 1.-THE vittum House,,
just across Park street from the south
west corner Of the campus. The fire
was not extensive and was soon ex-
tinguished, but hardly so before sec
ond alarm sounded for the dwelling Of
NJ g. Howard, near the south end of
the same street. The damage here was
not very great az Mr.. Howard. who
runs a dray line and has number Of
men In the work, got news of the fire
and rushed his men to the house and
formed a bucket brigade before the
flames got much Roadway.
Tuesday. Jan.y30, has been set as the
day for the installation Of Rev. Perez
val F. Marston, as settled pastor Of the
J CONGREGATIONAL church Of this city. An
invitation has been sent to the former
pastor. Rev. Edmund N. vittum. Of
Milledgeville, Ga, and he II expected
to take q prominent part in the cere-
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The stos;sxho.dess 81 the Citizens Ma
tionai Bank are 20 well satisfied with
the old directors ana the board Of d.
rectors with the old officers that al
have been re-elseted for the coming
year. ~ :. ~, = =
Manly and Miss Adele Zimmerman
and Mr.. EllGs Iasinking Towle. m 81
whom have beSn IN; southern Texas foI
scms weeks 1lt1os not going - -
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