The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-28
An interesting and CAREFULLY Studied
Schedule Has Been Arranged
for tho Friends and
Patrons.
MANY NEW FEATURES
Young Mems Christian Association
Building VIII be Busy After
the Fall Opening to Take
Place In October.

The fall and winter activities OF
the Young Mems Christian Assoeia-
ton will open October l, with inter-
esting schedules In the various de-
partments.
Ample study and plans in the var
ious departments have been worked
out.
Religious which is claimed to be
the foundation stone of the associa-
ton. will consist of bible classes,
Sunday meetings, extension work and
foreign work.
Educational department will include
the reading room, on the tables and
shelves Of which is always found a
tempting supply Of choice volumes,
periodicals. newspapers and other IN
teresting reading matter
Social department is furnished with
three pocket billiard tables, checkers.
chess, and fellowship feeds will also
be feature
| i
Physical work department includes
gymnastics, calisthenics, indoor, bas-
ket, yolley and hand ball, tennis,
punching bag. chest weights, rowing
machine, boxing, fencing, wrestling,
Indian clubs. parallel bars, horizontal
bars, buck horse, rings. shower bath
and swimming pool for boys and men.
Junior Department
| For the boys newly arranged with
new features Introduced, including
| game room, locker room, wireless
club, camera club, bible classes,
stunts, members. The play will be
basket ball, indoor baseball, water
polo. gymnasium work to begin We'd
nesday. Oct. /.
The Y. NJ. G. A. gym will open for
the years work Wednesday after
noon, Oct. /. and the following sched'
ule will be maintained with few ad
Gitions throughout the eight months
| season.
| Business men every evening except
| Saturday, 5:15 to 6:15.
Seniors, Monday and Thursday at
500 to $50.
Intermediate employed, Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 1900 to 500.
| intermediate student, Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 4:15 to 5:15
Junior employed, Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday, ZOO to 500.
Junior student, Tuesday and Thurs
day, AIS to 5:15 and Saturday 10 to
IL a. m,
Leader corps, Friday 500 to $3.50.
Basket ball league, (senior), Tues,
day evening at 500.
Open game night Saturday at 500.
New feature-The business mems
class met only two nights a week
last year. they will have their class
cept Saturday, thus insuring the BUSH
ness men better opportunity to get
gym work, on whatever evenings they
can get away from their duties. On.
Monday and Thursday evenings, light
calisthenics and apparatus work will
be given, on Tuesday and Fridly
nights base ball will be played and
Wednesday evening will be devoted
to volley ball.
The leader corps will be enlarged
this year and they will have charge
of such exhibitions and entertain
ments as will be given throughout
the year. The physical director ex-
poets large increase over last years
turnout, Notwithstanding the loss Of
so many water power men who were
a large addition to the gym last year.
The basket ball leagues will start
early this year and the Y team may
be resumed. though they will miss
Doll and Porterfield who are now
both playing in Ohio.
The gymnasium has Been thorough
ly cleaned by scrubbihg the walls,
ceiling and floor with soap and water
and pure clean air is guaranteed for
the class work. Each class will be
followed by a short swim.
Special workouts can be arranged
for with the PHYSICAL director and the
gym will be open for this purpose
every day from 9 a. m. to 4 p. M, ex-
cept Sunday. The punching bag and
the pulley weights are in condition
and will prove a source of constant
good to those using them. Boxing,
wrestling and fencing will be put on
at the earliest convenience.