New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-26
TURNER'S AND CLUB MEMBERS
GATHER TO RUB ELBOWS At
FEAST.
SPEAKERS REFER TO TURNER
HALL AS SOCIAL CENTER OF
NEW ULM.

Hall Sunday morning at o'clock, one
of the most pleasant and suspicious
functions that has ever been held at this
hall came to an end. 1t was the first
annual banquet of the members of the
Society and members of the Turner Club
which was recently brought into existence
and was rendered the members of both
organizations for the purpose Of getting
them better acquainted with each other
and thereby creating closer and more
friendly relations. It served it's purpose
we'll for not one of those who attended
but went away with higher regard for
the aims of the New Ulm Turnverein in
its endeavors to maintain their place as
a social center for the citizens of New
Ulm, something it has always been since
the founding of the Society nearly 60
years ago.
Two hundred and five persons sat
down at the festive board. The banquet
vas served in the gymnasium by the
Ladies' Society of the New Ulm Turn
verein and consisted of four courses,
young boys and girls who attend the
physical culture classes acting as walters.
The cuisine was excellent and every one
preser.t seemed to be in such happy
and contented frame of mind, however,
that they did not seem to mind the wait
between courses at all. It was nearly
nine o'clock when Mine Host Johnson
lit his Havana thereby indicating that
the last course had been served and that
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In His opening remarks, POSTMASTER
Albert Steinhauser, on behalf of the
Society thanked the club members and
their ladies for coming out and accepting
the proffered hospitality and expressed
his qualification that New Ulm business
and professional men had one and all
so cheerfully met the invitation to become
members of the club and expressed his
Jhlief that there must have been some
endeavor or other of the Turnverein
which had met with their hearty approval.
He said that under the circumstances it
might not be amiss to enlighten those
present as to the aims and principles of
the North American Gymnastic Union
of which the local Turner Society forms
a part and he stated them as briefly as
possible. He also referred to the fact
that the local Turnverein is nearly go years
old and said that during the entire time
of its existence the members had done
everything in their power to make their
hall social center for the entire citizenry
of New Ulm. He also quoted from
a pronunciamento which had recently
been issued by the National Executive
Committee giving the position of the
Turner's on Preparedness a subject
which is agitating the minds of the
people of this country to greater extent
than any other question. In this docu-
ment they declare their belief that
systematic physical culture work among
boys and girls and men and women of
this country would prove more effect
tive method of preparedness than the
spending of millions of dollars for ar
mament.
In view of the fact that so many of
the citizens are not familiar with the
principles of the Turner's, the same are
published herewith as they were an
nounced by the POSTMASTER.
''The North American Gymnastic Union
is federation of liberal and progressive
minded persons organized for the pur-
pose OF promoting the recognition and
the spread of opinions and ideas, the
realization of which MAY, according to
scientific knowledge and experience. be
assumed to advance the physical, moral,
intellectual and material welfare of man.
kind as well as of every individual.
AS means to this end we advocate
the harmonious training and culture of
body and mind because we believe that
this is one of the most important pre-
requisites for establishing, preserving
and perfecting true democracy.
In the matter of faith and religion we
favor freedom in the broadest sense of
the word, but will at the same time strive
tor the spread of philosophy, based on
knowledge of natural forces and their
effects, and seek a natural explanation
for all phenomena. It is quite natural
therefore that we consider any inter
ference by the State, compulsion and
discrimination on account of religion,