South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-18

boy or man has a part The local ply
steal department is better equipped
than any other one of its size in the
country Two large and complete
gymnasiums are in almost constant
use by various classes and teams
from informal and organized classes
i'm caIesthenics TO special classes for
younger boys in corrective and de
velopmental exercises The feature
OF the work is the recognition OF the
creed OF a normal well developed
man and not the over developed one.
Came Here in 1911.
G. A. Cooper, who is at the head
OF this department is well known
locally and is an ideal man for the
work. lie came to South Bend from
Grand Forks. y. D., as the assist
ant Of Q a. Miller in 1911. Later he
entered the Springfield Y. NJ. c. A.
school received a Bachelor Of Ply
steal Education degree. with hOnors
While at Springfield, Mr.. Cooper
participated in athletics Of all kinds
and was recognized as one of the
stars of the east. He was a member
Of the football team there for three
years and captain OF the team his
last year. He handled the weights
on the track team for three years
and was a member of the swimming
and wrestling teams. He was
a student instructor at the school
in gymnastics, swimming. wrestling,
soccer and track. and was president
OF his fraternity and chairman OF
the athletic board in his senior year.
Daring the war Mr.. Cooper was a
lieutenant In the air service. HIS
assistant, Warren W. Waters was a
star in high school athletics playing
on the football and basketball teams,
captaining the latter his final year
i'm school For two years he was
assistant 20 Physical Director J. c..
Cohlmeyer. He was a leader in Y.
NJ. G. A. and Camp Eberhart ath-
letics for several years and won the
leadership medal at the camp in
1917. He viii attend Springfield next
year TO complete his physical eduCa-
ton.
Department is Popular.
AT present the physical depart
ment is more popular than ever be
fore Fourteen organized mems
classes with an average of IS to a
class. 13 boys classes with from 40
20 a. in a class are using the gym
nasium each week. In addition
there are boxing classes, in charge
OF Louis Berland, wrestling classes
instructed by Mr.. Cooper and swim
ming classes. There IS Sunday
school league Of 10 basketball teams
A Junior Commercial League Of four
teams. a representative basketball
team, q volley BAH league and a
Senior Commercial basketball league.
The Notre Dame and high school
teams also use the gymnasiums FOR
practice. There are five groups of
vocational boys from She vocational
school who are instructed without
charge This puts the Y. NJ. c. A.
i'm touch with every employed boy
in the city under the age of Is years.
AIishawaka sends "a class of boys
over once each week which has the
use Of the gymnasium and swimming
pool. The swimming pool was con-
sidered one of the finest in the
country when it was installed ana
only needs the addition of q filtration
and recirculation system to replace
il among the leaders. an indoor
golf course is another feature of the
physical department which is ex-
tremely popular during the winter
months.
Noliey Bali Popular.
Volley bail has become q popular
game during the past few years at
the Y. NJ. c. A and there are now
approximately $50 men playing the
game. The games are played in
connection with class work and I'm
organized leagues. There is also a
representative team which completes
with out of town organiza Lions. The
high school basketball team plays
all its home games ON the Y. NJ. g.
A. court The sectional tournament
being held each year in which as
high as 20 teams compete. The
state Y. NJ. G. A. basketball tourna-
ment viii be held there this year
Ten year old boys have regular or
ganized basketball and indoor base
ball teams at the Y. NJ. c. A. and
the teams run on UP in size and age
70 the mems teams The younger
boys games are played in quarters
instead Of halves to insure against
an over strain.
Gets Thorough Examination.
When a boy is entered in a class
he is given a thorough examination.
Practically every boy is found TO
have some postural defect in his
physical makeup and he is given
work along the lines TO develop his
weaknesses. Corrective exercises are
given them and at present there is
a class Of boys taking this work, who
haze either been brought in by their
parents or have found the need OF
fl themselves. Mr.. Cooper is es-
pecially fitted for this work as the
course taken by him at Springfield
was strictly pre-medic. He tabUlates
the examination of each boy upon
entering his classes and compares
them with an examination giver
when the classes are completed and
some surprising results have beer