New Britain herald., 1928-04-27

ent and has greatly assisted in build
 Ing healthy generations of .Ameri-
 cans. Our sports of all descriptions | have gradually evolved from the ! original ideas Of the Turner's. Hun
 dreds of teacher graduates from the Tnrnerbund Normal College are in s1ructing gymnastics in universities, colleges, high and other schools. in
 '. M. C. A. $ and in over 150 Turner societies.
 he spirit Of the man who origi- mated the Turner idea, Father Jahn, whose hair turned gray in sheer de spair over the political conditions Of that period in his country, Germany, has always animated the members ot the Turner societies. The strong
 minded and liberty loving men and women had courage enough to brave the pcrils Of the voyage to the new world, the promised land of liberty ln order to save their lives as we'll as their conscience. religious and po- htlca1 views. In the days of the ciNil War northern troops, especially regiments formed by members or the Turner societies, did much to save the Union. Such men as Agasi.. Schurz, SiegeI, Owen. kus, Pulitzer and Muir, all of them citizens by choice, not by birth, rendered serv- ices to their adopted country that cannot be exaggerated. Many mtm- bers Of the society were killed in this war In the late war it was from those born unier a foreign sky that thousands of our soldiers were re- cruited.
 'The Turner's always maintain their inborn love of liberty of speech, thought and conscience. The faculty Of reasoning and pure morals con- stitute previous heritage of the Turner's whose disciples today are exercising and cultivating mind and body, to make them truely free men. In simple Jctfersonian style, the Turner's uphold their constitutional rights, unmindful of the pin bricks of those self styled perfect beings who lnsolently declare themselves 1oe per cent pure and perfect. Per lection is merely a term of thought. In reality that condition is non- existent in the universe, which. in it's component parts, has striven for ages to attain perfection. The duties of every American citizen are clear and and the Turner's are 1olng their duty as reason commands them, as humanitarian right leads them, and as their conscience directs | them.
 "The Turnerbund invites the peo- i, Die Of our nation, who care for it's future, 10 get together and try to prevent our nation from disinte- grating into a schsm of discoptent, caused by the activities of those fel- i oW citizens who think that they are n the right and 100 per cent pure, i put whom we desire to show that our . country is dear to us, but liberty is | learer and truth is dearest, and, at east, so It should be to any man. | woman or child. with red blood in heir veins, who are entitled to call | themselves. Americans
 
 Tn conclusion permit me to ex- end to the New Britain Turner so- 1 'lety my sincerest congratulations on having passed the 18th milestone [
 have spent the best years of my fife Il the interest of physical education n and with this society. It brings to ny mind three memorable iubilees. ! on April 25, 1878, the 25th silver on April o5. 1903, the | golden and today, the 18th and dia- i nond anniversary. Let us hope that | when New Britain Turner's extol | he Centennial Of 100 years Of their oclety. we will all be here to enjoy | he event. {
 ] will be only 99 years young. i according to Biblical history. Me lived to be aG9 years old"
 Members of the Holyoke Turner oele'y gave brief addresses con- the local society in its access.
 Present Officers
 The officers of the society are: