New Britain herald., 1930-10-06
Y PHYSICAL DEPT,
 OPENS ITS SEASON
Schedule Lists Glasses for all
 Ages and Interests

The Y. M. c. A. physical depart ment season opened-today and many of the members donned their uni forms for the first limbering up process in the physical training classes.
 There is an old saying that "the first hundred years are the hard est,'' and so it always proves with the first class, when unused mus cles, soft flabby ones are brought into play. Many an individual will think, T am as young as I used to be-" and will proceed to do his stuff under the illusion, but it re- ouires only one physical training class to convince a man that to be positively fit always one must set aside certain periods weekly for ex- ercise. Glasses in physical training a. the "Y" are conducted for the physical benefit of men and boys and no one is required to take physical training beyond his own needs and physical strength.
 "Y'' Uses Sound System
 fly U dlIlluS dL lllt lS not to be confounded with the many courses so brilliantly advertised in magazines. This "" training does not promise to develop for a certain sum of money certain number of muscles in a certain number of days, muscles that bulge out like Hercules or the biceps of a Sandow by means of rubber pulleys or grad uated ire& weights.
 The average intelligent individual wants none of these the 'Y" be- lives. He prefers the gradual sy metrical development, buoyant step, trical developement, buoyant step, clear sparkling eye, and mental poise that only come by safe sane meth ods of training. Physical training in the dim past seemed coupled with some mystic / science and secret formula and even to this day has many disciples, promoted by a cer- tair type of men whose natural tremendous development leads many gullible individuals to believe that they also, despite of their physical handicap, could also pack on noun tains of hard firm healthy muscles in a few weeks time through the s. stem advertised.
 Sixty years ago men walked up and down stairs balancing iron crowns weighing 100 pounds, and many a man with weak underpin- ming either became bow-legged or knock-kneed following this system all because some self-styled author ity on physical education happened te~notice while travelling in Europe women balancing heavy bags of grain on their heads.
 Today the average man is not so gullible, but secures through golf, tennis, baseball, swimming. football, basket ball volley ball, and hand ball, or light physical training ex- eIcises the necessary activity to maintain mental and physical vigor.
 The physical department program for the week is as follows:
 Mems Division
 Today, at 5:SO p. m., young mems physical training class.
 Tuesday, 10:30 a. m., mems morn ing class, 5:3o p. m., older business mems class; S:30 p. m., tumbling class.
 Wednesday, 5:30 p. m., young mems recreation period; s p. m wrestling class advanced S3O p. m.. swimming class. beginners.
 Thursday, 5:30 D. m., older busi- ness mems class; p. m.. organiza- tion of gymnastic club;- S:50 p. m., tumbling class.
 Friday, 10:30 a. m., mems morn ing class; 5:30 p. m., young mems recreation period; 500 p. m., wrest- ling class, beginners: S:S0 p. m., young mems physical training class.