| Show gymnastics in Woi neno colleges Coll pec of the modern american college girl in trousers who crosses swords with a fencing master gnaster vaults bars climbs ropes plays ball rows swims saima and bechs her boudoir with the trophies of gymnasium tournaments a a writer says calisthenics and gymnastics lu in a desultory way have always been exercised in gills schools but physical training as is now understood was unknown to all american educational institutions until the past three years vassar in its earliest days had a arid ridin isio school and two foreign masters of horsemanship to its alumni association vassar is indebted in for its presen t gymnasium wellesley needs a separate gymnasium building but on one e of its spacious halls balls is is replete with the paraphernalia demanded by the sargent system tho the smith institution has a commodious structure before equipping it president seelye visited the gymnasia of europe the gymnasium at bryn mawr is a beautiful structure whilo while outside harvard college perhaps no gymnasium gyma surpasses that at the college in Dalti moie it L is equipped with zander machines at a cost of the swedish system is followed awl aul dr mary hall hal the most expert woman expounder of ling is the instructor tuss assisted isted by two swedish api in gi duat s of tho the royal schools i 11 ci J ii c lt ili i i A iw gym naila have race rubb ti li icis cl 3 una and tanks the efficacy of the german swedish and american dr sargents SAr gents methods is now the bone of contention among physical trainers the colleges are divided in their allegiance dr sar gents system varied by the swedish prevails it at vassal wellesley smith bryn ma r rand and mount holyoke while ilio 1110 Bal baltimore Balti tiMote moie college advocates swedish the development of the heart and lungs by free movements of the body is the basis of the swedish system while muscular strength developed by machine exercise is tho the pivot of dr sar gents ants method the germau get man system pays less ims attention to hygiene than the american or swedish does and the latter are mole iloie educational in their tendency |
