A guide to the history of physical educationLeonard, Fred Eugene
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A guide to the history of physical education
Leonard, Fred Eugene
Physical education and training; Physical education and training -- History
On January 1, 1920, there were also 2760 juniors (boys fourteen to
eighteen years of age), 1904 older men, and 6565 women enrolled
in classes; 123 in fencing, 971 in singing, and 283 in dramatic
sections; and 6404 in the Women’s Auxiliary, organized at the time of
the Twenty-seventh National Convention of the _Turnerbund_, held in
Louisville, Kentucky, June 22-24, 1919, and intended to “unify as much
as possible the efforts of the women’s societies connected with the
gymnastic societies, and to increase their efficiency.” One hundred and
forty-two societies owned their gymnasia, and the total value of the
property of all societies was $6,842,224, of which amount $4,995,718 was
free from debt.
[Illustration: FIG. 86.—Kansas City Turners at the Thirty-first
_Bundesturnfest_, Denver, 1913 (From a photograph loaned by Dr. Robert
Nohr).]
To the list of national _Turnfeste_ given on p. 296 the following have
been added:
XXV. 1889, June 22-25 Cincinnati.
XXVI. 1893, July 21-25 Milwaukee.
XXVII. 1897, May 6-10 St. Louis.
XXVIII. 1900, June 18-23 Philadelphia.
XXIX. 1905, June 21-25 Indianapolis.
XXX. 1909, June 23-27 Cincinnati.
XXXI. 1913, June 25-29 Denver.
XXXII. 1921, June 29-July 3 Chicago.
We have seen (p. 299) that in the years 1889-1891, while Brosius was
in New York City and the new gymnasium of the _Turnerbund_ was being
built in Milwaukee, its Normal School occupied temporary quarters in
Indianapolis, with the _Socialer Turnverein_ and under the direction
of William Fleck (class of ’81). Two courses were given here, and 32
men and 1 woman were graduated. The last three courses under Brosius
(1895-1899) covered two years each. Upon his retirement George Wittich
(class of ’82) was called from St. Louis to serve as technical director,
the scope of the school was broadened, and in the years 1902-1907 five
more courses, each of one year’s duration, were held in the Milwaukee
_Bundesturnhalle_, graduating a total of 36 men and 23 women. At the
close of that period the building was sold, and on September 23, 1907,
the newly christened “Normal College of the North American Gymnastic
Union,” incorporated under the laws of Indiana and authorized to confer
academic titles and degrees, was opened in the German House of the
Indianapolis _Socialer Turnverein_. The name was changed to “Normal
College of the American Gymnastic Union” in June of 1919. Karl Kroh
(class of ’79) was the technical head for two years (1907-1909), and
since that time the position has been held by Emil Rath (’98).
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Jahrbücher der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Turnerei. Dem gesammten Turnwesen
mit besonderer Berüchsichtigung der Geschichte des Nordamerikanischen
Turnerbundes gewidmet. Herausgegeben und redigirt von Heinrich Metzner.
Three volumes of six numbers each, published in New York from November,
1890, through October, 1894.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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