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Vol. XXXIV Indianapolis, Indiana, ovember, 1950 No. 1
HOME COMING
Are you coming back this year? We sincerely hope so. The College now as always welcomes and needs its Alums.
The officers of the Alumni Association together with the faculty have planned a program which we hope will please you.
We made a few changes beca1.ise of some reactions in the past few years. It was thought that the poor attendance at the Friday night banquet might be due to the high cost. So we are going to try out a luncheon at noon instead. This will cut the cost to practically half. It also will give us more time to visit and get ready for the evening dance and get- together. The program will be about as follows:
Thursday evening, November 23- We have felt that the Thursday eve- ning get-together needed a little extra zip. We will use the small gymnasium and hope to have a more private affair for the Alumni. So come prepared. You may be asked to do a stunt, sing or lead a song or even tell a joke. But do come prepared to join in any kind of fun.
Friday Program Friday, November 24-
9 :30 a.m. Round table discussions.
"Where to now? At the mid-century where are we headed?" Discussion lead- ers will be asked to come prepared to discuss questions and then every one can join in.
11:00 a.m. Dance Compositions. Teach- ing demonstration by Miss Marguerite de Anguera, our new dance teacher.
12:00 noon. Alumni luncheon and busi- ness meeting.
2:30 p.m. Demonstration by College Students.
4:00 p.m. Film: A Pageant of Youth in 1948. (Though this film is Russian it shows a big festival of Physical Educa- tion activities which is said to be wonder- ful and should be of particular interest to us.)
5:00 p.m. Games between Alumni and students if desired.
6:00 p.m. Dinner hour and class re- unions.
9:00 to 12:00 p.m. Alumni -Student dance.
Saturday, November 25-
10:00 a.m. Social Games and Stunts, led by Harry Grabner, Fort Wayne Rec- reation Department.
11 :00 a.m. Mixers and Ballroom Dances led by various Alumni.
12:00 noon. Fraternity reunions.
Turner Instructors
Instructors of the Turner societies will again meet at Indianapolis during Home- Coming. The program arranged by the chairman of the Physical Education Committee, John M. Stocker, is as fol- lows:
Thursday, November 23, 8:00 p.m.: Dis- cussions-1. Formation of a Turner In- structors' Association by Henry Schroed- er; 2. The Instructors' Pension Plan, by Dr. A. E. Eklund; 3. National Youth Meet, by George Cheston.
Friday, ovember 24, 9:00 a.m. 1. Fes- tival Rules Changes; 2. Senior Women's Events, by George Cheston; 3. Apparatus Exercises, by Fred Martin, William Klier, Adolf Sandmann and Henry Schiget; 4.
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Classification of Societies, by Andy Las- cari. 4:00 p.m.: Presentation of Senior Men's and Senior Women's mass drill, by Andy Lascari and Miss Elaine Lascari.
Saturday, ovember 25, 9 :00 a.m.:
Presentation of Active Men's and Active Women's mass drill, by Andy Lascari.
2:00 p.m.: Meeting of the National Phys- ical Education Committee.
BOOK REVIEWS
Biology: The Human Approach, by Claude A. Villee. 580 pages with 250 figures. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadel- phia. $5.00.
As the title indicates, Professor Villee has placed emphasis on the comparative and evolutionary aspects of biology. He explains how organisms, particularly hu- man beings, function and how they came to be that way. The book contains a wealth of material and should be valuable as part of a general education. It starts with a discussion of basic structures and functions and the variety of life in the plant and animal kingdoms. This is fol- lowed by thorough chapters on the or- ganization of the body, the reproductive process, the mechanism of heredity, and finally, evolution and adaptation. Some lately discovered evidence of the evolu- tion of man is included. This book is not only a comprehensive text for college, but will also interest the layman who is looking for an understandable explana- tion of biology.
Personal and Community Hygiene Ap- plied, by Jesse F. Williams and Gloyd Gage Wetherill. 610 pages with 148 fig- ui·es. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia.
4.00.
The first half of this book consists of Dr. Williams' "Personal Hygiene Ap- plied", now in its ninth edition. The last seven chapters added to it deal with the a pects of Community Hygiene. Com- municable, degenerative and nutritional di ea es are discussed with their several implications. The relation of modern
science to disease prevention and the scope of the public health service are covered in several chapters. The last chapters are devoted to the community, its resources and responsibilities for health. Altogether this is an adequate text covering these two major phases of
health. C.L.H.
Personal Hygiene Applied, by Jesse F. Williams. 9th edition. 471 pages with 126 figures. W. B. Saunders Co., Phila- delphia. $3.25.
As stated in the preceding review, this book is Dr. Williams' well-known work on Personal Hygiene, widely used as a Col- lege text. Some chapters have been revised, but on the whole it is about the same as the previous editions.
Recreation, by Ferd John Lipovetz. Re- vised edition. 362 pages 81hxll, illus- trated. Burgess Publishing Co., Minne- apolis. $4.50.
This is a revised edition of the book on recreation first published in 1940. The author, Ferd John Lipovetz, is a 1917 graduate of Normal College and now on the staff of the LaCrosse Teachers Col- lege. By using material from many dif- ferent sources, he has produced a most comprehensive book on all phases of recreation which can be highly recom- mended to College students as well as everybody working in this field.
"Individual Sports FoT Men," by J. H.
Shaw, C. A. Troester, Jr., and M. A.
Gabrielsen; 399 pages, illustrated. W. B.
Saunders Company, Philadelphia. $4.50.
The aim of each chapter in this book is to show now to play the game, as well as how to teach it to others. This text con- tains the following individual sports which are quite universally played. Arch- ery, Badminton, Bowling, Casting (Fly and Bait), Fencing, Golf, Handball, Swimming and Diving, Table Tennis and Tennis. The fundamentals of each sport are very well analyzed and illustrated.
This text relates information relative to:
Origin and development; general de-
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scription of the activity; methods of con- ducting; techniques in teaching; organi- zation and scheduling of classe ; motivating participation; safety; essen- tial rules; officiating; facilitie ; pur- chase, selection and care of equipment.
The authoTs have also included a glos- sary, true and false know! dge test, ques- tions and Ii ts of suggested readings and films at the conclusion of each chapter.
This book will be of gTeat help to tho e who do not have much experience in the above individual sport . F.0.M.
GOOD RECORD
Twenty-one students of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recrea- tion in Bloomington were placed on the honor roll at the end of the second semes- ter 1949-50, and eleven of them were students who had transferred to Bloom- ington from Normal College. Those so honored, are: John L. Davis, Laraine Colston, John DiBiase, Hans Hafer, Al- fred Kniesel", Robert Maletich, Paul Voisard, WalteT Black, Mary Louise Phipps, orman Schulte and Lois Ann Scott.
Five members of the Normal College classes also made the honor roll during the second semester: Jane Splete, Joseph Gawrys and Anthony Lippa, sophomores, and Shirley Obermiller and Mary Tor- rence, freshmen. The requirement for being placed on the honor roll for sopho- mores is an average of at least 2.3 points and for the freshmen, 2.0 points.
THE SEASON AT CAMP BROSIUS While the hotel at Camp B1·osius was as well patronized this year as in 1949, both the June Camp and the Children's Camp showed reduced attendance. The Normal College clac:s consisted of only 52 students and only 45 of them attended the camp. Enrollment in the Children's camp was 36. However, those who were there enjoyed the camp work.
Mrs. Clara Hester was in charge of
both camp a si ted in Jun Martin and Mi Barbara
IL • r d artor. Th counselors for the Children' camp were, with one xception, ormal oil g tu- dents: Jane Splete, Joseph Gawrys, Al- bina Mac auskas, D lore oleman and Shirley Obermiller; the ixth counselor was Richard Law on, a tudent at Bloom- ington. Miss Mary Ellen R ady of In- dianapolis was camp nurse. Dr . arl B.
Sputh r. and arl B. puth Jr. who were guest in the hotel, again help d very much by conducting daily clinics.
Despite some unfavorable weath r in August, hotel bu iness was about the same as la t year. Alumni who visited were: Bernard Brockman and family;
Otto Eckl, Sr., and family; tto E kl, Jr., and Mr . Eckl; Jack Fell r; Mr . Rudy Green and husband; Thelma Clarke, husband and daughter; Anita Hartung;
Hazel C. Orr; Mrs. Mabelle Schueler;
Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Sputh, Sr.; Mrs.
Kate Steichmann; Michael Valentine and wife.
Eleven members of the Indiana Univer- sity faculty and their families as well as a number of other people from Blooming- ton also spent some time at the hotel.
SMALLER CLASS
Enrollment in the ormal College for the first semester 1950-51 is 34, 18 less than last year. We had the same number of students in 1942, and the following year the number went down to 20, going up to 90 after the war. If the calls for service continue we may not have any men left next year. 17 of the present stu- dents are sophomores and 17 freshmen;
they are evenly divided as to sex, 17 men and 17 women.
The faculty is the same as last year except that Paul Chappelle resigned to take a position in an Oakland, Cal., high school. Mrs. Hester and Mrs. Zimlich have taken over his courses, and Miss Marguerite de Anguera has been ap- pointed dance instructor.
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WILLIAM A. STECHER Our grand old man in Physical Edu- cation, William Albin Stecher, died August 30 in Honolulu.
Born January 22, 1858, the son of Albin Stecher, instructor of the Cincin- nati Turngemeinde, he was a Turner from boyhood. He learned the lithographic business, but his interest in Turnen caused him to enter the ormal School of the Turnerbund in Milwaukee from which he received his diploma in 1881.
His first position was that of in truc- tor of the orth Cincinnati Turners, from 1881 to 1887. Then, for eight years, he taught Physical Education at the Toens- feldt Institute in St. Louis. For a period of five years he went into lithographic business in St. Louis, but Physical Edu- cation claimed him again and he became an instructor at the Muegge Institute in St. Louis. During all these years, he ad- vocated introduction of physical exer- cises into the public schools and taught for years in Cincinnati as well as St.
Louis schools without remuneration in order to convince the school boards of the need of exercises.
In 1904, came his first opportunity to demonstrate the soundness of his ideas when he was called to Indianapolis as director of Physical Education in the public schools. His fame led to his ap- pointment to a similar position in the Philadelphia schools in 1907 which he held until his retirement in 1927. He moved to Honolulu, returned to the States for several years and in 1941 again went to Hawaii.
"Billy" Stecher had many interests be- sides Physical Education. He was a pro- found thinker and often called the writer's attention to worthwhile books on philosophy and history. He also took a great interest in gardening and many are the letters to the writer describing the Hawaiian flora.
After his retirement at the age of sev- enty years, he never forgot to advance
health and physical education whenever the opportunity presented it elf. In Hawaii, he offered his ervices to the University and they were gladly ac- cepted; he lectured on all phases of the work. He became active in the Honolulu Recreation Commission, the Revision Committee of the Health and Physical Education courses, and the Boys' Work Council.
While in Philadelphia, he called the indoor work then conducted nearly every- where, insufficient, and started play- grounds in that city.
As secretary of the Turners' national committee on Physical Education, he never tired of offering helpful sugges- tions for increasing the interest in Phys- ical Education work conducted by the branch societies, and for a variety of activities. In this capacity, he also ar- ranged several national meets of the Turners which required an immense amount of work, and the writer who sev- eral times acted as auditor at such meets, can testify that never a flaw could be found in Stecher's preparations.
When the Normal College was moved to Indianapolis in 1907 he was chosen as a member of the Board of Trustees and devoted much time to the Colleg~ affairs.
His influence was mainly responsible for the purchase of Camp Brosius. For many years he taught in summer sessions of the ormal College, in Indianapolis as well as later at Camp Brosius.
He also was a prolific writer on Phys- ical Education. From 1894 on he con- tributed many articles to the monthly
"Mind and Body" and from 1905 until 1932 was managing editor of this maga- zine. He published nine books on various phases of Physical Education, one of which, "Games and Dances," is still widely used in colleges and public schools.
In 1886, he was present at the second meeting of the American Physical Edu- cation Association and helped to or- ganize it.
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It would take many additional words to enumerate all "Billy" Stecher has done to advance Phy ical Education in our country. But he was a quiet, retiring person, never pu. hing himself into lead- ing positions unle s his colleagues, i·ealiz- ing his worth, chose him for them.
According to his wishes, Stecher's re- mains were cremated without any serv- ices, and his ashes scattered over the Ocean.
IN MEMORIAM
Frank J. Gerlich died July 14 aged 78 years. Born in Bohemia, he came to the United States at the age of 15 years and eight years later entered the ormal chool of the Turners, then located in Milwaukee, and received his diploma in 1895. He taught in Chicago and for thirty years, was teacher of Science and Phys- ical Education at Waller High School.
For many "J ears he al o \ a on the staff of the American College. During his en- tire life, he was a member of the Turn- ers and during the last years, of the Turner Pioneers.
Louis J. Koster died April 19. A grad- uate of the Normal College in 1917, he entered the Army and remained in se1·v- ice after the end of the wal'. He was connected with the Air Force, stationed in Madison, Wis., and held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
After several years of illnes , Gertrude Nicke Hendricks died July 29 in Syra- cuse. A daughter of instructor Fritz
icke, she was greatly interested in the Turner movement. Graduated from the
1 ormal College in 1920, she taught in the Syracuse schools and Cortland Teach- ers College. In 1929 he married George Hendricks, at that time State Director of Physical Education of Delaware who died in 1936.
Ruth Rice, al ·o a 1920 graduate, died May 12 in Texas where she was stationed as a member of the W. A. F. She taught in the Cincinnati schools until she en-
tered the service and served in France and Germany.
Emil Kramer died in Cin innati July 28. He was a member of the 1915 cla , but did not teach long and went into a business career.
Another death of a graduate, Mar- garet Wright Albenberg, occurred in July. She was a member of the 1924 class and taught for a few years in Duluth and then married and lived in Duluth.
Max Alletzhaeu er also lived in Du- luth where he had charge of Phy ical Education until his retirement fifteen years a.,.o. He wa a member of the 1888 class. He died in February at the age of 87 years.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE With Homecoming time drawing close again, I would like to take this oppor- tunity to cordially invite and urge alumni to attend this year's festivities at the ormal College. Since the Turner in- structors will be meeting with us at that time, we will have opportunity of seeing many alumni whom we have not seen for the past few years.
The college staff and the alumni officers have received many requests, both oral and written, regarding Homecoming.
This year's program has been planned to meet as many of these requests as possible. For example, the alumni lunch- eon has been substituted for the banquet in order to keep expenses down. Then too, we will have a planned program for Thursday night- an old-fashioned get- together. The program of activities is made up of features that you alums have suggested. The alumni officers have worked closely with the college taff throughout the year in order to present an informative and entertaining program.
ow the rest is up to you. Make every effort to attend. Let's make the 1950 Homecoming one of the best! !
Henry Lohse, President.
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Tri-City District-Leo Doering, 204 8th St., Roel;: Island, Ill.
SCHOOLS WITHOUT TEACHERS The crisis in our public schools is more serious than ever. Federal Security Ad- ministi·ator Oscar Ewing announced that this year there will be one million more children attending our elementary schools than were enrolled la t year. And there will be an unprecedented annual increase of more than 1.5 million in 1952-53.
The official journal of the Office of Education (School Life) predicts that
"by 1959-60 there will be 10,500,000 more children enrolled in elementary and high chool throughout the United States than in 1946-47." This increase alone repre ents a greater number of pupils
than the total enrolled in California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, orth Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Texas in 1946.
By 1960 the nation will need 350 000 additional teachers to meet the minimum of one teacher per 30 pupil . And that does not include replacements for teach- ers withdrawing from the school system because of age, marriage, illness, etc.
or does it provide for the supervisory personnel or specialized teachers who will also be needed.
The tremendous increa e will call for
&dditional school facilities as well as more teachers. "At current prices," the Office of Education estimates, "a properly equipped classroom, together with rcqui-
!te auxiliary facilities such as library, gymnasium, a u d i t o r i u m , cafeteria, nurse's quarters, and play space, will cost about $30,000, or roughly $1,000 per enrollee."
Indiana University has endeavored to induce tudents to train for work in elementary schools so as to relieve the hortage, and graduated 144 elementary teachers this year.
DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM The concepts of freedom and of de- mocracy are inseparable. In these stir- rino--perhaps c1·itical-war days every thoughtful citizen of the democratic na- tions is considering the implications of these related concepts.
One aspect of freedom in a democracy is academic freedom. Our definitions of academic freedom, and the philos<?phy upon which they are based, cannot be traced as far into the past as can our devotion to democracy. Nevertheless the roots of academic freedom, like those of other freedoms related to democracy, are deep.
There are two kinds of academic free- dom. The first, the freedom of the stu- dent to learn, doe not cause much trouble. Most people agree that the stu-
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dent should be free to learn as much as he can about the significant aspects of our culture and our heritage; indeed, that these things should be thru t vigor- ously upon him.
The second is the freedom of the teach- er to teach within the university or col- lege-to seek truth through hi research and to publish the results-to talk and act beyond the campus. We have come a long way on these counts. A hundred years ago teachers could not peak freely if their utterances ran counter to church doctrine-and church doctrine, as inter- preted by the college governing boards, reached into many corners.
In the last century the announcement of the doctrine of evolution touched off a bitter "Warfare of Science with Theol- ogy." At the end of the contest, how- ever, men of science for the most part could feel free to announce the results of investigation even though these results were greatly at variance with current ideas.
Schdars in the humanities and the social sciences still were fettered. But college teaching was becoming more of a profession and was developing profes- sional codes. In 1912 the three profes- sional associations in economics, political science, and sociology began a joint study of academic freedom. Later the newly- created American Association of Univer- sity Professors, under its first president John Dewey, carried forward the work.
In 1915 it issued a classic document, the work of many distinguished prof es- sors. This document analyzed academic freedom and tenure, the nature of the academic calling, the basis of academic authority. It agreed that colleges and universities exist to promote inquiry - to advance the sum of human knowledge -and to provide general instruction to students. In all the domains of knowl- edge, it stated, "the first condition of progress" is freedom of inquiry. In the realm of teaching as contrasted with that
of re earch, "no man can be a ucce sful teacher unless he enjoys the re pect of his student. , and their co11fidence in hi intellectual integrity." To earn u h re- spect, the tea her must peak candidly.
This doe not mean that he hould indoc- trinate. It does mean that while pr s nt- ing all sides of question fairly, he should not hesitate to indicate hi own judg- ment, at the ame time making l ar that he does not impose thi judgment upon anyone else.
Since 1915 many organizations inter- sted in the welfare of higher education have joined in ontinued study of aca- demic freedom. Two peciflc tat m nts (one mainly a rewording of th oth r) were formulated and ndorsed in ln25 and in 1940. They define th se freedoms for the t acher:
He may make hi investigations and publish the results without censor hip.
He may teach in the la sroom with entire fre dom, provided he does not in- troduce controversial matter having no relation to the ubject at hand.
As a citizen he has the same rights as every other citizen.
The statements declare, however, that
"as a man of learning and an educational officer he should remember that the pub- lic may judge his profession and his in- stitution by his utterances. Hence he should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that he is not an institutional ·pokes- man."
ROBERT P. LUDLUM, in "Antioch Notes."
The reason why a college education does not benefit some students is that they have not been taught that you cannot accumulate knowledge merely by being exposed to it . . . it can be ac- quired only by growing to it and with it.
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PERSONALS Appointments and Transfers Of the thirty former ormal College students graduated with the B.S. from Indiana University this year, eighteen have found employment as far as known at the office while six are continuing their studies for the M.S. degree. The others have not yet informed the College office what they are doing. Those employed are:
Virginia Atwood, iagara Falls, . Y., schools.
Jacqueline Horney, Public Schools, Gas City, Indiana.
Shirley Diehl, Howe High School, In- dianapolis.
Mary Lou Irwin, Decatur Central School, Indianapolis.
Barbara ·McDonald, Public Schools, Batesville, Ind.
Joan Maplesden, Y.W.C.A., Chicago, Ill.
Mary Lou Phipps, High School, Ko- komo, Ind.
Lois Ann Scott, Western High School, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rose Marie Singer, Recreation Depart- ment, Chicago, Ill.
Edward Bernauer, Graduate Assi tant, University of Illinois.
Walter Black, Syracuse Turners, Syra- cuse, N. Y.
Hans Hafer, Public Schools, Cincin- nati, Ohio.
Josef Hoog, Public Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Arthur Krueger, High School, Hunt- ington, W. Va.
Walter Lienert, Turner Society, Fort Wayne, Ind.
orman Schulte, Public Schools, Cin- cinnati, Ohio.
Andrew Voisard, Public Schools, Oak Park, Ill.
Paul Voisard, Graduate Assistant, Uni- versity of Illinois.
Those continuing their tudies for the M. S. degree, are: Edward Burns, Earl
Campbell, James Menapace, Victor Mino, William Thewes and Milton Weaver.
Caryl Gaines who was exchange teach- er at Edmonton, Alberta, last year, has returned to her position at Manual Train- ing High School, Indianapolis.
Barbara Sartor has been appointed to a position at Washington High School, Indianapolis.
Paul C. Chappelle has moved to Oak- land, Cal., and accepted a position in a high school.
Rudolph Memmel has been appointed assistant principal of Bond Hill school in Cincinnati.
Harold Riess ha accepted the position of Director of the Health and Safety De- partment of RCA in Indianapolis.
Carl Klafs has moved to Lo Angeles and is associated with Martin Trieb at Occidental College, and al o in Adult Education.
George Walper is now Scout Execu- tive of the Yonkers, N. Y., Council.
Therese Pletz, not :rntisfied with being out of practice altogether, has a number of ballet students. Husband Emil has re-
igned his position with the American Turners and is now a manufacturers agent in Detroit.
Ralph Sigel of the Detroit public schools, was transferred at his request to the Pulaski school at Ingleside Farms, Mt. Clemens. He has moved his family, wife and three girls, to Mt. Clemens.
Major Elsie Kuraner has been trans- ferred to Germany and is now stationed in Munich.
After retiring from the Davenport schools, Dave Henschen thought he was too young anyway to go in hiding al- together and has taken charge of a large recreation center at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Fred Bifano returned to Central Turn- ers in Davenport as a part-time teacher, but is still in the public schools.
Square dancing has also caught Moline where Herbert Klier has a large class in
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9the Community College. He was in charge of the municipal swimming pool durino- the summer.
Wedding
Pauline We sel and Charle Sallwas er were married June 24. Both are teaching in the Cincinnati schools.
Michael Valentine has also gotten him- . elf a wife and both came to Hotel Camp Brosius this summer.
John Devine, a freshman in the or- mal College, was married September 16 in Bayonne, . J.
Adeline Zawadzki was al o married during the summer.
* Birth
Michael Harry arrived June 19 at the home of Harry and "Billie" Stewart who was Doris Boettjer.
Another little boy came to Arthur and Pegge Krueger August 16.
For the Pates, Gerald and Carolyn (Kuebler), it wa a girl, Cynthia Ann, on September 28.
Another girl, Judy Ellen, now bright- ens the home of the Polings (Betty Dressel) in Richmond, Ind.
The birth of two more boys was re- ported during the summer, Daniel Wil- liam for Mr. and Mrs. Lionel (Bill) Mil- ler, and David Kilbourn for Roberta
(Brogan) and Bill Van ostrand.
Ralph and Betty Sigel reported the arrival of daughter Susan May 26.
Helen Scott Humphrey has retired from the Chicago schools.
The Ralph Marx's made an extensive trip through the west this summer.
Ray Ping has bought a farm 30 miles from Buffalo and will use it for a summer home.
Elfriede Wandrey Amwake and hus- band have purchased a ix-family house in Tonawanda.
John M. Stocker has been elected chair- man of the Physical Education commit-
tee of the American 'Iurner , and George Jacquin i now chairman of Region I of the Turners.
We are happy to report that Eug ne Hofmeister i well on the road to r c v- ery after ev ral months of illnes .
anon Rodd wig and i ter cho e July for a motor trip to Tomb tone Arizona.
They were glad to g t to Minne ota later.
Thelma Burnett Kleinhan. i executiv director of the Cerebral Palsy and Handi- capped Childrens Association in yra use.
Among the many Alumni who took trip this summer were Arthur Bu hler and famil who toured the moky Moun-
tains. 1
The annual onvention of Phi D !ta Pi will be held in Detroit in April. Lucille Spillman has been named conv ntion manager.
Mildred Schaefer Elliott and husband own and operate two Arthm Murray tu- dios, one in Joliet, Ill., and the other in Hammond, Ind.
The Pritzlaffs drove through ew Eng- land and visited his home town pring- field, Mass. They nlso visited sister Minna in Buffalo.
At the convention of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Turner in
1 ew York, Margery Wood Stocker was elected 2nd vice-president.
Leo and Cyrilla Doering visited In- dianapolis in September and then spent a week in Indiana tate Parks, Brown County, McCormick's Creek Canyon and Turkey Run.
Minnie Wassermann Braker and sister Carolyn drove east in September for the wedding of Minnie's son. Carolyn spent the summer visiting Laguna Beach and Los Angeles.
The Harry W arnkens enjoyed a motor trip through Michigan and Wisconsin during tpe summer including a visit at Louis Thierry's place on Torch lake, and then spent a few weeks with their folks in Davenport. Harry also reports a fine get-to-gether with many Normal College
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graduates at the national convention of the American Turners in ew York dur- ing the week preceding Labor Day.
Lena Suter and Henry Haeberle have retired from the Cincinnati schools. The department of Physical Education of the public schools gave a dinner party for them and both received gold wrist- watches.
As Mabelle Muenster Schueler could not accept the position as hostess at Hotel Camp Brosius again because of her duties in the New Holstein City Hall, she took some time off in September to tour the West.
One of the speakers at the Indiana State Teachers Association in Indian- apolis, October 26 and 27, was Grover Wm. Mueller, Director of Health and Physical Education in the Philadelphia schools. He spoke before the Health, Physical Education, and Recreation sec- tion on "The Cardio-vascular Effects of Athletics on the Heart", and "The Per- tinent Problems of Physical Education."
The Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation hon- ored its past presidents at the April meeting. Starting with Emil Rath who was largely responsible for the organi- zation of the Association in 1917, the first seven presidents of the Association were graduates of Normal College: Emil Rath, Dr. W. A. Ocker, Ada B. Crozier, George Altmann, Carrie Snively, Leo Rosasco and Mabel Loehr, from 1917 to 1931. Clara L. Hester was also president, 1943-44.
The Cornell-Princeton track meet with Oxford-Cambridge afforded Louis Mont- gomery and wife the opportunity to visit England, Ireland and France during the summer. They were treated like lords in England and banqueted with real lords.
In Ireland, they were honored with a tea at the American embassy in Dublin. The American team won in England, 7 to 6, and also defeated the Irish in a track
meet, two of Monty's boys breaking Irish track records. Then the }fontgomery took a side trip to Paris. They retumed to Canada where their two boys attended a camp and where Monty has been as- sistant director for 15 years.
As usual, Bobbie Larsen made the un- usual trip. She went with a group of hostelers bicycling through Mexico. They sta·rted from Mexico City and pedaled most of the way to Guadalajara. Then from Mexico City to Oaxaca. They left their bikes in Ixtepec and took trains and buses to Guatemala City and San Sal- vador. One of their most pleasant trips was on a moonlight night from Tehuan- tepec to Salinas Cruz where they slept on the beach. The first day of their trip proved that this is really a mall world, for Margareth and Meta Greiner drove by. This is the second time that Bobbie met them while on a bicycle trip.
FIELD SERVICE
1950 started off with a bang as far as public service is concerned. I spent two days in South Bend and Mishawaka Sep- tember 6 and 7, giving talks and teach- ing demonstrations for teache1·s' insti- tutes.
It's always pleasant to meet Alumni.
Clifford Barnes and Kate Wolf were among those with whom I hobnobbed. I made a special trip out to see Florence Thorelius Green and Mera Dinehart Rich- ards. The tongues clicked furiously.
October 26 we gave a demonstration for the outhwest State Teachers Asso- ciation in Evansville and saw quite a number of the old graduates (I say old because they are too decrepit to make a 175-mile trip and get back for Home- Coming). Wallie Engelbert graciously invited us to participate in some inter- esting activities at the Evansville
Turners. C.L.H.
ALUMNI BULLETIN
11STUDENT ACTIVITIES Sophomore
With the coming of fall, we again hear the patter of students' feet in the halls of ormal College. It' good to be back.
ot all made it back: John Devine and Edward Zirnheld were called to help Uncle Sam.
Preston Roney i now adopting that famous saying of Mr. Martin, "Belay that." However he changed it a little, to
"Delay that."
Gary Hoffman is back in fine shape, but we are receiving complaints that he is not funny enough any more on the floor.
The welcoming picnic for freshmen started the year right, and the hallow- een party was also successful.
While the rest of u grunt and groan in the Wednesday ballet class, Sheets Cooley and Mary Torrence twist and bend without effort. There ought to be a law against rubber-jointed people.
A year has passed since we started as freshmen. We have seen Camp Brosius and its fellowship. Those days of hard work, but enjoyable work, and those nights under the Wisconsin moon are times we shall never forget.
Chett McDowell.
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Freshmen
With the sound of the school bell sev- enteen freshmen flexed their muscles and were ready to begin the work at hand.
But the first thing asked of us was the pushing of a pencil across a sheet of paper. We knew we could not fail the tests we were taking for they were in- telligence tests. Mr. Rinsch was kind enough to hand us a test for which he had the wrong answers and instead of taking that we enjoyed a long lunch period.
Everyone was anxious to start floor work, but all wel'e just as anxious to relax after Mr. Martin took us through our paces. We used muscles that had
never been used before. Ever body told us we would live but it ' as hard to believe. But now the worst i ov r and we are enjoying Normal oll g .
Our first class leader wa am Bon- signore. He was having difficulti with the command , but Mr. Martin helped him out. Sam wa n't the only one ' ho found the gym lingo difficult; we couldn't tell left from right. The sophomore have been very helpful alway willing to answer our que tions. The trouble was that we could not always believ th m.
Instead of a welcome dan , th opho- mores gave a picnic for u at River ide Park. We enjoyed a game of softball and all the good things to eat.
Many sections of the ountry arc rep- resented by the clas , we evc>n ha vc one from anada, Morgan al '<:J" i ·Don- nell, and he is a v teran too. Other vet- erans are Edward Huff and Uany McKinley.
I never knew it would be so wonderful working with so many different people, and I am sure other members of the class feel the same way.
Mary Louise Sanders.
POSTURE
Good posture favors functioning of the body systems with the minimum amount of energy and the highest efficiency.
When the organs of the body are in their p1·oper positions, there is sufficient room for necessary movement for the per- formance of body functions. Improved dige tion, respiration, circulation, and elimination and a feeling of eneral well being result from good posture.
Poor posture places abnormal strain on muscles, joints, and ligaments. It may cause disturbances of the thoracic, ab- dominal, and pelvic organ with result- ing fatigue. This in turn is an influenc- ing factor in producing poor posture.
Good nutrition, good muscle tone, and freedom from disease and defects tend to produce good posture. Poor nutrition,
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poor muscle tone, fatigue, and physical defects tend to produce poor posture.
The person possessing good posture, because of increased vigor and efficiency which result from good health, is apt to lose less time from work and to have less expense for medical care than the person with poor posture. Good posture creates an attitude of self-confidence and en- hances appearance.
KEEPING WELL
The backbone of health is a way of living and this is an educational concern of the home, the school and the commu- nity and each member of the community.
The person below par drags on, day after day, inefficient in his work, unable to enjoy leisure, unnoticed from the stand- point of facing tomorrow's challenges.
He may be malnourished because of lack of food or because of the effects of worry and fear. Many children even in our well- to-do homes are malnourished and the cause may be over-stimulation, over-ex- citement, with insufficient rest and sleep.
Education has a particulal' task to per- form with these people. They must be able to recognize the simple laws of life -the values of stimulating work, joyous exercise, food, rest, sleep and relaxation which may be had at a reasonable cost.
Fundamental protective community health rules must be enforced by law.
Keeping well i not merely the absence of disease; it is a medium through which we can gain access to many invaluable blessings. Sound health enhances every pleasure and is indispensable to the full performance of almost every duty.
The greatest single factor contribut- ing to good community relations is good teaching. A well-developed physical edu- cation program gives tone to the entire . chool. It is a foundation stone of the curriculum. Because all pupils of the school are involved in the program sev- eral times per week, because of the greater informality of the gymnasium and playfield, and because of the com- munity contacts through athletics, phy- sical education demonstrations, play days,
May days, health examinations and fol- low-up, the physical-education teacher occupies a strategic public-relations posi- tion in the school second only to the prin- cipal. Therefore, in addition to conduct- ing a good teaching program, the phy- ical educator has at his disposal many means of developing favorable or un- favorable attitudes toward health, phy- sical education, and athletics, toward the school and the school system, and toward education in general. It is well for the teacher to be conscious of his position of influence in the ·chool and in the com- munity, and to act accordingly.-W. K.
Streit.
