Sitzung am 16. Oktober 1915.
Anwesend waren Vonnegut, Lieber, Stempfel, Scherer, Rath und Westing.
Schatzmeister Lieber berichtete, daβ alle Angestellten
des Seminars unter dem neuen Staatsgesetz gegen Unfall versichert worden seien; die Kosten betragen etwa $45 per Jahr.
Ein Bericht der Dormitoriumorganisation wurde an diese wegen ungenügender Abfassung zurück- verwiesen.
Die neuen Hausregeln wurden gutgeheiβen
mit den von der Dormitoriumorganisation vorgeschlagenen Aenderungen und beschlossen, sie in verständlicher Fassung auszuarbeiten.
Direktor Rath berichtete, daβ seit der letzten Sitzung noch fünf Studenten ein – und zwei
ausgetreten seien, sodβ die Klasse jetzt aus
51 Männern und 54 Damen besteht.
Beschlossen, der ausgetretenen Seminaristin Annabelle Pickler das bereits eingezahlte Schulgeld im Betrage von $15, abzüglich $5.05 für Bücher, zurückzuersatten.
Beschlossen, die Männerklasse am Turntag des Turnbezirks Indina am 30. Oktober, teil-
nehmen zu lassen.
Beschlossen, das bisher schriftlich vervielfältigte Uebungsmaterial in Buchform drucken
zu lassen und an die Seminaristen zu verkaufen. Ferner, Direktor Rath bei der Veröffentlichung eines Teils des von ihm aus- gearbeiteten Materials behilflich zu sein.
Beide Angelegenheiten wurden einem
Komitee überwiesen, bestehend aus Stempfel,
Lieber und Rath.
Ein Die Herren Otto Lieber und Pfeiffer vom Haus- komitee erschienen in der Sitzung und be-
sprachen die Benützung weiterer Räum- lichkeiten im Deutschen Hause seitens des Seminars. Beschlossen, das ein im ersten Stockwerk gelegenes kleines Zimmer für als Büro für den Sekretär zu mieten
und die nötige Einrichtung dafür anzuschaffen.
Ferner soll Direktor Rath nach Gutdünken die groβe Halle versuchsweise benützen.
Ein Komitee, bestehend aus Lieber und Scherer, erhielt den Auftrag, eine bessere Anordnung der Bilder vorzunehmen.
Beschlossen, die auswärtigen Mitglieder zu einer Sitzung am 26. November einzuladen.
Beschlos Turnlehrer Georg Brosins bat dem Seminar eine Anzahl wertvoller Diplome, Bilder, usw.
zum Geschenk an. Beschlossen, die Sammlung mit Dank entgegenzunehmen, jedoch
Turnlehrer Brosins zu ersuchen, sie ohne Rahmen zu senden und später in passender Weise in einem Buch, Kabinett, oder
ähnlich, aufzubewahren.
Folgende Rechnungen wurden zur Zahlung ange- wiesen:
Meeting on October 16, 1915.
Present: Vonnegut, Lieber, Stempfel, Scherer, Rath and Westing.
Treasurer Lieber reported that all Seminary employees have been insured against accidents according to the new state law, the cost is about $45 per year.
A report from the dormitory administration/committee was sent back to them due to lacking documentation.
The new house rules were approved including the changes submitted by the dormitory administration. Decided to have the rules finalized in a comprehensive form.
Dean Rath reported some changes in the student numbers since the last meeting – five
students have joined the seminary and two have left. Thus, the class is currently made up of 51 men and 54 ladies.
Decided to reimburse Annabelle Pickler who left the Seminary her paid tuition of $15 minus
$5.05 for books.
Decided to let the men class participate at the Gymnastics Day of Indiana Turner District taking place on October 30.
Decided to have the exercise material, copied manually up until now, printed in book format and sell it to the students. In addition, decided to help Dean Rath with the publishing of part of the material he created. Both issues were handed over to a committee to take care of.
Stempfel, Lieber and Rath were appointed on it.
A Mr. Otto Lieber and Mr. Pfeiffer from the House committee came to the meeting and discussed the Seminary’s using some more rooms in the German House. Decided to rent the one small room located on the first floor for an office for the secretary and to provide the necessary furnishings.
Lieber and Scherer were appointed on a committee to get the pictures organized in a better way.
Decided to invite the out of town members to a meeting on November 26.
Decid Gymnastic teacher Georg Brosins offered to donate a number of valuable diplomas, pictures/photos, etc. to the Seminary. Decided to accept the collection with thanks, however to ask gymnastic teacher Brosins to send them without frames. They will be later stored suitably in a book, cabinet or something similar.
The following invoices were sent on for payment:
(Newspaper clipping – articles are published in German and English) District Day Trip
In accordance with the decision of the last session of the Minnesota Turnbezirk (Gymnastic District), a day trip of the Bezirk will take place on Sunday, October 17 to which all turners, their families and friends are invited so they may strengthen the body and refresh the spirit.
Schedule – departure at 9 am from Ft. Snelling Bridge to the historical Sibley House, from there, along the south side of the river to the gym of the St. Paul Turnverein (Gymnastic Union) where a lunch will be served.
There will be fun entertainment, dancing, etc. in the afternoon.
Turner greetings,
Otto G. Modler,
district staff
The German Turnen
More and more, the insight is surfacing that the physical education of people must be given the same attention as the intellectual education.
Only about the ‘How’ of the education, its way and method, opinions differ. That is why the physical exercises often do not accomplish what we intend. At some places too little, at other places too much, yet at other places one sided. Here, one is content to have a few free exercises done in the classroom, somewhere else, one just selects individual, from Nature gifted students, for focused training to achieve exemplary results.
Gymnastics, however, ought to not only be used as a form of relaxation from intellectual endeavors of to inspire stellar accomplishments. Rather, it ought to foster the harmonious education of the entire person – mentally, physically and morally.
The interrelations of all human abilities in the physical, spiritual and moral areas may not be neglected by gymnastics classes if the goal is harmony which will bring nobility to man.
The fact that the one sided sports training does not achieve this harmony is proved by countless damaging excesses.
Having found its base on these principles, the German gymnastics has developed to its current power and one may say that Germany owes her prowess, intellectual, physical and moral, admired by the whole world, to her sensible education.
The North American Turnerbund with its 40 000 members has taken upon itself to transplant this gymnastics to the United States, to adapt it to the people and the country and do good where ever it may be.
The gymnastic classes in the public schools are not enough at the present time and that’s why the North American Turnerbund draws the attention of the Turnderbunde (Gymnastic Unions) on them. The Turnerbunde try to supplement this which is still messing in the public schools.
Our gymnastics system is created for both, the young and the elderly of both sexes. Our
gymnastic teachers receive the best versatile education at our Seminary for gymnastic teachers, our members are recruited from the best citizens of the country who work hard to ensure a sensible physical education.
Every German should not only send his family members to a gymnastic union school but himself become a member of a gymnastic union.
