Word: gyms
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tiara-bearing Betty Henderson, 72, antic favorite of Manhattan society columnists (she's the one who hoisted her leg on to a table at the opera opening last fall), wore a bandaged hand after a recreational workout at Packey O'Gatty's Gym. She busted it hoisting the jaw of her sparring partner...
...well over a decade, the Yard athletic program has limped along like a nervous ghost, always threatening to sink dejectedly into a nearby grave, and rarely showing signs of purpose or composure. Freshmen have groaned through their regular grind in the gym, and perhaps played a game or two of pickup softball, but there has been no integrated inter-dormitory sports organization. Now, however, negotiations between Yard officials and the Athletic Association seem to promise well-arranged Freshman intramurals in the future...
...provide Freshman sports can only be fulfilled by a broad program. Modeled roughly after the extensive inter-House athletic system, it would be a simple way for Freshmen to work off the required weekly hours of physical training, and team competition will undoubtedly prove much more attractive than impersonalized gym classes. Existing athletic facilities should be able to take care of Yard intramurals with little strain. Even if extra supervisors and equipment are needed, it seems clear that a Freshman sports program deserves them...
...Macon, Ga., 15-year-old Helen Myers had to leave high school because she refused to wear shorts in gym classes. Her guardian, a minister in the Friends of Jesus Church, said shorts are indecent...
...basic method of the program is to build up frail muscles by special exercises until they will be able to hear the burden of normal living. Men with severe injuries first work out in the gym on wall weights and other devices. When they have developed sufficient strength, they transfer to more enjoyable activities such as rowing or swimming...