Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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is prg. is in the years Mr. ' .iilding in , -e regular, r j' -ins of se- ' D ssential to Q '.' ' 5. fa 3 E. 5 gr V 1 i gl f i i ' i i 5 I if f' I l nt teawhefs' i en the Coma l State Shfffihe ling- . d i ,f th15 lan av and the Legislature of IQO3 was induced to appropriate 255,000 for a new gymnasium to be erected on this lot. Six or eight of the best modern gymnasiums were carefully studied and a planjincorporating their excellences and eliminating their defects was devised and executed by the aid of the skilful architects, Messrs. Hartwell, Richardson and Driver of Boston and the competent and reli'able iconitrac- tor, Mr. F. D. VVilliams of Taunton. A ' The distinguishing architectural features of the building are its good proportions, the gables upon each end and on the front projection, the mosaic brick work and its beautiful sky line. It is built' of brick encasing a steel frame, trimmed with dark blue marble, and has a slated roof tipped with copper. The main part of' the building is 48x90 feet, the projection on the front is 24x64 feet, with octagonal towers on the front corners for stairways. The projection on the back is 5x88 feet, for the rear stairways. The basement story is in two apartments, one for men, the other for women, each has a coat room, lockers, dressing rooms and baths. The shower baths are so arranged that a class of thirty young women can take a bath at the same time, and in the men's department twenty can take a bath at the same time. Individual baths are provided in each department. The first fioor has the vestibule, corridors, director's room, ladies retiring room and the gymnasium. The second floor has two meeting-rooms on the front, and the gallery with the running track. Drop seats are attached to the gallery railing. , The apparatus furnished by the Spalding manufacturing company of Chicopee is modern and of the best quality. The brick walls of the inte- rior are finished in enamel paint and give the building a cheerful aspect. The lighting and ventilation of the gymnasium are ample. The building is furnished with electric lights and gas lights and has an electric time service connecting it with the assembly hall in the school building. The gymnasium may be used as an audience room and as a banquet hall for alumni gatherings. A convenient kitchen is provided in the basement and is connected by a dumb waiter with the retiring room above, enabling the use of the latter with the adjoining corridor as a serving room on the occasion of these banquets. The grounds are handsomely graded, the building has a sunny ex- posure and in beauty of finish is not excelled by any of the school build- ings. It is a most valuable addition tothe equipment of the school and its use will greatly increase the efficiency of the students. - ALBERT G. BoYDEN. 21 . i 1 .

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E3 . 94. ,lb Er, S . 4. mf. , 1 if v- -x ,.,'f Ei.:- ft, 1 iv, 1- ,Vt , 1- ig, ffl R? I' uct.- , I3 ,s V 31 t Y iliifhe Leg: igllrflngsillm 1 5ix0f'el nlfl Hndapia df i devised an , i , g Richafdsonl I fi 'tt F. Glue Gymnasium. will? disl . H ,mosaiC ljflffj S HE NEW gymnasium is an accomplished factf and is pro-- H15 . nounced by all to be among the best gymnasiums in the marbleiand - ' H .V ,VI state, by some it is said to be the best. For many years Mr. building 15 Boyden has desired a gymnasium in a separate building in ssygi octagonal tl A ' which students, both men and women, could have regular, the back is healthful, corrective and aesthetic physical training as the means of se- f -ff l' The bz curing physical health, strength, beauty and grace, which are essential to S i i women, ear s - Lff if Shower batl s abath at th A Q Eh , at - bath at thi? .rif Q' The lll'Slf lll S room and i y thefront,ai i Q to the galle i , The app: ' Chicopee is I rior are Hn Q i VL t is iurnishe. . 25323, i -servite cor ,,,,,. i y . Thegyn hall for a basernenti A ' 'enablingil S S sf00!D0ntl the UUf01Cl1Ug and perfecting of human life, especially in student teachers. The realization of this desire became possible in IQO2 when the com- mittee of the First Congregational Society proposed that tae State should purchase the church green opposite the Normal School 'building The 1 Legislature of IQO2 made 3 H appropriation for the purchase of this land pqsule am flu- It .Its use Wig Z0

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Gymnastics for the flben. T I-IAQ been a general source of regret that the most excel Mr Murdock should have been of necessity discontinued since 1897 With the opening of the new gymnasium th1s f work will be resumed, and the Normal minority will have a share in the work so long monopolized by the fair majority. The responsible public positions which the men are called upon to fill and the peculiar nature of their work and example call not only for scholar- ship and mental acumen but for men physically strong and of good bear- ing indicative of the sterling qualities of manhood. A rational course in lent course in gymnastics available to the men in the time of gymnastics should go far to insure the last named qualifications. As a professional school training men for the work of public school teaching, the course in gymnastics should include primarily a thorough training in Swedish gymnastics, the system pre-eminently adapted for use in the public schools. It should be so administered and studied as to make clear the needs of the children, the aims of an educational system of gymnastics and the special adaptibility of this system to the ends in view. Further than this the men's course should include selected work from other so-called systems so as to widen their Held of activity, promote their interest in the subject generally, and furnish data for studying the com- parative value of the different kinds of gymnastics available. This should help the men to go out with some power to judge intelligently as to the relative usefulness of each as a means to more complete and effective public school education. I refer in the foregoing to such work as may be done with dumb-bells, Indian clubs, wands, chest weights, German horse, parallel bars, et cetera. ' Gymnastic games, now conceded to be of marked educational value as well as means of healthful recreation, will have a definite place in the work as planned. It is to be hoped that the long neglected Normal Field Day may be revived in the near future, new records made, and such a healthy athletic sentiment established that this school may stand for a rat10nal interest in athletics and a devotion to legitimate and clean sport. T A BRENELLE HUNT. 2 2 . , s. .ti l-. x 'S -F13 ,Q My ...Q 4,-sy, iff? 5 If eve L. . , nf 4. HR gt. I :M yt. F. . sa . - .-,Q Q. 'A 41' ' . 1 x iktfwi-' ' when am1alS of 1'CpUlC, Shoui' in the land, ' mission of tl essential foui A cours' well defined ' lt should nf crease his stl functions, wl him to cons needed. lt shoul tics both the on athoroug' of the body gymnastic ei . It shoul may lessen, 1 School-room, mlllllf accide 'Aboveg with whom Sight and he aspllle more In addil illllhped wij