Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union - Gymnast Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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. 1 SCENE 10-JUNE S First swimming class for girls. Sink easy club met for first time. Rapp, presi- dent, Vice-president-clrowned. A tall, handsome, light haired Swede success- fully stopped a 40 ft. put with his hip-a brute for punishment. Scheitlin in charge of card party for men in Round House. Bee was assaulted by three pals in the dark for a bottle of Kimmel. SCENE 11g-JUNE 9 No regular Classes today-Rain! Chet D'Amato made dinner and oh what spaghetti! Normalites Come into their own-a hard time dance on the program for the night. Werder in Charge. DeNies took first place among the men and the Apostle-Pogue combination first among the girls. Rapp and Hewitson re- ceived booby prize. Paulsen found a bottle of Kimmel in his bed, and broke down in tears-he was a Volstead follower. Animals came out at last, and they certainly were worth the waiting. Congratulations, Paulsen and Pielmier! SCENE 12-JUNE 10 Float was finally erected. Heeschen gave Hrst swimming tests and every- one sunk. Marge sprained her elbow and took a visit to the Plymouth Hospital at niidnight. Battle in cabin 10 fgirlsj. Making up for lost time,-Classes went strong. Date night-Grasshopper Hill reigned in popularity. Mosquitoes were getting bigger and stronger. Hertler insisted on being a bird-he roosted on the cabin rafters. Cholly had been directing the men in polyrhythmics which was to be demonstrated during the National Convention. Chet lost fountain pen in girl's area. Looked bad. SCENE 13-JUNE 11 All girls received A in cabin inspection. Wliat were we coming to? New wash stands arrived. More grey hairs for inspection. jack Nevins declared that he had It , the dean wanted to know where it was. Three Buffalo boys declared winners in the annual Treasure Hunt. Oh these Buffalonians! Girls' treasure hunt ended up with a Wiener roast on Grasshopper Hill. SCENE 14-JUNE 12 Some of the common things around Camp-Norm bouncing out of bed, Murph looking over his bed for his Creepers , Muto answering his fan mail, Fred Martin practicing Girl of My Dreams , Klier emulating Doerr, Klafs hunting rocks to use on a certain bull frog. Twelve men from camp compose Elkhart's Fire Team -They held their first practice today. Camp fire with Zitz in charge. Heeschen scared Gronis to death. SCENE 15-JUNE 13 Many girls heard talking in their sleep-wonder what they ate? Hixon went home. Klier and Shirley, the winners, made it to town and back. Mrs. . pagc Ni,,et3.,fg7,?

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SCENE 5-JUNE 3 Klier beat Zita in line for breakfast. Hall crew renamed haul crew. After a pleasant vacation, we started our lectures. Heeschen announced that Freshmen must swim S minutes and Sophomores, 15 minutes. Zuk broke first chair in as- sembly and landed on the floor. Date night found many of us at the familiar places in town. Heavy rainstorm brought us home early. SCENE 6-JUNE 4 Our new pier was fast nearing completion. XfVe were indebted to the Laun Lumber Company for donating trucks and carrying equipment, Leaves, rocks, leaves and rocks. Was there no end? Ask the prominent bench warmers how quickly they sCrammed when the dean came down the path. Ask Lil she knows. Bill suffered a split finger nail, taps were blown just the same. Card party in the Round house for the girls. The men had a smoker in Ling Hall under the direction of Murph. Thanks to Mr. Stemfel's contribution of smoking ammunition. D'Amato could not stay to enjoy the smoker, he had to leave sud- denly-we were wondering if he got to uit . SCENE 7-JUNE 5 At last, after hauling for a week, our project was finished. After the last loads of sand and gravel had been spread, we all stood back and admired our work. The dean declared a holiday and everyone went swimming. First camp- fire, with Sturni in charge waving his bandaged linger as a baton. Song of all nations was featured by Werder, Mann, Smaldone, Parr, and Plag. Contribu- tions in the vocal line was afforded by Plag, Werder, Klier, Paulsen, Gronis, Apostol and Sturni. Vlfonderful singers, these A. G. U.ers. Half of the camp under tent arrest for dancing in jahn Hall at a forbidden hour. SCENE 8-JUNE 6 - Rain all morning. Girls continued to practice for exhibition. Boats and canoes were taken out for the first time and manned by the fair sex,-what a picture! Marthana took Irene and Agnes for a ride. Ask them about it. Excitement! Roller skating rink opened in town. Those not at Mikels and Gesserts could be found cleaning floors. Len gave a good demonstration of how to skate. We were hon- ored by a visit of Mr. Suder,l a pioneer in Physical Education. All wasiquiet at iiight save for the buzz of mosquitoes and the snooping of the Student Council. QTWO girls are given tent arrestj. SCENE 9-JUNE 7 More rain! Some braved the storm to go to Church. Most of us spent the day in Jahn Hall. The radio-the old standby-helped us out. Prybilski was appointed radio caretaker. Mr. and Mrs. Hess of the Athenaeum were guests at camp. Stephan threatened to walk home from a boat ride. Ice cream twice! What a time for mess detail. Bill was having a hard timer reviewing the three lessons he had on the bugle about 10 years ago. Page Ninety-fozrr .lL1.1- u-1 .. i.-...-a-1l--

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l-leeschen arrived. Murph ran his 100 yd. dash in record time when a harm- less police dog barked in the distance. Schaefer, Oden and Herschke visited us. A charming coincident occurred in Sheboygan. Date night found us in our usu- al haunts. SCENE 16-JUNE 14 Agnes and Sis left for home. Some rose very early to see them off. Thermometer rose to 95 degrees-only the bravest of the brave dared a sun bath. Thelma washed her white knickers. Oh yea! Treichler swam long dis- tance today under ideal conditions, and Fred accompanied him. Davis and Flower swam to town under cover of darkness. A big time in town tonight! SCENE 17-JUNE 15 No sooner was our last class over, and came the rain. We were all used to this malady by now, and it offered a great opportunity to glance over our notes! The men partyed in Ling Hall at night and the girls held a Kid party in -lahn Hall. Shirley took first prize. Girls took their first mile runs today. And what a long mile it was. SCENE 18-JUNE 16 Kreuter dislocated fibula, and rode around on the backs of his cabin mates. Mrs. Hester popped up with a nice exam. in Campcraft. Track and field aims were a source of worry for most of us. Pry and Zuk were working hard. Marthana and Vlfaggoner were declared the best runners, considering form! Foxy was the old putter alright. Water seemed to be getting warmer. At least, that was what the thermometer said. Heidelberg night! Everybody at- tended this big party which took place on the pavilion. Lanterns, songs, sand- wiches and music will remain long in our memory. i SCENE 19--JUNE 17 Swimmers started on life saving. It may come in handy, especially when the non-swimmers go wading. Pry and Smaldone invented breaks of their own-a patent was applied for. Bif wanted to know how to use the hair carry on a bald headed gent. Stubby was planning to enter the three legged race- he was already in training. Student council met with Rudy here to take charge. Dean's test-all quiet on the Western Front.- Little dean, Len, won 30 cents on the slot machine and bought paddle pops for Mineo, Schreiber and Mrs. Hester! SCENE 20-JUNE 18 Thursday came like Thursday usually did, but this Thursday was different because today we took a brief test by the dean. Women had a pyjama party at the Mess Hall. which was followed by a chocolate dip. A big success! CThe boys were on a hikel. Page Ninety-six -