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

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Cross-Doads of Life by FRANK l-l. BOSSE '32 VVe, of the Senior class, have now advanced to that station of our life where a most appropriate term may be used, the cross-roads. 'We hope that we have the necessary insight and innate potentialities to decide upon the correct road of life. Success, which is our ultimate goal, depends upon four main trails, knowl- edge, ambition, tenacity, and character. Standing at the cross-roads we pause to look back on a road well-traveled, to consider what has passed and what is to come. We hope we have acquired the knowledge which will aid us to continue onward to the long rugged road of success. We hope that the knowledge we have obtained will enable us to with- stand the difficulties of life that we may encounter. With the achievements we have now attained, we are determined to continue our earnest workings, and look forward to progress which may only be reached through the second im- portant trail to success-ambition. Wfe highly appreciate the sincerety and untiring efforts of our professors who have aided us in securing our attainment. ln this alone, our ambitions can- not help being uplifted. The time and years of study they have spent in reach- ing the goal should spur us onward. Their goal was reached only through their unlimited ambition and stick-to-itiveness- Witli our knowledge and ambition We cannot progress without the third trail-tenacity. For four years we have faced our motto If it can be done, we can do it . Now is the time to face it without aid and only can it be done by our willingness to stay on the road. of trial and error. lt is not only necessary that we have knowledge, ambition, and tenacity but we must include also the trail of character. Throughout the life of any indi- vidual this trait or characteristic is observed by others to the nth degree. To develop character, we must have a Sound lX Iind in a Sound Rody . Together with this we must include all traits of mental, moral and social behavior. We may consider these four trails as leading to two well-trodden roads of life. It is for us to decide whether or not to take the long, treacherous and narrow road to success or the short, well-paved and inviting road of destruction and mediocracy. As the time approaches for us to leave Alma Mater, the thought looms be- fore us-can we withstand the hardships of success or will we follow the trail of least resistance and fail? 1- - 'l '-'W Page Fiftcvn

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-a The Ureanization Behind Normal BY EARNEST SENKEVVITZ The American Turnerbund, to quote from its basic principles, is a federation of Turner Societies in the United States of America, organized to promote phy- sical education and disseminate rational ideas, in order to advance the health, happiness, prosperity and progress of mankind. The fundamental principles of the organization are observed and adhered to by every individual in all the member societiesg as a perusal of a summary of its history will prove. All local and national officers of the American Turner- bund and its member societies are particularly litted to further its ideals in every manner and have invariably done so. ' The American Turnerbund also, is true to its colors in supporting linancially and personally, a ,Normal College for the training of teachers of physical edu- cation. This Normal College, our own Alma Mater, located at Indianapolis, Indi- ana, is a co-educational institution, and has graduated over nine hundred indi- viduals, incomparably trained to lead in physical education and to prove by ex- ample and precept the worth of the fundamental principles of our parent organ- ization. lt is manifestly impossible to repeat any of the history of the Normal Col- lege or the American 'llurnerbund in this space. Suffice it to say that these or- ganizations have always been dependent one upon the other. Witlioiit the exist- ence of one the other would lose most of its infinite worth. Thestudents of the Normal College have alwaysgrealized the importance of a staunch adherence to the principles of the Turnerbund. They realize that the Normal College and the American Turnerbund, in order to exist and con- tinue to constructively influence individuals and institutions of the present day, must have whole-hearted support in every sense of the word. The Normal Col- lege students unreservedly pledge this support, and further pledge their supreme efforts toward a full realization of all the ideas embodied- in that incomparable document, The Fundamental Principles of the American Turnerbundf' Page Fourteen

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- Page Sixta en VALETTA BACHMAN KBachy1 Cambridge City, Indiana Pres. House Committee '31, Hockey '29, Soccer '30, Fieldball '29, Baseball '30, Bas- ketball '31, FRANK H. BOSSE KCh'ickj CIJEK Cincinnati, Ohio Baseball '29, '30, '31, V.-P. Student Council '31, Class Secretary '32. HENRY A. DeNIES Manchester, New Hampshire Track '32, Baseball '32. ROBERT F. FLANEGAN KBobj Los Angeles, California Volleyball '29, '30, '31, '32, Athletic Board '31, '32, Gym Team '29, '30, '31, '32, Fencing '29, '30, '31, Track '29, '30, '31, Tumbling '30, Soccer '30, '31. .. l-1 r-4 r : nz: