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

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NOVEMBER 21-28 NO Homecoming! Despite the depression many of the Alums came back to Alma Mater. Open house at the Dorm and Fraternity House. Exhibition by all classes. Gymnast Tag Day. Customary basketball game between Alums and the Varsity. Varsity won 45-30 Ta-da! Saturday night was the climax of our Homecoming-a big dance was given in the Kellersall- one of our Alums Dick Barrick sang us a song or two. Good going- Dick. Phi Delts have dinner at Columbia Club and Psi Kaps at Sheffield Inn. VEMBER 28-DECEM BER 5 Intramural basketball begins. Drs. Kime, Sputh, Hoffman and Gabe on hand with first aid kits. Eakin was seriously abused during one of the games-the boys suggested calling a priest. Friday Assembly-Letters were awarded to Misses Koenig, Kummer, Peterson, Hickey and Pogue. The men were:-Messrs., Werder, Treichler, Gordon, Dannenfeldt and Klafs. The Sophomore Class, mens section was excused Cthrown outj from as- sembly for misbehavior and returned only after having apologized to the Freshman Class for their behavior. Bill Klier was spokesman. DECEMBER 5-12 Varsity winning streak is broken by Hanover-who cares-the boys had a pleasant social time Oden says, the tea was served in pink cups. ' Fraulein Bopp brings a flashlight to escort herself out of N. A. G. U. after her class in German at 5:30. Her class is composed of sophomore class fl-loodlumsj. Maybe she's afraid in the lonely corridors with hood- lums around. A What ho! Mrs. Hester goes somewhere for a whole day-WHOOPEE! DECEMBER 12-19 ' Going home week. N. A. G. U. sees great preparation for the invasion toward home. Mineo says he's sure to beat ole Nick-The Essex will be fit and ready-ask him? Big Gym Meet for girls-Stahl was high point scorer for Freshmen and Fox for Sophomores. Sophs ran away with the meet. Union station on Saturday morning was just a meeting place for Normal Students. Shouts of Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year resounded through the halls. Fare- well for two weeks. Mr. Rinsch on the side, warns everyone about the tests after vacation. JANUARY 4-11 Page Everyone back to school and ready for work UD. On the horizon looms final exams. The new N. A. G. U. Annex-yeah! right next to the Dean's office. The Dean finally found a way to keep notorious ragtime piano players out of the Frosh Lecture Room-he made a gym out of it. Incidentally the basketball team won a game-yeah! you're right. The slippery floor proved too much for the future politicians of Indiana from the Law School. -ml Eighty

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JANUARY 11-17 Lecture from Dean for men. How to dance . Thelma Meyers is becom- ing notoriously popular with her dancing technique. Good Manners Week :-everyone trying to be an actor-you know what 1 mean-act nice. A frosh said Good-Morning to a prominent soph and he became hysterical like Mr. Hyde. i Mrs. Hester complimented the Soph. class in Advanced Dancing. Doc. Sputh was called in to administer first aid to everyone except Boom-Boom Nelson. The gym team went on a trip. The famous trio got hot and as a result Flannegin pitched Lynn up into the balcony instead of Ed. Sturni who waited gritting his eyes and blinking his teeth. They announced Klafs next vault on the long horse-he ran like a madman! How that man could pant! He jumped-all eyes were upon him- he landed on his teeth! Bravo!! The judges gave him 2 points for trying. JANUARY 1:7-23 Floor exams-nice eh? Mrs. Hester and the Dean used the Siamese Alpha- bet in grading-you know it-it starts with a d -goes to e and finally uf . Roller Skating Party at Riverside, given by All Student Association. Over a 100 were present and it was an exceptionally successful affair. Mrs. Hester was present also. Mineo, Koenig and Prybilski were the burning sensations of the evening, while Len Pielmeir and D'Nies were comediennes on roller skates. Girls apparatus class had 2 big accidents. Irma Klafs hurt her back and a big commotion ensued. Bee Massman, not getting enough attention, banged her head, and as a result the crowd shifted in her direction. Lecture from Doc Kime for the girls, on Tues. evening-and did all the girls get to school on time. just ask them. Schedule is out-and German students have no flashlight classes. JANUARY 23-31 A Hear ye muscle men-Samuel Siegal fighting Earl Vornheder in three great rounds to a decision. Don't crowd! don't crowd! There's plenty of room on the chandelier. Sonny boy swings-misses and Porky Earl gets pneumonia from the wind of it. He's got a dirty left glove !-you'se guys should've been here-its over. Porky swings and missed again-Sam swings and didn't miss-tra la folks! Week of finals. Over the week-end everyone studying. Freshmen get the usual treat of watching the Sophs go thru their exercises during the Applied Anatomy exam. Turn Hall dance and everyone had a merry time. FEBRUARY 1-7 Page Sophs assigned to practice teaching supervisors. Basketball team go to Cleveland and have an enjoyable time at Socialer Turnverein where they were treated royally by Carl Hein and Red Schreiber. Eighty-two