Panzer College - Olympia Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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only twenty-one, but small as it was, it laid a splendid foundation for the students to come. Many of these were state normal and college graduates; the school is proud indeed of the record of its first students, for they hold important and responsible positions in the field of physical education. At the termination of the school year of 1918, the founders re- linquished their interest in the school in the favor of Mr. Henry Panzer. Under his splendid direction the aims and high standards of the found- ers of the school have been maintained and expanded, and will continue to be, we hope, for many years to come. In the next five years the faculty increased with Frieda Schlager, James Cavanaugh, Margaret C. Brown, Charles Allen, Charles Schneider and Veronine Vestoff. Already the students were reaching out, the graduates were becom- ing invaluable in the public school systems of Newark and surrounding cities. The school was embarking on its far-reaching voyage; it was be- coming well known, an unusual event for a school so young. The standard of work grew and the enrollment increased so that the Turnverein became too small to hold the classes, and the next step was to find a new home. This was discovered in the Temple B ' nai Abraham Social Center, located at South Tenth St. and Clinton Ave., Newark. Here were splendid accommodations, a spacious gymnasium, ample apparatus, an auditorium, a beautiful swiinming pool, and large locker and shower rooms. At this time, 1924, Marion D. Jamison, John Reed, and Edward Boyd Smack became members of our faculty. In 1925-26, the school, in order to meet the requirements of other states, including New York and Wisconsin, added a three-year course to t he curriculum. Also during this year, a valuable addition was made to the curriculum by Dr. Enoch George Payne, in the form of a new subject, Health Education. This was found to be of great assistance to teachers of physical education. When Dr. Payne left, he was suc- ceeded by Carl Marsden, whom we still have with us. At this time, Wilde Singer, a splendid teacher of Psychology and Pedagogy, entered our midst. As time went on, it could be seen that the quarters in which the school was located were impossible, because that invaluable asset, time, was restricted. The expansion of the curriculum and the ever increasing enrollment showed an imminent danger, that of lack of efficiency in the work turned out by the students. In other words, every moment was taken and there was no time left over for extra practice. j

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HISTORY OF THE NEWARK NORMAL SCHOOL FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HYGIENE r was in the holidays of 1916-17 that the plans for a Normal School I for Physical Education were consummated. A normal school had been suggested several times before this, but at last the great scarcity of teachers of physical education and the difficulty of our Newark school system in obtaining competent teachers and substitutes decided us to act. Then, too, the quality of the candidates who applied for posi- tions made apparent the opportunity afforded for developing a higher standard of mental and physical attainment. The school was first located at the Newark Turnverein, and it re- mained there until 1924. It was founded by Mr. Mathias Macherey and Mr. Randall Warden. The original faculty consisted of Mr. Jack Morris, who was then the director of the school, Mathias Macherey, Randall Warden, Dr. Frank Kaufhold, Maxmilian Grozman, a brilliant German psychologist, George Seikel, Carl Anderson, Walter Short, A. B., Christine Dobbins, Gertrude Spinning Gross, and Louise Connelly. The first class to graduate from the school was small, numbering :( 5 } ■■

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Accordingly, the school ' s next move was — a real home. This in- volved much legal proceeding, and great sacrifice, but it seems nothing was too much for the directors of the school to undertake. And the result was that the school found itself in its own home in the tenth year of its existence. Property had been purchased at 139 Glenwood Ave., East Orange. Here it must be stated that a finer or more desirable spot could not have been found. In this school year, 1926-27, valuable additions were made to the faculty in the persons of Franz Ericsson, Holger Kilander, and Walter Gustafson, all of Upsala College. At the beginning of this term, our gymnasium was still under con- struction, and through the courtesy of Upsala we were allowed to use its gymnasium until ours was completed. The acquaintances made and the bond which grew during this time with the students and faculty led to the strengthening of an even greater bond- — -that of cooperation be- tween our school and theirs. This has been of great worth to us, espe- cially to our third year students. Having our own home changed the attitudes of the students toward one another to a great degree. We found the school had in reality be- come a home, and this feeling radiated throughout the year. We also found that now our social functions could become successes and truly 4 7 T--