University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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They Train in dorm rooms . . . . . . or in The quietness of The library. STUDYING Training sessions Take place all over The camp. The supervised ones are held aT Sabin or Wright, buT Those for which They are lefi To Their ovvn devices generally Take place aT The library or in dormiTory rooms. Unlike The odors of The average gym, Those Typical of These Training places are The freshness of vvax, The mustiness of collecTed books, The pungence of ink, and The Welcome smell of coffee. , i

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Hu-nb....... Usually The challenge is faced wiTh enfhusiasm, buf . As The season wears on, Training be- comes rouTine, a series of hikes To The library, self-discipline sessions aT sTudy Tables and The lugging of muscle-build- ing loads of books from library To dorm and back again. Sensing This rouTine, The Trainers inserT a few bouTs wiTh ob- iecTive or subiecTive-Type sparring parT- ners. The parTners usually win. Wham' kind of headway can one make when The official scores on a righT-minus-wrong basis? By The end of The session They can'T deTecT rnuch improvemenT in Their ToTal Techniques, perhaps, buT Their muscles bulge a liTTle more ominously! They sTill haven'T won any baTTles, buT They are geTTing ready.

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Their brains become toughened. Every trainee discovers at least one fundamental rule to which he subscribes almost religiously. He learns that before one can be a challenger he must be met with a challenge-and must work toward the goal of meeting it. The trainees in this case develop the mental agility re- quired by the concise art of writing themes and term papers, as well as the grasp one must have on what he reads or hears before he can make it his own. He dis- covers ,how little he knows about himself and his art. But his aspirations for the Big Time are always iust ahead, well within sight, encouraging him to progress, picking him up after each unsuccessful tussle, assuring him that this is the training camp of many champions, giving him hope that he might someday be one of them. 4. The favorite training site? Outdoors of course. Coffee is always handy.