PHYSICAL CULTURE
At the Y.M.G.A. gymnasium I#'cvening a demonstration of the regular work carried out by the gymnastic ami physical culture classes was given by the young men’s and ladies’ classes, under the charge of Mr G. W. Postgate (physical director). Mr Postgate explained that the work done by the pupils was not intended to be a display, but was the usual series of body-building exercises and methods of recreation carried out by the senior classes. The evening’s demonstration consisted of apparatus work, depicting elementary work for begnners, followed by advanced movements by a picked squad on the horizontal bar, parallel bars, and vaulting horse. The men’s class was also seen bolli in series of different development floor exercises and in steel wand movements. The ladies’ contribution to the evening, demonstration consisted of deportment, marching, gymnastic dancing, Swedish exercises, dumb-bells display, and intricate movements with short wands.
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Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 5
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147PHYSICAL CULTURE Evening Star, Issue 20134, 26 March 1929, Page 5
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