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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 5. 1962.

Your Gymnasium

Your Gymnasium

Physical fitness has a positive effect on Mental fitness. The values of Physical Education to university students are many.

(a)Exercise is needed to maintain and improve physical efficiency which will rapidly decline as the result of sedentary life.
(b)A shift in life expectancy rates shows that people stay young longer. Exercise will help combat the degenerative diseases of later life.
(c)Physical exercise provides valuable outlets for emotional stress which could be a serious hazard of student life if unchecked.
(d)Training for team and individual sports—when players are fit games are much more enjoyable and the risk of injury is reduced.
(e)Physical Education provides opportunities for exploring common interests among students of all faculties.

If time is precious, your choice of the following need only involve one hour per week, yet the benefit derived will repay you remarkably in increased strength, vitality, coordination and mental alertness.

All students and members of the staff are invited to participate in the wide variety of recreational activities offered at the gymnasium.

Gymnastics-5 sessions per week. No previous ability is nenecessary.

Rhythmical Gymnastics—for women. Movement, Design, and Sequence to hit tunes and exciting rhythms.

Fitness Training—Sessions for athletes, swimmers, rowers, soccer and hockey players.

Weight Training—schedules for individuals at times convenient.

Ballroom and Social Dancing—3 sessions per week. Cha Cha, Twist, Tango, Waltz, Quickstep, Samba, Rumba, Rock 'n Roll.

National Dances—from Spain, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Scandinavia, Scotland, Mexico, Hawaii.

Dry Ski Training—courses of instruction during 2nd term.

Intra Mural Sports—Lunchtime competition in table tennis, badminton, basketball, volleyball. Organise your groups now and enter a team with Mr Landreth.

Plans of Exercise—devised after extensive research to enable you to keep fit, and flexible by yourself, at home, at your own rate of progress without any special equipment or facilities.

See Timetable on either Gymnasium or Student Union Notice boards.

Remedial Advice—Personal problems of posture, physique, health, etc., treated individually.

Don't Neglect Yourself

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