Official handbook .. . asium, there was not a single one devoted to thecolored people. So it was decided to form a clul) which would afford someopportunity to our people, for scientilk physical training. Asit was the first it was called Alpha. With six members, andunder the direction of Dr. John Morgan, the club began itscareer in 1904, in a room in Rev. H. Millers church house,West 134th Street. The Norman brothers. Archibald Thomas,Wm. Simms and Clarence Hutchinson are the charter membersstill active in the .\. P. C. C. Regular exercises in calisthenics and with light apparatuswere taught, a
Official handbook .. . asium, there was not a single one devoted to thecolored people. So it was decided to form a clul) which would afford someopportunity to our people, for scientilk physical training. Asit was the first it was called Alpha. With six members, andunder the direction of Dr. John Morgan, the club began itscareer in 1904, in a room in Rev. H. Millers church house,West 134th Street. The Norman brothers. Archibald Thomas,Wm. Simms and Clarence Hutchinson are the charter membersstill active in the .\. P. C. C. Regular exercises in calisthenics and with light apparatuswere taught, and talks on physical culture given to the mem-bers. Long walks and runs were indulged in when the club became known, and everywhere met withfavor for its standard was high. Its growth was retarded by lack of suitable quarters. Thespace was not enough for mass or class work. The memberspersevered, however. A yearly exhibition of gymnastic exer-cises, as a public entertainment, was arranged. This was a. 1. Curtis. M Street Hijrh Sfhool. S,SO-yar(l (>hampion and record holder. 1909: 2. Steele. Howard Uiiivrrsity. lecord holder; 3, Disinond, HowardUniversity, 440-yard reeord holder; 4. Ieuu. holder scholastic mile record. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 27 complete success. By February. 1906, sufficient funds had beenraised to enable the club to move into its present was purchased and a fairly good gymnasium equip-ped. The membership was then thirty-five. A new member is first given a medical examination todetermine his needs. Then he is set to work at such apparatusas will best benefit him. There is a track team of over twenty men, a first-classbase ball team and two basket ball teams. Further growth ishampered by the lack of an adequate building. So this year( 1909) it has been decided to set aside a part of the proceedsfrom all entertainments toward a building-fund. We have beenassured of the suoport of the public. The aim of the cl
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