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School Data: It has taken longer than planned to gather and prepare the College and University Data promised for this edition of the MG. We are in the process of putting all the information we received into chart form, and it will be published in the next edition of the MG.
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THE MODERN GYMNAST MAGAZINE
CG Official Publication of the United States Gymnastic Federation
CONTENTS VOLUME VII
JANUARY
NUMBER 12
NOTES FROM THE EDITOR ..... ....... ...... Glenn Sundby 4 GUEST EDITORIAL ... ... ..... ... ... ... ..... . Don Tonry 6 CHALK TALK ..... ............ ..... .. .. .. .. ........ ........ .. . 7 VIEWPOINTS ....... ... .... .. .... .. ...... .... Dick Criley 8 CANADIAN REPORT ....... .... ... .. .... .. .. John Nooney 9 ANYONE FOR ALL-AROUND .. .. .... .... .. .. Gerold George, Don Tonry, Dan Millman and Borislav Vajin .. .. 10 THE BASEL GYMNAESTRADA .... ...... .. . A. B. Frederick 15 JUDGING BY JERRy ... ....... ... .. ...... .. Jon Culbertson 18 MG REGIONAL REPORTS .. ... .... ..... ... ... .. ... ... .... ..... 20 LETTERS ......... .... ..... ... .. .. ... ... ... ........ .. ... .... ... . 28 MG CALENDAR .. ....... .. ......... ... .... ..... .. ... .... ..... .. 30
Robert Schmidt 1898-1969 Although a bit belated we would like to note the passing of a friend in gymnastics, Robert Schmidt. Whenever we met at international events, he always had something encouraging to say about the MG and your struggling editor. Robert was a contributing editor for the Olympische Turnkunst, and we quoted from that publication's remarks in their most recent edition: " On June 1st, 1969, the world of gymna stics lost one of its greatest experts, Robert Schmidt (w. Germany). There were only few who equaled this diploma mathematician and physicist in his command of the mechanical principles underlying gymnastics. It was gymnastics to which he devoted all his spare time. His power of remembering the routines of former champions was amazing! Nobody in the world had a greater knowledge of the early history of men's Olympic gymnastics. The editor of Olympic Turnkunst has suffered a grievous loss through the death of this contributor who also took a lively interest in all matters concerning O. T. generally and made valuable suggestions. His friend , Karl Koenen , writes on page 31 about what Robert Schmidt meant to German gymna st s. Koenen stresses that his friend was a man of sober habits who neither drank nor smoked. Three days before he died of a brain stroke he was still coaching his club 's gymnasts. Aged 71 he was able to do the free planche and the onearm handstand on the floor, thus proving his fitness . But death will always be the ultimate victor, and we must reconcile ourselves to its seeming arbitrariness. To do this in Robert Schmidt's case is difficult and painful. "
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COVER: Jeff Weils, AA Gymnast from Springfield College
PUBLISHER-EDITOR GLENN SUNDBY
ASSOCIATE EDITORS-TECHNICAL DICK CRILEY, FEATURE KEN SAKODA, LAYOUT
ASSOCIATE EDITORS - Feature A. Bruce Frederick, Education; Or. James S. Bosco, Research; Jerry Wright, Competition; Frank Bare. USGF; John Nooney, Canada; Robert Hanscom, YMCA ; Andrzei Gonera, European; Gerald George, Dan Millman & Don Tonry, AA Instructional ; Bill Roetzheim, Instructional.
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