TRANSIT THE SAGA OF SIDNEY THE quarter just ending saw a new scourge come to Weber College. Nothing not even the final exams held such dread for the students as did this new horror. The entire student body lived in fear of it; it was the number one bad news of the campus; everywhere could be seen the terrible results of this irrepressible evil the compulsory daily gym classes. The school installed the new military physical education course for the students' physical betterment. The new classes are a very worthy aid to the wartime student a preparation for the difficult struggle ahead. It is truly an excellent preparation because the struggle ahead certainly couldn't be more difficult than the preparation itself. Following is the case history of a typical Weber College freshman, Sidney Gilch. Sidney is a sturdy lad (five feet, ten inches tall and weighing 103 pounds without his wrist watch), and bright as a whip, or something. Sidney had always employed his talents in striving for scholastic perfection, and his only accomplishment in the way of physical exertion was a marvelous game of snooker. When Sid (short for Sidney) discovered the notice on the bulletin board announcing the new compulsory gym classes, he raced to the college bookstore and borrowed a dictionary. When he found what "compulsory" meant, he was frozen with fright. "My Gawd," thought poor Sid, "A daily gym class in my condition! They'll never compulse me to exert myself every day!" he vowed. The following Monday Sidney reported in the gymnasium ready for the first physical workout he had had since his second year in the eighth grade. Because it was the first day of the new class, the BEFORE SIDNEY GILCH, JUST BEFORE HIS FIRST CLASS IN THE NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE. 6 WINTER, 1943 By BOB PETERSON instructor just put the boys through a few loosening-up exercises. First the students did push-ups for ten or twelve or fifteen or twenty or thirty minutes. Then the coach told the survivors to do at least 130 sit-ups. Some of the fellows began to lag behind and even threatened to quit. This was quickly remedied by the coach. He would simply give the slacker a gentle kick in the back of the neck. After the coach had propped the students up to a position of attention he allowed them to rest for several seconds. So that the boys' muscles wouldn't tighten up, the instructor had them taper off by sprinting about the gym eighteen times, climbing up the rope seven times each (and down the rope an equal number of times, of course), and doing the burpee for th remaining fifteen minutes. The rescue squad then removed the bodies to the showers. Sidney did much better than anyone had expected him to do. He was one of the last to pass out. The effects of his first gym class soon wore off and Sid was back on his feet in a few days and was able to return to school in two weeks. He continued his daily physical exercising school in the gym class and by the end of the quarter he had gained three-quarters of a pound and was in tip-top condition. This is but one of many examples of how the new physical education course has made men of our boys and physically improved the entire student body. Before I forget it, here is an announcement that the physical education instructors have asked me to make: "If the boys who lost their stomachs during the ten o'clock gym class last Wednesday will call at the gymnasium they will be returned in good condition. AFTER SIDNEY, JUST AFTER THE LAST CLASS IN THE NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSE. NOTICE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARM AND LEG MUSCLES AND SID'S CONFIDENT SMILE. 7