1920s-era footage circulated by the Oregon Agricultural College Extension Service. Depicts the training given women in physical education at Oregon Agricultural College, including
apparatus work, outdoor exercises, corrective exercises for physical defects, indoor and outdoor
sports, baseball, basketball, tennis, swimming, archery, aesthetic dancing, and the flag drill.
Scenes include--
Good Physique is through physical education:
- Gymnastics
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Outside exercise (free exercise)
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Marching
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Correction of physical defects (individually) by working out on equipment indoors
College girls help clinic of grade school boys exercise
Outside training of grace & balance:
- Dance
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Aesthetic technique
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Old folk dancing
Sports are important:
- Canoeing
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Archery
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Games
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Tennis
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Basketball practice
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Basketball game
The Flag Drill as presented at the Military Tournament
Digitized from a 16-mm film held in the OSU Oregon State University Historical Motion Picture Films (FV048:014), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
