Gossip and More
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Gossip and More
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GOSSIP AND MORE
Maxwell Garrett has undertaken a study of "reaction time" as subject for his post-graduate thesis. He has chosen fifteen people as "guinea pigs": five plain, everyday average persons, five people who are learning to fence, and five experienced fencers. He has developed a special portable electrical testing machine with which he intends to make one-hour tests at monthly intervals. He wishes to prove whether or not reaction time can be improved in the individual and has chosen fencing as a means of proof.
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A second televised fencing program has been presented within the past month. In this program Ralph E. Marson and Nickolas Muray performed with plenty of sound in exciting encounters in all three weapons. It was a half-hour afternoon program whose reception received favorable comment.
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Miss Helena Mroczkowska, whose fencing successes occupy considerable space elsewhere in this magazine, was given special space in the New York Times for another "sport" activity. On December 18th the Times reported that she was the first girl to "solo" this year in the civilian flight training program sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the Metropolitan area.
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The Columbia Rapier Club is leaving no stone unturned to make this year's Party bigger and better than ever. This Club has always had the knack of putting over fencing exhibitions with pep, excitement, and variety and has again obtained the help of top-notch blade-wielders. It also promises an unusual program of legerdemain and magic by Julian Bush, ex-Columbia fencer, whose continued interest in the sport usually fills his programs with sabres, epees, and bloodless surgery. A complete program followed by a formal dance should make this year's Party one of the best, which means excellent.
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American fencing is fortunate in having Mr. Carlo Anselmi come to these shores for permanent residence. Mr. Anselmi has been a member of the Technical Committee of the F.I.E. for many years but what is more important to us, he is probably the greatest technical director in all weapons that Europe has ever developed. His skill and efficiency as a director in Italy requires no further proof than the requests for his service in that capacity by the French team itself in many French-Italian fencing contests. As a former member of the Italian Olympic Fencing Team, he plans to resume active competitive fencing and has joined the N.Y.A.C.
Mr. Anselmi's method of directing includes not only the fast, accurate analysis of movements but also a charmingly authoritative control of judges, contestants, and spectators which has become the model for fencing directors all over the world. American fencing not only can make good use of his services but also with his good example should go far in the improvement and development of its own directors.
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The New York Times Magazine of January 21st featured a fencing article entitled, "Eh, La!" by Mr. Kenneth Stewart, staff writer. Mr. Stewart knew nothing about fencing when he undertook the assignment but, after visiting all of the Salle d’Armes, talking to professionals and amateurs and reading an extensive bibliography on the sport, turned out an article that should prove interesting to non-fencers and fencers alike.
