those sports demanding a certain amount of skill, including, for instance, boxing, wrestling, tennis, golf, riding, roller-skating, rowing, etc. In these courses the fee is usually a little higher, the charge for a golf lesson (including the loan of clubs and balls) being RM 4 for five, one and a half hour-periods of instruction, each of which is charged at the rate of 80 pfennigs. Other fees vary, the charge for a one and a half hour lesson in tennis being RM 1; boxing, 40 pfennigs; sramming, 40 pfennigs; rifle shooting (including ammunition) 50 pfennigs; riding, RM l; roller skating, 40 pfennigs; etc. For those distinctly athletically inclined, a course in preparation for the fairly difficult all-round tests for the acquisition of the Reich Sport Medal is also offered at the price of RM 3.20. As part of a scheme aiming at a general survey of the German workers' health, all sport participants in Strength through Joy may receive free a physical examination. Another privilege that is extended free is the offering of setting-up exercises at public beaches for any of the bathers who wish to join in. In Berlin, public-school gymnasiums or fire houses are utilized usually for the meeting places of the indoor courses, while those requiring outdoor space are held either on private fields or |