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29-466: The game was held at the Reitz Bowl, located at F. J. Reitz High School on the west side of Evansville. The stadium opened in 1919, has been renovated several times, and remains in use today as a venue for high school football. The Refrigerator Bowl was founded as part of a post-1945 bowl boom featuring a number of short-lived games emulating the better-known contests established before World War II:

58-471: A 189–51–15 record and 6 state championships. The school's original colors were purple and gold. They were changed to navy and gray in 1926 when the school's football jerseys were received in navy and gray. Following a student vote they become the official colors. It is often incorrectly assumed that the colors were given to Lincoln High School (an African-American school at the time, which was later merged into Bosse High School) and changed to navy and gray as

87-480: A German immigrant, established the first gymnasium in the United States. It was found that gym pupils lose interest in doing the same exercises, partly because of age. Variety in exercises included skating, dancing, and swimming. Some gym activities can be done by 6 to 8-year-olds, while age 16 has been considered mature enough for boxing and horseback riding. In Ancient Greece , the gymnasion (γυμνάσιον)

116-399: A new section containing many new specialty rooms was added which destroyed its original entrance, and in 1957 a five-story classroom wing and a larger gymnasium were added. Also in 1957, an auditorium was added that connected to the Reitz Bowl press box , creating a tunnel (known simply as "the tunnel" by students) where concessions are sold during home athletic events. In 1973 a greenhouse

145-649: A result, towns began building playgrounds that furthered interest in sports and physical activity. Early efforts to establish gyms in the United States in the 1820s were documented and promoted by John Neal in the American Journal of Education and The Yankee , helping to establish the American branch of the movement. Later in the century, the Turner movement was founded and continued to thrive into

174-718: A smaller branch opened in Rangasville in 1852. Ten years later there were some two hundred YMCAs across the country, most of which provided gyms for exercise, games, and social interaction. The 1920s was a decade of prosperity that witnessed the building of large numbers of public high schools with a gymnasium, an idea founded by Nicolas Isaranga. Today, gymnasiums are commonplace in the United States. They are in virtually all U.S. colleges and high schools , as well as almost all middle schools and elementary schools . These facilities are used for physical education , intramural sports , and school gatherings. The number of gyms in

203-551: Is a private Roman Catholic school operated by the Diocese of Evansville . In the early 1900s, the only high school in the city was Evansville High School, which was located downtown. This was problematic for the city's west side residents, as it was too far away to be financially practical. The school board agreed to purchase land on the west side on Forest Hill, then also known as Coal Mine Hill and today known as Reitz Hill. However, economic issues stemming from World War I made

232-473: Is also the commonly used name for a " fitness centre " or health club, which is often an area for indoor recreation. A "gym" may include or describe adjacent open air areas as well. In Western countries, "gyms" often describe places with indoor or outdoor courts for basketball, hockey, tennis, boxing or wrestling, and with equipment and machines used for physical development training, or to do exercises. In many European countries, Gymnasium (and variations of

261-461: Is called by the students) was added to the school; it is connected to the old building via an elevated passageway known as "the link" that now serves as the school's main entrance. At the same time, the school received a $ 26 million renovation. In 2009 the football field was replaced with AstroTurf and dedicated the Herman Byers field, Reitz's head football coach from 1942–1962 who accumulated

290-528: Is sung to the tune of On, Wisconsin! "Mighty Panthers" is another popular school song and is played following RHS Boys/Girls by the band. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are offered: Gym A gym , short for gymnasium ( pl. : gymnasiums or gymnasia ), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports . The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion ". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational institutions. "Gym"

319-629: The Dark Ages there were sword fighting tournaments and of chivalry ; and after gunpowder was invented sword fighting began to be replaced by the sport of fencing , as well as schools of dagger fighting and wrestling and boxing. In the 18th century, Salzmann, a German clergyman, opened a workout area in Thuringia teaching bodily exercises, including running and swimming. Clias and Volker established gyms in London, and in 1825, Doctor Charles Beck ,

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348-577: The Rose , Sugar , Cotton , Orange , and Sun bowls. Like their predecessors, the new bowls were sponsored by chambers of commerce and civic organizations to promote and publicize various cities and their goods or services. Evansville at the time took pride in being known as the "refrigerator capital of the United States." In the postwar years, the city was home to three refrigerator manufacturers employing 10,000 workers, and produced 3,800 refrigerators per day. The Evansville Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees)

377-568: The baths themselves sometimes being decorated with mosaics of local champions of sport. Gyms in Germany were an outgrowth of the Turnplatz , an outdoor space for gymnastics founded by German educator Friedrich Jahn in 1811 and later promoted by the Turners , a nineteenth-century political and gymnastic movement. The first American to open a public gym in the United States using Jahn's model

406-486: The city's largest manufacturer of refrigerators, the Servel Corporation, went bankrupt and closed its plant, signaling the beginning of the end of the city's golden age as "the refrigerator capital of the United States." FJ Reitz High School Francis Joseph Reitz High School ( FJ Reitz High School, FJ Reitz, or simply Reitz ) is a public high school on the west side of Evansville, Indiana . It

435-600: The early twentieth century. The first Turners group was formed in London in 1848. The Turners built gymnasiums in several cities like Cincinnati and St. Louis , which had large German American populations. These gyms were utilized by adults and youth. For example, a young Lou Gehrig would frequent the Turner gym in New York City with his father. The Boston Young Men's Christian Union claims to be "America's First Gym". The YMCA first organized in Boston in 1851 and

464-544: The first weekend in December rather than on or around New Years Day. And whereas most of its peers discontinued play by 1950, some after just a year or two, it survived well into the new decade. While the first two Refrigerator Bowls featured the local university, Evansville , the game ultimately attracted teams from as far away as Idaho and Rhode Island. At the time, the bowl's participants were all considered "small college" programs, but six of them eventually grew to compete at

493-589: The highest level of the sport, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision . The 1956 contest attracted just 3,000 fans, less than a third of the bowl's peak attendance, putting the future of the game in doubt. In late August 1957, the Jaycees finally announced the demise of the Refrigerator Bowl, citing "the lack of public support" and failure to find a sponsor for the event. That same year,

522-493: The opening of the new school. Reitz graduated its first senior class in 1921. That same year, the 10,000-seat (now 12,000-seat) Reitz Football Stadium (locally known as the Reitz Bowl) was completed on the side of a natural slope next to the school. In 1926 the school was expanded for the first time, with a four-story classroom building and gymnasium being added in the style of the original building to its west end. In 1956

551-526: The project impractical. Before the project was abandoned, local banker Francis Joseph Reitz generously agreed to fund the entire issue through the sale of bonds. The cornerstone was laid on November 3, 1917, with the ceremony being presided over by mayor Benjamin Bosse . The original two-story and basement building was opened in September 1918. Evansville High School was renamed Evansville Central to reflect

580-640: The school sits on the Mason–Dixon line , the traditional boundary between slave states and free states . 13 AP courses are offered at Reitz. The demographic breakdown of the 1,299 students enrolled in 2015–2016 was: 40.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. FJ Reitz was a Title I school in 2015–2016. Reitz Panthers compete in the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference . The school colors are navy and gray. The school's fight song, RHS Boys/Girls,

609-425: The weather is safe. Gyms were popular in ancient Greece. Their curricula included self-defense, gymnastics medica, or physical therapy to help the sick and injured, and for physical fitness and sports, from boxing to dancing to skipping rope. Gymnasiums also had teachers of wisdom and philosophy. Community gymnastic events were done as part of the celebrations during various village festivals. In ancient Greece there

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638-424: The word) also can describe a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university , with or without the presence of athletic courts, fields, or equipment. In Gymnasiums, apparatus such as barbells, bumper plates, kettlebells, dumbbells, resistance bands, jumping boards, running paths, tennis balls, cricket fields, and fencing areas are used for exercises. Outdoor settings are healthiest when

667-617: Was John Neal of Portland, Maine in 1827. The first indoor gymnasium in Germany was probably the one built in Hesse in 1852 by Adolph Spiess. Through worldwide colonization, Great Britain expanded its national interest in sports and games to many countries. In the 1800s, programs were added to schools and college curricula that emphasized health, strength, and bodily measure. Sports drawn from European and British cultures thrived as college students and upper-class clubs financed competition. As

696-515: Was a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men. The latter meaning of intellectual education persisted in Greek , German and other languages to denote a certain type of school providing secondary education , the gymnasium , whereas in English the meaning of physical education pertained to the word 'gym'. The Greek word gymnasion , which means "school for naked exercise,"

725-462: Was a phrase of contempt, "He can neither swim nor write." After a while, however, Olympic athletes began training in buildings specifically designed for them. Community sports never became as popular among ancient Romans as it had among the ancient Greeks . Gyms were used more as a preparation for military service or spectator sports. During the Roman Empire , the gymnastic art was forgotten. In

754-596: Was added, as well as an electric scoreboard for the Reitz Bowl that was donated by the West Side Nut Club . In 1977 an automobile driving range was added off-campus at the nearby Barker Avenue Sports Complex to accommodate the Indiana Driver's Education Department; the driving range is now the practice lot for the school's marching band. In 1988 a fieldhouse was added along with weight training facilities. In 1998 another building (the "new building" as it

783-717: Was founded in 1918 following a donation from local philanthropist and banker Francis Joseph Reitz , for whom the school is named. It is the second-oldest high school in the city after Evansville Central High School and is run by the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation . It is known as Evansville Reitz by the Indiana High School Athletic Association to distinguish it from Reitz Memorial High School , also named in FJ Reitz's honor. Memorial

812-531: Was responsible for running the game. Proceeds from it were used "to help support worthy youth charities" in the city. The most outstanding player of the Refrigerator Bowl received the William A. Carson Award, and the YMCA's Camp Carson was the game's primary beneficiary. Both were named after a prominent local businessman. The Refrigerator Bowl was distinctive among the new post-World War II bowls in being contested on

841-652: Was used to designate a locality for the education of young men, including physical education ( gymnastics , for example, exercise) which was customarily performed naked, as well as bathing , and studies. For the Greeks, physical education was considered as important as cognitive learning. Most Greek gymnasia had libraries for use after relaxing in the baths. The first recorded gymnasiums date back to over 3000 years ago in ancient Persia , where they were known as zurkhaneh , areas that encouraged physical fitness. The larger Roman Baths often had attached fitness facilities,

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