Description
The Ronald Press Company, Published 1961. Hardcover, vii, 92 pp.; 26 cm; Second Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Foreword by L. R. Herkimer, founder of the National Cheerleaders Association.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition, no dust jacket. Tan cloth boards lettered in green on front and spine; mild shelf and edge wear, some bumping along top edge, and mild spotting to front cover. Binding tight. Front free endpaper torn out, leaving a stub at front gutter. Pages mildly toned, otherwise unmarked. Second edition of the instructional manual by Newt Loken (1919-2011), NCAA all-around gymnastics champion at Minnesota in 1942 and longtime gymnastics and cheerleading coach at the University of Michigan; first published in 1945 as Cheerleading and Marching Bands. Material collected from his summer and one-day cheerleading clinics. Includes chapters on the history of organized cheering, motions, yells and chants from schools across the country, stunts, tumbling, pep clubs, pep rally skits, and flash card displays and pom-pom routines, with sequence photographs demonstrating motions, stunts, and tumbling. Contents: Cheerleading Today; The Cheerleader; Motions; Execution of Yells; Favorite Yells and Chants; Novelty Yells and Songs; Stunts; Tumbling; Pep Club Organization and Functions; Pep Rally Skits and Stunts; Flash Card Displays and Pom-Pom Routines; Index.