The Round Hill School secured German scholar Charles Beck in February 1824 shortly after he arrived with Charles Follen on the same ship the previous Christmas. Beck was appointed teacher of Latin, and he soon established at Round Hill the first gym and the first school gymnastics program in the United States.[2][3] The gym was an outdoor facility.[3] Carl Follen was a visitor at Round Hill, and in November 1824 proceeded to Harvard to teach German.[3]