Transcript of What the Red Triangle Stands for, by Luther Gulick
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A transcript of an article written by Luther Gulick for the June 1918 YMCA publication "Association Men" explaining the meaning of the red triangle. It is not known when or who created the transcript. Gulick created the inverted triangle symbol to represent the whole man - in spirit mind and body. During WWI the red triangle symbolized Christian service to soldiers. Gulick explains that the symbol does not represent a line of work but rather the development of the whole man.
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Gulick was the first director of the physical training department at Springfield College. After leaving the Training School, Gulick served as physical education director at the Pratt Institute High School in Brooklyn and later became head of the physical training for the New York public schools. Gulick and his wife, Charlotte Vedder Gulick, went on to found of the Camp Fire Girls of America in 1910 as a sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. Luther Gulick died August 13, 1918 at his summer home in Maine.
This is a transcription of an original article and has no physical location. To view the original article refer to pages 774-775 of Association Men magazine, Vol. XLIII No. 10, June 1918. Also, see this file in the digital Collections - http://cdm15370.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15370coll2,576
