What the Red Triangle Stands for, by Luther Gulick
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An article written by Luther Gulick for the YMCA publication "Association Men" explaining the meaning of the red triangle. The article appears in the June 1918 edition of the "Association Men." Gulick created the inverted triangle symbol to represent the whole man - in spirit mind and body. The symbol was used by the YMCA and Springfield College. During WWI the red triangle symbolized Christian service to the soldiers. Gulick explains that the symbol does not represent a line of work, but rather the development of the whole man. Gulick was the first director of the physical education department at Springfield College.
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After leaving Springfield College, 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.
There is a typed transcript version of this article. For this document see http://cdm15370.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15370coll2,553.
Is page 774-775, 809 from volume XLIII no. 10, June 1918 of Association Men