Luther Halsey Gulick with Physical Department students, 1890

Item Information

Title:
Luther Halsey Gulick with Physical Department students, 1890
Description:
Photograph of Springfield College, then the YMCA Training School, 1890 Physical Department students posed with various athletic equipment. Luther Gulick is in the center holding the calipers. Pictured in the photograph are Henry F. Kellenberg (Class of 1891), James H. McCurdy (Class of 1890), Frederick A. Kraft (Class of 1891), Lory Prentiss (Class of 1890), William E. Ninde (Class of 1891), Luther H. Gulick, Lewis R. Montgomerie (Class of 1891), Irving W. Larimore (Class of 1891), William H. Barton (Class of 1891), William J. Keller (Class of 1891), George Williams (Class of 1891).
Date:
1890
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
IMLS YMCA Historical Image Collection
Subjects:
Springfield College--Students
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918
McCurdy, J. H. (James Huff), 1866-1940
Kallenberg, Henry F.
Kraft, Frederick A.
Prentiss, Lory
Ninde, William E.
Montgomerie, Lewis R.
Larimore, Irving W.
Barton, William Henry
Keller, William J.
Williams, George (Class of 1891)
Group portraits
Athletes
Physical education
Physical fitness
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/620
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
Gulick, the father of physical education and recreation in the United States, came to the School for Christian Workers (now Springfield College) in 1887 where he helped found the physical training department and served as its first director. Gulick also created Springfield College's seal, the inverted triangle, whose three sides represent the whole man - in spirit, mind and body. While at Springfield, Gulick directed James Naismith, who was a teacher at the school, to create a winter sport to be played indoors thus leading to the invention of basketball. Gulick left Springfield College in 1900 to work as the physical education director at the Pratt Institute High School in Brooklyn. In 1910, Gulick and his wife Charlotte founded the Camp Fire Girls of America. Gulick died at his summer home in Maine at the age of 52.
The original photograph is mounted on cardboard backing not shown in scanned image.
Identifier:
SC18755