Dr. Laurence L. Doggett to Dr. James H. McCurdy (September 27, 1917)

Item Information

Title:
Dr. Laurence L. Doggett to Dr. James H. McCurdy (September 27, 1917)
Description:
Dr. Laurence L. Doggett, president of Springfield College, writes to Dr. James H. McCurdy in this typewritten letter dated September 27, 1917. Doggett brags that men who have taken his war war course are better prepared. Asks about a school being created in France that would be a branch of Springfield College.
Creator:
Doggett, L. L. (Laurence Locke), 1864-1957
Date:
September 27, 1917
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Armed Forces Collection > a
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
World War, 1914-1918
Springfield College
Springfield College--Presidents
Doggett, L. L. (Laurence Locke), 1864-1957
McCurdy, J. H. (James Huff), 1866-1940
Alumni & alumnae
War work
College presidents
Correspondence
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/19607
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
James Huff McCurdy, M.D. (1866-1940) graduated in 1890 from the YMCA Training School, now known as Springfield College. In 1895, Dr. James H. McCurdy returned to the school as an instructor. He contributed to the field of physical education in many ways, including his studies on the relationship between heart rate, blood pressure, and motor tasks in adolescent boys. In 1924, he published one of the first texts for Exercise Physiology. In 1918, James H. McCurdy realized the need “for an extensive programme of sports and recreation in the immediate postwar period that would bridge the gap and ease the transition between military service and civilian life.” The result was the Inter-Allied Games, the biggest international sports event that had ever been held at that time. Attended by 25,000 people, the Games were a huge success. Dr. McCurdy was the Director of the Division of Athletes, Hygiene and Health for the American YMCA among American troops in France. Peter V. Karpovich (1896-1975) was born in Russia and trained as a medical doctor at the State Military Academy of Medicine in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia in 1919. Under increasing political and professional turmoil, he fled to Latvia in 1922. In Latvia, Karpovich worked at the Riga YMCA. In 1925, he traveled to the United States for an opportunity to conduct research at Springfield College. While there, he enrolled at the college as a special advanced student and earned a master’s degree in physical education. In 1927, while completing his studies, he became a professor of physiology at the college. In the late 1940s, he met and married his second wife, Josephine Rathbone, an acclaimed scholar of physical education and relaxation. From 1961 to 1969, he served as the director of the physiology research laboratory at Springfield College, where he published several seminal books. Karpovich was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine and a consultant to many government, private and educational organizations. He was and remains an internationally recognized pioneer in physical education.
Identifier:
rg104-01-a-01-04-070