Summer Session Class, 1891

Item Information

Title:
Summer Session Class, 1891
Description:
This photograph depicts the Summer Session of the Physical Department of the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College. The picture is mounted on a board with a descriptive text paper pasted on the back. Here it says “Notice students are wearing the new triangle symbol created by Luther Gulick”, which was officially adopted by the College in 1891, “with the addition of the addition of the words Mind, Body and Spirit and reference to Ephesians 4:13. Students had been using Gulick’s symbol for more than two years prior to the acceptance by the Trustees. According to Doggett, in ‘Man and a School’ (pp. 53-54), Pictured:[top row, L-R] J. M. Chase, G. T. Ferguson, W. A. Hinton, A. G. Lund, C. M. Goodrich, E. C. Syrett, F. H. Ralsten, T. P. Bond, E. W. Wilder, C. S. Wilder, [2nd row] A. Pohlmann, A. T. Halsted, M.D., J. S. Gaylord, B. Van Leuven, A. E. Garland, J. Naismith, W. D. Berry, J. A. Howland, J. H. White, [3rd row] J. H. Pollard, E. A. King, R. A. Clark, M.D., H. F. Kallenberg, Luther Gulick, M.D., J. T. Bowne, Prof. E.I. Bosworth, F. N. Seerley, M.D., J. A. Minges, H.E. Rhodes, [4th row, seated on stools] B. T. Loring, W. J. Miller, H. I. Whiteside, S. E. Barrett, H. O. Carmichael, D. D. Taylor, [5th row, seated and reclining on floor] C. H. Brown, L. J. Cooke, L. E. Macomber, W. H. Kinnicutt, C. E. Harris, G. G. Stephens, H. Butterworth, C. H. Smith, E. R. Cooke, and H. B. Wentworth. A second copy of this photograph is available, see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8697. For more information on Luther Halsey Gulick, see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/614. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: PBox-10-07. There is also a paper glued in the back that reads “Notice students are wearing the new triangle symbol created by Luther Gulick, the the symbol was officially adopted by the College in 1891 with the addition of the words Mind, Body and Spirit and reference to Ephesians 4:13. Students had been using Gulick’s symbol for more than two years prior to the acceptance by the Trustees. According to Doggett, in ‘Man and a School’ (pp. 53-54), Gulick accepted the philosophy expounded by Dr. Schaible that one should build up bodily symmetry not only for its own sake but for the best welfare of the whole man-physically, mentally and morally. Additionally, as Doggett points out, ‘the triangle embodies both the Hebrew and Greek ideas of education. It stressed not only on the spirit alone, not the body alone, but the whole person as a unit. The symbol was later adopted by the YMCA and the Camp Fire Girls of America (which was founded by Gulick and his wife Charlotte Vetter Gulick). "
Creator:
Goldsmith Studio
Date:
1891
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
IMLS YMCA Historical Image Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Triangles
Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918
Seerley, Frank N.
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Kinnicutt, William H.
Chase, William R.
Syrett, Edgar C.
Bond, Thomas P.
Van Leuven, Byron
Garland, Albert E.
Berry, Walter D.
Ferguson, George T.
Group portraits
Physical education
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
22.8 x 35.5 cm.
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8696
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Identifier:
SC18748