Professor Affleck Announces Retirement and Anticipates Busy Life of Writing (July 14, 1940)

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Title:
Professor Affleck Announces Retirement and Anticipates Busy Life of Writing (July 14, 1940)
Description:
A newspaper article published by the Springfield Sunday Union and Republican titled, "Professor Affleck Announces Retirement and Anticipates Busy Life of Writing". The article is dated July 14, 1940. The article speaks about George Baird Affleck, a Springfield College Professor, career, in particular his work with camping and the College Camp, and his plans for life after retirement. There is a photograph of campers pulling up canoes on the Watershops pond and a draying by Robert Parsons of Dr. George Affleck. George Baird Affleck (1876-1958) spent his boyhood in the woods of Canada, where he became an enthusiastic trapper, camper, and naturalist. He attended Manitoba Provincial Normal School (g. 1895), University of Manitoba (g. 1897), and Springfield College (g. 1901), where he played on the lawn hockey team. He worked as the Assistant Secretary of the Winnipeg YMCA from 1898-1899 and as the Physical Director of the State Teachers College (Cedar Falls, Iowa) from 1901-1907. He spent the following two years as the Physical Director of the Central Department YMCA in Chicago. In 1908, Springfield College hired Affleck, and he remained here until his retirement in 1941. Affleck was professionally affiliated with the American Student Health Association, National Education Association, College Physical Directors’ Society, AAHPRER, American Social Hygiene Association, and American Camping Association of YMCA Secretaries. For thirty years, he compiled and edited the “Selected Bibliography in Physical Education.” He wrote articles for the Association Seminar, Physical Training Magazine, Pedagogical Seminar, Camping World, Journal of Health and Physical Education, Research Quarterly, and he co-authored the Classification for Physical Education Library. In 1944, Springfield College awarded him the Tarbell Medallion, which recognizes outstanding service.
Creator:
Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
Date:
July 14, 1940
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
George Baird Affleck Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Camping
College Camp
Springfield College--Faculty
Affleck, George Baird, 1876-
Parsons, Robert P.
Sketches
Drawing
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
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Publisher:
Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
affleck-george-newsarticle-1940-07-14