Letter from Laurence L. Doggett to William H. Kindle, (January 30, 1919)
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A letter from Laurence L. Doggett to William H. Kindle written on January 30th, 1919. In the letter, Doggett congratulates Kindle for his great service in working for the YMCA and of his country. Doggett informs of the College's status and hopes for the next entering class. Doggett was Springfield College's fourth president. He was also the first full-time president and served in the position from 1896-1936. Under Doggett's leadership, Springfield College expanded its student body and faculty. Doggett also oversaw the building of a new gymnasium, library, swimming pool, and athletics. Doggett was instrumental in developing and implementing the College's Humanics philosophy which still guides the college to this day. He retired in 1936 and remains Springfield College's longest-tenured president. Dr. Laurence L. Doggett died in 1957 at the age of 92. William Horace Kindle graduated from Springfield College in 1916. After graduating he became a Physical Director at the "Colored Y.M.C.A. in Chicago, ILL." In 1917 he became an Athletic Director in the Army Y.M.C.A. Camp Upton in N.Y. After the war he would go back and forth between being a Y.M.C.A. Physical Director and a Physical Educator in different colleges in the United States, including Talladega College, and Columbia University.
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