Report on the Character of New York Public School Boys, by Luther Gulick (July, 1904)
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This is a typed copy of "The Report on the Character of New York Public School Boys," by Luther Halsey Gulick, the director of Physical Training for the Public Schools of New York, that was sent to Dr. William H. Maxwell, the New York City Superintendent of Schools, on July 11, 1904. It includes a statement by Mr. Maxwell dated July 12, 1904 and was sent to the editors of newspapers. The report talks about students attending the first National Athletic Competition of the Public Schools of North America that was held during the 1904 St. Louis World Fair that also was the site for the 1904 Olympics. Topics he brings up includes the results, the effects and meaning it had to attend, and how they handled themselves during the competition.
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Luther Gulick 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 the Springfield College's seal, the inverted triangle, whose three sides represent the whole man - in spirit, mind and body. The symbol was first adopted by the school's students in 1891. Later, it was adopted by the YMCA and is still the basis for the symbol they use today. While at Springfield, Gulick directed James Naismith, who was a teacher at the school, to create a winter sport to be played indoors. Soon after, Naismith created the game 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, a youth movement for girls which emphasized camping, outdoor activities and preparing women for work outside the home. Gulick died at his summer home in Maine at the age of 52.
