Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The 1956 MASSASOIT is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hickox who have given so much of tlieniselves to Springfield College. The present student body join with the thousands of alumni in expressing apj)reciation. Page 7

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MiisTonr S{)iin‘j;liel(l College owes its origin to the dream of David Allen Heed, a Congregational minister in Springfield, Massachusetts, who saw the need lor a school which wonld supplement the theological seminaries hy training laymen lor Christian work in churches, YMCA’s, and other community agencies. Under the Reverend Reed ' s leadership, the Spring- lield School lor Christian Workers was founded in 1885. Jacob T. Bowne, secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association, was called to take charge of the department for training Association officers. This was the pioneer attempt to train secretaries lor the oung Men’s Christian Association in a professional school. In 1887, a department for physical training was established under Dr. Luther Halsy Guliek. This was also a jiioneer enterprise. Through the years, hundreds of trained physical directors and teachers have gone out into social and educational institutions. The YMCA training enterprise was separately incorporated in 1890 as the International Young Men’s Christian Association Training School. In 190.5, the school was authorized hy the Commonwealth of Massachus- etts to confer the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Humanies and Bache- lor and Master of Physical Education. The school was reehartered as a fully accredited four-year college in 1912 under the title of International oung Men’s Christian Association College. In 1926, the college was authorized to grant the degrees of Bachelor of Science and Master of Education. The granting of the degrees of Mas- ter of Science and Doctor of Physical Education, along with honorary doctor’s degrees, was authorized in 19.50 hy the Board of Collegiate Au- thority. Ou June 10, 19.54. the Board in Boston authorized the change of the corporate title to Springfield College. Jliroughout all of this, Springfield College has gained nationwide and internatif)nal distinction because of its pioneering work in profes- sional training foi the YMCA and lor health and ])hysical education. Basketball, now the world’s most popular indoor sport, was invented here in 1891 hy James Naismith. Amid all the changes since its early days — growth in faculty and tinhmt body, expansion of curriculum, addition of a women’s j)rogram, and acapiisition of new buildings — the College is seeking to retain the basic [Hirposes and tiaditions which hav(“ made it distinctive. Page 6

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SCOTCHMAN “Show me the Scotchman who doesnt love the thistle; Show- me the Englishman who doesn ' t love the rose; Shoiv me the true-hearted son of old Springfield Who doesnt love the spot (!!!) Where the Massasoit flows. “Show me the Gypsy who doesnt love to wander; Show me the sailor who doesnt love to roam; Shoiv me the true-hearted son of old Springfield Who doesnt love to sing (!!!) Of his Massasoit home. “Tell all the Dutchmen ivho hail from o ' er the ocean ; Tell all the Irishmen ivho kiss the Blarney Stone; Tell them that true-hearted sons of old Springfield W ill always jiraise the sjiot ( !!! ) Where the Massasoit is known.