Twenty-five Years' Progress in Physical Education

A reprint of an address given by J.H. McCurdy at the 1913 dedication of the McCurdy Natatorium tilted "Twenty-five Years' Progress in Physical Education." The booklet highlights the importance of the work of the college and the impact that it has had over the past twenty-five years.Judd Gymnasia was the first building erected on the new land purchased for the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, along Massasoit Lake in Springfield, Massachusetts. Morrissey and Shea’s Corporation completed construction on the building in September of 1894 and it was formally opened on October 26, 1894. In 1910, trustees authorized the addition of a second gymnasium and swimming pool. The McCurdy Natatorium, a gift of Standard Oil President Herbert Pratt, who requested the pool be named after physical education department head Dr. McCurdy, was completed in April 1913. It was closed on March 18, 1968 and the swimming pool was replaced by Linkletter Natatorium. The Natatorium was remodeled and has served as a dance studio, weight room, the college bookstore and finally, in the spring of 2011, as the Springfield College History Museum which also includes the YMCA Hall of Fame.Booklet is a reprint from The Association Seminar, June, 1913; Series were added to this collection, changing the file name. File names of the uploaded files contain the old name