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YMCA formed
The YMCA is founded in England and planted in the U.S. IT sought to offer spiritual guidance to boys. After the Civil War the YMCA shifted to draw more boys in by offering gymnastics and calisthenics. -
Jon Brown's "School Days" published
John brown wrote this book which inagurated a new genre of sports fiction for boys. It got boys more interested in sporting activities -
End of Civil war
After the war ends, boys loked for alternatives to prove their manliness. They started to look up to daring cowboys, hunters, and athletes rather than businessmen or other tradesmen. -
Groton School is founded
Groton School, a private academy, was founded by Endicott Peabody. This started organized athletics in private academies. -
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. works with Springfield College
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. gets his Medical Degree, but decides to take a job with the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. -
Football becomes extremely popular among High School boys
Football used to be mostly popular at the collegeiate level, but in the 1890's it became more popular in High School aged boys. -
The Evolutionary Theory of Play
G. Stanley Hall and Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. come up with the idea that play was based off of ancient hunting instincts. -
Cultural Shifts affect youth
During the industrial revolution, Fathers began to work away from home. Before this time, kids would stay home and help their parents at home with chores, keeping them busy all day. With Father and sometimes mother working away from home now, kids had nothinng to do during the day. They looked towards sports for entertainment. -
YMCA Logo is created
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. creates the emblem for the YMCA. -
Sports become a part of the YMCA
luther Halsey Gulick Jr. welcomes sports to the YMCA. -
YMCA membership reaches new high
Membership reaches 250,000 with 348 gyms and 144 full-time physical leaders -
Merriwell Books
Gilbert Patten introduces the Merriwell series of books that revolve around boys proving their manliness -
Playground Association of America
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. becomes organizer and President of Playground Association of America. -
School Changes
Schools increase terms to 9 months. Kids are seperated from the work force and had to find altnernatives for socializing. -
Conference of Academics and High Schools meets
This conference met to discuss interscholastic sports, or sporting events where schools competed against each other. They decided to add strict rules for student athletes. One major rule that was laid down was that students must have good grades in order to play for the school. -
Chicago starts the Playground Movement
The Chicago South Park district constructed 10 parks, a cost of $5 million, complete with fieldhouses. The fieldhouses were used for sporting events and dances. Organized leagues took place here. -
Public Schools Athletic League is formed in NYC
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. forms Public Schools Athletic League (for boys only). it was financed by industry leaders, Came after gulick became Physical training Director od public Schools in New York City. -
Girls division added to PSAL
A girls section is added to the Public Schools Athletic League, but without interschool competition. -
Basketball and Volleyball
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. inspired basketball and volleyball. -
Rifle shooting added to PSAL
Boys competed for marksmanship badges in this new sport. 7,000 boys were a part of it initially. Schools with the highest scores would receive prizes because rifle shooting was a good sport in preparation for combat. -
PSAL named world's greatest athletic organization
At this point, America had 17 imitator PSAL's. The athletic badge was also designated as the prize for all competitions. -
National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations is founded
Educators founded this organization to regulate education among sports at the national level as well as the state level.
