Essays Tagged: "Springfield, Massachusetts"

History of basketball

1891 (after serving as McGill's Athletic Director) Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts where the sport of basketball was born. In Springfield, Naismith was face ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Changing Face of Basketball

part of American society today.In 1891 James A. Naismith invented basketball at a YMCA gymnasium in Springfield, Massachusetts (Hollander 4). He told a custodian to nail two peach baskets 10 feet high ...

(6 pages) 104 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Birth of a City: The Affects of Canals on Holyoke, Massachusetts.

encouraging report, European agriculture settlement began in the region. Initially concentrated in Springfield, Massachusetts, settlers soon began to migrate to the surrounding areas that would later ...

(4 pages) 18 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Theodore Geisel: The Unknown Poet (Dr. Seuss)

as not always been the beloved poet of the children that he is now. He made his first appearance in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904 when he was born to Robert Geisel and Henrietta Seuss Ge ... a.htm. Feb. 17, 2002Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary. (1969). G. and C. Merriam Company. Springfield, Massachusetts"WRITER HERO: DR. SUESS". Jan. 25, 2002. http://www.myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=Dr_Suess.Feb. 16, 2002

(9 pages) 85 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Dr. Suess

Born in March of 1904 to parents of German origin, Theodor Seuss Geisel spent his childhood in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a mother and father providing him with a very stable home, financia ...

(5 pages) 123 3 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Articles of Confederation v.s. The Constitution

setts unfairly took away farmer's lands to settle the debts of the farmers. The rebels marched onto Springfield, Massachusetts. The group was turned away by a militia led by General Ben Jackson. This ...

(8 pages) 107 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Basketball

changed throughout the years."From the beginning, no team sport aimed higher. In 1891, in a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, a young Canadian-born instructor named James Naismith invented a simple ...

(2 pages) 61 3 4.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

History of Basketball

After serving as McGill's Athletic Director, James Naismith moved on to the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in 1891, where the sport of basketball was born. In Springfield, Nai ...

(3 pages) 18 0 4.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Dr. Seuss, A Biography

theodor seuss geiselBorn on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, MassachusettsNicknamed TedAttended Dartmouth CollegeWrote for the school's magazine and ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Basketball

is one of the most popular sports watched and played. It was first played in the winter of 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was not played with a basketball but with a soccer ball and peach bas ...

(3 pages) 6 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Should College Athletes receive pay for playing a sport for a university

an individual's lifeBasic Info: Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in 1891 in Springfield Massachusetts, its purpose was to unite and condition young athletes with the will and determination ...

(2 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports