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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports