[255] The gift of a new gymnasium to Amherst College in 1884, by C. M. Pratt of the class of ’79, brought new and much-needed facilities, to which important additions have been made during more recent years; but the unique contribution of the College, and of Dr. Hitchcock, himself, to the advancement of physical training in America was made in the two decades which succeeded the trustee meeting of August, 1859. Dr. Hitchcock was chairman of the meeting in Brooklyn at which the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education was organized (November 27, 1885). He was also its first president, a member of the committee on statistics and measurements, and a frequent contributor to the early programs. [256] Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1841, March 16; removed to New York City at the age of thirteen, and in 1861 became a professional gymnast; as a member of the New York Caledonian Club was a leading figure in its annual games, and at national Caledonian meets he twice won the championship medal. He died at Princeton February 23, 1920. [257] See Dr. E. M. Hartwell, “Physical Training in American Colleges and Universities” (Bureau of Education, Circular of Information No. 5, 1885. Washington, 1886), pp. 39, 60-67. It is possible that Cornell University and Hamilton, Union, and Wabash Colleges should be added to the list. [258] See “The Life of Daniel Coit Gilman,” by Fabian Franklin (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1910), pp. 70-73. [259] See Bulletin 1918, No. 13 of the United States Bureau of Education (Benjamin F. Andrews, “The Land-Grant of 1862 and the Land-Grant Colleges”), and an article by Herman Balson in _The Outlook_ for May 4, 1901 (pp. 81-85). [260] See “Rowing and Track Athletics: Rowing by Samuel Crowther, Track Athletics by Arthur Ruhl” (New York, The Macmillan Co., 1905); and “Football, the American Intercollegiate Game,” by Parke H. Davis (New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1911). [261] The idea of the pulley weight is an old one. See an illustrated article in the _Deutsche Turnzeitung_, 1902, pp. 289-292, and Captain Chiosso’s “The Gymnastic Polymachinon” (London, Walton & Maberly; Paris and New York, H. Ballière, 1855). [262] The appointment as assistant professor was for the usual term of five years. After that period, and until his retirement in September of 1919, his title was simply “Director of the Hemenway Gymnasium.” [263] See Dr. Hartwell’s Report on “Physical Training in American Colleges and Universities” (Washington, 1886), pp. 41-59.