Historical Figure Presentation

Aaron Kaiser

Dudley Sargent

Born: September 28th, 1849

Died: July 21st, 1924

Education: Bowdoin College 1871-1875, Yale College, Yale School of Medicine 1875-1879

Historical time period: Emergence of a Profession

Dudley Sargent

-1849-1924

Dudley Sargent was placed on the faculty of physical training and then named director of the Hemenway Gymnasium at Harvard University in 1879

Dudley combined other systems into a program of physical education

Sargent used Calisthenics, German-and Swedish-style exercises, and specialized machine exercise

Dudley was the inventor of gymnasium apparatus; like bars, rings, vaulting horses, ropes, ladders, parallel bars, specialized exercise machines

The Sargent System

Founded in 1881 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Later became part of Boston University in 1929

Developed exercise machines; pulley systems with adjustable weights

Students were able to learn training techniques to strengthen and improve the physical abilities of all people

Sargent School of Physical Training

Emphasized training for all students, not just athletes, he largely created discipline of physical education

Founded a school solely for Physical Training

Invented exercise equipment and tests that are used today

Helped change the belief that building or strengthening the body was considered beneath the dignity of educated men. Dudley pushed for Physical Education for all ages and gender.

Contributions to our profession:

Held four terms as president of the American Physical Education Association

Invented the vertical jump test and many kinds of exercise equipment that are used in gyms today

Sargent had great interest in anthropometry

Dudley Sargent also published three books and many articles and papers and papers on Physical Education Universal Test for Strength, Speed, and Endurance (1902) Health, Strength, and Power (1904) Physical Education (1906)

Little or well known facts:

I agree with Sargent and admire his passion and dedication to Physical EducationI want to have the same passion for my

profession and make a change

I agree or disagree

Introduction to Physical Education Fitness and Sport-7h Edition by Daryl Siedentop

http://www.bu.edu/sargent/about-us/our-history/

http://www.topendsports.com/testing/history-sargent.htm

References:

What was the Sargent System?

What developed in Sargent School of P.E. that are now used in gyms today?

How did Dudley Sargent contribute to our profession?

How many terms did Sargent hold as the President of the American Physical Education Association?

Questions for the Class