In the News
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On December 21, 1891, James Naismith, a physical education instructor, invented the game of basketball at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The original game had 13 rules and was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets.
On Campus
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The board of trustees determines that the new institution will be run along military lines and that the students or cadets will wear grey military uniforms.
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The fall of 1891 was the target for opening the college for classes. It was not met. At this time, the chemical laboratory, mechanical hall, experiment station, some residences and support facilities, and some of the farms and the access roads from Calhoun and Pendleton were virtually complete; the cornerstone of the main or classroom building (Tillman Hall) was laid in July, and construction was begun on it, an attached chapel, a dormitory, kitchens, boiler room, an infirmary, and other residences.
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