Reaching for Gold: The YMCA and the Olympic Movement in China from 1895 to 1920
What: Exhibit: Reaching for Gold: The YMCA and the Olympic Movement in China from 1895 to 1920
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library Exhibit Gallery
When: Monday, August 4, 2008 through Monday, September 29, 2008
Free and open to the public.
In 1908, a YMCA leader in China posed the question, "when would China host the Olympics?" A century later, in August 2008, the XXIX Olympiad is set to open in Beijing.
"Reaching for Gold" tells the story of the origins and development of the Olympic dream in the Far East by looking at the YMCA's introduction and promotion of athleticism in China.