Macrosociology is an approach to sociology which emphasizes the analysis of social systems and populations on a large scale, at the level of social ... English dictionary cookies are used to personalize ads and get web traffic statistics.
The game of volleyball, originally called âmintonette,â was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan after the invention of basketball only four years before. Morgan, a graduate of the Springfield College of the YMCA, designed the game to be a combination of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball. The first volleyball net, borrowed from tennis, was only 6â6â³ high (though you need to remember that the average American was shorter in the nineteenth century).
SpongeBob SquarePants was created and designed by cartoonist and marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, who began developing the show shortly after the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life in 1996. Hillenburg intended to create a series about an over-optimistic sea sponge living in an underwater town. Hillenburg compared the character's personality to Laurel and Hardy and Pee-wee Herman. As he drew the character, he decided that a squeaky-clean square like a kitchen sponge fit the concept.