Earnestly Defends The Y.M.C.A, Springfield Daily News (January 30, 1919)
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This newspaper clipping was published by the Springfield Daily News on January 30, 1919. An article titled "Earnesty Defends the Y.M.C.A" talks about the work done by the American Young Men's Christian Association in different countries, such as France, London, and Canada, through an interview with Ernest M. Best. Ernest Best began his career as a student at Springfield College (then the International YMCA Training College), graduating in 1911. He returned in 1913 as a teacher of Religious Education and Normal Religious Work. In 1916 he left Springfield College to go overseas and join the war effort as a Senior Officer with the Canadian YMCA War Services in France. In 1937 he returned to Springfield College as its fifth president, a position he held until 1945. This item was original held loose within a bound book titled “War-Work Courses in Great War, 1917-1918 Incomplete.” This volume was unbound and its contents foldered in the original order, which is chronological. The binding string was cut and the glue was removed with a razor blade. The edges are intact and the placement of stitches are visible. Each page or booklet was individually lifted out of the binding and placed in their own folder or a folder with like materials. Oversized materials were removed and placed in the oversized materials collection.
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