A letter from H. M. Clarke to Jacob T. Bowne (May 3, 1893)
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This is a letter from H. M. Clarke, State Secretary of the Michigan Young Men's Christian Associations to Jacob T. Bowne, Director of the Secretarial Department of the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), dated May 3, 1893. In the letter he asks for Jacob Bowne's opinion of Ernest G. (George) Hildner for a position that he wishes to fill in the Michigan YMCA. Ernest G. Hildner was the youngest participant in the game of basketball. Born October 26, 1873, he was just 18 years old when Naismith introduced the game to his class. After graduating from the YMCA Training School in 1893, Hildner became an assistant secretary at the YMCA in Albany, New York. In 1894, he left this position and returned to school, this time going to Union College in New York. After two years there, he went to the University of Michigan, again for two years. This, coupled with his time at the YMCA Training School, led him to to enroll at the Seminary in Auburn, New York. He completed his education there in 1901, and began his Presbyterian Ministry in Michigan. For more information on J.T. Bowne, see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/15.
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