This photograph shows the first members of the Cosmopolitan Club, which was formed during the 1920-1921 academic year at the International YMCA College (now called Springfield College). According to notes on the back, the members of the club, left to right, are: [top] F. Leguen (France), G. D. Wheeler (US), Harold C. Adams (China), Dante Joseph Abbate (Italy), Antonio L. Valdez (Peru), [second row] Geronimi Suva (Phillipines), J. Rasch (Germany), Julio Pereyra (Uruguay), Gunson Hoh (China), Henry Brandt (Switzerland), Emilio Chiapella (Uruguay), [third row] Agosto Hugo Grassi (Uruguay), Tomas B. Rodriguez (Mexico), Professor Arthur Rudman (academic advisor), Guido Graziani (Italy), Pedro Ablan (Phillipines), [fourth row] P. Luftig (Armenia), Franklin O. Westrup (Mexico), Phillips (Italy), and Serafin Aquino (Phillipines). For more information on the history of the Springfield College Cosmopolitan Club, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/corporate_entities/139
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