This is the application for admissions to the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, completed by Wilbert F. Carey (Class of 1892). The application is dated March 31, 1890. It includes biographical, religious, past employment, and other related information. Carey began working in YMCA facilities in 1891 and, from this, decided to attend the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. After graduating in 1892, he worked as General Secretary at the YMCA facility in South Bend, Indiana until 1898. From 1899 to 1903, Carey worked as General Secretary at the YMCA in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. After leaving this position, he worked from 1904 until 1912 as the General Secretary at the YMCA in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He died June 16, 1940. The handwriting on the application might be saying that it was accepted on April 18, 1890.
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