Outlines of Emergency Training Courses For Y.M.C.A. Army Work at Y.M.C.A College
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This collection of outlines provides an overview of the different emergency training procedures that were taught in the war work courses at the Y.M.C.A. College in Springfield, Massachusetts during the summer of 1917. The document is 50 pages long. Some of the highlights include.. The College’s ties with the YMCA resulted in many alumni, students and faculty going overseas to work as YMCA camp secretaries. Like many colleges and universities across the country, Springfield established their own SATC unit on campus and built a barracks for them in 1918. The United States entered the World War One on April 6 1917 and in response Springfield College offered war work courses for YMCA secretaries. The training of war work secretaries and physical education directors were important contributions to the war effort by the college. The YMCA provided canteen services at the invitation of the US government and raised more than 150 million dollars in order to comply with the request. This kind of work was not new to the YMCA which provided similar services during the Spanish American War.
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