An article titled "What the Triangle Means" written by Luther Gulick for the January 18, 1894 YMCA publication, Young Men's Era, explaining the significance of the inverted triangle as a symbol for the YMCA. In his article Gulick emphasizes that the three sides of the triangle represent the spirit, mind and body not as individual units but as a whole, representing the whole man. For more information on Luther Halsey Gulick, see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/614. For a transcript of this article, see http://cdm15370.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p15370coll2,554.
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