A letter from Channing R. Mann to Miss. Ida Wemple (February 10, 1919)
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A letter from Channing R. Mann to Miss. Ida Wemple written on February 10, 1919. In the letter, Mann includes his military experience and hopes that is the information Wemple was looking for. Channing R. Mann was a native of Lincoln, Nebraska and a graduate of Lincoln High School. He received his professional training at the Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College. He graduated in 1916. From 1917-1919 he directed the Army YMCA program at Fort Jackson. In 1920, he became the first certified hygiene and physical training director of New York State, serving as the Director of Health, Physical Education in the public schools of Troy, New York, a position he held until 1963. Perhaps the pinnacle of his career was the creation of the Channing Mann Award. Channing Mann died on May 9, 1978.
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