This lantern slide shows two alumni of the YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts. In the image, they are side by side: (left) Nam Pok Cho and (right) Yiung Sung Min. Originally from Seoul, Korea, Nam Pok Cho (1888 - ?) graduated with the class of 1912. This image first appeared in the 1907-1908 Training School Catalog. A duplicate photograph exists - http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3056
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Prior to attending the YMCA Training School, Cho attended Government Civil Engineering School in Korea, where he also taught as an evening school instructor for one year. At the YMCA in Seoul, he served as the young men's Bible class instructor and served as Secretary to the Advisory Board of the Seoul Association. Also prior to Springfield, Cho had been Chamberlain to H.R.H., the crown prince of Korea. Yiung Sung Min (1888 - June 18, 1958), also from Seoul, Korea, graduated from the YMCA Training School in 1913. Prior to attending, Min served on committees for the Seoul Association and attended educational class there.
To see this picture in the 1907 Springfield College catalog see: http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll1/id/1148