Rudolf Horner with SC Alumni (1908)

Item Information

Title:
Rudolf Horner with SC Alumni (1908)
Description:
This lantern slide shows a group of alumni from the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College.
Creator:
A. Lusitana, Photographia
Date:
1908
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Lantern Slide Collection
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
International Young Men's Christian Association
Horner, Rudolf
Lantern slides
Group portraits
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
3 x 4 in.
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3627
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
After graduation, these men all went on to hold positions in YMCA facilities. The only identified man is Rudolf Horner (some records spell his name “Rudolph”), standing in the top row, third from the left. He was born in Switzerland and attended Springfield College, where he served as the steward of the Utopia Rugby Club and graduated in 1894. Two years after graduation, Horner served as General Secretary of the Association in San Francisco, California. In 1898, Horner became the traveling secretary of Germany and Switzerland, headquartered in Basle, Switzerland. In 1904, the World Committee selected Horner to serve as the traveling secretary for Portugal, headquartered in Oporto, Portugal. In 1909, Horner settled in Lisbon, Portugal, where he worked as the secretary of the local YMCA and became known for his sincerity, cordiality, and self-denial. During World War I, the World’s Committee called Rudolf Horner to work among prisoners of war. The Swiss Committee for the Association work in Portugal consented to place Horner at the disposal of the World’s Committee for the duration of the war. Thus, Horner moved to Geneva to establish WPA headquarters. His work there greatly increased the efficiency of International YMCA service to prisoners of war, and he directly oversaw the shipment of books to prisoners of war in Allied and Central Power prison camps. According to alumni records, Horner remained in Switzerland for the next ten years.
A duplicate (SC18727) exists; Text on border reads, "Rudolf Horner '94, Sec for Portugal."
Identifier:
LS-02-62