U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps, 1912-1913

Item Information

Title:
U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps, 1912-1913
Description:
The 1913 Massasoit yearbook of Springfield College, then the International YMCA College, used this image of the U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps. The image shows the young men all lined up in front of the Gladden Boathouse on the ice of Lake Massasoit. They are wearing sweaters and caps. It appeared on page 129. The accompanying text in part reads, "The corps now numbers over forty. The work of the crops has not been as strenuous as that of last year's owing to the mildness of the weather; there being but five instances of rescue. In the absence of ice during the first part of the season the permanent patrol of the lake was not established until February. With the opening of the new swimming pool, better instruction in the actual practice of rescue and resuscitation may be had, and we therefore look for greater efficiency from the corps in the years to come." The officers of the corps were: George E. Goss (1913), Vice Commodore; Frederick Schultz (1914), Captain; J. L. Rothacher (1914) Junior Lieut.; Owen Horne (1913), Senior Lieut.; Louis B. Vogt (1914), Captain's Aid. The members included: seniors from the Class of 1913, W. Adler, W.C. Batchelor, R. Blundell, R.R. Boardman, R.N. Brinkman, E.P. Emory, E. Lampshire, D. A. McRae, David Rodger, F.W. Stone, and C. J. Surbeck. The junior members, Class of 1914 included: G.A. Batchelor, J.A. Blyth, H. L. Brown, W. G. Coffin, H.S. DeGroat, E. D. Gottsch, E.S. Hall, C.C. Hartman, A.E. Holmes, H. A. Lorenz, E.W. Pennock, W. E. Search, and G. Wellington. Freshmen members (Class of 1915) were, W.W. Bell, G. A. Dowling, D.E. Mason, E.H.B. Myers, C.H. McKinney, H.C. Patterson, G.I. Richie, H.G. Van Norden, and A.A. Whitehouse. Prep members (prospective members of the Class of 1916) include: H.A. Burgess, F.J. Weismiller, and M.H. Wilson.
Date:
[1912?–1913?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
IMLS YMCA Historical Image Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Springfield College
Lake Massasoit
Gladden Boathouse
Springfield College--Buildings
Springfield (Mass.)
Boathouses
Snow
Ice
Winter
Group portraits
Lakes & ponds
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
Postcard; 9 x 14 cm
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8182
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
A handwritten caption on the verso of the photograph reads, "U.S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps 1912-13."; Photograph appears on page 129 of the 1913 Massasoit (yearbook)
Identifier:
SC22690