International students gathered around a table

Item Information

Title:
International students gathered around a table
Description:
A group photograph of international alumni of Springfield College, along with Dr. Theodore Weil. It is believed that this photograph portrayed a meeting of the Cosmopolitan Club, the original name for Springfield College’s International Students Organization. In the back of the picture, there is a list of the people in the photograph: in the first row , from left to right, stand Sam Kwak Kyong from Korea (class of 1958), Tom Eng- Haraw from Indonesia, Charles Butt who worked in Shangai, China (class of 1953), Najim A. Jabbar (class of 1957), Marakala S. Mohana from India (class of 1951), Sadamed Chapde from India, Qamar Hakim-Din from Pakistan (class of 1954), Jose S. DeCastro from Philippines (class of 1954), and Hitwant Sidhu from India (class of 1955). Furthermore, the following people can be seen seated from left to right, Parvis Narviche from Iran, Flora T. Violanda from Philippines (class of 1955), Dr. Theodore Well, Soonyang Park from Korea (class of 1954) and Ismael Sammarrai.
Date:
[1953?–1958?]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Cosmopolitan Club Records
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--International
Springfield College--Clubs
Cosmopolitan Club
Clubs
Group portraits
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/15558
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:
Dr. Theodore A. Weil was born in Wiljandi, Estonia on March 2, 1893. During World War I, he served in France as a Sergeant in the field artillery. Weil worked at American International College from 1932 until 1946, when he began teaching history and international relations at Springfield College. Based on Catalog listings, Dr. Weil appears to have left Springfield College in 1960.
A caption on the back of the picture states all names in the description, plus the following caption which is thought to read: "3 cols Sunday Tribe.";
Identifier:
rg175-01-07-002
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