Recommendation for Ernest G. Hildner (1891)
Item Information
- Title:
- Recommendation for Ernest G. Hildner (1891)
- Description:
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This is a recommendation form for Ernest George Hildner dated August 29, 1891. The name of the gentleman who filled out the application is hard to decipher. The form asks for general information and impressions on Ernest Hildner, including what impressions on personality, health and religion.
- Creator:
- Springfield College
- Date:
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August 29, 1891
- Format:
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Documents
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- Student Files
- Subjects:
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Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Basketball--History
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Hildner, Ernest G.
Forms (Documents)
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Extent:
- 2 Pages
- Link to Item:
- https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/20721
- Terms of Use:
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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:
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Springfield College
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Ernest G. Hildner was the youngest particpant in the game of basketball. Born October 26, 1873, he was just 18 years old when Naismith introduced the game to his class. After graduating from the YMCA Traning School in 1893, Hildner became an assistant secretary at the YMCA in Albany, New York. In 1894, he left this position and returned to school, this time going to Union College in New York. After two years there, he went to the University of Michigan, again for two years. This, coupled with his time at the YMCA Training School, led him to to enroll at the Seminary in Auburn, New York. He completed his education there in 1901, and behan his Presbyterian Ministry in Michigan. He worked for a Presbyterian Church in Vassar, Michigan, from 1901-1902. He then moved to Detroit, and served as the assistant pastor of the Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church. Then, in 1904, he became the pastor of the Church of the Covenant from 1904-1908. In 1908, he moved once more, this time to Indiana, where he served 21 years as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Princeton. He returned once more to Michigan, this time to Hillsdale, where he served as pastor from 1929-1937. His final stop in his ministry came in 1937 in Indian River, Michigan, where he served the next five years as pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
- Identifier:
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