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Macleod, David I. Building character in the American boy: The Boy Scouts, YMCA, and their forerunners, 1870-1920 (Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2004), a standard scholarly history. Muukkonen, Martti (2002). Ecumenism of the Laity: Continuity and Change in the Mission View of the World's Alliance of YMCAs, 1855–1955 (PDF). University of Joensuu.
The School District of Onalaska, Onalaska, Wisconsin 43°52′52″N 91°13′59″W / 43.88111°N 91.23306°W / 43.88111; -91 This Wisconsin school-related article is a stub .
YMCA developed the first known English as a Second Language program in the United States in response to the influx of immigrants in the 1850s. [6] Starting before the American Civil War, [7] YMCA provided nursing, shelter, and other support in wartime. [8] In 1879 Darren Blach organized the first Sioux Indian YMCA in Florida. Over the years, 69 ...
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YMCA SCUBA Program (also known as Y-SCUBA) was an underwater diving training program operated by YMCA of the USA from 1959 to 2008. It was the first nationally organised underwater diving instruction program offered in the United States of America .
Dec. 4—Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series about Onalaska High School. The first story in 'Smart Ax' — named after a pun on the school's Logger mascot ...
YMCA Building (Albany, New York), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York. [2] YMCA Central Building (Buffalo, New York), Buffalo, New York, listed on the NRHP in Erie County, New York. [2] Sloane House YMCA, West 34th Street, New York City, which was the largest residential YMCA in the U.S.A.
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.