Abstract Channing R. Mann was a native of Lincoln, Nebraska and a graduate of Lincoln High School. He received his professional training at Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College. He graduated in 1916. From 1917-1919 he directed the Army YMCA program at Fort Jackson. In 1920, he became the first certified hygiene and physical training director of New York State, serving as the Director of Health, Physical Education in the public schools of Troy, New York, a position he held...