Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-03

way than ever before. We shall en-
ter it with a renewed spirit of service
which the people of Harrisburg have
shown they so richly deserve"
Leaders I'm Schools Promotion
Local business and professional
men, educators and corporation of
cials, who encouraged the start of the
school. have been watching it's
progress with interest. J. V. w. Reyn-
ders, of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany; G.. f. Watt, of the Elliott
Fisher Company; W. T. Hildrup, Jr.,
iof the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Company, and other leaders
In large business interests of the
ne1ghborhood, have been especially
helpful in promoting and encouraging
the school.
William b. McCaleb. superintendent
of the Philadelphia division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, one of the
committee on organization of the
wharton extension, when asked his
opinion OF the school and it's relation
to his company, said: "A nuraber of
our employees are taking advantages of
the opportunity afforded by the IIar-
risburg extension of the Wharton
School of Accounts and Finance. AMI
/ have every reason to believe they
are being greatly benefited by the
work -
Educators Strong For It
DR.. Thomas l.. montgomery STATE
Librarian, and c. Harry Kahn. Pro-
fessor w. S. Steele and DR.. Samuel
IL. Shope, of the Rotary Club. We're
active in organ;zation worl and are
always eager in arousing interest in
prospective students. Others on the
committee on organization are:
Charles S. Boil, B. f. Burns, DR..
IC. c. Cocklin, DR.. John F.. Culp. the
Right Rev. James Henry Darlington,
G. Allen Donaldson, William NJ. Don
aldson, Professor II. F.. Downes, Pro-
fessor Charles B. Eager, John e. Fox.
Spencer G. Gilbert, A. Boyd Hami'-
ton, Paul Johnston, DR.. ]. p. McAlis-
ter, Donald Mccormick, j. Horace
Mcfarland, DR.. Hiram MCGOWAN. d..
George r. Moftitt, the Rev. Lewis :
Nudge, DR.. d. j. Reese, F.. J. Stack
ipole, DR.. Henry Nj. Stine, d. E. Tracy.
Alumni Committee
The University alumni committee
which worked hard to bring the ex-
tension here, consists of DR.. c. @.
Cocklin, G. Allen Donaldson, G. Harry
Ram, II. NJ. Kirkpatrick, DR.. Hira n
MCGOWAN, w. B. MaustelIer. Thomas
Lynch Montgomery, DR.. d. ]. Reese
DR.. Henry NJ. Stine.
Occupations of Pupils
The students taking the night
classes range in age from 81 to 50
the average being about 80 years. and
the gray-heads are just as enth,si-
astic as the boys and arc just as Quick
10 leafh thelr lessons. There are four
teen bank clerks, thirty-two Pennsvl-
vania Steel Company men. eighteen
Pennsylvania Railroad and Philadei-
phla and Reading Railway EMPLOYEES
four from the Bell Telephone COM.
men, four Elliott Fishers, four from
men, four Elliott F'isheds, four from
the Harrsburg Heat and Power Com
pahy' nine department store and busi-
nesshouse employees, six from local
agencies and sales companies. two
central High and one Technical 9iph
School teachers, and many more from
smaller firms and others who do NOT
give their place of employment. while
women are not allowed in the PhiIa-
delphia school. they are welcomed in
the extensions. The Harrishurs
branch has two.
General Classification
A general classification of students
according to type of occupation shows
seventy office clerks, TWENTY-FIVE hooi,1
keepers' elghteen stenographers, four
teen accountants, FIVE cashiers. six
statesmen, eight engineers four grocarS
| four time-clerlts, two mail clerks siy
office managers, two toolmakers. two
car repairmen. three printers. two
unemployed, and many of miscella-
neous and unclassified occupations.
or the students at the beginning of
the course, % per cent. We're residents
| OF Harrisburg, 25 per cent. of Steel
ton, three men from Middletown. and
one or two students from each of the
following: Lemoyne, Hershey. New
Cumberland, Carlisle, Enola, Halifax,