Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-18
16O TECH BOYS
ON HONOR ROLL
John Wachtman, Senior, Leads
School With 95.5
Per Cent.
FAILURES DECREASING
Still Better Results Looked
For During Coming
Term
F ALL URES DECREASING


the Technical high school made the
honor roll of the school, according to
the list as prepared to-day as n result
of the midyear examinations that were
held at the school recently.
The highest honor of the school
goes to John Wachtman, who leads not
only the senior class, but has one OF
the highest averages ever attained at
the Tech institution. During the first
half of the year he attained an aver
age of 95.6 per cent. The leader in
the Junior class is Lester Zimmerman
with an average of 95 per cent. Ray
Wentzler II sophomore, has the dis
tnction of being the only member of
that class to carry off first honors.
His average for the half is 81 per cent.
In the freshmamn class Irwin Bender
leads with 92.1 for an average.
According to statistics. there have
been fewer failures during the first
half of this year than ever before. this
years figures being slightly lower than
the first half of last year, which broke
all previous records for few failures
In this respect the senior class leads in
the least number of percentages of
Hunks The upper class men are
followed in order by the sophomores
and freshmen, while the juniors have
the largest percentages in this respect.
On the honor roll are 2s seniors, AZ
juniors, SO sophomores and So fresh
men. The results as q whole for the
first semester are considered eXtraor-
dtnary and with the second semester
well on the way at the younger high
school the principal and faculty have
hopes of attaining even better results
when the academic year is completed
in June.
The complete list follows:
Seniors.-t'irst honors-Charles Ger
berich. John Wachtman, George Ian
dis. Russell Lowry and Harry Liddick.
Second honors-George Bloser. Ralph
Evans. Valentine Eager, Ross Harman,
George Humble, Edwin Rife, Daniel
Roberts, Nose Williams, Clarence
Heffner, Deloss Frank. Andrew Eveler,
Herman Marks, Russell Seidel, Paul
Strickler Donald Taylor. Philip Beck.
Charles Brenner. Robert F'leck, Charles
Mehring, Charles Shaffer, Herman Ma
than. Elwood Sourbier, julius Yoffee
and Harry Zollinger.
Juniors. - First honors - Stewart
Blair. Lester Zimmerman, Victor Sny-
der. Gilbert Stewart, John Demming
and MusSer Miller. Second honors-
Homer Evitts. Dewitt Gable, Eldred
/ Burlington, Robert Eager. Sidney Kay,
Harry Lapkin, Lloyd Reeves. Samuel
Sherman, Norman Todd, Lester Wolf
William Crist. Paul Eshleman, Oscar
Fisher. Nelson HARRISON, William HUI
Der. John Keller, Charles Kennedy
Earl Sherk. William Cohen, Harry
Eyster John Paul. Earl Unger, Her
man Wagner, William Wagner. Percy
Walker, Clifford Wingard, Donald
Wright, Walter Baker. Edward Bas-
tian, Paul Bratten, Frank Gerlock
Roger Harman, Charles johnson, John
Knouse, Paul Melchior and Charles
Pleam.
Sophomores. - First honors - Ray
Wentzler. Second honors - James
Baker Maurice Beard, Fred Beecher
Ralph Brough. Joseph Freedmap, Paul
Huntsbergerr Charles Keller, Franklin
Rooms, Arthur Lewis, George MatZ
Donald Miller, Fred Ross, Russell
Rupp, Earl Schwartz, George Schneid-
man, Lawrence Weber. George Bell
Walter Bogar. Foster Cocklin, Walter
Compton, Raymond Hall. Clarence
Hempt, Fred Henry, Gordon Holland
Howard Jones, Walton Kerstetter
Merl Kramer, Winfield Loban. Ralph
Michener, Harry Miller. Clarence
Stephenson, William Watson, Herman
Rhoads, Donald Singer and Ralph
Stauffer.
Freshmen. - First honors - Irwin
Bender, Hugh Wells and Ralph Lippe
Second honors - Abram Burkhoider
Ross Deimler. Frank Fellows. Ken
meth Fisher, William Fortna, Maurice
Habbarde, Wayne Hartmire, Leland
Reichert. David Ellinger. Leo Hylan
William Maurer. Harold McCord, Bert
ram Saltzer. Reinhold Schmidt, Rich
ard Spengler, John Stephenson, Stew
art Taylor, Andrew Musser, Victor
Bihl. Kenneth Boyer, Roy Dixon,
Harry Doyle, Robert Freeburn, Jay
Gehrett. Harry Gumpert. Charles Her
bert, Victor Hoar, James Holahan,
William johnson, John Long, Gordon
Matter. Albert Michael, Lester Miller.
Chalmer Moore. Wilbur Nisley, Benja-
min Olewine, James PETER. Russell Pc
ters, Neil Pickering, Edward Rich
wine. Marchant Shaffner, George
Shultz Earl Stauffer, Lyman Todd.
James Wallace. Russell Winemiller,
John Conner, Leroy Gramm, Joseph
Ogelsby and Alfred Osman.