Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-09
TECH HIGH BOYS
PREPARE ESSAYS
Forty-seven Seniors Already
Look Forward to Gradu-
alton in Spring

The forty-seven members of the
senior class of the Technical High
school have already made their Sc
lections of their essays that have to
be presented as a graduation thesis.
Those who are picked to represent
the class at the graduation exercises
next June will present their papers
as orators. The subjects cover a
wide range, and must be at least L.
500 words in length. They must be
presented to Professor Pierce Ret
tew by the end of the first semester,
which comes about the first week
in February.
The members OF the senior class
by sections, with their SUBJECTS fol-
low:
Section Samuel Auch, The FL
nancial Problem of America; Wal
ter Bashore, Signs of the Times
Greenwood Beard. The Death OF
John Barleycorn''; Fred Beecher,
Aviation During the War; Ralph
Brough, The Debt of the World TO
, the United States: Robert Cunning
ham, Angels of Mercy, the American
Red Cross; Joseph Freedman,
Americas Part in the War; Paul
Guarla, Opportunities Offered by
the War; Paul Huntsberger, Meth
DDS of Warfare; Charles Keller, An
international! Supreme Court !:
Franklin Koons, Field Marshal
Haig"; Reese Lloyd, school ActlNl-
ties; George Matz, Tech Highs
L &c n
ing Pictures an Art; Earl Schwartz,
Field Marshal Haig"; Lawrence
Weber, The Chemist and the War"
Donald Miller, I'VE Who Remain at
Home; James Haehnlen, The
Methods of Modern Warfare
Section Tt. L. Bitner, Our Flag.
Its Origin and Significance; r. w.
Bogar, The United States as Sea
Power; Walter Compton, "Univer-
sal Military Training; Charles
Cooper, The Passing of Kings and
Queens; George Fisher, Our First
Line of Defense; Jerry Frock, La
fayette"; Abraham Gross, Demo
cracy's Onward March; Fred Henry
The Food Problem of the Allies;
Gordon Holland, Life in the Trench
es; Ralph Michener, The Death Of.
John Barleycorn"; James Minnick,
Greater America; Fred Murray,
seph Schmidt, "A Trip on Canal
boat; Ralph Stauffer, "England's
Part in the Great War; William
Watson, Aviation During the War;
Harry Miller, German Intrigue"
Section U-Burton Bolts, History
of Music and Its Advantages; John
Bowman, "A League to Enforce
Peace; Foster Cocklin, The Music
of War: Lynn Cook, school Activi-
s'Thn W1NS of
Travel and Means of Transporting
Merchandise; Fred Essig, German
Kulture"; Fred Huston, German In
trigue": Howard Jones, Electricity
and Its Uses; Walton Kerstctter,
"Harrisburg's Proud Record; Merl
Kramer, What We owe to Russia
John Leary. The Fairgrounds of
Harrisburg" Winfield Loban, The
Evolution of the Public School
Boyy"; Donald Singer, IAN Inter
national Supreme Court"
First Tatler Issued
The first bimonthly issue of the
Tech Taller was distributed to the
students to-day. The demand was
greater than the supply, and the
edition was soon exhausted. The pa
per was dedicated to the freshman
class, and contained cuts of the hrst
year class; the football team; the
two new secretaries; the new teach
ers; Camera Club officers; all of last
years graduates who are in the serv-
ice of the government; page OF
cartoons, and a cut of Edgar Batten,
a former member of the present class
who is a member of the United
States destroyer Cassin, that was re-
Gently struck by torpedo, from a
C-boat.
The next issue of the paper will
q. of christmas and will he n
sophomore and basketball issue. Most
of the photographs appearing in the
paper were taken by the Tech Cam
era Club. The personnel of the staff
is: Editor-in-chief, Rees NJ. Lloyd;
associate editor, George Her Fisher;
circulation manager, Joe Schmidt;
school notes, Glenwood Beard; staff
artists, James Minich and Marchant
Shaffner; TEX Nikul, Frank Shaffneri
class notes editors, Fred Henry, Ken
meth Boyer and Clark Swengel;
sports, Fred Huston; exchanges, Paul
l.. Guarin; literary, Gordon Holland
and Donald Miller; technicalities,
Laird Lands and Abram Gross; bust
ness manager, Earl d. Schwartz; as
sistants, Andrew Musser, Ralph
Brough, Joseph Freedman, George
Matz, Albert Hahn and William
Keena; industrial notes, William
cry.
Fast Fire Drill
The members of the junior class
were given the chapel period this
morning to show the other members
of the school the talent in the class. |
The program was arranged with the
assistance of Professor \. b. Wal
liZe.
The monthly reports have been
handed out TO the three upper classes /
for the month of October. The first
year class will receive their cards
within several days.
One minute and forty seconds were
required to empty the building this
morning of the $50 pupils at fire
drill.
a number of Tech students will
volunteer to give $40 to the Y. q
c. A. for war purposes as result
of the address given this morning in
chapel by Arch Dinsmore.