Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-10
MASS MEETING
THE Y. VIC. A.
Public Gathering Thursday to
Arouse Interest in Study
of Spanish

All those interested in the study
of the Spanish language in Harris
burg, as well as those wishing to
further educational interests in gen.
eral, are invited to a mass meeting
at the Y. w. c. A. Thursday, Sep
tember IL. The meeting will be pre-
sided over by c. f. Kammerer, pres
ident of the Spanish Club of Harris
burg. and will begin promptly at
1880 o'clock.
Object of Club
The Spanish Club has for its OBJ
ject, as stated in it's constitution. not
only social pleasure and practice in
Spanish conversation, but service to
the city in diffusing a knowledge of
the commercial status of Spanish
American countries; also furthering
the business, literary and social ad-
vantages to be derived from the
study of the Spanish language. This
is the object of the mass meeting.
A number of interesting features
are being planned which will be
announced later One of them a his
torical sketch of the club, which is
to be presented by Miss Teresa
Martin, shows the interest in Span
ish of the university and college,
bred residents of this city, by list
of universities and colleges from
which Mrs. Menges' Spanish stu
dents of the last four years of the
Y. w. c. A, Y. NJ. c. A. and the
school were graduates.
Graduates Who Study Spanish
The list, which is great credit
to Harrisburg. follows:
(2), Chicago. Columbia CD, Har-
ward, Lehigh (2), Ohio State, Prince
ton, University of Maryland, School
of Law; Michigan. University of
Pennsylvania, Wharton School; Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. School of
Medicine (3).
Colleges-Dickinson (2), Frank
lin and Marshall, Goucher, Hood,
Irving (3), Lebanon Valley, Lafay-
ette, Pennsylvania (2). State, Vas
sar, Wellesley (2). Wilson.
Other institutions:
American School of Ostheopathy
ca, Kirksville Mo-; Bloomsbury
Normal (2), Bloomsbury, Pa; Cen
trail Normal, Lock Haven. Pa; Drex-
ell Institute, Philadelphia; Friends
Central School, Philadelphia; Leip-
sig Conservatory of Music. Ger
many; Gettysburg Theological Sem
mary Gettysburg, Pa. Indiana Nor
NAL (2), Teachers Training School,
Harrisburg; York Collegiate Insti-
tute, York, Pa; Bliss Business Col
lege, Luiston, Maine; Lady Jane
Gray School, Binghamton, n. Y; Mil
lersville Normal, MilIersville, Pa;
Maryland Institute, School of Art
and Design, Baltimore; Pierce Busi-
ness College, Philadelphia; School
of Commerce, Harrisburg l2); Ship
pensburg Normal, Shippensburg go;
st. Leonards Academy, Philadel-
phia; South Lancaster Academy Of
Mass, South Lancaster. Mass; many
high schools including our excellent
ones, Central and Technical.
Also undergraduates from the fol-
| lowing schools: Bessie Tiff College,
Forsyth, Ga; Berlitz School of Lam
guages. N. Y; Combs Broad Street
| Conservatory, Philadelphia; Colum-
bia University go N. Y; Connecti-
cut College for Women, New Lon
don, Conn; Gunston Hall. Wash
ington, D. c.; Harvard University,
Cambridge (2); Indiana Normal.
Miss Woodard's Seminary. Harris
burg (discontinued); Pennsylvania
State College 90, Simmons College,
! Boston; University of Pennsylvania;
! Wilson College, Wellesley College,
! Shippensburg Normal.
Other Features of Work
Information will be given out con-
cerning the Spanish study propo-
ganda of the great banking estab-
| lishments, the Y. w. C. A., the au-
tomobile concerns, factories and
companies eager for employees with
a knowledge of Spanish. Speakers
will be announced later.
Everybody in Harrisburg should
| be interested. Other cities are MAX
| ing strenuous efforts to encourage
the study of the language. The aft
er-the-war opportunities cannot be
met without a knowledge of Span
| ish.