Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-25
TECH CLASS IS
THROUGH WORK
Seniors Attend Last Chapel
Exercises Before Their
Graduation

The forty-nine members of the
school said farewell to the other
students of the school yesterday
morning at the final chapel exercise
which the graduates will attend. AS
is customary at Tech, the Seniors
presented a final program for their
colleagues. Barton B. Bolts, for four
years pianist at Tech. rendered sew
eral piano solos that were thorough
ly enjoyed by the school. Classical
and ragtime selections were includ-
ed in the renditions. Butch" Essig,
the 1918 comedian, entertained the
school with plantation melodies,
buck and wing dances and an en-
joyable monolog. "Spats" Watson
sang another tenor solo in Caruso
fashion. Cole and Crane. 'the clever
kids" presented an original sketch
that was much appreciated by the
student body President Harry Mil
Ter concluded the program with a
valedictory. Walton Kerstetter is
vice. president; Ralph Brough, secre-
tary, and Frank Koons, treasurer.
The graduating class began their
final examinations this afternoon and
by Wednesday will have concluded
all of their scholastic work. The
next two weeks will be devoted to
preparation for commencement.
The class had an enrolment of
1872 on first entering Tech four years
ago. Wartime conditions caused the
class to dwindle until only forty mine
will graduate. OF this number nine
teen members have already left
school to take some part in the ef-
fort to win the war. They are en-
gagged for the most part in the erec-
ton of munition plants.
Select Class Motto
The two big activities will be bac-
calaureate sermon to the class Sun
day evening, June 8. The Rev. S. w.
Herman, pastor of Zion Lutheran
Church, will be the speaker in that
church at an evening service. Com
mencement will be held Thursday
evening, June 13, in the Tech audi
torium.
The class has selected the Ameri-
can Beauty as a class flower. The
class motto is "Aim High and Hold
the Aim" The class colors are blue
and gold. The class roster includes:
College Preparatory-Samu E.
Glenwood Beard, Fred c. Beeche;
Ralph E. Brough, Joseph Freedman,
Paul L. Guarin, Paul Huntsberger,
Charles f. Keller, Franklin Koons,
Rees NJ. Lloyd. George Matz, Fred
erick U. Ross, Donald S. Miller. Earl
D. Schwartz and Lawrence E. Weber.
Scientific Sections-Laverne ]. Bit
ner, R. Walt Bogar, Walter H.
Compton, Charles Cooper. George
Her Fisher, Jerry Frock, Abraham
A. Gross, Fred Henry, Gordon Hol-
land, Ralph Edgar Michener, Harry
Miller, James Minick Frederick H.
Murray, Joe Schmidt. Ralph Stauf-
fer, William Watson, Barton B.
Bolts, John S. Bowman, Foster w.
Cocklin, Lloyd Cole, Lynn P. Cook,
Ray H. Crane, Fred E. Essig, Newton
! c. Heishley, Fred B. Huston, How
| ard Jones, Walter Kerstetter. John
| Leavy, Edgar V. Leeds Jr., Winfield
Loban and Donald r. Singer.
Since the beginning of the war,
England and the other allies have
been fighting our battle, and now
America must fight their battle" de-
clared Sergeant Blake, of the local
recruiting station, to the Tech stu
dent body yesterday morning at a
memorial day exercise The officer
was introduced by Comrade George
w. Rhoads, veteran of the Civil
War, who visits Tech annually prior
to Decoration Day. When Sergeant
! Blake told the student body that
the war would be won by one power
and that that power is America. he
was greeted with an outburst of ap-
plause. The speaker reviewed the
high points in the causes of the war.
and urged the students to assist the
Liberty Bond drives. Red Cross, Y,
M. c. A. and the other auxiIiaries