Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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PRIVATE DAVID PAUL HARNISH, S. A. T

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ORIFLAMME 27 CAPTAIN GEORGE NICIMAN KEMP Capt. George N. Kemp after being fatally wounded in the thick of the fight died in the hospital on September 80, 1918. lle was a magnificent scholar, a true gentleman and an excellent soldier. Ile was born March 80, 1891, at Wichita, Kansas ami graduated from the East Stroudsburg State Normal School, Pa., in 1908. During his college life he was a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, of the Green Room Club and played on both Varsity and class basket ball teams, as well as Varsity and class base ball teams. l'le was editor-in-chief of the 1911 f,ll1l I.AMME and won the first prize in the Goethean Literary Society contest in his Sophomore year. Dur- ing his Senior Year he won his Phi Beta Kappa Key and wrote a play for the 1912 Olclrmmmrz. Subsequentdly to his graduation from college he served, during 1911-12, as super- vising principal of Palmer '1'ownship Schools, Northampton County, Pa. From 1912 to 1914 he held the professorship of history at the Normal School at East Strouds- burg, Pa. In 1914- he entered the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania, and as a law student enlisted in Company G, 13th Pennsylvania National Guard, at the time of its organization in 1916. I-le was eommissioned as second lieutenant while at Camp Hancock on September 22, 1917, and raised to the rank of first lieutenant on March 26, 1918. He sailed for France in the summer of 1918. For hel'oie and valorous service he was promoted to the rank of eaptain on August 19, 1918. He was wounded in action while serving with the 28th Division in the Argonne Forest and died in the hospital from wounds on September 30, 1918.

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ORIFLAMME 29 PltIVA'1'l'i DAVID PAUL IIARNISII Pvt. David Paul llarnish, of Lancaster, Pa., died on Nov. 15, 1918, of pneumo- eoeye spinal meningitis after a brief illness, while serving as a private in the F. and M. College Unit of the Students' Army Training Corps. His illness came as a sequel to an attack of influenza and he died within a week after his removal to the hospital. llis death was keenly felt by all those who were intimately associated with him. Ile was highly regarded for his generous disposition and engaging manners. Pvt. Ilurnish was born on Dee. 2, 1898, in Lancaster. After receiving his early education in the schools of this city he prepared for college at Mercershurg Aca- demy and later at Franklin and Marshall Academy. While in preparatory school he took an active part in athletics, having played on the Mereersburg scrub football team in 1915. Graduating from I . SL M. Academy in 1917 he entered F. 8: M. College in the Fall of the same year enrolling in the Scientific course. llowever be was unable to finish this year, leaving shortly after the beginning of the Spring Term. He returned to college in the fall of 1918 and was inducted into the S. A. 'l'. C. in the early part of October, being em'olled in Company A. In his Freshninn Year he was vice-president of his class. He was always ae- tive in school affairs, a conscientious student and well liked by both his professors and his fellow students. 1 X.