University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Erin iliecurtl Q03 Mask and Wig Officers Preridenr, CLAYTON FOTTERALL MCMICHAEL Treaxurer, J. WARREN COULSTON, Jr. Burzinerr flffavzagei' HOWARD K. MOIJR MUJ1-FUI Director, CHARLES GILPIN, 3d Stage Dirertor, CHARLES S. MORGAN, Jr. Secretary, THOMAS B. DONALDSON Board of Government THE PRESIDENT HUBLEY R. OWEN THE TREASURER THOMAS ELLIS ROBINS THE BUSINESS MANAGER ROLLIN C. BORTLE THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR W. HOBART POTTER THE STAGE DIRECTOR WILLIAM O. MILLER THE SECRETARY ' Undergraduate Members Rollin C. Bortle Hubley R. Gwen Walter Mellor Joseph Carson George M. Piersol Charles E. Goodin Magruder Craighead W. Hobart Porter Alden R. Ludlow L. Howell Davis Thomas Ellis Robins Benjamin H. Ludlow John C. Gilpin Walter L. -Sheppard John Frazer T. Truxtun Hare Harry C. Weeks Adam S. Conway William O. Miller Emlen S. Hare Louis A. K. Mellon Craig S. Mitchell Samuel Bradbury, gd Charles S. Townsend

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