Wilkes University - Amnicola Yearbook (Wilkes Barre, PA)

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Harry H. Black Pittston, Pa. A. B. in Sociology Mitchell S. Blicharz Forty Fort, Pa. B. S. in Chemistry Clayton A. Bloomburg Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A. B. in Sociology John Bozewicz. Jr. Edwardsville, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. William W. Boyd Kingston, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. J ack W. Brobyn Kingston, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. George F. Brodbeck Exeler, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Gerald P. Bush Kingston, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Sebastian Carpineti Wilkes-Barre, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Gerard P. Cavan Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A. B. in Mathematics Thomas J. Coburn Forty Fort, Pa. B. A. Ralph B. Connor Pittston, Pa. B. S. in C. and F.

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49 j; ELEANOR E. KRUTE Secretary The president called several meetings in February for the purpose of planning the Senior Dinner-Dance and to decide on the gift which was to be presented to the school. The Class of 1949 presented to Wilkes College a plaque in memory of Prof. Paul POPh9 Cies, instructor in Music and a friend to all of his students, who died in J anuary, 1948. The plaque will be hung in Gies Hall on South Franklin Street. Finding it necessary to obtain additional funds to carry on the business of the Senior Class, the group voted to assess each member for the purpose of raising money to meet financial obligations. On June eleventh the climax of the Senior Class social season, the Second Annual Senior Dinner-Dance, Melvin Barry Wyoming, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. N icholas M. Benson Wilkes-Barre, Pa. A. B. in Mathematics SENIORS SAMUEL ELIAS Treasurer convened in the Hotel Sterling. Some four hundred graduates and guests attended the affair. Congressman Daniel J. Flood was the principal speaker, and Judge J . Harold Flannery the toastmaster. The Rev. Carl Schindler gave the invocation. The other speakers in- cluded: Dr Eugene S. F arley, President of the college; George F . Ralston, Dean of Men; Betty L. Harker, Dean of Women; Dr. Charles B. Reif and Robert Partridge, class advisors; and Thomas J . Moran, class president. Seniors took part in their last college atTair as stu- dents on Monday evening, June thirteenth, when they - participated in the Second Annual Commencement Ex- ercises held at the Presbyterian Church. The principal address was delivered by A. W. Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary General of United N ations. Theresa M. Bianco Kingston, Pa. A. B. in Biology Austin C. Bisbing Kingston, Pa. B. S. in Biology

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John M. Culp Dallas, Pa. B. S. in Education Bernard S. Cupinski Nanticoke, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Arthur D. Dalessandro Yatesville, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. P. Joseph Danilowicz Nanticoke, Pa. B. S. in Economics William S. Davies Wilkes-Barre, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Parker H. Davis Wilkes-Barre, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Alice J . Dew Nanticoke, Pa. A. B. in English Paul F. Dewitt Trucksville, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Klem Dennis Drozdowski Nanticoke, Pa. B. S. in Biology Nicholas Dyback W'ilkes-Barre, Pa. A. B. in Social Science J ohn W. Edwards Plymouth, Pa. B. S. in C. and F. Samuel Elias Wilkes-Barre, Pa. B. S. in C. and F.