Brooklyn Standard Union
June 11, 1929

SYRACUSE, June 11.
Thirty  young men and women from Brooklyn and Long Island
were among the 803 graduates of Syracuse University this year, the largest
class ever sent out by the institution. Nineteen of them were from Brooklyn
and eleven from Long Island.

   The Brooklynites included :
-Anna MUSTONEN, who graduated from the Medical College and took the 
Hippocratic oath as a member of the healing profession.

   Several of the Brooklyn boys were active in college affairs outside the
classroom and were honored upon their graduation. 
-Joseph SACHTER, of 1554 Ocean avenue, bachelor of laws, was a member of the 
Varsity debating team and vice-president of the debating union. He was 
elected to the honorary legal fraternity Delta Sigma Rho and was president 
during the current year. In addition he was elected to the Louis Marshall 
honorary law society.

- Edward SHAPIRO of 725 St. Marks avenue was a member of the rifle team, took
high rank in his studies and was active in college journalism and dramatics.
In addition he was elected to the Louis Marshall Law Society. 
-Both he and Sol KAPLAN, also of Brooklyn, combined their senior  year’s work 
with law and will continue as law students.

    Other Brooklynites to receive degrees are :
Frank BECKETT
Percy L. GREAVES, Jr. B. S. in business; 

Louis GITNICK, B. S. in agriculture; 
Merton Thomas HENRY, B. S. in forestry; 
Catherine JONES, College of Home Economics,

Louis BERMAN, 
David BRODEY, 
Peter P. FIORE, 
Angelo FRANCO, 
Max NEWMARK,
Leah RESNICK, 
Julius SCHWARTZ, 
Emmanuel SILVERMAN
Samuel M. TARNOVER, bachelors of arts.

   In addition to 
Anna MUSTONEN, 
Morris HARRIS graduated from the medical college.

   The Long Island graduates were 
Nellie MURRAY of Mayville, School of Speech;
Herman COMFORT of Woodhaven, B.S. in business; 
Margaret UHL of Great Neck, B. S. in secretarial science; 
Charles J. O’CONNOR, Elmhurst, B.S. in journalism;

George D. CHITTICK of Jamaica
Kenneth S. TERRY of Terryville, L. I., B. S. in the NYState College of Forestry; 

Ludwig V. KLINE of Jamaica, M. S. in the College of Forestry; 
Frank D. JONES of Woodhaven, bachelor of architecture,

S. Kelsey DENTON, Lindenhurst, 
Peggy HENDRICKSON, Stony Brook
Edna L. KUHNE, Hicksville, bachelors of arts.

Transcribed for the Brooklyn Info Pages by Margaret Ransom
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