Dave Dale, Private, Co. H, sth Regiment.
Other men not in the State Militia, but who are taking an
active part in military matters at present are:
’B2. I. P. McCreary, drill master of a company of recruits at
Osceola Mills.
97. E. R. Heilig, electrician on board the U. S. S. S. “San
Francisco,” the flag ship of the North Atlantic Squadron.
AN INTERESTING LETTER
We publish herewith a letter recently received by Prof. Buck
hout, Historian of the Alumni Association,from Pusant F. Nish
kian, 'B5, an Armenian in whom some of the Alumni, at least,
should be interested. By way of an introductory statement, we
would add that he was born in Erzeroom, Armenia, and after
living at various places entered Robert College, at Constatinople.
In 1880, he came to America, and through the assistance of some
friends whom he acquired in Philadelphia he soon afterwards
came to State College, graduating in the General Science course
in ’B5. When last heard from previous to the following letter, in
1893, he was filling the position of Chemist in Kansas City, but
contemplated going to Mexico.
His letter, with a few slight changes, is as follows:
(Place not Given), April 4, 1898.
"My Dear Prof:
Det me hope that nobody among my Pennsylvania friends has
thought me an ungrateful cuss, negligent, thoughtless, etc., etc.
My life for years has been one of continuous tragedy. The
Armenian outrages with their consequent horrors have weighed
upon me so heavily that it has been a supreme effort on my part
to at least brace up and keep cool. Therefore, it has been im
possible for me to correspond in any way and to declare to friends
in Pennsylvania that I am on earth.
"My life has been very much of a wandering sort. The terri
ble events and massacres in Turkey took me to Europe in the
summer of 1896. I could not get to Constantinople without seri-
AN INTERESTING LETTER
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