The state-wide DeMolay initiation sponsored by Pittsburgh Chapter of Rose Croix, A.A.S.R. was held May 8 in the Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center.

The 1998 class, which honored Michael J. Schloer, the Most Wise Master, had 11 new members representing DeMolay Chapters from Altoona, Beaver Falls, Butler, Dravosburg, Ingram, Susquehanna, and Uniontown. The Initiatory and DeMolay Degrees were expertly conferred by an all-star, all-Pennsylvania team made up of skilled ritualists from DeMolay Chapters across the state, including: Allentown, Elizabethtown, Fidelity, George Washington, McMann, and Somerton. David B. Kline, the current State Flower Talk champion and Master Councilor of Elizabethtown, presented the Flower Talk. Special activities after the conferral of the degrees included a free concert by the Christian Rock Group, "Remnant," a pizza party, and a dance.

Next year's Rose Croix Class will be on May 1, 1999.

Special guests for the degrees (l-r in the center of the group pictured) were: R.W. Past Grand Master Samuel C. Williamson, the DeMolay Executive Officer in Pennsylvania; Most Wise Master Schloer; and Jason B. Stains, State Master Councilor of Pennsylvania.