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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
2
A letter from coach J M Thurber rebuts rumors that Franklin College recruits players with tuition or housing concessions. He states students choose Franklin for opportunities and values the college’s integrity and intercollegiate rules. Thurber invites the player to join a championship hopeful squad and expresses welcome.
A telegram from Indiana Field Artillery recruiting asks Franklin students to supply ten men as war looms. Dr. Hanley cites the threat and urges readiness while Butler College seeks release from Franklin athletic plans for military drill. Students donate for a large flag as support grows. Mary Cross and Mr Knole attended Chaplin at the opera house.
A local sporting column praises Beery Beery’s year and Hallie’s inside game while noting Arch’s return plans for 1918. It credits coach Franklin for instilling hard training and teamwork, lauding his Colgate background and successful season. Also urges Student Council ticket support and two-ticket sales.
Readable lines lament a student death across class years. The Senior, Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman are referenced with phrases like dead and heart broken, implying a morbid skit or epitaphs. The text contrasts deep wisdom and famine with fatal undertones.
Frank P. Hanley, president of Indianapolis Life Insurance, spoke at the YMCA on Life Insurance Business as a Life Calling. Elizabeth Wright, Alice Thompson, Charles Farmer, and David Bunnell will attend a Robinson Crusoe Jr. showing at the Mural on Wednesday. Miss Margaret Windisory of Cincinnati will visit Miss Margaret Thompson Payne this week. Harley C. Daub of Chicago, Franklin last Jone 46, a student, was a visitor.
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