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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
2
Report highlights named alumni including Katherine Ruthven of 1921 and Aeodosia Beasley 1921 alongside Florence Merrill reporter credits, Marian Chard 1922, Opal Wright 1920, and W Davis Harrison 1921, with Yandell and Cline as contributing reporters.
Faculty at Franklin hosted a productive reunion of Indiana college editors and writers. The convention boosted community spirit, cut rivalries, and encouraged cooperation among schools. The I I P A opened to co-ed press groups, acknowledging women's strong role in college publications.
A fragment states that men would never be refused admission to the state collegiate press organization, describing it as unthinkable to exclude them from the group. The note hints at a historical debate on inclusion within a professional or student press body.
In a late afternoon clash at Wabash College the underclassmen staged a fight between freshmen and sophomores. The ensuing injuries were notable as the Scarlet nine later faced DePauw, losing 6 to 1 with star players sidelined. The piece mocks authorities by suggesting arming underclassmen to reduce college numbers.
The Tabernacle Christian church in Columbus Indiana publishes a plea condemning secular trends at Franklin College. The writer praises Dean Arthur Train Belknap as a leading educator and Christian gentleman and argues colleges must prioritize chapel worship over athletics to shape students spiritually.
An Indiana college expels or suspends the thirty students found guilty of obtaining advance copies of exam questions. The practice, linked to grade schools and high schools, persists as a centuries old habit. County superintendents have even sold questions, yet such behaviors continue to threaten integrity in education.
The piece condemns cheating in examinations as unfair to honest students and notes the limits of exams in revealing true capacity. It argues exams are useful for discipline and written expression but warns against overreliance, urging practical knowledge and daily observation while condemning grade stealing and immoral acts in colleges.
In Norfolk on April 17 the New York Nationals beat the Washington Americans 4 to 3 after 18 innings. Batteries were Benton, Smith and McCarty for the Nationals and Johnson, Craft and Agnew for the Americans with Garrity.
A Middletown man legally declared dead by the New York surrogate’s court after 15 years absence plans to return to Arizona where he is recognized as alive. Leo Myer visited Franklin last weekend to pursue re entering school and is expected to resume the year soon.
Coach John M. Thurber updates the schedules adding two games with Earlham and dropping one with DePauw. Baseball slate includes Purdue, Butler, Farnham, Hanover, Earlham, Indiana University, and Muncie State Normal with a possible post May 23 game. Track lineup lists meets with Butler, Indiana University, DePauw, Earlham, and regional championships at Franklin, Crawfordsville, and Richmond.
A fragmentary item notes Florence Bowers and Helen Milligan moving from a dormitory to attend classes from Edinburg and Columbine. Local agent B. Vandevier reports light black faced man, P.M. E. examined menavowe Bert Weedon in Indianapolis.
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