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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
3
In the midst of preparations for a major school function tomorrow, students organize entertainment and food to support the Vins eight and other guests. Preliminary heats and field events kick off Saturday morning, with a college dinner ahead and Old Gold fetes for the basketball squad.
The Mysterious B T U organization leads in scholarship with an average of 4.26 credits over the first nine weeks of the second semester. Delta leads the sororities and Delta Rho the fraternities. Other groups such as Volunteers Language and Glee Club follow in credits.
The Franklin College student body and main entertainment committee discuss the value of hosting about five hundred high school guests. Members such as Norman Merrill Floyd McDermott Ruth Cook Lloyd Cook Spud Campbell Hugo Gale Bill Kingsolver Grage MacArthur and Edith Cribbs express hopes to show college life enthusiasm and food quality to persuade future applicants.
Miss Louise Constable ex 22 who has taught this winter at Goodland is visiting her sister Helen Constable.
The New World Indians campaign in Indiana reached a six figure milestone as nineteen cities have already subscribed their quotas toward the 2.5 million dollar state goal. Optimistic leaders expect Sunday to be the peak day as workers renew efforts to cover Indiana’s apportioned share and win the bronze shield for the first church to subscribe. Michigan City Noblesville and Decatur led the early surge with two others near equal completion as announcements of trophies were awaited.
A general committee member proposes that all Franklin College students participate in organizing an entertainment for high school visitors. The plan aims to involve every student in greeting and escort duties to create a welcoming atmosphere despite garbled OCR text.
Dr J L Beys a verdict on the Ouija craze is discussed after a Scientific Association meeting. He says most mediums are fakirs but some phenomena are hard to explain, noting his own hypnotic experiments at Indiana University in 1917 and student demonstrations of table tapping. The Student Council will show The Glorious Lady next Tuesday night.
A meeting of the association was held to set arrangements for a banquet. A committee led by Prof. Smith was appointed to organize the event with members providing entertainment during the evening.
Professor B C Roberts arrives in literary circles with multiple articles in Chemical Abstracts. He was recently chosen an abstractor and received his first literary check, just under $2.81, which he plans to frame in the college building.
A field of twelve high schools will compete in the Cinder Path Classic in Indianapolis starting at 9 am. About 150 to 600 rosters are expected under variable weather, with 153 athletes from the twelve schools entered in events including sprints, distance runs, hurdles, field events, and relays. Fifteen Franklin High students, including Vandivier Friddle Comey and Keeling, will compete. officials led by Frank McGeath bring experienced and student officials for the meet.
Fragmentary lines show a call to attend college and school functions. The phrases reference making others come to a school setting and include disjointed wording about college and people named Cole. The readable text is limited and lacks a coherent event or clear entities.
Franklin College Baseball meets Wabash College in the season’s first official contest at Goodell Field starting at 3 30. Wabash has struggled this season with losses to Roger Williams Notre Dame and Indiana University twice while playing DePauw to a 7 7 tie before darkness ended the game. Coach Thurber sees potential in his squad from recent practices and is pleased with the players’ adjustment to an unfamiliar pitcher.
Professor Claude 8 Spiker resigns from Franklin College with summer term 30 July as effective. He will be associate professor of French and Spanish at the University of West Virginia starting fall. Spiker is a WVU graduate and taught languages here from 1913 to 194? while living near the university.
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