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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
1
A frank editorial questions how Franklin College awards sweater coats as honors for athletes. It argues rewards should reflect merited effort by scrubs and upperclassmen, not freshmen, and urges the Student Council to confer honors only on those who deserve them.
Rheinhold Stark a Butler College freshman and Y M C A wrestler refused the freshmen cap order. Despite a haircut by upperclassmen and warnings to discard his derby hat he appeared on campus Wednesday guarded by a professor and entered the building wearing his hat.
Fragmentary OCR line lists names and numbers without clear context or full sentences. It mentions Wilson, Marshall, Hughea, Fairbanks with likely odds or scores but no event details or dates. The readable items are personal names and numeric tokens.
Wabash college basketball routs the Indiana Dental College five 76 to 14 in the season opener. Stonebraker scores 12 field goals, Bacon 9, Peters best for the Dentals with three scores. Also notes Corn meal value and the Dry Federation formation in Indiana.
Purdue defeated Rose Poly at Lafayette 44 to 9 in the opening basketball game. Rose Poly did not make a field goal in the first half and only scored late in the second. Beall opened scoring for Purdue, Beal hit four baskets in the second half, and Reinhardt added a foul line score.
A Missouri account notes persimmons used for communion wine produced odd effects when green fruit were used. The resulting situation led the congregation to whistle the doxology. The school paper critique highlights the school, printer, and board with blame and money.
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