Old Friend 1919 Recalls College Years and Pranks
A nostalgic dialogue recalls endowment talk, four summa cum laude degrees, mass freshmen water initiation, green caps, a Purdue football win 14 to 44, and the exuberant Frolic party. Names like Bill and Franklin appear amid campus memories and pledges for another lively year.
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Bill
Bill Kingsolver
Rush
Franklin
Purdue
Franklin Dan
Will
Indiana Baptists Okehed
Franklin High School Graduates Lead in College Attendance
Franklin High School shows 58.5 percent of its 181 graduates continuing to college over four years with 61 entering Franklin College and 34 leaving college mid course. Grade data indicate 9.2 percent of college students earned A's, 38 percent B's, 35.3 percent C's, 7.6 percent D's, 3 percent E's, and 64 percent F's, based on midsemester grades. many students engage in campus activities and work as assistants.
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Franklin High School
Franklin College
Franklin
Scientific Association
Seniors Thrown Over Fence Tradition Ends At Graduation
In memory of Miss Zeppenfeldt, seniors were hurled over a high campus fence during Commencement week. Juniors and others assisted as girls and boys were lifted over, while the school cheered. The fence was torn down two years later and the custom died.
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Zeppenfeldt
College News Roundup on Memorials and Endowments
Albion College plans a bronze memorial tablet for students in service. Kansas University launches a $1,000,000 Loyalty Memorial Fund drive for a University Service building and stadium, with one quarter in sight. Michigan State reports success of an honor plan in examinations. Pennsylvania seeks representation on the American Olympic team in Antwerp next fall. Ohio State freshmen 38 percent frequently abstain from certain activities. Yale lifts Sunday sports ban. campus courts open Sundays. Minnesota half of students partially or wholly self supported. Indiana military instructor Captain Dudley Woodward holds foreign medals and three wound stripes, cited in three AEF orders. Wabash faculty salary raised 30 percent by trustees. Sixty-three colleges listing endowment campaigns show twenty-two active, seeking $100,000,000 total.
Busy Prof A J Beriault Shifts Roles Over Holidays
Prof A J Beriault kept a full schedule during the Christmas break entertaining sailors in Indianapolis at the Claypool hotel and hosting a watch party with his wife at Cambridge. He also prepared a recital at Hawthorne School No 50 and plans an annual trip to Young America, reflecting a busy period.
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A. J. Beriault
Masonic Temple
Indianapolis
Indiana
Claypool Hotel
Bernault
Cambridge
Hawthorne School No. 50
Beriaults
Young America
Tea For Three at Shubert Murat Theater in Indianapolis
The Shubert Murat Theater in Indianapolis announces Tea For Three as its three night attraction with a Saturday matinee starting Thursday January 45th. Frederick Perry Arthur Byron and Laura Hope Crews headline with Byron and Perry from New York and Chicago prior runs. Ruby Minor Franklin educator gains noted success in project teaching and articles. Registration for the second semester begins with alphabetized student enrollment and adjusted schedules.
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Shubert Murat
Indianapolis
Frederick Perry
Arthur Byron
Maxine Elliott
New York
LaSalle Theater
Chicago
Laura Hope Crews
API Cooper Megrue
Byron
Mr. Perry
Middle-West
East
Ohio River
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Albion College
Kansas University
Michigan State
Pennsylvania
Antwerp
Ohvio
Yale
Minnesota
Dudley Woodward
Wabash
Beriault
Ruby Minor
Miss Minor
State Normal
Trenton
N. J
Kansas State Normal
Emporia
Thompson
J. H. Thompson Studio
Godwin's Pharmacy
Ballard
Ainbrook
Jefferson St
Water St
E. J. Kielhorn Clothing Store
Ck T. Lagrange
Franklin National Bank
J. M. Henderson Shoe Store
Jefferson Street
Pele National
United States Depository
Union Trust CO
Franklin Motor Sales Company
Davis
Reo
Monroe
Maxwell Automobiles
A. H. Smiley
Public Square
van Hawkins
East Jefferson Street
W. Jeff
St. O. L
Vandivier’s Grocery
Arthur J. Bernault
W. A. Burton
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