Popular Franklin College grad dies in French air crash
Lieut. Russell H. Klyver of the class of 1916 died December 9 in a crash while testing a French plane in France. The Franklin College star earned three football letters, three basketball letters, one track insignia, and served as president of the Student Council. He survived earlier close calls and left for overseas September 1, not reaching the front before the armistice.
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Franklin College
France
Russell H. Klyver
Lieut. Klyver
Klyver
the Franklin
Baptist
Baptist Church
Benton Harbor
Mich
Waco
Texas
YWCA Geneva Conference Night Features
The YWCA meeting mirrored a Geneva conference with pictures from the Lake Geneva Wisconsin gathering. Esther Myer described the setting, Katherine Book led class and hike discussion, and Inez Owen shared moonlight scenes and singing. Wilbur Jayne visited from Camp Grant after his discharge in November.
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Geneva
Lake Geneva
Wis
Esther Myer
Katherine Book
Inez Owen
Franklin College adopts Pan-Hellenic rush rules for sororities
Franklin College sororities set new democratic rush rules after dissatisfaction with prior practices. The plan restricts parties to midsemester days with censorship of materials and a library display. A Friday January 17 observance will let campus women judge the sororities’ place in college life.
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Pan-Hellenic
Franklin College
Pi Beta Phi
Delta Delta Delta
Iota Psi Nu
Franklin men recall five war heroes and propose science building memorial
A Franklin student urges honoring five alumni who died in World War I by completing the science building campaign. He argues for a practical monument that assists future students, rather than a stone shaft, and invites campus discussion on a suitable memorial.
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Old Franklin
Plans to Reorganize the Franklin College Band
Reeve drum major of the S A T C Band called old men in for first practice as Franklin College moves to reorganize its band. Many former crack musicians did not return but talent remains. The band will support college spirit and appear at the Franklin Dental contest with yah rah support for the game.
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Reeve
S. A. T.C. Band
Shorty” Reeve
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Wilbur Jayne
Camp Grant
Soldier Memorial
Harry Carman
Franklin
Victor A. Hunt
Walter Reed Memorial Hospital
Washington, D. C
Helen Shufflebarger
Arthur J. Bernault
W. A. Burton
Franklin Opera House
Annette Kellerman
The
Queen of the Sea
Avira
Citizens National Bank
United States Depository
Sfainbrook & Ballard
B. A. Devore
City
East
Jefferson Street
Wile-Casady Company
Robert C. Wood & Son
Kodaks
Wood’s Rexall Drug Store
Eastman Headquarters
W. B. McCullough
Santox Remedies
J. H. Thompson
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