Roberts resigns as Franklin College athletics chief
Prof. Dwight C. Heath elected as general manager of athletics after the resignation of Prof. R. Chester Roberts at a Tuesday chapel meeting. Roberts notes athletic programs on solid financial footing. second semester fees raised to three dollars. Student Council movie committee to run a new series. New students Morris Worland and Earl Tracy join campus. Worland pledges Sigma Alpha Epsilon and played on 8 A.T.C. last year.
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Dwight C. Heath
R. Chester Roberts
Franklin College
Roberts
Pleasant Huffman
Ralph Thurston
Will A. Burton
Morris Worland
Waldron
Earl Tracy
Morristown
Worland
Naming of Franklin College Tied to Town Founder
A detailed historical account traces Franklin College’s origins to the Indiana Baptist Manual Labor Institute and the town’s naming after Benjamin Franklin. Key figures include George King who offered land, Samuel Herriott who favored the Franklin name, and early benefactors like Barney McCaslin and Henry Banta. The institute’s campus and initial structures are described, along with the transition from institute to college amid Civil War-era challenges.
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Franklin College
College of Christianity and Culture
Franklin
Indiana Baptist Manual Labor Institute
Young's Creek
Shelby County
Hood
Johnson County
George King
Indiana
Tranklin
Samuel Herriott
Benjamin Frankland
Baptist Ministers of
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Brandywine
Frankliin
Barney McCaslin
Edwards Street
Indiana Manual Labor Institute
Henry Banta
College
Hose
Banta
Ious
Board of Directors
John JL. Jones
Manual Labor Institute
Greensburg
Old Institute
Chandler Hall
Benjamin
Bennett Wallace
Wallace
John L. Jones
Manual Labor
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Trout Bros
E. Jeff
Kemp Brothers Cleaners and Dyers
BE. Jefferson Sr
Drybread's Drug Store
Farmers Trust Company
QUEEN
Lanam Simpson CO
GC Hock Palmer
Kodaks
O. Collins
Citizens National Bank Capital
United States Depository
Kream Krust Franklin Bakery’s
Kream Krust Bread
Franklin Water, Light & Power Co
Godwin Grocery CO
J. L. Wolfe
Optometrist
Dr. Dean
The
Star Office
the Byers Millinery CO
W. B. McCollough
San Tox Remedier
Patronize
Franklin Advertisers
Royal Society Patterns
Edna Mayne Pritchard
Jhoover As
M. 1. Voris & Company
Hoevik
Baumgart's
Benjamin Franklin
Cooper Shop
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