Platinum profits boost Franklin College science fund
Franklin College chemistry chief Prof. R C Roberts sold about five ounces of platinum bought years ago at $150 total. Last year 30 grams brought $118, and about 105 grams sold last week to J Bishop & Co. for $294. Total proceeds $412, funding new apparatus for advanced chemistry in the planned science hall and supporting a summer school expected to draw 150 to 200 students.
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Malvern
More Men Than Women Enrolled in College
Franklin College reports 221 students enrolled to date with 111 men and 108 women. Officials expect January cohort and February 10 start to lift totals toward a record year despite the S A T C. Men outnumber women by three for the first time in several years.
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Franklin
Summer School Opens April 21 With Noted Lecturers
Horace E. Ellis the former state superintendent will give a lecture to summer school students. J. N. Powers of Chicago will lecture for one week. Dr. Sherwood plans to secure additional lecturers and professors to assist in the education department. A key feature will be a series of lectures during the Baptist Assembly in August with many nationally known speakers on the program.
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Sherwood
Horace E. Ellis
J. N. Powers
Chicago
Committee to Card All Student Affairs
A faculty committee on student activities has been named to arrange the calendar. Dates for concerts and plays will be set by this committee and events must be requested at least one or two weeks in advance to avoid clustering. Members: Dr. H. N. Sherwood, Prof. H. C. Merrill, Miss Feliges, Miss Hunt, and President Goodell.
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H. C. Merrill
Feliges
Freshmen Lead Y W C A Meeting With Louise Constable
Freshmen ran the Y W C A meeting led by Louise Constable. Article two of the student constitution was read to frame the evening. Freshman topics covered purposes, help they can offer, attendance benefits, and influence. Music by Gladys Rudd and Helen Constable. Each girl shared favorite scripture passages.
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Gladys Rudd
Helen Constable
Sherwood Discusses Commonplace Things for Men
Prof. H. N. Sherwood spoke at the YMCA on Commonplace Things for Men. He examined men's roles amid life conditions and youth, delivering an informative, practical talk. The gathering was one of the best attended since the demobilization of the S. A. T. C. unit.
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H. N. Sherwood
Freshmen Triumph In Annual Goodell Field Clash
The Freshmen defeated the Sophomores on Goodell field last Friday by a large margin in a rough “knock down and drag out” affair. The Sophomores, though outnumbered four to one, held their own and contributed to a strong contest.
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Frehmen
Sophs
Goodell Field
Army officer to be discharged and reassigned
Captain C. W. De Jarnette, commandant of the S A T C, is awaiting orders for transfer or discharge today. Upon discharge he will resume architectural work in Des Moines, where he was a prominent architect before enlisting nearly two years ago.
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C. W. de Jarnette
Des Moines
SAE entertains Captain De Jarnette at six o'clock dinner
Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosts Captain Charles W. De Jarnette for a six o'clock dinner Tuesday night, continuing formal hospitality and campus social events.
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Charles W. de Jarnette
He’ll Be at Home Without Moving Says Telegraph
The New York Telegraph notes that if citizens keep conferring citizenships on him, President Wilson could remain at home permanently, effectively not traveling anywhere while still being in office.
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