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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
3
The senior pupils of Mrs. Minnie Braner presented a large recital in Stott Hall with attendees from the local music community. Assisted by Prof. A. J. Beriault and Louise Constable, the students performed works by Moszkowski, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns and others, earning praise for technique and musicality.
Howard Myer Hugh Lowery War ren Keith and Raymond W Conley will attend the Annual Student Conference at Lake Geneva Wisconsin June 18 to 22. The event this year is billed as one of the largest ever with delegates from Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Michigan Ohio and North Dakota colleges. Each school is to send one man per sixteen students but Franklin will send four, a record. Renowned speakers are expected to address the group and delegates should return with renewed insight into college religious activities and leadership roles.
The Northern Baptist Convention funds will replace the Carnegie Foundation support, prompting Franklin College to sever ties with the Carnegie Foundation Fund while preserving pensions for retired professors. The board voted to raise current salaries and continue the pension plan for staff who joined under the old system.
The Carnegie Foundation notes that Franklin College will receive one and a quarter million dollars from the Baptist denomination, but President Goodell says this will not change any policy at the institution.
Davis Bloomington Hugh Lowery Franklin Cutler and Noble Carter Detroit Thomas Lemon Vernon Bachelor of Science Charles H Cross Lebanon and Richard B Payne Franklin Conrad F Hamilton Franklin. Deferred degrees were conferred on Margaret Miller Hugh Lowery Noble Carter and Esther Frances Jones.
Lowe receives the Classical Scholarship Medal honoring senior year results after a change in rules allowed all class levels. Cecile Hart wins first in declamation with Louise Constable second for readings Theodosia Beasley places third. Baldwin prizes go to Davis Harrison and Mrs Yeuny White Vandevier from last spring.
The College Board announced at its annual meeting in President Goodell's office that two department heads will be appointed. Prof. J. E. Smith of Manhattan Kansas will join as physics head in the fall, having earned a Master of Science from Wisconsin. Prof. Claude C. Spiker of Newark Delaware will take charge of the Romance Languages department.
The article notes the creation of the office of Dean of Women and the departure of Miss Hunt to Bucknell University. No appointment was made for the Dean of Women position. Board officers for the past year were re-elected: Grafton Johnson president, G V Woolen vice president, Will A Burton secretary treasurer, and E L Branigin attorney.
A thunder shower at the planned pilgrimage site canceled the event for Alumni Day. Two cars carried the floral tributes from friends to the college, while during the Alumni Banquet Rev. F M Huckleberry offered a fitting tribute to Dr Stott.
Davis Harrison the business manager announces the 1921 Junior annual will likely rise to three dollars per copy next June from two dollars. The Almanack Board of the 1919 annual previously raised prices from fifty cents to two dollars, citing higher material and engraving costs.
Among those who will enter college as Seniors next year are Pleasant Huffman and Hallie Hamilton. Both men have recently returned from the service.
Dr J L Bey will travel to Blooming ten tomorrow to assume charge of the education department in Indiana University’s summer school.
E. L. Gourke resigns from janitorial duties after a year to take a job at H. and D. Laundry. Pauline Shutters spent the weekend with Mabel Vandevier at Branches Station, visiting the area.
Elwood Watkins plans to enroll at Brown University this fall. The move marks a new chapter for the student as he prepares for higher education and campus life.
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