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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
3
Tryouts over two sessions selected the team to face Webster Literary Society. Prize money from Eugene Pulliam of The Franklin Star will be offered again. The March 20 date may shift due to conflicts as plans await final team announcements.
The 1920 Almanack editors invite readers to write their reason for attending or staying in school and place it in a locked box in the book store. The prompt asks participants to provide personal motives over the next four years and to reflect on education and involvement with the Varsity Glee Club.
The text claims Wabash inadvertently dropped two contests to Franklin last season and notes a new co ed contest follows the ending of their competition while Almanack is praised.
The article traces ragtime to a southern dance anecdote and defines it as an excessive use of syncopation. It credits Kerry Mills with popularizing syncopation through The Georgia Camp Meeting and argues American music reflects vast material and national vigor.
Coach Thurber expects a successful outdoor track season with returning service veterans and a large class of freshmen. Kingsolver and Lowery lead sprints and weight events, Harrison handles discus, Campbell broad jumps, McClure Bau Naugle excel high jump and pole vault, Franklin dominates distance runs, while Cross and Farmer headline middle and long distance events. Student Council Movie Series managers hoped for Chaplin or Arbuckle films to boost morale.
The Blue and Gold nine previews a ten game season with Thurber Naugle Bitter Lowery and Neeves among the outfield and infield targets. Myer may return to right garden, Kingsolver Pierce Schleicher enter spring term, Winsted from Plainfield rated a strong first baseman. Therber to issue first practice call Monday and all players will be given a chance to prove themselves.
The Delta Delta Delta annual state luncheon will be in the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel Indianapolis tomorrow. Four chapters from DePauw Butler Indiana University and Franklin attend with about one hundred guests. flu limits attendance. A five course luncheon begins at one o'clock with Montana the harpist providing Delta songs. Hulda Rohde ex seventeen elected to the American Chemical Society. she lives in Redwood Minnesota.
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