May Day Food Fest and High School Track Meet Planned
Eleven teams from Johnson Morgan Shelby Bartholomew and Marion counties will join Franklin in a May Day track meet at Goodell Field on Saturday May 4. High schools such as Martinsville Mooresville Columbus Shelbyville Technical Manual Shortridge Edinburg Center Grove Bedford and Franklin are expected to attend with further colleges or graduates invited to compete. The event starts with a forenoon track meet followed by the campus May Day feast and college festivities in the afternoon attended by many high school students. a special committee will be formed after spring vacation to oversee plans.
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Johnson, Morgan
Shelby
Bartholomew
Marion
Goodell Field
Frank Bruce
Franklin High School
Martingville
Mooresville
Columbus
Shelbyville
Technical
Manual
Shortridge
Edinburg
Center Grove
Bedford
Franklin
Wood
Franklin College
Bruce
Shakespeare Day Program Arranged
Prof. Beriault with student committee selects cast for Shakespeare day celebration set for April. The lineup includes Lear and daughter scene, The Merchant of Venice, three The Much Ado About Nothing scenes, Macbeth sleepwalking, and Merchant of Venice trial. Rehearsals start after college resumes.
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Prof. Beriault
A. J. Beriault
Emma Voorhies
Fern Teagardin
Mary Belle Hougham
Lear
Miss Chard Resigns to Join Kansas City Schools
Miss Marian Chard resigns after nearly two years directing Franklin College coed athletics and gym program. She will start in the Kansas City Missouri physical education department on April 14, with college officials expressing regret and noting no successor named yet.
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Physical Education Department of
Kansas City
Mod
Marian Chard
Franklin College
Physical Education Department
Tegret
Miss Chard
Indiana Baptists plan $3.5 million drive in April
Dr. A J Vining of Franklin College heads Indiana campaign preparations for a Baptist drive in late April to early May. The effort is part of a Northern Baptist Convention goal of 100 million dollars with Franklin College set to receive 1.25 million for new buildings and endowment.
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Vining Hies
Baptists of
Indiana
A. J. Vining
Franklin College
Northern Baptist Convention
New Stereoptican Purchased for Biology Department
Prof. Deppe buys a Victor portable stereoptican lantern for biology use replacing the old arc light machine. The aluminum unit weighs about twenty five pounds and can connect to a lighting line, avoiding heavy current. Prof. Smith previously purchased an arc lantern and optical projectors. The report also notes Emma DeWitt Vories to discuss The Modern Tendencies of American Poetry at the Language Association meeting on April 5 with the final meeting likely May 6.
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Deppe
Victor
Smith
Prof. Smith
Emma DeWitt Vories
The
Language Association
Miss. Vories
Wife of famed horseman to enter summer school
Mrs. Sallie Smith, wife of the renowned horseman Dr. W. A. Smith, will enroll in Franklin College summer school starting April 6. She plans to complete the eighteen week program to qualify as a sewing teacher at Columbus High School. She previously earned a teacher's certificate at Hope Normal School but did not graduate high school, so she must meet the standard entrance requirements to satisfy the new law.
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Sallie Smith
W. A. Smith
Franklin College
Campus Moonlit Pranks Spark Late Night Tour
A lively April campus scene unfolds as spring arrives with a full moon. J Beecher and lieutenants toil with blow torches to thaw benches and Lov ers Alcove steps while a guided tour roams the grounds seeking gossip.
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J. Beecher
Willie
Date Set for Indiana Intercollegiate Press Association Convention
The second annual convention of the re organized Indiana Intercollegiate Press Association will be held at Purdue University on Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. Paul E Reed of Purdue, president of the organization, announced the dates. Details are not yet decided. Representatives from both the men's and women's press clubs will attend. The first convention of the re organized IPIP A was held here last year.
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Indiana Intercollegiate Press Association
Purdue University
Paul E. Reed
Purdue
Y Officers Chosen for YWCA and YMCA
Myra Carter, junior, was elected president of the YWCA and John Barnett, sophomore, was elected president of the YMCA at the remuslar meetings. Officers include Mary Purviance vice president, Margaret Williams secretary, Mary Graham treasurer, Mrs Theo Sharp field representative. YMCA officers Earl Pike vice president Lloyd Cook secretary Raymond V. Conley treasurer. Duties begin after spring vacation.
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Jmrya Carter
John Barnett
Myra Carter
Y. WC. A
Mary Purviance
Margaret Williams
Mary Graham
Unique plan to furnish dorm through student fundraising
Ninety four dorm residents will each earn five dollars to donate to a dorm furnishing fund. Led by Mrs. Nellie Wright, a committee selected a Wycliffe design for new lobby furnishings. The plan aims to equip two main parlors and install a clock by commencement.
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Nellie Wright
Dolises Ac Tcade
Agnes White
Lavina Schlencker
Maude Humphreys
Elizabeth Branham
Wycliffe
Wireless Students Show Demonstration Of Radio Apparatus
Wireless apparatus erected on the college building was demonstrated to Prof. Smith's physics class. Jean Waldo and Lou Montgomery, who built the amateur station, have received messages from Indianapolis and nearby stations. They plan to purchase a larger transformer to send messages beyond a hundred miles this spring.
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Indianapolis
Colleet
Franklin
Ben
Fifteen Courses Offered for Domestic Science and More
Franklin College announces fifteen courses for beginning students with additional offerings in English history American literature and teaching methods. Dean Sherwood estimates about fifty matriculate Tuesday with summer options in May and June. Martha Ott and Miss Maple Bye from Purdue will teach domestic science sewing and related subjects as part of the expanded program.
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Sunt
Sherno
Sherwood
Franklin’ College
Mies Martha Ott
Franklin
Maple
Purdue University
Mies Ott
Dean Sherwood
Heath
Deppe
Spiker
Miss Vories
J. €. Webb
Howard Myera
Franklin College plans to attend Richmond meeting
At least twenty Franklin College Student Volunteer Band members will attend the eighth annual Student Volunteer convention at Earlham College April 16 to 18. The event, postponed earlier due to the Richmond influenza epidemic, will feature six speakers including Mary Hazelett, a state YWCA worker. The convention aims to promote missionary work and features a world mission poster exhibit.
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Franklin
Franklin College
Earlham College
Richmond
Earlham
Mary Hazelett
Opion
Ford
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