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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
1
The staff listing names the Editor in Chief and associate editors including William Book Nellie Eikenberry Yan Dell Caine in the editorial staff box.
The Franklin notes daylight saving talk and war-time mood as readers share remarks. It thanks William G. Hibbs of Chicago for sending news of Richard E. Brown's death, praising alumni cooperation with the paper.
Sentiment on campus to form a public speaking fraternity grows as Franklin debates revive. Pi Kappa Delta petitions for a charter, but lack of inter-collegiate debating participation threatens success this year. Egbert Ray Nichols, president of Pi Kappa Delta, states in a draft-week communication.
The article notes Franklin has raised oratory standards and honors Miss Mabel Hayes for her state and national contest success. It argues for renewed emphasis on inter collegiate debating, praising the Star Prize debate as a revival and urging continued expansion to match other schools and sustain Franklin’s future well being.
A reflection on the college student as a growing, less flamboyant figure as college attendance rises. The piece notes a shift toward conservatism in dress and hazing decline, urging students to maximize their time. It mentions a basketball team photo delay and bits of light verse.
A list of basketball and track dates with multiple colleges including DePauw Earlham Wabash Purdue Hanover Butler Central Normal and track events at Franklin Richmond Greencastle Crawfordsville and Lafayette. The fragmentary OCR shows April to May dates and a note about Earlham Franklin May 1. The record preserves the sequence of matchups and venues as readable.
The Cham paign store window hosts Robert CU Zuppke artworks drawing notice for both his fame as a top college football coach and his painting skill. Zuppke, long based near Muskegon Michigan, captures lake shore landscapes and sand dunes, with others in his repertoire.
The annual Dartmouth catalogue for 1863 64 notes changing times with students paying $1.75 weekly board and $12 yearly room, while tuition stood at $51. Total yearly expenses did not exceed $172, illustrating affordable college life and evolving living costs for that era.
Cornell University dining halls report wheat product consumption in winter has fallen about fifty percent of normal due to National Food Administration recommendations. Authorities released the figures after calculating supply costs for recent months. Reductions come mainly from per capita consumption with only part from substitutes.
A university war council is organized at the University of Nevada to reorganize war work for efficiency and coordination. The main body will include nine faculty members, with sub-committees of faculty and students handling detail work. An educational campaign on conservation will begin soon across Nevada.
The School of Engineering at New York University will begin training one hundred soldiers from the National Army to serve as mechanics in the aviation section of the Signal Corps in France, as reported by the Minnesota Daily.
The University of Cincinnati plans a sixty day training course for five hundred drafted men in cooperation with the federal government this summer. Financial arrangements remain to be settled soon. Also, Wisconsin's student council of defense seeks a state alliance of campus councils and has sent letters with its constitution and committee list to higher education heads in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
An exhibit of sections and photographs covering nearly all North American woods and trees is being installed in the natural history hall by the University of Illinois museum. It was prepared by R B Hough, author of North American Trees, and is for use by the botany department. Daily lin i.
Trevor Kincaid, zoology professor at the University of Washington, plans autumn research that may change dining conversations. The remark about creamed kelp hints at new ideas in marine food studies and future discussions this fall.
Harbor plans a summer program directing zoological work at the marine station to catalog sea forms of the Sound not used as food, test edibility with culinary experts, and promote economically valuable species like the scallop. The note ends with a whimsical verse about light and love.
In Paris the birth rate of newspapers surges as scarce newsprint drives up costs and fuels a press race. Six new morning and three new evening papers have emerged since the war, with buyers paying high prices for presses and secondhand installations. A proprietor who halted publication early in the war sold his machinery to fund the new venture for 360,000 francs Daily Mini.
Change proposals stir campus at Cornell as the four-term plan used by the University of Chicago is weighed for year-round sessions. The Daily Sun reports many faculty communications on the topic. The Sun advocates ending the current final examination system.
Musical comedy co authored by Oscar Hammerstein II and RB Lippman is planned as Columbia’s first local talent production. More than 8500 has been raised toward the $1,000 needed to insure the show’s financial success. Hammerstein and Lipman previously scored with Home James! last year and the new show, unnamed, is expected to draw strong crowds.
The University of Washington plans a five year program linking the college of science with Seattle hospital to award a purse diploma and a bachelor of science degree. The initiative envisions a closer partnership between science instruction and medical facilities in Seattle.
During wartime stress Ohio State authorities repurpose venues with Indianola Park floor for basketball and now Florentine Hall will host women gymnasium activities.
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