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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1914
Page
4
The speaker discusses China’s awakening and transformation, highlighting social changes, anti opium efforts, and new gender roles. He urges Christian teachers to go to China, noting unprecedented educational opportunities and a need for up to one million instructors to shape China’s future.
Thursday morning Prof Pal mer presented a forceful survey of conditions in the Moslem world noting it as a major question after China. He traced the religion from its beginnings with modest converts to a widespread force led by Muhammad, with Constantinople as political capital Cairo as literary capital and Mecca as religious center, a city no foreigner has entered.
The piece argues Moslem ethics exist but Turkey and Persia fail to build constitutional governance due to reliance on the Koran. It notes a Christian missionary and schools requested by Albania and Persia and says Christianity seeks constructive involvement amid religious tensions.
Dr F W Grossman of the Presbyterian church spoke on Siam during Campus Day out of doors chapel. He recalled Siam as a tiny, secluded country with three yards of cloth per person and women doing most labor. He noted Presbyterians’ work there and observed local customs, including arranged marriages and cautious attitudes toward outsiders. A Christian preacher earned six dollars monthly while offered thirteen three dollars in commerce.
The article recalls donors giving half meals to fund church work in Siam, citing a mortgaged poor man and Dr Grossman. It praises Christianity for Siam, credits the Y M C A and Y M W H clubs and the Student Volunteer Band for the week, and thanks speakers Miss Kemper, Miss Palmer, Dr Tyler, and Dr Grossman.
The Fravolind also called Fracolini was put on sale Tuesday. Opinion Union declares it among the best Franklin publications with a brown cover artistic engravings and a frontispiece featuring Dr Stoll. The publication board praises the book as a worthy effort and a good sale is reported among students and townspeople. Interested buyers should contact business manager William Hibbs.
The Webster program features music and readings by Scotchmen of Letters and includes a debate on whether Hiley's poetry shows a deeper appreciation of nature than Barns. Performers include Goldie Spencer, Loren Tanna, Esther Marie Griffith, and others with humorous readings and a Latin quip about doctors.
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