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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
4
A campus debate targets the growth of yellow dandielions on grounds. The writer mocks college fashion and jokes about social pressure, calling for removal while noting the trend toward the season’s color. Mother Nature and a coed figure in the discussion.
May Day events include a track meet against Earlham in the morning, a sumptuous noon dinner and afternoon exercises at the chapel. Senior class members chosen by preferential voting include Roxye Storms as May queen, Charlotte Cooke and Ruth Bell as maids, with Swan Swenson as Robin Hood.
Pi Beta Phi invites mothers and patronesses to an informal Mothers Day party on Friday afternoon May 11. Attendees in the city include Mrs. Lemmon of New Albany Mrs. Gipson and Mrs. Reynolds of Lebanon Mrs. Tedford of Hutsonville Jr Mrs. Ensley and Mrs. Pruitt of Edinburg and Mrs Pickerell the dormitory mother. Program features Bolo Josephine Covert with May Reynolds accompanist quartet Margarite Hall Nelle Gipson Mary Beards Euline Klyver Solo Helen.
The dean urges special examinations so students can satisfy requirements while serving. Those needed for food production may be dismissed on the same terms as military entrants, with excused absences under regular rules and summer school opportunities to make up missed work. Faculty may grant credits as a temporal expedient to meet an emergency.
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