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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
The administration announces a system to average grades by organization and group across Franklin college. Groups include all men and women, fraternities, sororities, independents, dormitory and off dorm coeds, athletic squads, and the Wigs and Queues.
Norman Pritchard of Chicago and Mrs. Pearl Van Riper of New Jersey establish the Ruth Pritchard Memorial Loan Fund at Franklin College. The fund helps needy Franklin students at low interest for long or short terms, aiming to grow into a larger endowment. Miss Misa Ruth W. Pritchard, class of 1915, died in April 1918 while teaching in Laporte schools.
Two Franklin graduates now in France with the AEF enroll as soldier students at the University of Montpellier. Lieut Hugh Vandivier, Franklin 1914, stars on the university baseball team amid a push toward the Section of France championship and Paris athletic carnival. Corporal Ora E Beerbower, ex-19, writes of school life in Montpellier and of hopes to join the varsity and of ongoing wartime travels from Brest through Aubraville to Metz as his company builds a railroad and eyes home leave near July.
The glee club will present a home concert on May 27 with Roy D. Hunter violinist Prof Schwerke pianist and Hugh Graham monologist. The trio, familiar to Franklin audiences, will accompany the club which previously performed in several towns and received near unanimous praise for the 1919 program.
Lewis Merrell ex 20, the sole Franklin College man in the 160th F A, is noted as perhaps the most battle seasoned Franklin College alumnus.
The article lists committee heads for May Day Festivities including Marian Chard Kathryn Roland and Katharine Book chairing events. Evening Festival coordinators are Prof. Bernault Conrad Hamilton and Esther Berryhill. Decoration chiefs include Esther Myer Anne Tedford Herbert Thurston Ray Tomlinson Russell Shirley and Irene Chandler. Dinner committee features Mrs Wright with Mr Benton Mrs Thurber Mrs Merrill and Esther Closson.
A Dallas News columnist mocks Petrograd and Moscow for neglecting civilized pursuits like baseball, arguing constructive hobbies could bring hope and reform rather than political turmoil.
A Philadelphia Press note argues presidents are rare but every man can imagine what he would do if he reached the office.
The faculty announced changes to absence and registration regulations. Absences include a fee for early or late examinations, penalties for unexcused days, and withdrawal after two weeks of unexcused absence. Registration changes require adviser and president consultation with a fifty cent fee.
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