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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
5
The Franklin college student body shows unprecedented enthusiasm for next year’s staff. More applicants and high quality work prompt changes including two assistant business managers and a dedicated sport page. The faculty will announce results early next week amid reorganized departments and a larger paper.
The Annual for this year will be out tomorrow with all copy in for two weeks and printers working night and day to meet schedule. Feature notes praise patriotism and say the book is superior to former years due to editor and business manager's efforts.
The Men's Glee Club of the college visited Fort Benjamin Harrison on Tuesday evening May 14. They shared a buffet in the quartermaster’s mess, then gave a casual concert at the Y M C A No 1 with street clothes and informal seating. About one thousand soldiers gathered for encore requests after the post exchange performance by an Indianapolis athletic club. Clark R Parker of the Y W C A praised the show as among the best he had seen at the fort.
The senior class decides to move May Day festivities to June and rename the event Campus Day. The plan shifts from May 11 to June 11 with a new program kept secret, led by committee members Palmer Creecatt and Gertrude Dodd, and aligned with Alumni Day celebrations.
Miss Alberta Vaqualine of the Metropolitan school entertained the pupils of the public speaking class. His a real treat when such artists come down here.
Miss Grace Barnes was on the sick shift this week. The note asks readers to look over the Fresh man issue and consider comparisons.
Richard B. Payne of Franklin won the Student Council presidency for next year defeating William Book 147 to 60. Joseph McClure was chosen vice-president and Agnes White secretary. The meeting approved council funding for the college band nets and tape for series courts and audit plans. A special meeting was set for Friday to resolve questions about the election.
The sophomore class elected its next year’s annual board with Yarndell Cline as editor in chief Agnes White as associate editor Joe McClure business manager and Ines Gwen assistant business manager They will appoint the rest of the staff likely at the fall term start Cline brings journalistic experience from Columbus Indiana and ties to local papers Metlure the new business manager has four years at Princeton Indiana printing and advertising strong support foreseen for the annual as a key college advertising medium
Miss Kathleen Graham of Koko mo entertained the public speaking class with a reading from Lady Windemere's Fan, lasting about an hour and fifteen minutes.
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