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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
6
In four weeks close of school, Cheer Leader Spear urges Franklin students to back the basketball team and basebal l nine, keep school spirit high, and carry the “old Pep” home. He credits the coach and students for past success and asks freshmen to take the pep seriously for the school’s reputation.
Crowds watched Capt. Cross lead a two mile event at Wabash during home-coming day. The running showcase drew cheers as athletes competed on a festive campus backdrop.
Glenna Vandivier and Donald Harryman of Butler attended a Phi Delta Theta house event on Wednesday. Miriam Deming returned home from California and Kansas City. Yandell Cline spent the weekend with Charles Cross near Lebanon. Florence Ratliff hosted Mabel Hayes and Gladys Coles at West Newton. Freshmen in Tri Delt and Psi Nu hosted Fern Teagardin’s birthday party Monday night. Miss Josephine Wood teaching in Bedford visited her mother with Miss Frances Fuhring. Glennie Vandivier joined a costume recital at the Indianapolis College of Musical Art. Lt Hugh Lowery reported a seven hour flight, a graduation requirement from the flying school. Mary and Fern Teagardin host a weekend house party for invited guests. George Porter hosted friends at his grandmother’s home near Edinburg, including several named guests.
Members of the local Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter entertained about forty five couples Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry George. A jazz ensemble from Indianapolis provided music and cafeteria style refreshments followed.
The Rev Seldon L Roberts writes in the Sunday School Worker about Miss Mary Phillips of Madison Indiana. After training at the Baptist Missionary Training School Chicago and Franklin College she will go to Burma as a missionary sponsored by the Womens American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society.
A prank involving tin cans dropped from the third floor causes a campus stir. The culprits Alas and Black are found hiding in a room and are disciplined for three days. The two maids resume campus walks afterward.
Local S A E members attended the state convention in Bloomington last Saturday to discuss war problems and fraternity affairs. Robert Baker of Franklin College in 1910 presided, Russell Shirley represented the local chapter, with delegates from the Purdue chapter also present.
Miss Lore Pruitt of Edinburg earns University of Illinois scholarship covering a $250 cash allowance. Chosen as one of ten nationwide for academic merit from Franklin, she will depart in September to Evanston.
The freshmen at the college take pride in advances in Christianity and Culture and strong chapel Y M C A Y W participation. They boosted research in history notebooks enhancing knowledge and showed early athletic promise in basketball baseball and track. The piece predicts they will outpace seniors when they graduate.
A series of weekend visits and outings among local young women includes Miss Mildred Scott at Miss Helen Shufflebarger’s home and Miss Katherine Roland traveling to Indianapolis. Other guests include Misses Marie Griffith Katherine Ruthven and Miss Martha Boaz hosting, with several students visiting family or the University of TL. The Wabash first baseman committed three errors in the fifth inning and then another, while their catcher amused spectators.
Franklin college students plan a tribute gift for Coach John M. Thurber who has served five years. A student council committee will choose a token, with options including a loving cup a silver shield and medals. The gift may be presented during commencement week at the Wednesday morning exercises.
Harold Forsyth of North Dakota recounts a severe sea storm after fourteen hours in a cabin. Six went to the upper deck and were swept by a giant wave. two were lost, four held ropes and were rescued. Forsyth, a student-to-be and first cornet in the band, joined the colors.
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