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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1909
Page
4
In the November 17 1909 Franklin issue the staff praises a recent Friday game as the best on local grounds this year. The piece notes junior teamwork, hints at a tie to General Knox’s knocks, and urges renewed annuals and inter-society programs. It laments the Glee Club and current musical organization status.
The text notes that the Christmas vacation tour was profitable for the men and the college. It suggests forming a musical organization if a glee club cannot be arranged, proposing an orchestra, band, or chorus to replace it.
The piece notes Champaign students and similar college towns repeatedly spark rowdy, leader driven mobs. It argues these youths are not inherently bad, just buoyant and prone to overstep boundaries, echoing historic Parisian student violence and underscoring the need for balanced work and play to temper mob spirit.
The item recalls a Sunday school joke where a teacher asks Johnnie about Adam's punishment for eating the forbidden fruit and Johnnie answers he had to marry Eve. A separate quip features Miss Clark in German about recognizing a case by habit.
The program lists daily activities from Wednesday to Tuesday including lectures, sermons, songs, and meals. Notable speakers include Dr. Barbour of New York, Hon. Albert J. Beveridge, and Robert E. Lewis of Cleveland with a mass meeting for men led by Geo. G. Maby.
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