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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
3
Miss Elsie May Thurber, registrar, reviews last semester records to compute grade averages for seven student groups. Plans to publish results soon include sororities and fraternities, with a silver loving cup proposed for the top sorority.
Wabash College eyes a postseason football matchup with Franklin College, contingent on open dates. Franklin could host on Thanksgiving, but Wabash has a Michigan Aggies game. If held, Dec 6 at Washington Park in Indianapolis may decide the Indiana Collegiate Athletic League title and influence the state championship.
Five new students matriculated this week bringing Franklin College total to 315. Names listed include Claude Acton Worthington Carol Meiks Shelbyville Velma Clayton Switz City Frank Beck Lebanon and Herman Jones Fairmount. Regular enrollment dates are past and few more may enter.
President Goodell selects chapel monitors across four student sections. Senior include Mabel Hanna Ruth McDaniel. junior Dorothy Deer Marian Ross. sophomore Lois Williams Earl Pike Raymond Conley. freshman K W Thominson Donna Smoot Arthur Baker Anna Collins. Raymond Conley will check two rows in the Freshman section.
Franklin College and Purdue battled to a 14 all draw at Stuart Field Lafayette with Kingsolver and Lowery scoring for Franklin and Meeker Church for Purdue. Reports describe Franklin as the stronger unit and predict Purdue may struggle this season amid critiques from Indianapolis News and local papers.
The Franklin College board approved the dismissal of Miss Herriott Palmer after a committee action and an offered hearing that she declined to attend. President Goodell spoke as committee spokesman while the board assumed responsibility for the decision and noted Palmer would not agree to abide by the outcome of any hearing. The report also mentions accompanying student notices and campus activities including a Y W A meeting led by Miss Bertha Caffyn and various speakers. Edith Wright announces matriculation at Newcomb College in New Orleans with studies in music domestic science and art.
Royce Kinnick is named vice-president of the Franklin College Debating Club, Iota Psi Nu initiates Donna Smoot of Washington. Miss Norma Merrill and Bertha Catlyn plan weekend visits to Indianapolis homes. Magdalene Schmith of 1917 teaches at a home high school in Michigan City Indiana this winter.
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