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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1919
Page
3
The Franklin College board of directors will meet with President Goodell to discuss Alumni Association recommendations on sending The Franklin to all alumni. A motion from Commencement Week urged monthly mailing, with a possible extra special issue featuring alumni news and profiles of prominent old grads.
The Franklin College Male Quartet, formed to advertise Franklin College through song, visited 53 towns including Southport Lipton and Indianapolis. Members G Hoyce Kinnick A Bb Davis tenors and H F Thurston Roy D Hunter basses traveled 2400 miles and performed before about 12000 people from June 23 to Sept 5, entertaining hosts at homes and banquets and earning invites to return next year.
At a YWCA cabinet meeting Wednesday Inez Owen Florence Merrill and Lois Williams were added to replace Mildred Scott Marjorie Baker and Lucille Catron who are not in school this semester Owen becomes social committee chair Merrill heads the Association News committee and Williams leads Bible study work Other cabinet members and their positions include Agnes White membership Helen Glessner finance Ruth Cook Geneva Elsie Ensley home Clara Evans missionary Ethel Morris social service Bertha Caffyn religious meetings Officers are Myra Carter president Agnes White vice president and Theodosia Beasley secretary The article ends by asking when the year's annual will appear.
A long OCR style roster lists individuals tied to towns such as Franklin Bloomington Crothersville and Columbus. The names include Doerothy Huffman Doris Jackson Kathern Kelly Raymond Kelly Clarene Kelly Frances Klyver and many others across towns like Morgantown Green wood Whiteland and Edinburgh. The fragment reads as a matriculation or membership roll with varied locations in Indiana and nearby states.
A nostalgic reflection compares past campus wartime drills with present student life citing memories of moving drills and fraternities. The note also announces the engagement of Miss Josephine Covert to Clarence Deer, linking campus life to local society.
Eight changes in Franklin College's faculty since last spring introduce nine new instructors from varied institutions. New appointees include Pleasant Lee Powell in Biblical literature Dwight Heath in mathematics Clifford W Johnston in music Stella W Morgan in English and others in physics romance languages and history. The newcomers replace departing professors and will lead new departments while engaging with students and college life.
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