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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
4
A DePauw era reflection argues that national fate rests on rulers and educated leaders. The piece urges college graduates to assume responsibility, warning that failure by the educated class would jeopardize America's power and international standing in the coming decades.
About sixty S A T S members and many more DePauw students joined Putnam county soldiers in a Welcome Home celebration for the 150th field artillery in Indianapolis. The march began at West College with Captain Frazee leading S A T C men to Vandalia station, then a train to Indianapolis. The parade ended with box lunches from the Salvation Army and an evening Circle dance as crowds enjoyed theatre shows and amusements.
Business manager Barth explains the relay schedule shift is unavoidable and will occur after May Day. The note clarifies operations and timing for participants and spectators.
Announcement says the 19 Mirage cannot be sold on May Day as previously stated in the Daily. Books will arrive May 25, with delay due to difficulty in securing guarantee money required to let the contract.
Captain Frazee lost a penny slipped into a rifle breech to ease bolt operation during a military science class. The coin was passed around for inspection and later found missing, with no charges filed yet. Since then no rifle containing a coin has slipped from his hands.
The latest DePauw overseas veteran visiting campus is Bob Williams, class of 1916, returning from Madison Indiana after honorable discharge at Camp Dix New Jersey. Williams enlisted June 1917 with the University of Chicago ambulance company and served a year on the Italian front earning the Merito de Guerra.
The article notes a student active in dramatics and debate during college years and his membership in Delta Upsilon. It mentions his experience operating under shell fire and on impassable roads during the final campaign against Austrians.
The DePauw track squad travels to Crawfordsville on Saturday to face Wabash. Franklin meet participants return, with Shoptaugh back in action after illness and Hank a top hurdler and jumper prospect. Captain Bastian arrives from baseball and joins the team, while Jones Mason Proud and Borders are set for key events. Wabash promises speed, aiming to upset the Tigers again.
Dr Grose spoke in chapel to DePauw University seniors about responsibilities tied to graduation. He outlined university policy granting extra privileges to seniors and the expectations placed on them as students and future graduates.
The article notes college education benefits arriving later in life and the Putnam county honor roll naming S. A. T. C. members, now deceased, whose descendants will hear of their grandfathers marching in the great parade. It also jokes about students wasting holidays and predicts spring rains could let the university navigate the stream by the library and West College.
The senior class men appeared to regard senior guard day exercises as a women’s affair or perhaps they went to chapel at Black's, suggesting ambiguity in participation and venue.
Liberty notes list numerous Sunday and weekday visits among Ashboro Asherville Poland Terre Haute and Brazil residents. Families including Lash Rader Tribble Keiser Mustard Schopmeyer Easley and Cagle are mentioned with various relatives and friends. One stroke condition is noted for John Keiser in Terre Haute.
A doctor explains that isolation breeds low spirits and that talking boosts brain blood flow, improving mood. A case shows a stressed worker improving after evening talks, leading to the advice to read aloud, sing, and talk to oneself to stay cheerful and energized.
A vintage guide suggests lemon juice as a stain remover for nails and offers care methods using pumice, orange sticks, and olive oil. It covers nail hygiene, cautions about oxalic acid, and provides a lemon butter recipe with sugar, butter, eggs, and lemon rind for cakes and tarts.
To cure ring worms apply heated yellow corn to a pan then a cool smoothing iron to make a sweat that kills the worms after several applications. Apply coal oil with a small brush to pests on walls to drive them away, repeating as needed. Lamp chimneys gain brightness when rubbed with oil after washing.
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