Cards of Thanks and Obituaries Rates Noted
The notice states that Cards of Thanks cost 50 cents each and obituaries cost one dollar per obituary. An additional fifty cents per line is charged for poetry.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
2
The notice states that Cards of Thanks cost 50 cents each and obituaries cost one dollar per obituary. An additional fifty cents per line is charged for poetry.
Gamma Sigma Delta officially becomes Mortar Board at a Wednesday Tri Delt meeting. Helen Kixmiller will lead Mortar Board for the year, with next year’s junior nominees awaiting faculty approval. Membership limited to 15 percent of senior women. five-eighths of college work required. Initiation date not announced.
The English department led by Prof. Pence seeks a DePauw magazine as a publicity lab but faces heavy mechanical and financial hurdles without a university press. Backers must fund printing, while alumnae gifts could sustain the venture. A university press would ease costs and boost editorial operations.
At Rector Hall house meeting the following were nominated for next year’s officers. President Belin da Crane and Ruth Sinks. first captain Carmen Osler and Irene Foster. S G A representative Mary L. Arnold and Edith Watson. secretary and treasurer Ellen Studley and Eva Crawford.
Doctor and Mrs. Grose will host members of the senior class at their home on May 26. The annual gathering is described as especially enjoyable.
DePauw faces State Normal on McKeen Field in a shift from Terre Haute with a 3:45 start. The lineup includes Captain Julian, Cartwright, Bastian, Davis, Donner, M. Guild, Stephenson, Isenbarger, and B. Guild. The schedule after today lists one final game versus Wabash, location tbd.
Freshmen tally fifty points to win the co ed track and field meet at McKeen Field. Juniors place second with twenty six and sophomores third with one. Perkins 22 set two DePauw co ed records in javelin and hop step and jump. Perkins 22 led with fifteen points.
At a recent house meeting girls in Mansfield elected Faith Dropsty as house president Violet Iddings as fire captain and Elizabeth Best as chairman of the social committee Dorothy Gardner was chosen as one representative in the 5. G. A. with the second to be elected at the opening of the fall term
The long discussed senior privileges are approved granting eleven o clock hours on Sunday Monday and Tuesday of commencement week. The Mirage is nearly complete with the remainder to be finished early next week and the yearbook will be on sale by June 1. Business Manager H C Barth traveled to Anderson and Indianapolis and attended the Bathing Beauties performance.
The War Department has sent Captain Frazer an assistant, Sergeant First Class Wilbur Stewart of the Coast Artillery. Sergeant Stewart is on campus and has begun duties. Lighting exercises were held this morning during class hours. Work progresses on the installation of an inside rifle range in West College for target practice.
An advertisement promotes P. D. Q. bedbug killer from Owl Chemical Company. It claims a 35-cent package makes a quart of lethal mixture, kills eggs, fleas, ants, and cockroaches, and even serves as a deodorizer. It urges buyers to seek genuine product and offers to mail a package if a local druggist lacks it.
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