Letter From Walter J. Schierling From Camp Grant
Walter J. Schierling writes from Camp Grant on Feb 16 1918 to Hanover College detailing camp life. He praises cleanliness meals and local morale while noting homesickness and longing for old friends. He discusses YMCA religious outreach and moral concerns among soldiers and ends with regards to Hanover College faculty and students.
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Camp Grant
W. A. Millis
Hanover, College
Hanover
Ind
Jesus Christ
Hanover College
Old Hanover College
Walter J. Schierling
DePauw and area note style campus items and enlistments
Personal Dean C Jackson joins the army stationed at Camp Taylor. Justice Huntley ex 20 attends Simples Business College in Holland Michigan. Hon Dillon Brooke Wilson dies at Lebanon Ohio. Lyceum Course next number Feb 28. DePauw to unfurl a Service Flag with 373 stars. Manager McNulty cites baseball games vs Indiana Purdue Franklin Central Normal Kentucky State Butler Georgetown Ky St Marys Ky. Glee Club practice held with 25 men. Service flags at Wabash 395 stars 177 commissioned officers. Earlham 83 stars. Miss Marjorie Phillips and Miss Margaret Verburg visit North Vernon guests at dorm. James Lawrence 18 and Mable Burdsal 18 return to college.
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McNulty
Indiana University
Purdue
Franklin
Central Normal
Kentucky State
Butler
Georgetown
St. Marys
Pinky
M. Snyder
Jackson
Clarke
Alexander
Cooper
Chanticleer Company
Margaret
Earlham
Hutchings
Marjorie Phillips
Margaret Verburg
North Vernon
Edna Phillips
James Lawrence
Mable Burdsal
Measley
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W. Mainn
J. Dold
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Henry M. Lee
Pres
Dean C. Jackson
Army
Camp Taylor
Justice Huntley
The
Simples Business College
Holland, Mich
Dillon Brooke Wilson
Lebanon
Ohio
Lyceum
DePauw
Stugker’s Meat Market
W. M. Stuker
Mount Joy Dry Cleaner
West Street
Latter Bros
Home Tailors
Mulberry St
Spio Mesny Prhouen
G. A. Stanton
Rogers Drug Store
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