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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1916
Page
4
A reflection on parental attitudes toward college. It argues many parents seek status and social advantage rather than genuine education for their children, especially daughters. The piece notes some students learn little, yet parents praise prestige while criticizing unsettling ideas.
Myron T. Hugel will represent Butler in Indianapolis Februarys oratorical contest after winning the local title with The Hope of Efficient Democracy. Joseph Myers Jr of Wabash College won the Day Oratorical Contest and will compete in Indianapolis February 25 on The Spirit of Liberty. Arthur Clement earned second place.
The passage notes a fictional brain in the Hu man Block called the Cranium kept by the Sarah Sisters Sarah Brum and Sarah Bellum with Medusa Obiongata. They and the setting appear as nervous inmates in a cell. It then shifts to Franklin College track plans and a January term start. It mentions dual meets with Wabash Butler DePauw and a May Hanover meet. The new term began January 5 with afternoon registration, chapel, and class sessions. Rev JohnS Burns led chapel on January 7. The Presbyterian C E Society held a Christmas vacation social at the Phi Gamma House led by Harry G Iddings. A Christmas music effort involved college students and faculty at the Presbyterian Church the Sunday before Christmas. W.G. Pender and Grace Sipe were married December 20.
Gladys Cox, a 1916 graduate, is spending the weekend in Indianapolis. She will visit local sights and reconnect with former classmates during the short trip.
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