Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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elear through to the end, and showed a lighting spirit such as any school should he proud ol'. The lirst really representative college has- kethall team was sent out this winter, and in spite ol' the inexperience of the men made a very creditable record. For the first time in seven years a track team has heen organizedg and, though it is rather early in the season to niake predictions they hid lair to represent Franklin very well indeed. In former days athletics were run at haphazard, the coaches ol' the different teams varied from year to year, and there were no facilities worth mentioning for physical culture. llut now we have one of the hest and most modern gymna- siums in the state. an athletic hoard ol' control in charge of all finances, and a permanent athletic director. Under such circumstances the outlook for hetter athletics is undoubtedly hright. Other college activities are still as tlourishing as ever. The l l'lIlld'1l'l1 has this year hecome a weekly, and in its new form is a very good college newspaper. The work in the literary socie- ties and Christian Associations has flourished, and interest in oratory seems to he reviving to some extent. Une thing which has heen apparent to everyone this year is the immense increase in col- lege spirit. This has heen man- ifest at all the games. and also in less conspicuous places. ' No one can deny that even since last season there has heen an immense increase in the f'.s'l'I'1'f ..... t A r in . ,,.,..-- .. fir' mrjxv of the whole student Guns' Drmmn-oily l on

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The past year has been one of slow but steady progress, following the great steps forward that were taken in 1907-8. 'l'he enroll- ment has shown a steady growth, which, through the abolition of the preparatory department, is really much greater than appears on paper. No new buildings have been erected during the past year, but the equipment of those already in use has been materially in- Sr-rnuc Ialnmnv .creased-and, as usual, there is an excellent pros- pect for the construction of a science hall in the near future. Several changes have occurred in the make- up of the faculty since last year. We miss some of the old familiar faces, but in every case their vacancies seem to have been ably filled. Two new departments-liiblical Science and Physical Culture--have been installed, and the scope of others has been widened. Besides this, the Coeds are now in charge of a dean, and everyone seems to favor the change with the exception of a few dormitory cases who find the number of their dates reduced. Under Dr. Bryan's direction lfranklin is steadily moving onward, and year by year the alumni spread the fame of their alma mater over ever-widening areas. The past season in athletics can hardly be said to have been successful. 'I'he baseball team of 1908 was pursued by hard luck from the very first, and was not as successful as, on form, it should have been. The football team put out last fall was perhaps the least successful that ever represented Franklin. The men were out- classed, but played an unusually heavy schedule

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body. Less is heard now than ever before about the interests of some faction or clique, and more about the wel fare of the college. This is perhaps the most radical change of the whole year, and the most heneiieial. And so we are coming to the close of a year of progress-not so marked, perhaps, as some other periods, but still, in spite of the hindrances, a step forward. At the approaching eonnneneenient diplomas will be given to the largest senior class ever graduated, and incidentally, commencement week will be distinguished hy the exploits of the largest and liveliest junior class the college has ever seen. Never heiore have the skies ahead been so bright as they are at the present time. From the glorious dream of the song, the future ol' Franklin is rapidly becoming a glorious reality. 1 , I . f ' r ,' GYMNASIUM