Franklin College - Almanack Yearbook (Franklin, IN)

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19,'1fHE ALMAN-ACIQl2Q C l THE SENIOR CLASS President, Hallie Hamilton K Vice-President, Florence Merill' l Secretary, Edna Smith i Treasurer, Opal Wright 5 Historian, Emma Lou Vories Poet, William Earl Campbell l I 5 l Hallie Hamilton I Class President l 1 1 I , fi'-1 5 l V i l N l Y i l x5 osx- l 271'-if l l ADVERTISEMENT T STOP, Gentle Reader, LOOK at this bee-oo-ti-fully told history of Franklin's Tenth Legion, and LISTEN to the remarkable offer we make-to make money? Ah, no-TOINTRODUCE l THESE REMARKABLE BOOKS TO AN EAGER PUBLIC! These beautifully bound volumes will costayou the small sum of 33.75 Cpersonal checks accepted if certiiied by a FEDERAL BANKD. 16 RANKLIN COLLEGE '

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Q TH ALMANACIL 21 THE HISTORY OF FRANKLIN S TENTH LEGION THE CLASS OF 1 0 INTRODUCTION Thxs hlstory IS d1x1ded 1nto three parts Anclent Medleval and Modern The ADCIBDL per1od g1ves the hlstory of the class from September, 1915, to June, 1917, and lncludes all folk tales and legends Though these do not stand the test of h1gher cr1t1c1sm,' they make an atmospherlc back ground upon wh1ch the real h1story of the Leglon 15 based The Medleval HISLOIY covers the per1od from September 1911, to june 1919 The followlng blbllography IS respectfully submltted The 1919 Almanack, ed1ted largely by members of the 1920 class and The 20 Nack ed1ted by Class of 1920 The Modern per1od begms Wlth September, 1919, and ends w1th the present Reahzmg that 1t IS dlffrcult to present an accurate account of hlstory In the makmg the author presents these volumes w1th the request that suspended Judgment be EXCTCISCG rn all ca es of seem1ng contrad1ct1on For SCIVICCS rendered ln preservlng the valued 'documents, the 1919 and 1920 Nacks he author makes acknowledgment to the 1' C Off1C6 Force For proofreadmg and valued cr1t1c1sm the author makes acknowledgment to her slster, Iantha V McDanell CS1 nedj EMMA DEWITT Voknzs VOL ONE Anc1ent H1St0Yy, 191: 16 It IS sa1d that when Frankl1ns Tenth Leglon entered the ranks the three gleatest leaders 1n Colle e Mary LCWIS Hugh Lowery and Hallie Hamllton speedlly allled themselves wrth the C 7 new le lon and asslsted IH makln the band of newcomers a force felt 1n all college act1v1t1es lhe footbai team IS descrxbed by recolflnters of Frankl n Folklore as be1ng the f1rst bunch of real muscle h h P l Fox ID the hlstory of the 1nst1tut1on It IS bel1eved that Hallle and Hugh, toget er w1t au worthy, were on the team Th1s man called Foxey, was sa1d to have been manager of basket ball and that the above named men were on the team Bruce entered the Dramat1c Club lt IS d d l ft Foae to keep the base ball team go1ng Evelyn Duncan IS sa1d to have devoted Sal an e y much t1me to an organ1zat1on known as the Volunteers Through the shlftlessness of contempo G ld B n Dave rar1es the act1v1t1es of Mary Beard Ellzabeth Banaham, Ora Beerbower, era ran1ga Bunnell, Ewart Kllley and Edna Smlth were lost, but fragmentary tales from soclal, rel1g1ous and h l oncernmg the valued work done by these worthy members of the Tenth Leg1on are ot er c1rc es c handed down to us All legends agree that Franklln grew much durmg th1s per1od VOL TWO Anclent HISLOIY, 1916 17 CCont1nuedJ Thls year IS sa1d to have opened wlth Hall1e 1n charge of Athletics, Dave managlng the Soph omores, and Foxey countlng penn1es for the junxors, wh1le Ped Huffman flled b1lls and s1gned checks for the Sophomores There are many confl1ct1ng legends concermng the pres1dency ot Yandell Clme, but all agree that he made a surpr1s1ng speeth upon hls 1naugurat1on and that Flor ence Merrlll d1d much to asslst 1n manag1ng the green army Bowen IS belleved to have been the man who took charge of the football squad composed of Hallle, Hugh, and a man named Mutt or Smut Qstor1es do not agreej Hugh Lowery IS Sald to have taken charge of the basket ball out I-It and to have tralned Bowen, Beerbower and Hall1e unt1l they could WIDE up the Hoor wxth Butler Mutt and one called Potato Campbell also played on the team, so the legend goes, and were looked upon as valuable mater1al m any basket ball team Some legends ment1on Bowen as tramer for the track army, whlch lncluded Foxey, Hamnton and Hugh Webster, IS sa1d to have been a strong band before the tlme of the Tenth Leg1on but th1s company added to lt some of the strongest mater1al of 1tS career The le end contalns the names of Bertha Caffyn, Opal Wr1ght, Maud Humphreys, Inez Owen, Helen Glessner and someone called Ped or Peddle The out standlng names 1n an old legend concernmg The Independent Lrterary SOCICLY7, are Edlth Crlbbs Maryorle Owens, Ora Beerbower and Leshe Carson Agnes Whlte represented the Tenth Leg1on 1n the Y W Cab1net, wh1le Beerbower, Lowery and Bowen were connected w1th the Y M It 15 sa1d that the Dramat1c Club needed some good mater1al, so drafted Mary Beard Halhe HHm1lt0H and Dave Bunnell The Proh1b1t1on League, a club about whlch we know l1ttle, and wh1ch had some l1ttle understood motlve, 1S sa1d to have done a great SCIVICC for Franklln under the leader sh1p of Bruce The Franklm IS sa1d to have been rather weak xn those days unt1l Yandell Cllne Slnce that t1me the Franklm has been the college paper prxnted and read Bruce, Hallle and Foxey d1d what they could to lmprove upon the old Nacks but custom was stronger than more sc1ent1ic methods, so much of thelr careful work was not allowed to make 1ts bow to the publlc So ends the AHC1CHt per1od wlth 1ts fragmentary tales and legends VOL THREE Medleval H1stor5 1911 18 1 ht t k charge of the Tenth Leg1on IIS members were ordered 1nto varlous when Opa Wrlb O0 t work The prlvate Journal kept by Opal IS most ln d d to do much construc lve tleifeslffheg 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