The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-12
NEWS OF THE COLLEGES
PURDUE SOPHOMORES OUTWIT
FRESHMEN AND HAVE BANQUET.
Plans for commencement Week
Franklin College Note and Conn
ment-Futile SEEMING Trip.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 1-Purdue
sophomores succeeding in holding their
banquet tonight in spite of the threats of
the freshmen to prevent it. The second
year men crossed over the river to the city
long before dark, and the freshmen, who
assembled later, were pOwerless to stop the
affair. Several street cars were held up by
a crowd of 80 freshmen, and in one in
stance the students had an encounter with
a policeman, who dispersed them with
revolver. The sophomOres are jubilant over
their success and further conflict is prob
able
The members. substitutes and manager of
the victorious Purdue basketball team were
banqueted last night by Professor and Mrs
Stanley Coulter and Mr. and Mrs. e. A.
Ellsworth at the home of the latter. The
banquet table was decorated in Purdue col
ors and the favors were small baskets con-
tanning miniature basketballs. The team
has been eminently successful this season,
winding up with a decisive victory over
Yale. Purdue lost only two games out of
the entire list of contests played w. c.
Curd has been reelected manager of the
team for next year, and in case Captain
lead the team. Those present at last nights
banquet were Reiman. ]. F. G.. Miller. Lu-
cas-, Knapp, Peck, S. Miller, Collier, CaId-
well, Moore, Conroy, Freeman, Marquiess
and Curd.
President w. e. Stone to-day announced
the programme of speakers for commence
ment week at the university beginning
Sunday. June s. The largest class in the
history of the institution will be graduated.
The baccalaureate address will be delivered
ON Sunday afternoon, June s. by DR.. John
Henry Barrows, president of Oberlin Col
lege, who was the promoter of the Con-
gress of Religions held at Chicago during
the worlds fair. The commencement adj
18th, by DR.. Frank w Gansaulus, of Chi
cago. DR.. Gunsaulus is now at the head of
Armour Institute.
DR.. +. b. Thompson will lecture before
the pre-medical class THE Use of Mes
merism in Medicine" tomorrow afternoon.
Monsieur Hughes LIE ROuX, the fifth an
nual lecturer of Harvard University. will
April Is, in the Purdue library. Monsieur
lie Roux comes at the invitation of Prof.
p MariOtte Davies, of Purdue, and of the
Alliance Franchise of Lafayette. LIE Roux
was private secretary to Daudet and is the
author of many volumes of French essays
and fiction.
Four Purdue fraternities have organized
a baseball league and a schedule of two
games apiece has been arranged for the
season. The fraternities represented are
Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, S. A. E.,
Phi Kappa Psi. The board of control is
composed of l.. D. Brownell, C. w. Wilson,
l. c. Dehaven, Dan Young and William
Curd
The military operations at Purdue are
progressing rapidly and several branch de-
partments are being organized in addition
to the regular five companies of infantry
and one of artillery. A hospital corps has
appointed to take charge. Many of the act
ing sergeants in charge of the infantry
companies are veterans of the Spanish
American war and others are men who
have been at West Point and other mill
tary academies. A signal corps under the
direction of Judson III. Boughton has begun
operation.
The Purdue Agricultural Club has elected
the following officers TO serve during the
spring term: President, Mills; vice presi-
dent, Johnson; secretary, Christie; treas
urer. Marquis; critics, Thorne and Miss
Turley.
The baseball team is in fine fettle for
the first contest of the season with the In
dianapolis Manual Training School on Sat
urday. The men are improving wonder
fully In batting, and the excellent stick
work viii be one of the strong points of this
years team Captain Ruby pitched yester-
day and struck out six men almost con-
secutiveIy. He will not occupy the box.
however, regularly. The team will play
as follows on Saturday: Catcher, Berger;
pitcher, Ruby; first base. Leslie; second,
Mckee; short, Cohen; third Collins; field
ers, Cornell, Gazette and Hardy. AS yet no
game has been scheduled with Illinois and
ii looks as if the teams would not meet this
season.
The Purdue Athletic Association held a
special meeting last night to talk over
athletic affairs Everything was found TO
be in prosperous condition, and it is be-
lieved the baseball deficit will be cleared
up this season. The new insignia board
chosen is .as follows: NJ. n. Copies. Fred
Hahn, w. L. Russell and P. E. Crumrine,
Manager c.. /. Freeman, of the association,
and Professor Houston, of the faculty
board