The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-07
BUTLER COLLEGE ITEMS.

Miss Kate Ragen is spending Sunday at
Mooresville.
The Sigma Chi will give a dance at Bren-
neke's tomorrow night.
Miss Margaret Garrison is spending Sun
day at her home in Pendleton.
Word has been received that Miss john
ME Carpenter will be back in school next
term.
The Delta Tau Delta fraternity will give
an informal dance in their hall next Friday
night.
At a meeting Of the Athletic Association,
held yesterday morning, Mr.. Cleo Hunt
was elected manager Of the baseball team.
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Next Saturday afternoon the girls of
the college will meet at the home Of Mrs.
ID. X Carver to sew for fair which is to
be given in West Indianapolis for the ben
eft of the poor.
Last Friday evening the Philokurian Lit
erary Society met in their hall at the col
lege. Music was furnished by Prof. Stod-
dard and Prof Coffell, who are in charge
OF the indianapolis branch of the Chicago
School of Music.
This year Miss Myrtle Taylor, the art
Instructor, has taken up work in pyro-
graphy. She has about twenty-six pupils
in her class Next term they will take up
work in leather. Besides the typography
class Miss Taylor has classes in china,
water color and pen and ink.
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The local primary for the state oratorical
contest will be held next Thursday even
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speeches there will be vocal music and
several numbers by the college orchestra.
The contestants and their subjects are as
follows: Miss Josephine Garfield, king
Alfred Charles +. Underwood, Living
stone in an Unknown Conunent; {. q.
Venier, Samuel Adams, Patriot; Henry
i. HerOd, Political Conscience; j. Walter
Carpenter. The Patriotism of Peace"
Charles F. McElroy. The Supremacy OF
PENIS Holy Experiment" Prizes of SIS
and SO each will be given to the two most
successful contestants.
Since the close of the football season
basketball is taking all the attention of the
students. Never before has either the boys
or the girls team had so many candidates
and most of them likely ones The same
city league as last year will play of about
the same schedule. The first game will
be saturday nlght, Dec ID, with M L. IL ..
at the Y. NJ. c. A Although Mr.. Paul
Murray is the only old player on the team,
many of the candidates are not inexper-
fenced players. Mr.. James Poulson played
as sub at Wabash last year and Mr.. John
Kingsberry and Mr.. Otto Wilson were subs
here. The following are promising candi-
dates: Forward, Murray (captain), Guffin,
Dodson, Higgins, Barnett: center, Kings
berry, E. Brown; guard. Mauzy, Poulson,
Wilson, NJ Brown, Black, Davenport. The
girls are working hard and at every prac-
tice about twenty girls turn out Each of the
following are experienced players: Forward,
Essie Hunter, nellie Senour. Nina Ely, Ber-
nice Russell; center, Mabel McFatridge,
Anna Heaton, Edna Cooper, Willetta Pad
dock; guard, Ethel Woody, Mary Baldwin.
Grace Barnard, Lora Campbell, Ruth Dav-
export and Pearl Forsythe. Miss Hunter,
the captain OF the team, has written to
Columbus, Knightstown, Charlottesville
and Anderson asking for games. Two games
will be played with Shortridge, the first
the last Saturday in January and the Sec
ond the third Saturday in February.