The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-14
GREAT YbAR AL
EARLHhM COLLEGE
STUDENTS WILL OVERFLOW
COLLEGE THIS YEAR.
THREE NEW COURSES
Are Attractive to Girls-Year Will
Be Most Successful in History
of the College.
THREE NEW COURSES

The outlook for Earlham College,
say the officials who are in a position
to really know, is exceedingly bright
this year, and in all the history of
the college it has never been better
than it is today. Everything points
to one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, year in the history OF the
institution, and the faculty and Off
GERS of the college anticipate year
of unclouded success.
There have been more applications
for rooms received than ever before,
and so great has been the demand,
far exceeding the supply, that num-
bers Of students, both young men
and young women, will not secure suf-
ficient accommodations at the dorml-
tories and arrangements are being
made to accommodate these outside
Of the college. 1t is expected that
quite number will board and room
outside of the college proper this year.
The faculty has extended the accom-
modations to the limit, and every
thing possible will be done for the
outside students. All the rooms in
the girls wing in the dormitory have
been applied for long ago, and this
wing will be packed to overhowing.
The demand for boys rooms, while
heavy enough to fill that section, is
not quite so heavy, but all the rooms
will be taken by the opening Of school
on the twenty-siXth.
The unprecedented number of girls
is the result of the new courses
which Earlham, following the success
full leadership of the eastern colleges,
has installed before many large west
etn universities have done so. The
school in music is very fine and will
be greatly appreciated by the girls.
! The department of household econo-
mics, great Innovation, and physical
culture. all are of unusual excellence.
These new departments, lately IN
stalled, prove very attractive to young
women who have an eye to the practl-
cal in college life, and are elected by
most Of the "co-eds.'
The total enrolment far outstrips
that of any previous year, the num-
Der being far larger than at any other
a.. A.
ceptionally large number Of students
from Wayne County and this city will
marticulate this fall, many high
school pupils entering. The record OF
the football, spring track, debating
and other teams, and the winning OF
the state oratorical contest has given
Earlham a prestige, which, acting as
an advertisement, draws large num-
bers of students to this college.
One new feature is the increasing
of the entrance requirements into
the freshman class. On this account
many prospective students will not be
able to gain admission into the instl-
tuition for another year. The prepar-
atory department, which has been
abolished on account of the undue ad.
vantages, was started last year to ena.
BILE students behind in the work to
catch up. This department speedily
became crowded, and is abolished fol
the coming year. The plan was sc
entirely unsatisfactory that the en-
trance requirements proper to the col
lege will be insisted upon.
The application of number to ad
vanced college standing also tended tt
cause the adjustment of the prepare
tory department.
Many minor improvements have
been made around the college. A new
cement walk is being laid from
Lindley to Parry halls.
More Riots.
Disturbances of strikers are not