The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-26
SIXTY-TRIRD YEAR
BEGINS MONDAY
EarIham College to Open With
Encouraging Pros
poets.
MANY CHANGES ARE MADE.
GIRLS DoRMiToRY IMPROVED
LIBRARY TRANsFERRED-sEv.
ERAL NEW FACES IN THE FAC
ULTY.

With the prospect of the largest en-
rollment in its history and with sew
eral new faculty members, Earlham
college will start on its sixty-third
school year next Monday morning.
The institution since last year has
been greatly improved and it is now
one of the best equipped colleges OF
its size in the country.
There will be an unprecedented
| number of Richmond young people at
tend the college this year. This fact
was a great and pleasing surprise to
President Robert l.. Kelly. &C..
Almost all the rooms in both dor.
matories have been engaged and the
| few which have not yet been spoken
! for will be assigned to the new stu
dents when they report Monday and
| Tuesday.
Many changes have been made in
the old dormatory for the conven
fence of the young women who room
| there. The principal changes have
been the establishment of a modern
electric lighting. These changes were
made during the past summer.
| The transfer Of the library from it.
old quarters In Lindley hall to the
new Carnegie library building, ha:
been of much benefit to the college
/ The old library room, which was quite
a large one, has been divided into two
rooms which will be used for recita
ton and study purposes. These TIVE
rooms are each large enough to &C
commodate the largest class.
Several of the young men students
interested in athletics, formed the ad
vance guard of the student body, ar
irving at the college today for tn,
purpose OF indulging in football prac
tice.
The new instructors are all on tn,
ground ready for the new terms work
Miss Anna M. Moore, the daughte
of the late ex-president of the college
Joseph w. Moore, who was an instruc
tor in the Westtown Boarding Schoo
In Philadelphia last year, will TAX
charge Of part of Prof. VIM. N. True
blood's work in the English depart
ment. Miss Moore is quite capabl
Of handling the English classes an
will be of great assistance to the hea,
Of this department.
Miss Helen Brown Keyes, a gradual
Of Vassar, will take charge of tn
French and German classes, whicl
Miss Sarah Hill has had for the pas
four years. Miss Reyes has an ez
cellent command of both the Frenc
and German languages, speaking bot!
fluently.
Ben H. Grave, Earlham's former sta
all around athlete, will have entir
charge Of the laboratory and will d.
liver some lectures. Prot. Denni
will meet his classes as usual this fall
but will be absent from the colleg
this winter. Mr.. Grave will have ful
charge at this time and will meet al
Of the biological classes.
The new governess to succeed Mis-
Clara Brown is Miss Florence N. Han
son of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Hanso
held the position Of general secretar
: Of the Y. w. c. A, of the state G
Georgia and in this capacity shove
her ability to handle girls. She wi
be assisted materially by the help G
Miss Grace Trimble of the Wester
College for Women at Oxford, Ohit
who will hold the position Of parlo
matron, new place in the faculty {
the college.
Monday, Professor Hirsch Of Chics
60 university. will arrive to TAX
charge OF the classes In history, dul
ing the illness of Prof. Cyrus w, Hoo
gin. Monday and Tuesday will be 81,
en- over entirely TO registration Schot
commences In earnest Wednesda
morning.