The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-24
Joins with Western Yearly
Meeting in Condemnation
of Firearms Sale, as Con-
ducive to Crime.
SHOTGUN AND RIFLE
NOT ON BLACKLIST
But the Pistol Is Regarded as
a Menace-Report of Earl
ham College Is Made by
the President.

The Permanent Board of the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends, yesterday
decided to assist Western Yearly
Meeting in trying to stop the use of
such fire arms as pistols and revol
vers, which the Friends condemn on
account of their connection with sui
eide and murder, but the Board re-
fused to assist Western Yearly Meet
ing in fighting to uphold the law
which makes it an offense to use the
name Friend, Quaker, William Penn
and similar names in advertising mer-
chandise
The Permanent Board is really the
executive committee of the Friends
Yearly Meeting, and it's action in the
matter will determine the attitude Of
the Friends here in these two import
ant matters.
In regard to forbidding the use Of
firearms the Permanent Board in
structed it's legislative committee to
cooperate with Western Yearly Meet
ing in drafting a bill to present to the
next legislature, and then to appear
before the proper committee and urge
it's adoption. The Friends do not de-
sire to stop the. making and use Of
such firearms as the shotgun and the
rifle, but their efforts are directed
against the weapons with which
crimes are commonly committed, and
with which people cannot take. their
own lives. According to the Friends,
murder and suicide are on the in
crease in this state at an alarming
rate.
The law forbidding the use of the
Friends name in advertising is being
, fought in the courts by certain inter
ests, but Indiana Yearly Meeting will
let Western Yearly Meeting furnish
the money to employ lawyers in uphol-
ding it's constitutionality, as the law
, originated with that Yearly meeting
The members of the Permanent
Board regard the use of the name
rather as a compliment than other
wise; they say that its connection
with an article of merchandise in in
tended to convey the idea of honest
ralue and purity.
Report Of Pres. Kelly.
| President Kelly of Earlham College
submitted a report on the college,
| which, in part, is as follows:
Earlham Attendance.
The total enrolment for the year
ending with the Spring term of 1911,
was 642. The attendance was distrib-
uted throughout the year as follows:
Summer term, 1910, 40: Fall term,
1910, 431: Winter term. 1911. 419;
Spring term, 1911, 375. Fourteen
young men and seventy-two young
women took twelve-weeks course in
education; twelve young men and 1876
young women enrolled in music only:
and seven young men and thirty-two
young women entered the teachers
college courses. OF the 426 students
enrolled in the regular college courses
leading to degrees, 1870 were men and
2S6 young women. The number of pro-
1 fessors and instructors was thirty,
and the number of student assistants
in laboratories, library and museum
was six.
The total number of Friends in at
tendance was 204. of whom over SO
per cent. l2D. were members of In.
diana Yearly Meeting The attendance
from other Yearly Meetings was
Western, Sc; New York, 10; Baltimore
~; and one each from Kansas. New
England and love- OF the other reli,
gious denominations represented
among the students, the Methodists
were still in the lead with ninety. the
Presbyterians again fifty-niEe. and the
tLutherans fourth with twenty-nine
The Roman Catholics came in ahead
of the Episcopalians. however, there
being thirteen of the former and six
of the latter. There were eight United
Brethren, six Baptists, four each OF
Congregationalists, Mennonites and
Reformed. three Evangelical, two
Church of Christ. and one each of New
Light, Christian Scientist, Universal
!, ist and African Methodist Episcopal
! One hundred and thirty-hve belonged
to no church, or made no report.
The geographical distribution OF
students is indicated by the following
, data: Indiana, 54S: Ohio. 81: Illinois
16: New York, IL; Maryland, g.: Penn
lsylvania, 2: and one each from Iowa
Kansas, Maine. Missouri. New Jersey
Oklahoma. South Dakota, Virginia
District of Columbia and Wisconsin.
Fffty-three students received de
grees in course at the annual com
mencement in June: thirty-five receiv
ing the degree of A. B.. seventeen the
degree of B. S.. and one the degree o'
A. NJ The honorary degree of NJ S
was conferred upon James Marina
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