The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-17

Glasses to prepare women for war
work will be the outstanding feature
of the Earlham college curriculum this
year, President D. NJ Edwards of the
college announced Tuesday. The
classes will be unique in Indiana
schools, for most of the schools are
and are giving little attention to the
preparation of women for patriotic
service, DR.. Edwards said.
Courses in first aid, foods and
dietitics and the elements of nursing,
as we'll as in secretarial and statisti-
cal work will be given, so that girls
who would wish to do government
work, to fit themselves to be Y. w. C.
A. secretaries, to do war relief work
in the social service fields, or even to
become nurses aids or dietitions in
hospital work will find such courses
given prominence in the local college.
So many girls have registered at
the college for rooms in Earlham hall
that the girls dormitory is almost
full, and plans have been made to par
tition off half of Bundy dormitory and
use it for girls also.
Faculty Enthusiastic.
A feeling that this will be the best
Year Earlham ever has had was eX-
pressed at the faculty meeting Monday
afternoon, when the situation was dis
cussed, stated President Edwards. AL
though the number of students at the
college is rather uncertain, the spirit
of those who do come will be the best
in many years, and the work will be
most enthusiastic, they feel.
President Edwards statement of the
college courses follows:
Recent developments have caused
number of changes in Earlham's fac
nifty. Several new men will be added
to the group,
DR.. Homer L. Morris, a graduate of
the Earlham class of 1911, who served
as a member of the faculty of Penn
College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, for three
years, and who for the past three
at Columbia University, having re-
ceived recently the degree of Phi. D.
from that institution, will serve as
professor of social and political sci
ences. DR.. Morris will also be Dean
of Men, succeeding DR.. w. 0. Menden-
hall in that position. DR.. Mendenhall
having been called to the presidency
of Friends university, Wichita, Kas.
Professor Harlow Lindley, who has
been connected with Leland Stanford
University since last April, is soon to
return to the city and will resume his
place as professor of history. He will
offer some special courses in History
of Europe which will deal with affairs
preceding and during the
war.
Dr.. Dean New Head.
DR.. Lindley Richard Dean, the new
head of the department of Classical
Languages, will take charge of his
work. He will be assisted by Miss
Edna Johnson. For some time the
work of the classical department has
been very much depleted. The full
line of courses in this department will
now be available.
Miss Florence Long, formerly con-
nected with the mathematics faculty,
but absent last year doing post grad
uate work at the University of Illinois,
will resume her duties.
The organization of the department
Of romance languages has been com
pleted. There is great demand in this
line of work at this time on account
Of the shifting of the emphasis from
the German to the Romance Language
es Dr. Bowen, the newly elected head
Of this department, coming direct from
the faculty of the University of SYRIA
cuse, with his doctors degree from
Cornell university, will be assisted by
Mrs. Ballard and Miss Auretta Thorn
as Prof Charles, professor of Ger
man, will also be identified with this
faculty.
DR.. Louis T. Jones, assistant pro-
lessor of history has arrived in the
city and will offer courses in his de-
partment of special interest to stu
tents at this time of crisis in the
worlds history.
Plans for Women Students.
Especially attractive plans have |
been perfected for the care of women
students this year, as there will be an
attendance of women. The |
work in this line will be under the |
charge of Miss Comstock, Mrs. Wenke
and Miss Marshall, who, together with /
Miss Doan, dean of women will care /
n a most excellent way for the needs |
If the girls. |
During the summer, members of the |
Earlham faculty have been busy in |
ines of research and production of |
yarious books and pamphlets. DR.. A. i
y Purdy has published a book, THE |
Way of Christ" which has been adopt |
ID by the international Y. NJ. and Y |
". committees and will be used as a