The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-18
EARLHAm WILL
Be IN SESSION
CONTINUOUSLY
More Than Us Expected to
Enroll for Summer Course
at Local Institution.

To comply with the demand being
made for summer school work, offic-
ers of Earlham college have made ar
rangemerts to conduct summer ses-
sion from June 16 to August 20 this
year. For many years prior to 1912,
Earlham maintained a summer SEES
sion, but for various reasons the eff
fort was discontinued at that time.
However, in the summer OF 1918 the
summer school was revived, primarily
for the purpose of training teachers
for immediate work to help relieve the
shortage of efficient instructors caus-
ed by the war. 1t has been decided to
make the summer session perman-
ent part in the college year.
By this arrangement the college will
be In almost continuous session. The
summer session has been designed to
meet the demands Of nearly all classes
OF students. Special emphasis has
been placed upon the courses outlined
for those who have been pursuing the
regular college course and who wish
to do the work In less than four years,
and for those who have been retarded
and who desire to make up the work
lost. Courses have been arranged to
give high school students who lack a
few credits an opportunity to secure
the credits and prepare them for en-
trance into college next fall. Work
has been classified for those who wish
20 do pre-vocational and pre-profes-
sional work quickly in preparation for
entrance upon the more technical
parts.
Course for Teachers.
The main courses Of the summer
school are intended especially for
teachers and those who are preparing
to teach. The principal objection to
n summer school is the absence Of the
college spirit, but to overcome this an
effort Is being made to make the sum-
mer school as attractive as possible.
Athletic facilities will be available.
Both the athletic fields for men and
WON on, the tennis courts and the gym
nasium are to be used. The new
course for the training of coaches will
make athletics more attractive.
A number of special lectures Of
technical and popular character by
noteworthy persons have been ar
ranged.
Last year there were about seventy
five students enrolled in spite of the
fact that the college had not main
tanned a summer school for a number
caused by war conditions. 1t was also
a financial success. Judging from the
number of inquiries received concern
ing the summer session, more than
one hundred and twenty-five students
are expected to have matriculated by
the opening day.
Earlham college, by virtue Of its
standing, is able to give credits ac-
ceptable at almost any educational in
,titution in the United States.
Earlham is one of the old establish
I'd colleges Of the middle west. 1t was
founded in 1847 and has been in con-
tinuous operation since that time. The
college has always been under the
auspices OF the Society of Friends as
represented by Indiana and Western
Yearly Meetings. However, it is a
non-sectarian school for the attend
ence has for the most part been non
Friend Earlham is accredited in the
state Of Indiana and is a member of
the North Central association of col
leges and secondary schools, and it
has been admitted to the ranks of the
association of Collegiate Alumnae, All
the pre-vocational and pre- professional
work taken in the summer school will
be given full credit at all the leading
professional and technical schools of
the country.
Nne-Week Course.
The regular college subjects which
continue for nine weeks during the
summer cover one-half the ground
gone over in semester and give one
half q semester's credit. The teachers
course in the department of education,
which extends throughout a period OF
- tI,o
law, will give two-thirds OF a semes-
ter's credit. In order to hold the
standard of instruction in the summer
school as high as possible the mem
bers of the regular college faculty wi
become the professors in the facult
Of the summer school. DR.. Joseph /
Coffin, PhD., will be dean of tn
summer school and also professor
philosophy and psychology; George II
billiard, professor of education and
director of Joseph Moore observation
school work; Willard S. Markle, Phi D.,
professor of biology; John Dougan
Rea, Ph.D., professor of English; Ed
win Morrison, A. NJ, professor of phys
les; Harlow Lindley, AM, professor
of history and political sciences; Elsie
Marshall, ABB, director of household
economies; Elgia Wittwer, ABB, in.
structor in French and public school
music; Ray b. Move, instructor in
athletic coaching. Prof. George II
Hilliard is the only new member of
the summer school faculty. He will
head the department of education mex
fall. At present Prof. Hilliard is do
ing work in the graduate school OF
Iowa University and is also head of
the elementary school of the univers
ity which is conducted for the observa-
ton of the students in the department
of education.
A large number Of interesting
courses will be offered this summer.