Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tslegraphic Rapurts From Many Parts at the Gauntry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL

Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places.

!»00 Freshmen at Purdue. Lafayette, lnd.. Sept. 9. —Purdue University fonpally opened its fortyfirst year today with a freshmen enrollment of nearly 900. More than 1,500 young men and women were present at the convocation program at the Eliza Fowler Hall. Dr. W. E. Stone, president of the school, in his opening address discussed the abolition of the “tank scrap” and the reason for this action by the faculty and the student council. Dr. Stone said that the university would be represented by one of the strongest football teams in its history this fall and lie predicted a victory over Indiana.