Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1910 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

Rev. Methadius Vornes, O. S. 8., spent a day at the college lately. A short but amusing entertainment was rendered by the C. L. S. Sunday evening. Father Weyman delivered a verv impressive sermon to the students at the services Sunday. J. Maichler has returned to his studies from Consaut, Ohio, Where he was .called by the sudden death of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Dwyer, E. K. Fleming, of Chicago, Mrs. and Miss Mecklinburg, of Rensselaer, were college visitors Sunday. Sunday’s, rain destroyed the Varsity’s first opportunity to show their real base ball class. The game will be played April 24th. B. Westhoven received a telegram Sunday evening informing him of the death of his brother at Liberty, Ohio. He left to attend the funeral. This week will see the floor laid in the chapel. The frescoers are finishing the towers and the atrium. Next week the furniture men will be busy erecting the alters and setting up the pews.

Governor Thomas R. Marshall has accepted the invitation of the college faculty to be present at the dedication of the chapel, May 17th. The goverpor has also consented to deliver an address in the college hall at the liter; ary entertainment in the afternoon. Other well-known speakers will also be heard. The Collegeville base ball league has again been organized< Pour teams constitute the league and four games are scheduled for each week, thus giving each team two games a week. The leaders of the teams are: Cardinals, J. Manion; Imperials, L. Feily; Laurels, A. Berghoff; Royals, M. Toner. From the showing of the players in the varsity tryout games, the league bids fair to give us a good strong pennant race. Great interest is shown by the different teams and by the students generally. » ' 1 11 "I " Gross earnings of all United States railroads reporting for the first week of April amount *to $6,836,331, an increase of 9.1 per cent compared with the earnings of the same roads for the corresponding period last year. This showing, while somewhat less satisfactory than the simitar comparison for the two previous months, is far better than last year. Any standard 50c shirt, Saturday, April 23rd, 35c. Come in and look them over ModeL Clothiers, S. Leopold, Mgr. Representative Barnhart is undertaking to supply every D. A. R. chapter in the Thirteenth congressional district with a gavel made from a tree grown on the Mt. Vernon estate. Mrs. Josephine Ostermann, aged 86 years, who remembered, seeing Halley’s comet in the ’3os, in describing if at Evansville Monday to the members of her family, was striken with heart disease in her excitement, and fell over dea£.