Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1910 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

The census, man enumerated the local inhabitants Tuesday. Only a few counts of the last census were there, but the increase will not be ' p 1 outdone by many college towns. All things are rounding up for the dedication. This week will see the chapel ready. Besides Bishops Alerding and Koudelka, and Gov. Marshall, other church and state dignitaries have accepted the invitation and will be present. Through the-columns of the Republican the college faculty extends the invitation to the local citizens to attend the celebrations, the play, Scandebeg, on Monday evening, and the dedication, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, the speaking and the ball game in the afternoon. On May 7th the varsity invaded DePaul’s territory and defeated the Chicagoans in an exciting game, in spite of the drizzling rain that fell continually, by the score of 6 to 1. Hasser was in his usual good form and allowed the Chicago boys only two hits, and struck out 14 men in seven innings. The varsity displayed remarkable activity in the game and only for Berghoff’s error, would have scored a shutout game. All had on their batting feathers, Hasser and Retinger stinging two-baggers against the fence of the small lot. Grathwohl held Hasser’s speedy shoots with ease. DePaul had in stock their usual supply of excuses, but as these were on cold storage from former years, they had no effect on the Hoosier players. Rain ended the game in the eighth. The score: RHE St. Joseph’s 2-0-1-1-2-0-0-o—6—7—3 DePaul 1-O-O-O-O-O-O-x—l—2—4 Depaul will play its return game at the college on Tuesday afternoon, May 17th.

Scanderbeg, the drama to be rendered in the college hall Monday evening, May 16th, is a dramatized event of the early 15th century. It xreu.is of the fights between the Turks and the Christians in eastern Europe, in old Albania on the shores of the Adriatic. Scanderbeg’s youth was spent at the Ottoman Court as a hostage. After his release the Turks again strove to 'annex Albania to their empire, and Scanderbeg, having been made commander of his countrymen, opposed these cruel plans in bloody wars, and was able to maintain, by- continued fighting, the independence of his principality. ' The drama graphically presents the crowded events of the last few months of this Christian warrior’s career. There are treasons, plots and counterplots against him and his son who will succeed him on the throne. Manesa, Scanderbeg’s first general, turns traitor in the most dangerous fight, but his perfidy is detected by a half-witted gypsey, and proper deserts are meted out to the apostate. While the traitor is busily seeking to destroy his own home, his youthful daughter, who is the betrothed of Scanderbeg’s son and successor, dies bravely in defence of her fatherland, that -her proud sire seeks to deliver into the abject slavery of the Mohammedans. The play ends with the battle in which Scanderbeg utterly defeats his country’s and his own enemies, though the- fruits of that' victory are never his, but his son’s, John Castriota. The hero expires in the tableau as the curtain falls. And from present indications the local curtain has not fallen on many better plays than will be witnessed next Monday evening. True, the plot is not deep, but every line carries in its words, its own intense interest and action The costumes and the stage settings are superb. But superlatives after all, are better after than before; to come and see it will cause no regrets. It is a drama given by ameteurs in true professional style. Curtain rises at, 8 P. Monday, May 16th. Admission 25 cents.