Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

The following visitors called at the college during the last week: J. Sindelar and family, John A. Blachke, of North Judson; Luke W.Reed, of Ft. Wayne; Harvey C. Schmal, a 1908 commercial graduate, of Crown Point. Rev. J. J. Mullen, of Holy Rosary church, Chicago, was down to take leave of friends, as he sailed this week for an extended tour of England, Ireland and Italy.

The graduation examinations are now in full swing. They began Wednesday, and will continue one week. The commercial class numbers 13, the normal 5 and 7 collegiates are trying for their A. B. degree.

The invitations for the 15th annual commencement have been sent out. The exerqises will open Monday evening, June 13th with the Junior class Oratory Contest for the Conroy medal. At 7 A. M. on Tuesday, the 14th, will be the Rt. Rev. Bishop’s mass. Following this the class exercises will be held in the auditorium. The baccalaureate address will be delivered by Rev. John R. Quinlan, of Huntington. Bishop Alerding will next confer the degrees, award the medals, and speak the closing remarks. The Alumni Association business meeting will be held in the afternoon, and their departure will again leave St. Joseph’s to its nature charms and beauties for the long vacation.

On Decoration Day the Varsity was automobiled to Brook and shoved into an unexpected defeat that was given with whitewash trimmings, while the locals gathered two runs. The Varsity batsmen were unable to touch up the swift shoots of Whiting, Brook’s star center attraction. Although McGurren held his opponents to two hits, they managed to turn them, in a sprinkling of errors, into base circuits. Both pitchers were in fine form in spite of the cold wave that had strayed from f some February hiding place. Whiting struck out 18 collegians to the 10 that McGurren pinched at the gangplank. Hayes, his lone scratch hit, robbed Whiting of the honor of a no-hit performance. The close game created great enthusiasm in the large crowd. The varsity reached third several times, once with three men on bases and no one out, yet they failed to annex the needed counts. In pinches Whiting was absolutely invincible. A little faster fielding on the part of the collegians would have run the game into extra sessions that only the darkness might have ended, as in the gruelling battle of a year ago. The kindest treatment was accorded to the varsity and the college rooters that accompanied the team, during their stay in the down river town.

The score: R H E Brook 0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-o—2—2 6 St. Joe Q-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o—o—l—2 Batteries: Whiting and Wise; McGurren and Grathwohl. The varsity will play the Wrens on the college grounds Sunday, June sth, and at Riverside Park, Rensselaer, Sunday, June 12th, which game will close the season for the varsity.