Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1910 — POPULATION OF WINONA BOYS’ CITY INCREASES. [ARTICLE]

POPULATION OF WINONA BOYS’ CITY INCREASES.

Rensselaer Delegation Among the First to Arrive—Muncie, Chicago And Winona Comprise League. Tom and George Padgitt joined the Winona boys Tuesday morning and Herbert Hammond left this Wednesday morning. This will put the Rensselaer delegation at Winona 19 strong besides the managers, Rev. Parrett and Prof. Tillman. It will also complete the baseball team, which was "badly in need of Tom Padgitt, thecatcher, and Herbert Hammond, the midget outfielder. There will be only four teams in the league, viz. Muncie, Winona and Rensselaer. The first game takes place today. George Healey was slightly injured Tuesday by being struck on the left leg by a chute-the-chutes board. He will be laid up a day or two. The following account of the progress of Boys’ City is taken from the Indianapolis News: Delegations of boys from many points in Indiana and other parts of the middle west are assembling at Winona for the fourth annual encampment of the Winona Boys’ City, which will continue in full swing until August 6. The Boy City is at one end of the lake in a woodland situated on a hill overlooking the lake. The athletic meet Saturday will be one of the big events of Boy City. And circus day, August 4th, is being looked forward to with anticipation. The boys have full charge, are the sole performers, and will give an entertainment that promises to surpass the creditable show of last year. The cir-

cus is complete, from parade and side shows to the concert after the performance. As last year, W. H. Collisson is business manager. For several weeks he has been superintending various improvements on the ground in order to have it “spick and span” for the boys. Clifford W. Colisson, of Philadelphia, is the physical director and has full charge of athletics. He is assisted by Bruce Patterson, of Decatur. Dr. McDonald, of Warsaw, serves as the Boys’ City physician. The first arrivals at the city are delegations from Chicago and Niles, Mich., Alexandria, Rensselaer, Brookston, Remington, Delphi, Garrett, Muncie, Hartford City, Sullivan, Decatur, Ft. Wayne, Union Mills, Nashville, Tenfi., Springfield, 111., Crompton, €>., and St. Paul, Minn., will also have representatives in the camp in a few days C. W. Garrett, the head of the Muncie Conservatory of Music, has charge of the Boys’ City Band, which has, in the past, contributed largely to the enjoyment of those in camp. The pastors of Boys’ City are: Rev. J. c. Parrett, of Rensselaer, and Rev. H. P. Dunlop, of Chicago. Other leaders in religious work among the boys will be Otto Schultz, of Chicago; G. W. White, of Union Mills; Mr. Tillman, of Rensselaer; Rev. Mr. Truesdale, of Brookston; W. P. Spitjer, of Alexandria; Mr. McKinney, of Muncie, and others.

On next Sunday morning the boys will march in a body to the Auditorium at Winona, about one-half mile from camp, and attend "Sunday school. Afterward they will attend church services. In the afternoon the boys will rest and read at camp, and in the evening a boy sermon will be given on the campus. The Winona Boy City is controlled by a municipal form of government, the boys themselves holding the offices and making the laws. The city government is headed by a mayor and each club or ward is represented in the city council by a boy alderman, giving every club a voice in the affairs of government. Every boy who desires to vote for Boy City officers must be in camp and duly registered by July 27. The Australian ballot system of voting machines will be used, teaching the boys how they vote when in a real election. 'L. Thq municipal officers of Boy City who continue in authority until their successors are elected are: Mayor, Lester Upton, Muncie; city clerk. Cope Hanley, Rensselaer; city treasurer, Homer Secrist, Alexandria; board or public works, Harry Rodgers, Champaign, Ill.; Will Ferguson, Ossian,and Abe Williams, Richmond, Wis. Jfcur candidates are in the field for mayor. Two of these are Vernon Evans, of Chicago, and Cope Hanley, of Rensselaer. Muncie and Alexandria have dark horses in the field.