Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1910 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

Rev. B. Beslnger hgs again returned from Mishawaka to his duties as prefect. The condtion of his father has not improved much and the chances of bis ultimate recovery are not very favorable. Rev. p. Fallon, of Paris, 111., has been spending the week at the college, to obtain a short respite from his manifold pastoral duties. He delivered the Thanksgiving address to the students and visitors. The scaffolding has again all been removed from the chapel and our Thanksgiving visitors were the first to - see the chapel entirely complete. The paintings of the chapel will compare very favorably, indeed, with the art work of many a far more pretentious church edifice. The very disagreeable drizzling rain of Thursday morning was not in the least able to put a damper on the day’s celebrations. With the largest crowd of visitors registered that has ever been entertained at the college the entire program, as planned weeks in advance, was carried out without the least friction. The religious services, in accordance with the wish Ils expressed by the President in his proclamation, w’ere held at eight o’clock. The high mass was sung by Rev. Ig. Rauh, of Hanover Center, Ind. The chanting of the choir was of an exceptionally high order. It was the first public appearance of the newly organized faculty quartette. They are Revs. I. Rapp, J. Toujas, F. Wachendorfer, A. Scheidler, with Prof Havorka at £he organ. The closed with benediction. After the religious services a number of informal basket ball games were played. The military band interspersed several musical numbers to add zest and harmony to the athletic endeavors, and also to give additional entertainment to those who were not much interested in the affairs of the basket shooters. At twelve o’clock all enjoyed a bounteous and sumptious turkey dinner, one that would have done immense credit to the Pilgrim Fathers when they brought the wild fowl to their rude tables from its original forest haunts. At two thirty the athletic card of the day was on board. And it was a stunt. The college slang “yellow” would have been too noble a name for the "rag-chewing” tactics of the outstate team. St. Riga’s college, Chicago, sent down a delegation of complaining lads to capture St. Joseph’s football laurels. Well, they did. And if they did not win the scalp of the locals by playing they literally chewed it from off their unsuspecting crowns. They made it a rag-chewing, excuse-finding match. If they knew anything, they knew how to take advantage of their little initiatory luck, and the over-zealous misfortunes of the locals. But was it straight and fair? Pass it! t 1

The visitors chose to defend the north goal. They kicked off to St. Joe. On the first play the home boys fumbled, a visitor getting the ball, and before three minutes of play had elapsed, they had six points to their credit. St. Rita’s kicked off again, St, Joseph’s fumbled, and in another three minutes the stunt was repeated; thus before the initial quarter ended Chicago had twelve points stored away and their scoring activities exhausted. In the second quarter affairs changed with the change of goal. The locals kicked .off to the visitors and holding them for downs St. Joseph’s scored a touchdown and goal by playing real foot ball. They were not able to come back again against the new tactics, of which, no doubt, neither the players nor Coach Kirk had 'ever thought. The game was settled, but for the “rag chewing,” and the cry of “time out” after every play or at-

tempted play. To the end of the first half and during the entire second period, the visitors cry for time out was all that the side lines ever heard, and always some Chicago lad was sprawling, possumlike, on the damp soil. For the locals the call was only issued once, when Westhoven wrenched his arm, was taken from the game and B. Schmitz substituted before the visitors had time to call for a respite on that play. The game was a distinct disappointment, not so much because the college lost, but because of the ceaseless wrangling of the .visitors. It is a credit to lose a good, fair game, but little honor to win even a bad game by the use of such foul, rag-chewing tactics. Exit foot ball 1910! / The evening entertainment was in charge of the C. L. S. They rendered the two-act comedy, “The Living Statue or the Old Captain’s Idea.” The cast of characters was as follows: Larkin, a sculptor John Goetz Toby Trotter, his man-servant...

John Trench Miss Piper, a negro woman Felix Holthouse Gay, the jolly old sea captain... Herman Leugers Adolphus Thomas Harrington Augustus Herman Daniels Two aspiring young dudes of generous disposition. Stonecraft, banker and high art critic Cyrus Staib Charley Norton, an enterprising boy Joseph Russmaul Tommy Jenkins, his intimate friend;Carl Stich Harris, a doctor William Rachor Lieutenant Edmund Eisenhart Mr. Muckenbiner.—James Fitzgerald Servant Anthony Pax The orchestra, conducted by Prof. Havorka, gave the following numbers: Wiljow Grove March, Sorrentifio; Selections from “Lucia,” Donzetti. The comedy was the most highly enjoyed feature of the day’s doings. Mr. Larkin, the sculptor, seeks Miss Norton’s hand. She happens to be a

rich banker’s niece. Before he will agree to give his consent he demands of the sculptor a life-size statue of Alexander the Great that will satisfy his ideas of what such a statue should be. His criticisms will be and are scrutinizing. Larkin has made his plaster cast, and on the day before it is to be exhibited, his negro servant, with the aid of a broom handle, reduces it to a heap of potsherds. Now the predicament! The jolly captain solves it. Trotter, the sculptor’s handy man, will be Alexander the Great. He is. All ends happily, in spite of the enterprising boy’s efforts. And of course the banker never knows the relationship of Alexander the Great to the matrimonial agency. The boys played well. And at that, the entire cast was new material. There is no need of singling out any particular one for special praise, for all showed their metal and received from an appreciative audience wellmerited applause. To the orchestra was accorded the same kindly consideration. Prof. Havorka has mostly new talent-to work with and the number of his troop'is rather small. But if at so early a date he can give us such enjoyable selections, we can look forward to many pleasant musical surprises before the setting of the commencement sun. Come again!

To all who have helped to make this day the grand success it proved to be, our kindliest acknowledgement. Among the Thanksgiving visitors at St. Joseph’s were the following: The Revs. T. M. Conroy, of Crawfordsville; J. Connelly, of Lebanon; Ig. Rauh, of Hanover Center; J. Byrne and L. Mahr, of Lafayette; J. Boccard, of Delphi; J. J. Muller, of Chicago; S. Schirack, of Winamac; L. Schmille_r, of Pulaski; H. Horstman and R. Halpin, of Logansport; R. Houlihan, Oxford; P. Falon, Paris, III.; Cl. Hindelang, Celina, Ohio; J. Stetter, D. D., Kentland; J. Koch, Reynolds; Mr. A. and E. Bremerkamp, Decatur; Miss E. McCaffrey, Peru; Miss Schmitz, Lafayette; Thomas Darmody, Indianapolis; Mrs. M. Nickoden, Chicago; Mrs. Thomas Williams, South Bend; M. Rittenhauer, Union City; Mrs. J. B. Ittenbach, Indianapolis; Mrs. Thomas Darmody, Indianapolis; Mrs. F. Whitcomb and Russell Whitcomb, Shelbyville; Miss Bertha Horan, Mrs. Lucy Hughes, Miss Hilda Peters and Miss J. B. Hughes, Tipton; Arthur and T. A. Bradley, Roy Laughlin and T. Pilkington, Elwood; Carrol Kennedy, Templeton; James P. Whitcomb, Shelbyville; Mr. apd Mrs. J. Lambert, Beaverville, 111., W. J. Cunningham and J. Slattery, Crawfordsville; Geo. and Ralph Kussmaul, Hammond; L. Nibers, Charles and O. Niblick, John A. Didot, Decatur; C. Schnee, Fort Wayne; Moran, Huntington; John Hipskind, Wabash; Wm. Volpert, Peru; Miss Mary Thyon, Kentland, Richard S. Hienlen, Garrett; J. L. Trentman, Auburn; Mrs. C. Zink, Wapakonetta, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Borntrager, Rensselaer; Joseph Hartz. Logansport; John R. Welch, Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin, Indianapolis; Vincent Suewen, Mrs. P. A. Kennedy and Margaret Kennedy, Lafayette; Francis Fox, Indianapolis; Francis J. Nhrcotte, Paul VanTuyl, Max Toner, Joe Kelley, L. W. Reif and M. McDonald, Chicago; Louis C. and Edwin C. Horn, Valparaiso; John T. and Byron Hayes, Ft. Wayne; Miss Mabel and Ernest Sirois, Shelby; Miss Marie Schroers, St. Louis.