Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1916 — CLOSING EXERCISES AT ST. JOE TODAY [ARTICLE]

CLOSING EXERCISES AT ST. JOE TODAY

Commencement Exercises Held This Morning at St. Joseph—Gym is Dedicated—Students Leaving. The closing exercises of the St Josephs college commencement week were held this Wednesday morning, by an address by Rev. Hugh Moeller, ■ D. D., Archbishop of Cincinnati, who ' appealed to the graduates and encouraged them to love the virtues of patriotism, to love their alma mater, and advising them to take (part in the civil activities and not to hide fihetr Ight under a bushel. The dedication of the new college gymnasium took place Tuesday afternoon at 2:30, the address being made by the Very Rev. George Hindeland, provincial of the Society of- the Precious Blood. Following the dedica"ttbn ceremonies there was a ooncert by the college band. In the evening the annual alumni banquet was held at 6:30, covers being laid for 125. The speakers of the evening were Rev. Julius Seimetz, of Decatur, Ind.; Rev. John Cogan, of Piqua, Ohio, of the class of 1896, responded to a toast, his subject being “The Old Boys.” Rev. Thomas Conroy of 'Crawfordsville, also responded to a toast on “The Uplift.” Mr. Joseph Naughton, of the class of 1902, and at present credit manager of the Prest-o-lite company of Indianapolis, spoke on “Fraternalism.” The archbishop of Cincinnati gave as his toast “The Work of the College.” 'Music was furnished by the college sextette. Following the banquet there was a performance by the Toumers, the feature-of-which was the clown rwork of Messrs. De Jocko, Pignani, Dlueckert and Hayden. Following this performance there was a concert by the band. This morning at 8 o clock there was an address delivered by Nicholas Gonner, of Dubuque, la., entitled “Education.” The benedictory was pronounced 'by Theodore Fettig, of Elwood, Ind., and a rendition of 3chubert’s “Unfinished Symphony , by Prof. Hovorka’s orchestra. The current year was the 25th for St. Joseph’s College. The commencement exercises were attended by the largest number of visitors in the history of the school, and was the most enjoyable event in the history of the institution. The students nearly all left for their respective homes today.