Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1917 — DEDICATION OF NEW COLISEUM [ARTICLE]

DEDICATION OF NEW COLISEUM

'Will Hold Ceremony January, 14— Professor F. E. Lumley Principal Speaker. Kentland Enterprise. ~ ... . Put on your glad togs and jom in the dedication of Kentland’s new coliseum on afternoon, Jan. 14, at 2 o’clock. Prof. F. E. Lumley, who is at the head off the department of the social services at the college of missions, Indianapolis, has accepted an invitation to deliver the principal address. The program .will also include music and short talks by a number who have interested themselves' in the project. This is an event that means much to the people of Kentland and Jefferson township. It is the first real step toward a greater community brotherhood. The new coliseum gives to the children and young folks a home for their legitimate and healthful athletic activities and to the community a bdilding in which to hold the larger events. The seating capacity will be close to 1,200 and will answer the needs of the county in many ways. It is not the intention to stucco tne building until spring and the stage and other features will be left to the future, but the main building is about completed on the interior and at the —dedication on .the 14th the people will be given some idea of the many uses to which the same may be put and the benefits to be derived.