Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1919 — TURNER EXHIBITION MADE A DECIDED HIT [ARTICLE]

TURNER EXHIBITION MADE A DECIDED HIT

The second performance of the Turners Club was staged before a packed house last evening in the big auditorium of St. Joseph College. The Turner Club'is made up of the college students interested in gymnastic training and each year, under the direction of Father A. J. Scheidler, an exhibition is given and this event is rapidly becoming one of the most popular events of St. Joe as evinced by the attendance from Rensselaer and surrounding towns last night. > - The skill with which the boys put on the difficult acts on the horizontal bars, building pyramids and the tumbling feats, and the great variety of their stunts made every minute of the evening one of real entertainment. Much amusement was caused by the clows who interspersed the program with many original and up-to-date episodes. Pierrot, the violinist, made five or six appearances. One of the students at the pian6 furnished the music for the calisthenic exercises given by all the performers in unison, and the college band played during the other acts. Turners’ Day, especially amongst the children, is coming to be known as circus day and rightly so, for the acrobatic stunts, the capers of the clowns'and music of the band truly reminds one of a day ’neath the white tops. ’The entertaining and absolutely clean quality of the acts make the event highly deserving of the fine patronage shown at this year’s event.