Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1909 — COLLEGEVILLE NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE NOTES.

The many friends of this institution and especially the “old boys” will be delighted to hear that the work on the new buildings is progressing rapidly. It seems that after all everything will be in shape and readiness by the middle of September. The beautiful front of the new church, admired by every visitor, is just now being completed and already the two towers are rising higher and higher and can be seen miles away. At present a strong force of laboring men are busy at the new sisters’ home and the culinary department. This will be a separate building to be connected with the refectories by a covered hallway. Although comparatively a new institution, St. Joseph’s can point with honorable pride to the results it has

accomplished. This seems to be appreciated more and more by the many friends who are showing their love for the institution in a substantial way. Last year the Alumni Association presented a flagstaff entirely of steel and 110 feet high. It was just the thing needed for the large and beautiful campus. This year the Alumni promised a window' for the new church. The Rev. Augustine Young of Garret, Indiana, who forty years ago was doing pioneer work in this section of the state, attending the Orphan Asylum,- has generously donated a window for the transept of the new chapel. Other friends of St. Joseph’s, as Mr. R. H. Williams of College Point, L- 1., ahd Mr. Christopher Schunck, Celina, Ohio, have remembered the institution by generous gifts. But a most befitting donation will be the Kistner Memorial Window in memory of Master August Kistner who succumbed to tuberculosis last spring. He was a promising young student at St. Joseph’s and president of the Altar Society. These gifts are gratefully acknowledged and may God bless the generous donors. To judge from the number of applications of new students it is safe to predict another prosperous year for St. Joseph’s College. With the new buildings and many other improvements at the College, from 275 to 300 students can easily be accommodated.