Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND THE SILVER JUBILEE [ARTICLE]

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AND THE SILVER JUBILEE

Exercises at St. Joseph’s College Will Take Place on the 19th, 20th and 21st of This Month. Conjointly w’ith the 21st annual commencement of St. Joseph’s college the institution will have quite an elaborate program in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of its existence. The regular graduation examinations are taking plaqe this Week and the final examination for all the students will begin on Tuesday of next week and last till Monday morning, June 19. Monday evening, June 19, the Columbian Literary society will again present Shakespeare’s “Henry IV,” the last performance of that play having been exceedingly successful.

Tuesday morning, June 20, at 9 o’clock, a solemn pontifical high mass will be celebrated in the college chapel. The sermon will be preached by the Most Rev. Henry Moeller, D. D., archbishop of Cincinnati. In the afternoon of the same day at 3 o’clock the new concert hall gymnasium building will be dedicated. This ceremony will be followed by a band concert on the college grounds. At 7 o’cloCjk in the evening a banquet will be spread in the college dining rooms for the alumni. This will be followed by a program given under the auspices of the Gymnastic club. The exercises will close Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock with the baccalaureate address by Hon. Nicholas Gonner, editor of the Dubuque News. Thereafter the awarding of diplomas and merits. No less than 3dk) visitors are expected for the occasion. Many of the students of the early days of the institution will be present and the banquet especially promises to be something they will all remember. Not a few of the alumni have been very successful in their chosen careers and many of them are good speakers. The members of the graduating class are: From the classical department—Theodore Fettig of Elwood, Ind.; John Cherry of Springfield, Ohio; Francis Martin of Can-

ton, Ohio; Lionel Dire, Green Bay, Wis.; Mathias Schmit, Bastenburg, Luxembourg; Roman Schwieterinan, Montezuma, Ohio; Cornelius Smith, Huntington, Ind. From the commercial department-—Peter Andres, Earl Park, Ind.; Isadore Benoit, Manteno, Ill.: Lawrence Jacobs, Kenosha, Wis.; Arthur Luer, Ottoville, Ohio; Carl Gordon, Washington, Ind.; Charles Overton, who was recently compelled to undergo an operation for appendicitis at the St. Elizabeth’s hospital, Lafayette, was a member of the commercial class. . The college authorities consider themselves very fortunate in securing the archbishop of Cincinnati and Nicholas- Goam r as the speakers for the occasion. T.e Most Rev. Henry Moeller was •or many years the secretary to. the late Archbishop Elder of the <ame' see. Later he was ■ cnse rated bishop of Columbus and when Archbishop Elder died was promoted to the archbis ; oprie; The Church Province of Cincinnati, over which he presides, includes' the- dio■ceses of ■ Cleveland,-. Co-ihmbus, Covington, Detroit. Fort Wayne, Grand. Rapids, Indianapolis,.' l.oui-ville, Nashville and Toledo, with a Catholic population over nearly 2.'» 00,0 CMi persons. The headquarters of the Society of the Precious Blood, which supports St. Joseph’s college, are in the archdiocese of Cincinnati. Mr. Gonner is probably one of the most energetic publishers among the laity of the Catholic church today. He has done much for emmiarant farmers and for charities and corrections, and has a wide experience in combating the errors of radical socialism.