Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1916 — COLLEGE FUNCTIONS ENDED WEDNESDAY MORNING [ARTICLE]

COLLEGE FUNCTIONS ENDED WEDNESDAY MORNING

Following Alumni Banquet and Touraer Performance of Tuesday Evening. The St. Joseph college commencement functions, exercises and celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the college ended Wednesday morning with the address of Most Reverend Archbishop Moeller of Cincinnati to the graduates, and_ the presentation of diplomas. The students and the many

visitors departed for most part Wednesday for their various homes.

On Tuesday afternoon The new gymnasium building was dedicated, the address being by the very Rev. j George Hindland, provical of the Society of the Precious Blood, and following the exercises a conpert was given by the college band. At 6:30 o'clock Tuesday evening a splendid banquet was given in the east dining room in the chapel basement, which had been beautifully decorated for the occasion. This banquet was for the alumni of the college and was the first alumni banquet that has been held. It is proposed, however, to make it an annual function of the commencement week in the future. A large number of alumni were present an<J covers were laid for 125. The menu was very fine indeed. The speakers at the banquet were Rev. Julius Seimetz of Decatur, Ind.'; Rev. John Cogan of Piqua, Ohio.* Rev. Thomas Conroy of Crawfordsville and Joseph Naughton, the latter being credit manager of the Presto-light Co. of Indianapolis. The banquet closed at 8:30 with a few remarks by most Reverend Archbishop H. Moeller of Cincinnati on “The Work of the College.” He paid a fine tribute to the presnt and former faculty and graduates. Music was furnished by the college sextette. Following the banquet the Gymnastic club gave an exhibition in the gymnasium. As this was the silver jubilee celebration a greater number of visitors v r ere present than ever before at the commencement functions and with several of the visitors it was their first visit to the college. They were most favorably impressed with the institution and greatly surprised to find it of such magnitude.