Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — SILVER JUBILEE YEAR [ARTICLE]

SILVER JUBILEE YEAR

1916-17 Year Book of St. Joseph’s College Reaches Our Table. The Democrat is in receipt of the 1916 year book and announcement of 1916-17 of St. Joseph college. It is a very neatly printed catalogue of 108 pages and is issued from the Indian school print shop. It contains a number of handsome halftone pictures of the college grounds, buildings, etc., including the big new gymnasium completed last year at a cost of more than SIOO,OOO. The 1916-17 term opens Tuesday, September 5, with the entrance e>aminations and registration of new students. The following day is registration for students, and classes begin on Thursday, September 7. ' Much interesting information is contained in this year book, and some idea of the magnitude this college is assuming, starting from its humble beginning 25 years ago, may be had from noting that the several hundred students enrolled at the college last year came from 15 different states, and there were some from Canada and some from Germany also. Ohio lead with 102; Indiana second with 97; Illinois 38; Kentucky 16; Pennsylvania 9; Missouri 8; Michigan, New York and Wisconsin each 5; Nebraska 4; Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Tennessee each 1. There two students from Canada and one from Germany. * This institution means a great deal to Rensselaer and vicintty, for thousands of dollars are spent here each year that would not come'at all were it not for this college. It also | means quite an item to the Monon ! railroad, for in addition to the

many carloads of freight shipped to the college each year the Monon receives a tidy sum for transporting students and visitors to and from Rensselaer, as well as transporting members of the faculty to different points over their lines. The college people have spent many hundreds of thousands of dollars in building and beautifying the grounds, and many Rensselaer laborers have found employment there while such improvements were going on. While it is a fact that the greatness of this instituion and ths that it brings to Rensselaer is not generally appreciated, we would certainly miss it greatly were it to go out of business now.