Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1909 — Interesting Items From St. Joseph College. [ARTICLE]

Interesting Items From St. Joseph College.

In spite of the few boys that have left the college because they could not stand it to be so far away from home, the total pumber has been* raised to 240. The general ffh&racter ojf the present student body is a very good one, and the college has been most fortunate in obtaining such a large number of gentlemanly youths. \ The C. L. S. held their first regular meeting last Sunday. A large number of the old members answered the roll call, and a large number of applications for admission were presented. There is no doubt that the social, literary and dramatic work of the society will be of its usual high ..stand-’ ard and excellence. Hon. E. P. Honan will again have charge of their parliamentary instructions. The religious services last Sunday were conducted by Fathers Kramer and A. Schuette. The carpenters have left the sister’s house and the painters and varnishers are adding the beautifying touches. The interior of Ihe church is also taking on its proper form as the lathers proceed with their work. The other evening a new Ford was stranded on the pike near the college and the driver soon found that if all the good advice that a lusty bunch of college students can give would put. spirit into an engine, there would never be any need of telephoning to the garage for a motor tug. It is a well-known fact that the college has always extended a cordial welcome to all visitors. This continues true. But to see a number of lasses, still in their early teens, strolling unchaperoned about the college premises seeking occasion for flirting is neither complimentary to themselves nor beneficial to local discipline. The guardians of the students here are determined that‘there shall be no more of it.