Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1909 — COLLEGEVILLE. [ARTICLE]

COLLEGEVILLE.

A number of students went to their homes for Thanksgiving. The list of visitors for the holidays at the college is exceptionally large. Some are visiting with students, others with members of the faculty. A. Spangler, of Zanesville, Ohio, has again returned to his studies. Early in September he had a severe attack of typhoid, but he has now entirely recovered. On last Wednesday afternoon general permission was granted to the students to visit the city. With but few exceptions the boys make good use of this monthly privilege. The regular examinations were held last Tuesday and Wednesday. This is the second report that will be sent to the parents and guardians. The test has proven the work of the students very satisfactory. geveral of the boys have been spending a few days of this week amid the comforts of the infirmary, but the Thanksgiving roll call found all in the ranks except J. Sulzbach, whose swollen foot will not permit him to wear a shoe. The regular beat of the stone cutters’ sledge is again heard. They are trimming the entrance steps and the granite door sills. They will also now cut the range work for the passage way that is to connect the college building with the church. A daily occurrence now is the zigzag march of the club brigade. The boys with hunting inclinations diligently scour the surrounding flelds_in search of rabbits, and not infrequently an innocent bunny falls by hedge or bush, a victim of that ancient method, the bludgeon’s blow. The basket ball team is fast rounding into shape. The line up has not yet been definitely decided upon. The number of games that have been played thus far have given the aspirants for representative honors sufficient opportunities to show their timber. The religious have had the best of the argument in all the games that have been played.