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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
10
The College of St. Francis will hold baccalaureate services in the college chapel with a high mass on Sunday June 1. A breakfast follows in the dining room and a 2 o'clock reception for class members' friends and relatives in the afternoon.
Photographer captures Miss Louise Bobola practicing at Woodruff Golf Course as she gears up for a tee shot. Spectator Photo.
Immediately after the reception the alumnae of the college will honor the graduates with a four banquet. At 4 o clock Rev Father Eligius Weir will conduct the investing of hoods. Class Day events run June 4 and 5 with recollection, planting of the tree, honors, and an address by C L Jordan. On June 6 Rev Father Joseph Schubert will deliver the graduation address and degrees will be conferred.
About fifty young men from across the state begin a 60 day training period at the officer's training school in Stateville on Monday. They were selected from the civil service list and will receive both practical experience and classroom instruction as part of their daily routine at the school.
Training the men are given jobs when there are openings in the various penal institutions throughout the state. Due to the draft and the need of men in defense jobs, the waiting list of guards has been nearly depleted. The wife plays the leading role on many a domestic stage.
Radio games are set for 8 o'clock tonight in St. Marys hall on Clinton and Ottawa streets. Valuable prizes will be awarded making the evening profitable and entertaining for attendees.
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