The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-03
CARLETON COLLEGE.

Hon. j. f.. Swangcr, Secretary OF
State, has been engaged to deliver
the Commencement Day address
June 3. Mr.. Swanger is scholar
an eX-teachcr, and an excellent
speaker, much sought after for com
m"nc"m"n' rddr"ss"s.
The hacculaureatc sermon will be
preached sunday afternoon, May
81. The service has been placed at
this hour SO that all the church-go-
ing people OF the town may be-
present without missing their own
church services. Please make :
note Of this and arrange to hr present
1t has not as yet been fully arranged
as to who is To preach the sermon,
but this will be announced later.
\ field day exercise will be held
sometime during Commencement
week. Some interesting attractions
Will characterize the occasion, such
as IA class poem, class will, bond
fire, etc. The date and complete
program will be published later.
The first annual debate has been
arranged for between the Lincolnian
and the Sioux Literary societies,
and will be held about four weeks
hence. The question for debate will
be, Resolved, That the Govern
ment should own and control the fa-
cilities for public transportation and
communication" Messrs. Garrison
and Dempster, of tile Lincolnian So
cioty, represent the afIirmativc.sde,
and Messrs. Arnoldi and G. w.
Williams, of the Sioux Society, rep
resent the negative.
The baseball schedule, as far as
made out, is n good one. Two games
will be played with each of the fol-
lowing schools: jackson Military
Academy, Marvin Collegiate Insti-
tute and Christian Brothers College.
Three games have been arranged
for with the Cape Nornals, and two
or three with the Libertyville team. |
Each Of these teams will play at
least one game on the Carleton field. |
The Association il issuing "A season |
ticket which will entitlc the holder
to attend all the games that are
played this season on the Carleton
grounds, including the above games
and Others that may be arranged for
later. Arthur lakewood, the Treas
urer of the Association, will have
these tickets for sale, and by buying
one, the holder will be able to at
tend all these attractions at reduced
rates.
The first game OF baseball this
season will be played with Marvin
Collegiate Institute on the Carleton
grounds next Monday, April 6. The
game promises to be an interesting I
Dne, AS the NJ. G. /. team is said to
pe the best that ever represented
hat institution on the diamond,
while there Is no doubt that Garlic
on will havo much stronger team ,
han that of last year, which won
record. All the old players .
are back-Gauner, McLarney, Hen
'ich, Blackledge, Adams, Arnold,
White, f. Smith, Gordon,
md Hunt, while several new play
'rs have already enrolled, including
Hodges, y. White and the McCallum
'rothers Of Fredericktown, and one
II two other fine players are arrang-
ng to join, perhaps before the game
ext Monday. The game will proba-
ly open with the following partial u
lineup: pitcher, J. McCallum, catch
r. Gordon; first base, Gruner; sec
nd base, Hunt; third base, McLar- 4
ey; shorst stop, Adams. The other .
laces have not been assigned, but
here is no scarcity of good material. :
Ill baseball enthusiasts should ar /
fn this II