Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-01
GrinneIl News Letter.

Grinnell, June lin spite of the
threatening skies and occasional light
showers of Saturday, the Colonial OPP
era house was crowded to listen to the
program arranged by the post for Me-
mortal day. The stage was well filled
with children from the public schools,
who sang columbia the Gem of the
Ocean" and The Star Spangled Ban
ner' well. under the leadership of their
music teacher, Miss Helen Thompson.
Musicians detailed from Company Is
sounded "reveille'' as one of their num-
Der slowly raised the flag to the top of
the staff placed for it on the stage.
and retreat as it was lowered, and
dismissed the soldiers with taps the
audience remaining seated until the
soldiers had withdrawn. Prayer was
offered BY Rev. T. b. Hughes. The glee
club sang three songs, in the last of
which, America" the audience and
school children heartily joined The
roll OF honor" which has become very
long, was shortened to the sixteen of
the soldier dead that have left us since
Memorial day a year ago. The GRAFTON
by Hon. Ellsworth Rominge, was a
clean cut, forcible, patriotic address
without any side issues, and received
many words of praise from citizens
and soldiers alike, irrespective OF po-
litical creed. The length of march for
the column was less than six blocks
and the judgment of the soldiers is
that long parades marches are thing
OF the past for them.
Iowa College commencement pro-
gram will begin on Friday Of the
present week, with Senior Chapel,
followed by the anniversary exercises
of the Academy in the afternoon at
8, at Herrick chapel, and Principal
Horns reception to the academy stu
dents and their friends in the even
ing. The meeting of the board OF
trustees will take place at 10 o'clock
on Saturday, and the Hyde prize ora
torical contest at 3 in the afternoon,
with the commencement concert of the
school of music in the evening. On
Sunday the baccalaureate sermon will
be preached at the Congregational
church by President Main in the
morning. and the alumni prayer meet
ing at association building at o'clock
will be closely followed by vesper
service at the chapel. In the evening
at 1880 at the chapel, an address be-
fore the Christian association will be
given by Rev. E. o. Tade of LaJolla,
Cal, member of the class of 1858.
Miss Ellen A. Price arrived at her
home here at midnight, Saturday, after
being on the train continuously since
Thursday noon. On account of the
rains in Texas and other states in the
south, she was obliged to take a train
to Shreveport, La, and from there to
Kansas City and even on this round
about passage found some delay be-
cause of high water.
Rev. Elias Handy, who has been for
some weeks in keokuk undergoing and
recovering from an operation for ap-
pendicitis, returned to his home here
on Saturday last. While still weak he
stood the return trip very nicely, and
is resting we'll at home. 1t is not
deemed best that he should see visit
ors until the latter part of this week
when, if he continues to improve, he
will be glad to meet once more his
many anxious friends in this city,
The political pot is boiling fiercely
underneath in this region. altho there
are very few eruptive bubbles on the
surface. Both the Cummins and the Al
lison club had a meeting on Friday
night last, where the final work was
mapped out and everything seems to
be in readiness for getting out the vote
tomorrow Some are praying for fair
weather 80 that the farmers will stay
in their corn fields where they are so
,,,,cb needed while others are Dlltting
up equally fervent petitions for
weather that will not permit them to
work so that they may be sure to be
at the polls. City judges and clerks Of
election are rather expecting to have
midnight lunches and early breakfasts
brought to them at the polling places
before the ardous labor of counting the
ballots will be over.