Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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2ht ilemortam The Reverend Alphonsus Dress, Ph. D. 1877 - 1941 If years are to be remembered by their losses, then 1941 was a memorable year for Loras Col¬ lege For in that year passed away a man whose very life was Loras, the Reverend Doctor Alphonsus Dress. Something went out of Loras with his nass- ing, something irreplaceable For by his death the College lost not only an eminent faculty member, a teacher who for over a generation built and held his department to an enviable standard of excel¬ lence, but also a memorable, almost historic char¬ acter in the life and legend of the campus Doctor Dress and music were synonomous His noted works in the field of liturgical music will live long But most important to Loras is the fart that Doctor Dress was the organizer of the Vested Choir which has become one of the leading cam¬ pus organizations since he trained his first group of college singers back in 1908. Words of tribute come stiltingly and do not half express what the heart intends Of all the tributes that were paid to Doctor Dress perhaps the most eloquent was made in 1933 on the occasion of his twenty-fifth year as a member of the Loras faculty by a fellow jubilarian, the Rev. Dr I J Semper Said Doctor Semper “For me. Doctor Dress has always stood for art in its highest manifestation art wedded to religion He has used that splendid gift of Cod his vision making faculty to harness music, the most spiritual of the fine arts, m the service of the altar His zeal for sacred music has stamped his work as a choir director and as a composer with an impress which is as devo¬ tional as it is beautiful.” £ ’ s v rt

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The Reverend G. A. Stemm, A4.A. Business Manager The Reverend Francis J. FIoulahan, Ph.D. Dean of Studies and Registrar The Reverend J. J. Klott, A.B. Secretary of the Endowment Fund

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REV. ERNEST P. AMENT Spiritual Director Professor of Religion MR. LESTER BECKER Instructor in Accounting REV. GEORGE J. BISKUP Instructor in Art REV. WILLIAM B. COLLINS Professor of Philosophy REV DANIEL B. COYNE Director of Athletics REV. ANDREW J. CREIGHTON Professor of French JOHN P. DA AGON Director of Band