Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Rev. L. H. Kuenzel Rev. J. A. Theobald Two members of the faculty this year celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of their ordination to the holy priesthood. They are the Reverend Lester H Kuenzel Librarian, and the Reverend lohn A. Theobald, Professor of Mathematics Both are graduates of Loras Coliege, Father Theobald in the Class of 19! I . anc! Father Kuenzel in the Class of 1912. After graduation from Loras. Father Theo¬ bald received his seminary training at St. Paul Seminary, and took the degree of p ' ■ at the Catholic University in 1915 Father Kuenzel studied theology at Propaganda University, Rome, and the University of Innsbruck, in Austria On June 8, 1915, Father Theobald was ordained by Archbishop Ireland of St Paul rather Kuenzel was ordained at Innsbruck, by the Prince-Bishop of Augsburg. Father Theobald was assigned to the faculty in 1920, and since then has been professor of mathematics and astronomy. In addition he is chaplain of the orphan- and serves as archdiocesan chaplain to the Boy Scouts of America, in which •held he is well-known because of his successful retreat camps for the boys, to vvhom he is a second Don Bosco, patron of their order. Father Kuenzel, after serving as assistant in the Holy Ghost parish in Dubuque, came to the college in 1922 as head of the library. Under his direction, it has grown to its present enviable position as fourth largest in the state. To both of these beloved priests, the Purgold and the Class of 1940 are happy to Bxtend warmest felicitations upon the occasion of their silver jubilee, and to express sincerest wishes for many more happy and fruitful years. jtil.K tU ' t ' H y

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Tower and Entrance of the Proposed Chapel. Tower of Saint Joseph ' s Chapel, Erected 1909. Mount Saint Bernard Seminary, 1857