Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Su Memoriam Rr. Rey. I. J. SEMPER The body of Monsignor Semper lies in state in the Chapel of Christ the King with ecclesiastical students singing the office of the dead. ar vain dag y es anb eu e B iml уеаг, when the Rt. Rev. I. J. Sem- per, a men S ais years and a prominent author, historian and teacher, died on March 20. Monsignor Smper, as head of the Loras College Enalish De : i ment from 1924 until his retirement because of illness in 1952, contributed пе аба to tl s excellence. of. that. department today, and to the tradition that is Loras College. — The descendant of a pioneer Dubuque family Monsignor Semper was born on January 11, 1883. He attended Loras Academy and graduated from Loras College in 1905, From 1905 until 1908, he attended Propaganda University, Rome, Italy from which he received his bachelor of sacred theology degree and which culminated in his ordination on June 13, 1908, in St. John Lateran. basilica. J д Monsignor Semper was appointed to the Loras English faculty upon his return from Rome, and he founded the Loras drama department in 1910; however, it was in the field of Shakespeare and Dante that he gained his greatest recognition. He was elected to member- ship in the Dante Society last year and had been notified of his election to the Shakespeare Society shortly before his death. A frequent contributor to several leading periodicals, Mon- signor Semper wrote three plays as well as many other published writings in his literary field. Many of the present day students here at Loras never saw or knew Monsignor Semper. but those who did and the faculty, many of whom were taught by him, realize the tremendous loss suffered by the college by his death. We have a standing heritage in the work that Mon- signor Semper has so unselfishly contributed to Loras, and it remains as a high tribute to the great man that he was. seventeen

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Anton J. SLECHTICKY, FLORIAN J. STORK, A.M. M.S. rofessor of Education Associate Professor of Chemistry I 1 Assistant P Mr. Vaughn Gayman, Assistant Professor of Speech and Band Director, beat at a basketball game, gets the band on the Jos R. Tarevien, Rr. Rev. AUGUST R. THIER AM. ED: Director of Publicity Professor of German nstructor in Journalism HI, JAMES TUNNEY, ANI. Instructor in English Rev. Ковент В, Voci R AB. Assistant Spiritu al Direc Instructor in — Religion sixteen ev, Loras J. WATTERS, Ph.D. Instructor in Education

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LORAS CONFERS AN HONORARY DEGREE lak isa a — — | | — 4 ee Above. The Most Reverend Edward A. Fitz- gerald, Bishop of Winona and Loras alumnus, preaching the sermon at the Solemn Pontifical Mass in Christ the King Chapel. Right. Bishop Fitz honorary degree fro Rev. Norbert C. Ba of Studies, assisting gerald is shown receiving the m Archbishop Binz with the Rt. rrett, Vice President and Dean in the presentation. The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred on the Most Rev. Edward A. Fitz- gtrald, Bishop of Winona. Minn., at the tradi- tional St. Josephs day Mass March 19. The degree was conferred by the Most Rev. Leo Binz, Archbishop of Dubuque. The citation was read by the Most Rev. T. Lane, President of Loras ollege. It praised sishop Fitzgerald for his pries y and episcopal labors in fostering the cause of Christ and His Church. Bishop. Fitzgerald, formerly coadjutor to the Archbishop of Dubuque. is an alumnus of Loras College Loras eighteen