St Francis Minor Seminary - Via Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Giprrr Published Annually by the Students of the High School Department ST. FRANCIS SEMINARY, ST. FRANCIS, WIS. VOLUME Two THE STAFF 0F TIERCE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ..................... FRANK H. KELNHOFER BUSINESS MANAGER. .................. RAYMOND A. FETTERER SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER ................. EDMUND J. STUMPF ART ................................... ANTHONY J. BAIER PHOTOGRAPHY ............................ J . RUSSELL BEIX ALUMNI ................................ VERNON J. KUEHN ATHLETICS ........................... ALPHONSE A. KOHLER SOCIETIES AND CHRONICLE ................. HENRY P. KOLBECK FACULTY ADVISOR ............. THE REVEREND H. G. RIORDAN W Page Twenty-six

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f A N ?33'3'3-3-3-3-3-3'3-3d61ERCE Eae-e-ca-e-cz-a-eoz-e-s-ec A 0112155 liliamry N SEPTEMBER 10, 1923, our class began its Women at the Seminary. We started with thirty-nine members of various ages and sizes. At first it seemed queer to be in such a large house with so many strangers. Many of us were homesick, but after awhile we became accustomed to Seminary life. Some of us startled our pre- fects by answering, Yes, Father, or th0, Father, to their questions. We soon became acquainted with one another and also with the Sophomores, who were our companions in the study hall. A few days after our arrival we elected our class officers. Alphonse Kohler was elected prese ident, and Edmund Stumpf, secretary. After this we fell right into line with the other classes in studies and all Seminary activities. There are many things which we remember with fond recollection when we look back upon our first year at the Seminary. The first great event was the retreat given by Father Thuente, O. P. Most of us had never made a retreat be- fore, and we all agreed that it gave us a good start on the way to the priesthood. Being the youngest class in the house, we were naturally handicapped in athletics, but those who took part in the Upper Hall Indoor League gave evidence of becoming good sportsmen, which they have since proved themselves to be. As long as we live we shall never forget the evening of Decem- her the eighth, when we were received into the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin by Monsignor Rainer, Sylvester Klein and Maurice McNamee were selected as acolytes of the Sodality. The first member of our class to fall a victim to serious illness was William Drewa, who went home on December twelfth. We lost three more classmates during January, Casimir Piatkiewcz, Edward Sheehan and Ralph Thiinmesch. John Schneider took sick and went home on February twenty-seeond. On March twenty-sixth Father Huepper organized six teams in our Latin class, to compete for the highest average in scholarship for second semester. This inspired us with zeal and interest in our work and developed the spirit of study in us. In this way our first year at the Seminary came to a close, and we went home with happy hearts, having completed our first step towards the priesthood. When we returned on September ninth, 1924, we discovered that quite a change had taken place in our class. Seventeen new members had been added to our number, and Joseph Kelley and Leo Wolf had not returned. This made us the largest class in the house, with a total of fifty-two mem- bers. It seemed good to see our old friends again, and we soon became acquainted with our new classmates. Francis Kehlnhofer was elected to be our class president. We were rather disappointed when we heard that our class was to be divided into two sections for Latin and Algebra, but we proved that the maxim, ttUnited we stand, di- vided we fall, does not apply to all cases. On December third the first dark cloud passed over our class. Vernon Banres, who had just come to our class from Pio Nono, died after a two weekst illness. A Requiem Mass was sung in the Seminary chapel for the repose of his soul before his body was taken home. Because of our exceptionally large class it was necessary to hold two elocution contests for Sece 0nd Class this year. In the. first contest Fred Zauner won first place, and Anthony Zukitis, sec- ond. In the second contest, Joseph Stagl won first place and John Aspel, second. Onr baseball team made an exceptionally fine showing this year. We were tied with Fourth class for first place in the High School Department League. With this success to our credit, we con- cluded our second year at the Seminary. We returned to the Seminary for the third time on September ninth, 1925. Again we found that our class was the largest one in the house, having fifty-three members. Two former mem- bers, Robert Connor and Leland Schaller, did not return. This is the year to which we had been looking forward with great eagerness because it was to mark our promotion to the lower study hall. Much to our dismay, however, it was found necessary to put thirteen of us in the upper study hall, because our class was so large. Thus the fraternity known as the tiUnlueky Thirteen was formed. Even with this separation we remained one in spirit. Joseph Stagl was elected class president for this year. , Columbus Day, 1925, will always be remem- bered by our class as the turning point in our athletic career. On this day we defeated Fourth class in football, 13 to 0. On November first we again defeated them with a score of 7 to 0. We lost two members of our class after Christ- mas vacation. Maynard Kuehn and Nicholas 0g: 1E-afsgemsiaf237mrl 9 2 7 21661:: Page Twenty-evight tmmgarr gem