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

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533.293 3-33-39 13-36-3131 E RC agcs-e-czaee-Ge-e-E-e? 61112 $111211; nf a thapel igainting ABOVE THE high altar in our Seminary eh:1pe1 is :1 huge 111111111 painting whit-h at once ul'euses interest and admiration. Although I haul seen the painting: :1 number of times. I 112141 never been given 1111 opportunity to learn its meaning: until quite recently. One day l 11:111- pened to be glancing through an old :ll'ehive hook. 211111 found :1 key to the picture. The picture is the work of 21 certain Mr. J. St-hmitt of Covington. Kentucky. On August, ninth. eighteen hundred 21nd eighty-eight. :1 huge canvas was 111111;: from the high ceiling, 111111 :1 lofty seuit'old erected before it. The artist set to work inunediately. and soon blurred figures 11e- g'uu to take form. The skillful hand of the paint- er worked swiftly. but ditlieulties arose. and 21s :1 result. the painting: was not completed until nearly five months had elapsed. Finally. on the feast of St. Francis in eighteen hunth'ed 111111 eightiy-niue, it was blessed with i111p1'essive cere- 111onies. It depicts the consecration of St. Ftaneis De Sales to the eoadjutor episcopaey of Geneva in tifteen hundred and ninetyetive, showing the vision he is believed to have had 211' that, time. He is shown kneeling at the feet of Pope tilem- ent V111 with his face, turned towards heaven, where he witnesses :1 celestial scene. The seene consists of God the Father seated, with Christ at His right hand. and the, Holy Ghost hover- i11;.: overhead in the usual form of :1 dove. To the right of Christ the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph are, kneeling. T0 the left of the Father is St. Peter with the keys and hook, and St. Paul with 21 sword. At the lower left are two monks. 111111 :1 number of bishops 211111 priests are standing in the sanctuary. The artist exercises what may be ez111ed 2111 artist's license in painting the rest of the pie- ture. That is. he shows persons on the canvas who were not living at the time of the seene whieh he pietures. Mr. Sehmitt has done this ill showing: the small group at the extreme right of the picture. This group eonsists of fom- per- sons. The first is Dr. Salznmnn. Who was in- strumental in the founding and early Inuinte- mlnee of the Seminary. He is shown holding in his hand the plans of the building. To his right is seen the Right Reverend Miehzlel I'Ieiss, the first rector of the Seminary. The identity of the two remaining; figures is not vermin. but they are reputed to be, two 111emhei's of the faculty. One. whose, head alone is seen, is believed to be the Reverend August Zeinninger, who was rector at the time of the painting of the picture. The other is said to he, the Reverend J. A. Bel'kheuser, one time procur- ator. The chapel was built under his supeiwision. To the rear right of the picture is 1111 urehed doorway through which 21 building, 1'ese11111li11g the Seminary structure. is seen in the distanee. The picture is truly symbolienlv and is really quite a work of art. The proportion 11nd per- speetive are excellent. These things cam he noted with :1 little study from the eoi'l'eet angle. 7CIIARLES RYAN. Errapnvranw Ax along the road of life we pass, We M'omlcr if we live in 4mm. We think of our efforts; alas! Anrl turn to God for help in pain. Our prayers unheard, our 1470775 undone, And we are ready to despair. We stand in agony alone, And then again ure turn to prayer. Htily God, 'I'Ium great and merriful Lord. Give our to our humble prayer. And now 'It'hUII we are weak and bofd Help MN, 0 Lord, help us, we pray? And finally 'Ilfhen hope 800171.? lost, The Lord of all creation hours Our prayer and grams to m; relief. And thus we learn to persevere. e-RAYMOND LENG. .5. ecs-c-zc- ae-sv-Easnls- 3m: l92b jgiazeeege-Ge-ee- Page F0 rty-sewn

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-MA Ni 1133-29-33-3-3-3-3-sagifl EEC aCQG-e-cz-a-e-e-ee-a-a-ca-c Lillie 1511mm mall HEN A student of the St. Frnneis Seminary Wsttlmls. t':1ei11;2; west. on the southwest enr- 11e1' of that St'lltNiFS campus. he sees 21 sight whieh makes 2111 i111111'essien 1111 his mind that he does not easily forget. From this point he 1111s 2111 1111ohst1'11etetl view of 111:111y pleasures which the world offers to sensual 1115111. Only a few hlueks away he sees one of the most popular l'nthelie high sehouls of the stzlte. 011 the '211111111s of this sehtml 11 fast interestingr struggle, between twu outstanding foethtlll tennis is being fought. He e1111 see the emth 11f speetzltors. which is divided into twu groups. cheering and urging the emnhatzlnts to action. As he turns from the seene another amazing sight eatehes his eye. lt is the hurrying: of automobiles 011 one of the main highways 1f travel through the state. And to give variety to the picture 11s street car gees hy. It is 011 its way to town. where its eeeupzmts will mingle with the crowds of the city streets. 111111 seek the pleasures of life. After a selnilluriau has admired :111 this. he turns and helmltls the gray walls of the build- ings in which he wil he eentinetl for nine months. llere therl are 110 sensual pleasures, 1111 worldly :ltti'netions. only work for him. Again he turns and ltllx'ON one longing glanee alt the :11h11'e111ents of the world. He thinks of the secular high sehnol: there he wuultl he 011 the fmythnll team 11ml cheered hy the interested gathering of slleetntm-s: of the :111tm1mhile he would have to t'm'el in: of the easy street ear eunneetitms he eeultl 111:1ke with dewn tuwn. Yet. he turns :11'z1y from these pleasures. 211111 'nlks hack tn the mltl. gray walls of the Semi- 11111'1'. Why does he not accept these pleasures? There is 110 H111 tn held him hack. There is even :111 open road leading out tn them. Yes. there is :1 wall. It is the unseen w:111 of love for his Master. Because of this love he has reeeivetl the 11111 to the priesthuml. 111111 the :1eee11tingr of this enll meant that he was to timl huppiness in seelnsinll. :1s pointed nut to him by his Divine Muster. wANTHoNI BEYER. imitding 13mm Tm: PRINTING 0f pietnres is :1 very interesting prevess. The tirst thin;r that must he done is to prepare the different solutions thalt will he used. The tirst solution is prepared by taking :1 s111:111 tube of hypesnlphite 211111 mixing: it with nheut eight tmnees of water until the hypo 1121s entirely tlissnlvetl. The :1111111111t 0f Vater that is used varies nevertling t0 the kind of 11:11er that will he used in printine'. This solution is then poured into :1 tlish used for this purpose. and next to it is placed :1 dish of elem' water. Then 11 third solution. consisting of water 111111 fixing powder. is 111:1eetl hesitle the vater. These sulu- tiens having: hee11 prepared and the mom made as dark as pessihle. the printingr is hegun. There are '111'im1s t'rmnes used to expese the sensitized paper to the light. and the one that I will tlesel-ihe looks like :1 hex nhont eight inches high. six inehes wide. and twelve inehes 1011.2: inside of this hex is a powerful eleetl'ie light. The cover is put, on with hinges so that it 0811 easily he lifted off. Directly heneath this cover is 11 piece, of glass, 1111011 whieh the negative, is placed. A piece of sensitized paper is then placed 1111011 the latter. The eover is then l'eplueed. 111111 the light heneath the negative is :111t011121t- ienlly t111'11etl 1111. The light is permitted to shine through the negative 011m the paper fur :1ho11t eight 01' ten seemuls. depending upon the strength of the light 111111 the negative. The euver is then renmvetl. 111111 the light :111tt1111:1tie1111y turned eff. Now. the exposed 11:111er must he put thmugh the various solutions. It is til'st 1111t into the hype solution. where it is left until the tigm'es have properly appeared 1111011 the 11:111e1'. XVhen the picture is elenr enough. it is taken out of the hype. rinsed in the dish of water. 11ml then put into the fixing'- selntitm. where it is left for z1hm1t fm-ty minutes. The picture is then left in :1 1.0114 miner 0f 1'111111i11:.:' water for nearly :111 110111'. The wet picture is then placed 1111011 :1 tlzlt pul- ishetl plate 01' in :1 hlettinf.r hook, where it is left t0 dry. After it has heeeme dry. it is ready to he placed in ones :11l111m. mJOIIN TUCIILINsmz Wiggzg 20m; Page Forly-six 5.?2Tgw

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f M N 539.59-3-3-339-3-3-3Q61 ERC 133063-33-cz-cz-cz-zcwa-cz-e-ca-c eritirizm nf 0.9. 759mg F ALL THE lumks. mvoring my dvsk 1101-9 or liftvrwl :llmut at home. 110119 is 11101-0 prized than 11 ihivk t'1mrrm-n-hundred-lmgo rod hook with 'le Complete iVm'ks of 0, Henry ins scribed in glittering gold letters upon lhv havk. 1 am not :1 habitual i'omitJ' 51nd thorofuro have not enjnymi :1 great number of authors: mwmn tlwloss I lwlivvo that no greater literary miter- tninnwnr mm ilt' found than his lwiwvvn tho twu covers of that book. Twin- haw l Iwmsmi tho grout wnrks. and l Iind mysvii' hocmuing iislmilmi. so in spvnk. for it seems :1 must dis- agreeable task to mid :my uthm- writer zlfior continually enjoying tho amazingr genius of 0. Henry. Xth '1111 road The Gift of Magi without 21v- mally being vexed zit Delhi's 111isfm't'nm-Z' Who does not give ixlinnny Valentino. u mlrimmily- known mhiwr. his hum'tfelt support as 0. Henry pictures him? Who does not in his imagination dosirv in input Robert Walmsloy i11 MFho Defeat of the City ? In my opinion Wliho Retrieved Rtifm'illniiull is the host of ihv 300 simiiosiwilh Mlihv Gift of tho Mngifi htho Lust Loaf. Iimrls 21ml Urusses. A Fm: in Santana. :nld Mliho Ilvfwlt of the City l'nllmving; closely. iYahmlv says of these smrivs: English litorntnrv lwgins with 0. Henry 2 William Reedy oxvlnims: As 21 119' Dieter of lifv in New York and for kvon insight into the lwuuiivs :md mozinessos 0f ohnruvter 0. Henry UXi't'iN nll 011191-in Many olhvr uuthm-i- mtive critics :lwlzlim him slipi'mno 7 a and rightly so! But mu- .:111 diswrn some faults. few as lhi-f 211.0. in his writing. Few of his stories are wilhnur slung: whivh is probably the principal doi'evt. Than hm his pluis m'v smm-linws any- thing' but iil':llll:llit' 21ml ufton quilo impussihlv. To umh-rstnml tho lrup 1119:111i11g of sonic uf his expressions IlN'USHillePN constant iliiUl'UUlll'SO with Wohslvr. l':11':1dux is m111110y0d in too grout :lll vxionl. His unusual tulonr. hnwevvr. completely M'vrshmlmvs those shm'immings. In his i-hn'nvtm- skvlvhos of the immoral :u'tress and stage life. 1110 thief. the sinner. or the priest 110 wm-k is stained in tho loust hy sensuality. Every wurd he wrutv wiis whnlesunw 11ml hehe- iioiul. Rowling his stories. 0110 learns many Wnl'thM'hilv lilssnns ill life 01' i1 good English. Many :1 vluss 111-01111111ti011 of mine has liven doi'ovlivv. hwnusu I had hH-ome intel'vsiml in u wosternor :1s pivtm'ml hy the gl'eui philzmthrw pisi: tho wmlhvr hnrvnn nmy prophesy zigrw- ahlv m. disngl'vonhlv winds while the his; red hunk is 111im-. As Vhristophm- Morley says of 0. llvlu'y: 'i'l'lw HHINIi'I' phurumrixt of joy tIuII 1min Iiislnwsm xmlnms Iim-tm'ml N'f'h u xmilw And luuylm'r Hm! tlixmlrvs in 1mm- Il!llliil, iJonx M. IIILGICRS. Eng Swirling. olinying. 0107:ng mist i'nrvriuy ull Hw from and Iilmlnmrkx. lwuning HIP ruwmlarm' lost in whifmu'ss- To pass and rvpuxx his imrkiniug doorxn'p. Groping Mimi!!! this 1mm and flmf. Hr .1: mics u imllnl'uy lwuliuy Immt'u'mwl. 'l'ill uf lax! u fiirla'ring light blinks Through Ihr' fog; and guidm him mlft'ly. WP. mortals. lost in a fog of plmsm'v. Neural: vainly for id on our jmrrm'y. A! qul. u frimully gust fours flu' fog In falters, Tho mm pt'uks lhrnuyh flu? 7:11:11 air. And luau xm' our road bcfoyro us. fair In the victorious sunshine. WC HARLES RYAN. iggmsg Page Forty-cight