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

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DIAMOND JUBILEE Q856 SALZMANN LIBRARY Erected 1908 LIBRARY READING ROOM MUSEUM IN LIBRARY

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Q2? Racine. He had been a professor at the Semi- nary from 1863 to 1868 and from 1875 to 1884. In him the Seminary lost a loyal friend and an ardent supporter of its great work of educating young men for the priesthood. On April 18, the St. Thomas Literary and De- bating Society presented 1Louis XV under the direc- tion of the Rev. D. J OlHearn, D.C.L. On the eve of the Annunciation eight new members were received into the B. V. Sodality by Monsignor Rainer. During the month of May two more plays were given. The St. Stanislaus Debating and Literary Society pre- sented 8Prezor Paulinowl, tPrior of the Paulistsi di- rected by the Rev. B. Goral, and the St. James Society presented the 11Merchant of Venice directed by the Rev. J. F. Ryan. On June 2, 1908, the second annual Elocution Contest for the Douglas prize was held. 1908-1909 Among the recent visitors at the Seminary were the Rev. Joseph Khatchadourian, an Armenian priest. On May 21, he celebrated the community Mass in the Chapel according to the Armenian rite; and the Right Rev. Augustine Henninghaus, S. V. D., Vicar Apostolic of South Shantung, China, and his sec- retary, the Rev. Peter Dschang, a native Chinese priest. The Rev. Casimir Olzewski, a professor, resigned, and the Rev. Dominic Szopinski of Chicago was ap- pointed to succeed him. On Sunday, June 28, Bishop Schinner of Superior ordained three young Levites at St. Marys Church, Milwaukee. Two were graduates of St. Francis Semi- nary. In the past semester 24 students had received Tonsure and Minor Orders at the Seminary; 7 had been ordained for the Milwaukee Diocese and 21 for other Dioceses in the middle west. Mr. Peter Johnson of Oconomowoc who had graduated from philosophy was assigned to study theology at the American Col- lege in Rome. The Total Abstinence Society ended the year with a meeting at which they enrolled 22 new members. A program was presented and music was furnished by the 11Venetian QuartetteK composed of Joseph Brasky, August Ziesel, Joachim Ryder, Edward Fleege, Peter Beschta, Joseph Ziebarth, John Haeusler, and Joseph Ryder. Progress was being made on the new Salzmann Library Building at this time and it was hoped that it would be ready for the students at the opening of classes in September or very soon after. The school year was opened with a Mass to beg the Holy Ghost for a successful year. Shortly after the beginning of this term a retreat was given for the students by the Very Rev. Clement Splinter, O. R, an alumnus of the Seminary. I451 SAINT FRANCIS SEMINARY ..:.. menarmmu The elevation of the Right Reverend Monsignor Rainer, V. G., Rector of the Seminary, to the dignity of Protonotary Apostolic brought great joy to the Seminary, the alumni and a host of his friends. Monsignor Rainer was now privileged to pontificate. The faculty presented him with a beautiful set of Gothic vestments. The Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee of His Holiness Pope Pius X was fittingly celebrated at the Semi- nary. Msgr. Rainer offered a Pontifical High Mass and Monsignor P. M. Abbelen preached the sermon. He presented Pope Pius X 01 as the ideal semi- narian and the grandest product of seminary educa- tion within the last fifty years, and 122 as the warm- est friend and the most enlightened and energetic pro- moter of seminary education. In the afternoon a program was presented in honor of Pius X and speeches were given in English, German, Latin, French, and Polish. A change was made in the teaching staff at this time which ought to be noted. The Rev. B. Goral re- signed as professor and the Rev. Eugene McCart . late Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, accepted the post of professor of philosophy and mathematics. The Blessed Albertus Literary and Debating So- ciety presented the drama llDer Letzte Held von Marienburgiz directed by the Rev. J. Berg. Monsignor Rainer again received members into the B. V. Social- ity to the number of 41 on the feast of the Immacu- late Conception. The Rev. Director D. J. O,Heam enrolled 33 new members into the Sacred Heart League. The Total Abstinence Society added 23 to its roll and now had 72 active members. The Rev. James Ryan was the moderator. The Seminary entered the year 1909 with much the same quiet, calm determination to achieve its end that had always characterized this institution. The patron feast day on January 29, was very appropri- ately celebrated. Monsignor Rainer offered a Pontifi- cal High Mass and Archbishop Messmer preached a practical sermon on the priestly virtues of St. Francis de Sales. The Right Rev. Bishops Schwebach, Eis, and Fox of the Milwaukee Province were in the sanctuary. On the same day the Seminary board, consisting of the Bishops of the province and the Rector and Procurator of the Seminary, met and de- cided to raise the tuition to $200 beginning with the following September. The board expressed its satisfaction with the new Library building. It was also decided that one of the faculty hereafter should have the discipline of all departments as his exclusive duty. On Washingtonk Birthday and on the centenary of Abraham Lincoln the students were given holidays

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SAINT FRANC IS SEMINARY SISTERS, CONVENT AND INFIRMARY Srected 1902 GYMNASIUM PREPARATORY SEMINARY DEPARTMENT erected 1910 I471