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

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an and sent its members his apostolic blessing for con- tinued work and success. A Golden Jubilee Burse was established to permanently commemorate the event. 1923-1925 After a lingering illness the Reverend Charles Becker for 42 years professor of music, classical lan- guages, and mathematics died at Effmgham, Illinois, on August 22. The pen falters at the difficult task of doing even partial justice to the achievements of this priest as spiritual guide and teacher in some branch or other of every student in the Seminary during those 42 years. He displayed sincerity and exactness in the classroom, at the altar, in the con- fessional and in private conversation. The rich and abundant fruits that his active and edifying career produced are found in the minds and hearts of the thousand priests whom he inHuencecl in a thousand ways. iiThey who instruct many unto justice shall shine as stars for all eternity. Dan. XII,13. During the latter part of August a course in sociology was given at the Seminary. Many priests, laymen, and women attended. Social questions of the day were lectured on by the Rev. Dr. Och of the Josephinum College, the Rev. P. Ingeln of Toledo University, and the Rev. Dr. Muench of the Seminary. On September 10, the registration of students took place. On account of the exceptionally large number that applied for entrance many were sent to Pio Nono College to return when sufEcient room would be available for them at the Seminary. No new changes or events were noted either at the be- ginning of the school year or during the first semester. The Seminary entered upon its work equipped with a splendid faculty and the success it achieved was great. The beginning of the new year saw the Seminary carrying on its work with added zeal. St. Francis Day was solemnly celebrated and the usual degrees conferred upon the students. It is needless to state that the observance of this day is always a great inspiration to both students and visiting alumni. It enables them to renew their love for the school and for its great patron Saint, Francis de Sales. Effort was made at the earlier part of the year to strengthen the bond which existed between the Alma Mater and her graduates. Hence invitations were sent to all priests who had studied at St. Francis to join the Alumni Association. The great number of accept- ances received gave sufficient evidence that those who had studied at the Salesianum were deeply attached to their Alma Mater. The culminating event of the year 1924 in the Seminaryis history was the meeting on March 18 of the rovincial bishops, in person or by proxy, in which, the school was changed from a provincial to SAINT FRANCIS SEMINARY a diocesan seminary. Students of the Milwaukee diocese were becoming so numerous that a move of this nature had to be made in view of the limited room available at the Seminary. Though the Semi- nary was mainly to be for these students still it was to continue to receive aspirants from other dioceses. During the remaining part of the scholastic year the presentation of Bulwer Lyttonis iiRichelieuii by the St. James Society directed by Father George Eilers and the German version of Shakespeards ilMacbetW by the Blessed Albertus Magnus Society under the direction of Father Aloysius Muench were given for the benefit of the students and the alumni. On May 29, the sad news of the death of Sir ohn Singenberger, professor of music at the Catholic Normal School, Pio Nono, and at times at the Seminary was received. Singenberger was an apostle in the movement for better music. He founded and for 51 years edited the magazine iiCaeciliaW His musical compositions are legion. Popes as well as various Universities have recognized his labors in behalf of ecclesiastical art and have bestowed upon him numerous honors. The Seminary lost a friend and supporter in the passing of this eminent musi- Clan. During the summer months of 1924 a retreat for the clergy of the Archdiocese and one for the Knights of Columbus was held at St. Francis. The classes of 1899 and 1904 again honored the insti- tution with a reunion. The District Convention of the Third Order of St. Francis was held on the grounds late in August. A Pontifical High Mass was sung in the open air in front of the Seminary by the Most Reverend Archbishop, while the Reverend Charles Bruehl, Ph. D., of St. Charles Seminary preached on the occasion. In September the students again returned re- freshed and prepared to take up their duties. The customary Pontifical Mass in honor of the Holy Ghost sung by Monsignor Rainer was followed by the usual routine. With the exception of two inter- esting addresses to the students by the Very Rev. A. Walsh, Rector of the Missionary Seminary at Maryknoll, and the Reverend Hoefliget of Switzer- land, and the death of Vernon Bauers, a student of second class, the Seminary chronicle reported no other event for this year. The memorable instances that occurred during the first half of the year 1925 were the annual observance of St. Francis Day, the conferring of the priesthood upon two different occasions by Bishop Rhode of Green Bay, and the presentation of iiThomas Moreh by the St. Stanislaus Kostka Society, and Henry 1V1, by the St. Thomas Society. These plays were directed by Fathers Bednarski and Johnson respect- i691

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