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

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DIAMOND mefiisfalhnuc ively. However, foremost in the events was the cele- bration of Monsignor Raineis 80th birthday, Feb- ruary 10. The aged Monsignor sang a Pontifical High Mass in the morning and was a guest at the presentation of Cardinal Wisemanis iiI-Iidcien Gem , staged by the classics, under the direction of Father Eilers. Monsignor Rainer himself had taken a leading role in this play in his youthful school days. At the yearly registration for the fall school term 328 students reported. Besides this number 60 appli- cations could not be accepted because of lack of room. With the growth of the Church in the central part of the country vocations to the priesthood have steadily increased. The re-organization of Pio Nono College as a High School made accommodation pos- sible to many aspirants to the priestly state who now receive their preparatory education at that institution. On September 27, the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the elevation of the Diocese of Milwaukee to a Metropolitan See, the Reverend Deacons were permitted to assist at the services held in St. Johns Cathedral. In the afternoon all students took part in the reception in honor of his Eminence, Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago, held in the Marquette Stadium. A Pontifical Requiem High Mass was celebrated in the Seminary Chapel by Archbishop Messmer on October 29, for the repose of the soul of the late Ernest G. Miller, of Milwaukee, who had favored the Seminary with a most generous bequest. Shortly after 8 a. m. on November 5, fire was discovered in the bowling alleys. The Fire department of the Town of Lake responded to the alarm, and with the aid of the students succeeded in extinguish- ing the fire although the building was almost totally destroyed. The destruction of the bowling alleys meant the passing away at least for the time being of the Seminary departmentis main attraction during the winter months. The Most Reverend J B. Cieplak, D. D., Arch- bishop of Vilna, Poland, honored the Seminary with a visit on December 12. He was accompanied by Archbishop Messmer and several preiates. After a hearty reception by the St. Stanislaus Kostka Society the visitor spoke to the student body in Latin and in Polish. Archbishop Ciepiak, a confessor and martyr for the faith, had been a prisoner in Russia. He had been arraigned and brought to court by the agents of the infidel Soviet government, and senten- ced to die for instructing children. A number of governments interfered, and the Archbishop was set free, though his Vicar General, who was condemned with him, was executed. The year 1926 began and progressed as previous JUBILEE zgsk years. St. Francis Day was observed and the academic degrees were distributed; the annual ordinations to the priesthood took place; the yearly Egan eIocution and oratorical contests were held; and the plays iiThe Black Arrow and the uUpper Roomh, both directed by Father Eilers, were enacted by the St. James Liter- ary Society and the High School department respec- tively. The Holy Week services were not con- ducted at the Seminary this year. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic which was prevalent at this time the students were sent to their respective homes the week before Easter Sunday. 1925-1926 On June 3, the feast of Corpus Christi was sol- emnly observed, as it always is whenever the date falls during the scholastic year. The long procession of priests, seminarists, nuns, school children, and lay people wound its way from the Seminary to Pio Nono High School, thence to the Chapel of the Woods and to St. Aemiiianis Orphan Asylum. From here the march proceeded to the St. Francis Assisi Convent and then back to the Seminary. The Bene- diction of the Most Blessed Sacrament was given at three of these places. The yearly commencement exercises of the High School Department were held on June 10. The students of this department published an annual this year. Though the prime aim of the publication was to serve as a souvenir of the theme work of the High School Seniors yet it carried the usual features of a high school annual, photographs of faculty members, class groups, buildings and scenes, as well as an ac- count of the life in general about the Seminary. The Rev. Henry Riordan was faculty adviser for the new publication. A signal honor came to the Seminary and Alumni Association on June 16, when the honorary degree of the Doctor of Letters was conferred upon Rector Emeritus, Monsignor Rainer, by Marquette Univer- sity. The degree was given, as Monsignor Rainetis citation read, 9. . . by virtue of his important work of training many of the priests for the Archdiocese over so long a period, of his contribution to Catholic jour- nals and magazines, of his personal achievements in at least eight languages, and his literary contribution in three. During the summer vacation the Seminary was visited by His Eminence Gustave Frederic Cardinal Piffi and by the class of 1916. In September the school session opened with a capacity crowd. The Rev. William Bronner, S. T. D., was added to the faculty as professor of languages and Moral Theology. On September 12, the Most Rev. Anselm Kenealy, O. M. Cap., Archbishop of Simla, India, spoke to 1:721