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

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SAINT FRANCIS SEMINARY Our Archbishop HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL A. STRITCH, D. D. Solemnly Entbroned d5 FIFTH ARCHBISHOP OF MILWAUKEE by HIS EMINENCE GEORGE CARDINAL MUNDELEIN, D. D. r'IYO'Vember 19, 1930 Comecrated $i5bop of Toledo, GNovember 30, 1921

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...... ..... ...... g V oreewordd In this souvenir sketch of the history of St. Francis Seminary the aim is to present a running digest of the first fifty years as gleaned from the Golden Jubilee book compiled on that occasion 090$, then to follow with a more detailed chronicle of the next twenty-five years. The sources used, besides the Golden Jubilee souvenir, are the issues of the Salesianum, the quarterly Alumni publication; llA Noble Priest tDr. Salzmanny by Mon- signor Rainer; the annual catalogs of the Seminary; the records of Monsignor Rainer as well as the House records, and the matter gleaned by a number of present day stu- dents in their research work in our Seminary library to- gether with the research work thus far done by Dr. Peter Leo Johnson in his compiling of data for his subsequent history of the Seminary. In a book of this nature items are the interest rather than style of presentation. To our living Alumni the incidents and happenings within the period of their seminary life possess a reality that needs no coloring other than the vivid recollections which the mere retelling affords. What may seem commonplace and insignificant to some will be of deep import to others, but through the whole de- tailed story of the seventy-five years there runs the vital vein of reminiscence that keeps the recital alive with associations despite the seeming monotony of regularly recurring Observances. We have found the compiling a pleasant task and are content its perusal will give a like pleasure. We pay our acknowledgements to the following students for their painstaking search of records and diligent com- piling of data: Mr. Edward M. Kinney, B. A., Mr. Henry H. Scholten, B. A., Mr. Victor E. Sleva, B. A., Mr. Benjamin J. Blied, B. A., Mr. Leonard T. Busch, B. A., Mr. Max Schmidt, ,35, Mr. John Sonnleitner, 36, and a score of others who studiously checked lists. tREvJ GEORGE C. EILERS, Editor. ......