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

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DIAMOND Pontihcal High Mass was observed in the usual fitting manner. The plays enacted during the remaining part of the school year were T1The Rivals, by Sheridan, and McCarthyis 11H I Were King? Both plays were staged by the classical department and directed by Fathers EiIers and Felsecker respectively. On May 1, the Seminary rejoiced in the news that the Very Rev. Francis Johannes, an alumnus, was con- secrated Coadjutor Bishop to the Right Rev. Ward, D. D., of the Diocese of Leavenworth. The newly elevated prelate was born in 1874 at Mittelstreu, Bavaria. In 1882 he came to America and settled in Missouri. Having studied at St. Benedict1s College at Atchison, Kansas, he came to St. Francis where he completed his studies and was ordained in 1897. Since his ordination Bishop Johannes had held im- portant positions in the Diocese of St. Louis. The Seminary wished him 60ch speed in his new work. The deaths of two members of the Board of Direc- tors occurred during 1928. Monsignor Dumin, pastor of St. Roseis Church in Milwaukee, died on March 21. On May 9, Monsignor James F. Ryan, rector of St. Johns Cathedral and former professor of the Seminary for a period of 18 years, was called to his eternal reward. Monsignor Ryan in his long career as professor had gained for himseIf among the members of the student body, the faculty, and the priests of the diocese the title: TTSemper Fidelis et Paratufi His loss was genuinely felt by all with whom he had had contact as teacher or director of souls. Another priestly leader had gone to his noble reward. During the summer months the biennial reunion of the Alumni Association was held. At the opening of the school session in Septem- ber a capacity group of 330 students was enrolled. After the annual house retreat, which takes place at the beginning of the scholastic period, the seminarians took up their duties with great zest and spirit. The Reverend Bernard Felsecker was appointed to the faculty in October. As the result of a special mission study during the previous year, known as the Paladin Round Table, 43 students were rewarded with Paladin Companion degrees late in September. This special study which takes place outside of the regular class and study periods shows the love the students have for the spread of the Church in foreign countries. Mission Sunday and Faculty Day, which replaces the Rector,s nameday, were observed in a fitting and proper manner. Programs by the students were ar- ranged for these occasions. During the year 1929 many interesting events took place at St. Francis. Some of these were of a minor nature while others were intimately connected JUBILEE 8E5? with the life of the institution. In the first place a new feature in the FieId of entertainment was intro- duced by the students in the nature of operettas. Two of these were presented during the year. The first, 1iThe Vagabondsi was staged in January. The other, 1The Child of the East,,, composed by the students themselves, was played on December 19, as an open- ing event to the program in honor of Pope Pius X1 who was to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on the next day. Besides these operettas three major plays viz, 8The Third of May,,, The Merchant of Venice , and 11BelisaW, were presented by the St. Stanislaus Kostka Society under the direction of Father Bednarski, the St. Thomas Society under the direction of Father John- son, and the Blessed Albertus Magnus Society under the direction of Father Bronner respectively. 1928-1 929 On various occasions the seminarists had the op- portunity of hearing addresses given by Monsignor Dr. Schurmann, Apostolic Administrator of St. Rosa, Republic of Honduras, Dr. Edwin 0,1-1ara who was later made Bishop of the Great Falls Diocese, Right Reverend Charles D. White of Spokane, Monsignor Frank Thill of the Mission Crusade, and Father St. John of the Extension Society. On April 3, the Seminary was honored by the election of the Rev. Francis Haas, professor of Sociol- ogy, to the presidency of the Catholic Association for International Peace at its annual convention at the Catholic University in Washington, D. C. On June 10 and 14, the celebration of the Silver Sacerdotal Jubilee of Father Ziegler, the dean of the High School department, was observed by the stu- dents and priests in turn. Shortly after this event the classes of 1904 and 1914 renewed acquaintances with their Alma Mater. Such reunions no doubt give new courage to weary pilgrims on their way to their final earthly end and heavenly goa1, hence the Sales- ianum is ever ready and eager to welcome her child- ren back to the scenes of the joyous, treasured student days. In September the students were greeted by the newly appointed Rector, the Very Rev. Aloysius J. Muench, D. S. Sc., who had been chosen to succeed Right Reverend Monsignor Breig. On August 16, the latter had requested Archbishop Messrner and the Board of Directors to accept his resignation so as to allow him more time for his library work. His resig- nation was reluctantly accepted. Immediately His Grace appointed Dr. A. J Muench, an alumnus of the Seminary who had made his entire course at St. Francis, had later spent several years abroad in post- graduate work at some of the leading Universities of Europe, and for the past seven years had been on the faculty of the Seminary. i761