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

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DIAMOND JUBILEE Q856 :- - ' me- im- - 3'5 $'...'m m - I' xv A3, - 4. v.1 h--IVIJ'3 ' - - -: -m BILLIARD ROOM in MILLER GYMNASIUM

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Q? Alton. Later, Father Schulze was made chaplain of St. John,s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois. In 1886, responding to a special call, the young priest came to St. Francis Seminary where he took up the duties of professor until his death. Father Schulze, a man of little worldly popularity but of much spiritual inHuence, was the author of man books, among which is the iiManual of Pastoral Theology , the standard text book in many seminaries. The deceased professor was known to almost all priests in the Middle West, and his passing means a loss to all and especially to the Seminary which he so faith- fully served. 1930-1931 With the coming of the year 1931, St. Francis Seminary entered upon its seventy-fifth anniversary. The patron feast day was observed in the usual solemn manner. At the Solemn Mass the Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph Selinger, D. D., of Jefferson City, Missouri, preached the sermon. Msgr. Selinger had participated in the Silver Jubilee of the Salesianum as a student in the classical department, and in the course of his sermon that occasion was Httingly com- pared with the present Jubilee. In the afternoon the usual conferring of the Master and Bachelor degrees took place. Up to the present time the Degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology had been conferred upon five, Master of Arts upon seventy-three, and Bachelor of Arts upon one hundred and ninety-one students. During the next four months the items of interest that took place may be summed up as follows: the SAINT FRANCIS SEMINARY ordination on February 25, of four theologians for the Diocese of Green Bay, the 25th anniversary of the Douglas-Egan Otatorical and Elocution contests presented under the direction of Father Eilers and Father Koudelka respectively, the first broadcast on March 29, of the Seminary Choir over station WTMJ, the Tre Ore services on Good Friday at which eight deacons preached, and the staging of Shakespeareis ilJulius Caesarh by the St. Thomas Literary Society under the direction of Dr. Johnson, Moderator. This concludes the present history of St. Francis Seminary, one of the oldest and most serviceable institutions of its kind in the United States. Her beginnings were humble and her trials many, yet from her doors thousands carrying the banners of truth and scholarship, of righteousness and spirituality, were sent to spread the faith. Her alumni are found in almost every state in the Union, while many of her sons have governed and still do govern successfully the destinies of many a diocese. The name of the Sales- ianum has become widespread, and her fame well known even in the center of Christendom. As the first semester of the year 1931 ends, the historic old Seminary, humbly standing in her new atmosphere, is preparing to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. She is to call her children back in the month of May so that they might rejoice with her and give thanks to God for the great mercy and goodness He has shown throughout the long years of her illustrious career. VICTOR E. SLEVA, B. A.

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I93Ie SAINT FRANCIS SBMINARY Important Dates in the History of Saint Francis Seminary THE PIONEER PERIOD lSSSvJuly 15, Corner-stone laid. 1856eJanuary 29, Building Blessed. Rev. Michael Heiss officially appointed the First Rector. 0856- 186st. 1857eJanuary, 29, Thirteen students received Tonsure in the Seminary Chapel. 1859-December 16, First Class ordained to the Priesthood, St. John,s Cathedral, Milwaukee. THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD 1861eJune 30, Seminary Chapel dedicated and consecrated. 1864eSodality of the Blessed Virgin established. 1866e-Chapel in the Woods built. 1867-Silver Sacerdotal Jubilee of Dr. Salzmann. September 4, losepb Rainer ordained at St. Francis Seminary and appointed to the Seminary Faculty. 1868eN-orth wing, Classicsh, built. Dr. Joseph Salzmann appointed Rector to succeed Rev. Michael Heiss, appointed Bishop of La Crosse. 1870eStations erected around Chapel in the Woods. 1873-B1essed Albertus Magnus Society founded. hSalesianumt, begun as a student monthly, the Rev. Thomas Fagan, editor. 1874-January 14, Death of Dr. Salzmann, Second Rector of the Semi- nary. 0868-18740 :Caisgwntq five $036 in Outlineyh