St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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MEN OF ST. position at the helm of St. Joseph's until his retire- ment in 1913. Father Hugo Lear guided the des- tinies of Collegeville from 1913 until 1916, when JOSEPH' FATHER ALOYS DIRKSEN Father Ignatius Wagner ascended to the headship. In 1925 began the tenure of office of Father Dida- cus Brackmann, followed in 1927 by Father Joseph Kenkel. Father Rufus Esser became president in 1937, succeeded in the same year by Father Cyril Knue. A year later, in the fall of 1938, Father Aloys Dirksen began his duties at St. Joseph's. Four of these Fathers of the Precious Blood Watch their former charges from another World, Fathers Seifert, Boebner, Lear, and Brackmann having passed on to their Eternal Reward. Father Joseph Kenkel Father Rufu as , s Esser Father Cyril Knue

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HON ORIN G THE GREAT FATHER AUGUSTINE SEIFERT To the nine presidents of St. Joseph's, Phase is dedicated. May this volume in some measure con- vey the appreciation so justly due these nine men. Their hands held the reins, upon their shoulders rested the responsibility of keeping alight the lamp of St. Joseph's knowledge down through these fifty years. Father Augustine Seifert came to the college from his professorship in St. Charles Seminary, Carthagena, Ohio. He served as pioneer president from 1891 to 1902, when he was succeeded by Father Benedict Boehner. In 1904 Father Au- gustine returned to the presidency, holding the Father Benedict Boehner Father Hugo Lear Father Ignatius Wagner Father Didacus Brackmann

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