St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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w Thus unwinds the scroll of Collegeville, bringing the narrative to the threshold of modern times. These fifty years have been resolved and purposeful. Certainly they have not been in vain, as the St. Joseph's of the Golden Jubilee Year testifies. Fifty years ago there were Hfty-four students answering the roll. The office register of that time shows that five states appeared on the address list. Today, however, the St. J0seph,s student body is composed of three divisions. College men number around 350, which when added to the academy and religious stu- dents, section, swells the total to near 500. These students reside in eighteen separate states-from Maryland to Nebraska and Kansas, from Michigan and Wisconsin to Tennessee. When Father Seifert and his aids welcomed the first detachment of students from Fort Wayne in 1891, there were but two departments of study-commerce and the classics. With the addition of Civil Aeronautics to the curriculum last fall, there are now ten avenues of study. In early years there were seven professors who taught ten subjects. The Jubilee Year opened with a faculty of fifty and 227 available courses. y .-ZZMET? W f MiiQSjSfjf?2Wjfi3i'2, ' sz, ,. . f Y 4. , 4. - sg,-55: 1-x3 ,v haf ' A , V: ' ' A, r' ' T 75' A T I f ' ' A iXi?5g.4ff ,ff ' V 64? Hfngijigwffrs - 'Q r L w Y , ,ll 1 .1953 . K X wf:'?i3?f'fr e i ,f ' si Qs C '- T' C .-s5'z,y,,fa2ja 'J r e 5 .. f K - . .fswffi 2' ' . ' ' 4. ff ' 2 - f' A v 7' ' , ' ,fa-wif ' . an -' . 4 weirfm. . . . 'iv fi , Y Mal 'ff r 'faq ,- A ' as 1' af 'X f 45' ,pf i , h.fg EY'Ui,,j?v,'1l7'..' ' vi ,WV 'L' N 3 gi ff K -' ffl? ' ' .- 1'!i19?'f, L, .133 V f . -' ni , :J 'ii iii' . ganfifa fa,-ga n N V ,. ' . - w efwi ' .- . iftlL i T ' ' arf is s' .s f 1' T .. 'ffa'- V Fr a I if ,f N fl i e,.,1v 4' 'ga :ii .ff gfi 5Nv, . 5 A ' 1.315 ,Z A 1 , f' . . ' ' at 'e f L ffl e ,gf s g, ffff'f12fag,ifQ.,:f e Wg., kv 1 . VV' X N- ' ?g'.'i?'T' . , ' fir. ' ' Y. '- ' ' ' '12l144 ' Q . 1. , , , . ,1. mg 1 . I .,, xr, t r 'yi' , f V 1 V V ' ' 'f' ' ? 'H ---' - 2,555 -gif' e r, ' ' rv' 1231. ' ,A 4. Q H a f ,- Y 1 1. M. 4 1 e :if , a X- i ., if ,.. . W-A . 12 it 7 . '11 ' vw ' 1- ' 'Zi 4-' i 42713 'fa . W R3 M52 fi Q TK 'ifm sf' , '- 5 f 1.0: ff mf' ' X' 9. ff? af gf a,f'z':g,: if ,iff e' 2 Ii ' - ' if Mfr- Vw- ...iff -flflfw-wg. . ig f' . i 1 e -.Q ,: e. W. .1 .4-misfgffzaszaf ' ' ' he s rf- W -1: swf r, . ' as . - ' Q' 'j1?'i'f'ffmrQtf.f 1 1 515 3 4 5 4 X 1 , W1 W V U .I :iw jyxx . k 1 - ., , l, '.H...g'. V . 1' g Af. X cyl.. ' T f - iii-1 f' ZF., f , .. ' J - ff ' -f A 'gi M V Tax, M -se' ,, A ' ug, ' 3: ' 5,52 7 fl, F . I . f J R4 , .W - if r , W Q, af.: ii W- ,ti 3 - . - 2, 4 5 1 .J r fs ' Q..-if 1 '---- 'f'--- ff - ,, f..f- uw, I V ' , -, f ' wc, . f 'st 1 X1 . 'p a'g:f:4.'v:a,-Q 1, Y 1 , a , f '-r f,lww ,,, , 1. ' Maw 'wwf' -.-1 f A -- fl . .. R, V, g 2,942 A H ' lf, y Q fl' ei-,. 1.22-.13-sz Mi f' V: 1 - ,fr N. . - H. W... ' .- iw any 1 if ww .. it -f1 '.. Www ws ,- f, . Q ff W 1 ' ag f' 42, , V ,. -+ ' .1 f' '11 'f'f-:M W 1 .M -W

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.3 .1 , Gaspar Hall Seifert Hall, with Power Plant in Background A EA UELEEE Father Aloys Dirksen succeeded Father Cyril Knue as president in the fall of 1938. Work was nearing completion late in 1939 on Seifert Hall, named for Father August Seifert, the college's pioneer president. Came last spring and ground was broken for Noll and Xavier Halls, together with the Fieldhouse, which is being sponsored by alumni donations. Less conspicuous, a new kitchen furnished a fourth item, all of which were dedicated in this spring of 1941. Nor was the sputter of cement mixers unrivaled by other changes. In the fall of 1937 the old C0.l1Ugidl1 was discontinued, its place being taken by MUHSlll'C, a literary journal, and Sfujff, the campus weekly newspaper. Edward Fischer, alumnus of St. Joe, took up the work of the college news bureau, journalism classes, and the reorganiza- tion of the alumni, crystallized in the publication of C0lIftZC'f, the new grad newspaper. Social life came to Collegeville in this decade. The first formal Monogram Prom occurred in May, 1937. The first Homecoming dance was an event of the fall of 1939. Early in 1940 was the set- ting for the original Raleigh Club Valentine Ball. Coach DeCooke turned over the destinies of St. Joe athletics to Mr. Joseph Dienhart during the summer of 1938. -4.0 -V' E ,X ,ff s A XX X . ,.., , V Q .,.. , A I z X ,f il l X ff .1 W

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Of the first student body of fifty-four, eighteen still remain to join the college in her fiftieth year. On the occasion of the Silver Jubilee in 1916, the alumni lists totaled S00 men. According to the new directory, more than 2,700 now look to St. Joseph's when they think of their Alma Mater. Comparisons with the past can be endless. Early college musicians and actors traveled in a flat-top, horse-drawn farm wagon when they presented entertain- ment in surrounding hamlets. What were formerly day-long excursions have now become a matter of hours. For nineteenth century St. Joe athletes, the annual journey to St. Viatoris was as memorable as the recent far-eastern invasion by the Puma basketball squad. How the college buildings have increased has been noted. Size of the St. Joseph's abundant farm lands has also advanced. Todayis fields come to more than 1800 acres, including a 240-acre plot near Fowler, Ind. It is highly doubtful that the college's physical growth will cease abruptly after this year. Most of the plans for the future are too formative at the moment for publication. However, the architect's sketch at the bottom of these pages links the Collegeville of today with an imaginary one of the future. The modern, bustling St. Joseph's College of 1941 is seemingly different in every way from the college of 1891. In spirit, however, she is basically the same. The heart of a half-century ago is still there. In every phase of her existence she will continue to be motivated by the identical theme of conquest and the advancement so characteristic of her progress down through these fifty years. .xx 55, :xr . A aff V, i .5 K' -. . Q21 , 7 5.4, J., fy 'fi '- if ,. ,. 4 2- 1- -f f r . H Y i W , ' - if? iffififiiiigiiiglfzfi ffm ii NL' . x V f l ' L6 . 'a ,.w vv - M,:ffr..'fie, -2 ' .,.-'Jai , Vw ., 1 . av f fr X ff -Q-4 My X L' ,- .' f.,-,few f 4' x ggi. l Lf 1.97 Q., ,Nigga , 1,3 ,,,.3.gi,Lf A if SSN. W, 4 .A 4 4.3 if N f ' W ' 23 wi' lf imma' i V f .5 fi'3 ,W-ww? fs' 1' . ,' V . 1 V N . . sifif ' 'A s 'i,Piv1'3'Q?gfw , Q . 't .. .fr if 1 - . f ef-'Sew 4' f is r Cwfsi wh V Agygmfgi, . A F , , :gi 13, 5, V ,Qi ..,. if .rxgiylgg A wp ,wegn s, .. ai M , 2 - - ,g gf,f.,4 f pf' 4 J. y .' I ' , Q all 'fs K' V ns H A K -1.14- we t ' ' lsf .V ,if Q as 4 ' ' A ' - girfl . iw - ss. , Agp? f. . . Y eq if . - 1' ra, f' ff ss' AQ' -. at , , ' - sax 'fx r- k ' 1 . .Ki X ' fa. 'V be Ag , - , X' 0 ' vye ,'- Vdjk ,5'i. f 3 x , 'z wif' . 1 - 'M L, -r ,, f f P . - f me gk -2? I 1 'f Jef 1 mm. y f 1 .f . gp r aw: -A V - 1. qi ,.'1 f'2f' 1.1 . 2 . ' .fs 'X' .s.fM., 'W f- if ,aww 1. . ., X ff - ' Q a 3- A A ' g111.,:- ' QF ff 'M f M, ...QQ 9 ' ' Z' f sfggff 53 K Q V, u X kxlil Qgf N Mf,3gbg,' z 5, ' K ffz, f 'fx' . ii WJ' , ff f X I Y i . Qi' I gf, '11 Q. xc ig?-fltwz Q: .flaw J 'f an 'fx it S i. ':,:e', i ' ' Q Q i. Tl. kv, ' ' , -' , 1 ...cf ,ff '-L ' H r M.: f f - . A s - f few-'f 'X . 1 a . aff' A .ye - P. .. wc ,RY ' , W ,Y s . e---v m. Ji 'W W4 fre, -F -Q23 - . hm f, -:fz 3 ?'gf ' ' 5' Y' ' .4 J 'L ' Q A . 'X Us - Al' -isis? .X ,, ' ,. ' 2 QM Q gig? M, fr- -px .Aww '15gff,f? V afar 536. , 1 4 gg ,, S? f , ' s' , gf n 1 1 - ' f , gy m- ' H f .Y - 1 , ., b . --- . ., V s A l,,...a - , 4171 fm.. i , ,' 'if '-L ll! f i' T' f 9' ,....s V I-.ggi ' H A 'ff X59 r--Ya., T iff' If f -f . 1 -. ff f . , I A . ' 'si 'Q 'V '. ' wi Q. ,a . M ww-, w,,f11g . g, V, f. .. xl Qg ,.v 3 'va-1 wp'-W... ,Q ,v x Ht. .,,, 1 Y, A AAV, .ws ,. A.. Q ,ii V M xgggp-V ,E ,. 1 53 35 , s . Q sifas-a' Q 3 J- .:'q',,g,:- QV. -1.2,-pi,-v ' 4 . . - .r-ss,-'f a.eLff'5ffi ,lil ' f fif' T -1 - ' Q KH ss 1 A - ya,z,,,3.-::.. --ff , g . 4-f2,.,':f,gf-qa.p,,5,-, 1 , 1 , f 1. , ,ws f-fs'- 'is .J ,L W gays' ZflQig.i3i,.a 9 L- , A .QE iz 'J .1516-'I ' .-6.3, V., 'wif gm . H R W M -NIL: 'fiwjs 32,5-fffg., y 0-1 75: 4 -... - 1 3414. IAAQ . V, V, - q.,,r..gay'f-,,'g,pf -j' 13.15145 .ggi Q ef V , 5' 1 7 M Swwrfigfs . ' i I :ii if Q 1' .,.., 1 . ' , - 'iw As- ff--ga . yi. c lip Z, f .W z H W , i ' -T ffaww. - ' sf- - Q4 e-v' - T,,'ef12. ---' .. W sr - qw a ,J f im' 1 N' gag - ,veg-I ' - . - V, s'ff..nM .A - 'Q -sy 'QW' -s 1-+ . -,.-May. , - -'Q .. .sie-5-,..--,s., .v s .v,- -. 1 .R',1 ,.rm'i .p2'f ': 4 .galg z ,WL igjfgxg'-ff ' , A .,., - ' . .. ,gif . . , a -' ,'f'iQzX a . .. , N 1 M f N, , ...G K ' I P, ' . ,NV 1 P-s'f11w1fmam. fa ' rr - ' , -, Q T -4 Hffiswf 1. f f' y ' sf' X s 32:5 mf- A-...gf 4 . is iw, Q 'L lwui 4' ' fi ,,. :2? '3:'y' U ' ifflfbl ,HW ,.- 4 '-1 1115: 7 ' Q Q. .-W.a-wig, ,,.- ,a.,,.-W - - . . ,. .aww was f fam, -, - .ws-2 Q- . I Q .. .-