St Josephs College - Phase Yearbook (Rensselaer, IN)

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juusi, Brhhop, of Wlcwlq, jmnmal Qiomac Students, alumni, faculty, and anyone having association with St. Joseph's College, whether they be in the past or present, can harbor justly a feeling of great pride in the fact that one of her alumni has been raised to the dignity of a bishop. We have reason to be doubly proud, however. His Excellency, the Most Reverend John G. Bennett, is the first bishop of the recently formed diocese of Lafayette. This diocese includes Collegeville, late of the Fort Wayne Diocese. The new bishopric was created in January, 1945. A member of the class of 1909, Bishop Bennett has spent most of the time since his ordination to the priesthood in close contact with the lay congregation. Before his appointment in 1927 to the pastorate of St. Joseph's Parish, Garrett, Indiana, he was an assistant at St. Patrick's in Fort Wayne. Since 1941, the then Right Reverend Monsignor was dean of the Fort Wayne District. Deeply interested in civic affairs likewise, Bishop Bennett, up to the time of his elevation to the episcopacy at Lafayette, was president of both the Chamber of Commerce and the County Welfare Board. Certainly a more appropriate choice for an office of not only great honor but of moun- tainous responsibilities could not easily have been made. In the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Fort Wayne, His Excellency was consecrated by the Most Reverend Bishop of Fort Wayne, John Francis Noll, on January 10, 1945. Just eight days later, over forty thousand Catholics welcomed him at his installation in St. Mary's Cathedral at La- fayette. Page fwcnty-two THE MOST REV. JOHN G. BENNETT Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana

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ADMINISTRATICN An education in the Catholic way. To make this statement ring true there must be someone to lead in the endeavor. In the elementary and high school days, there were the nuns, the brothers or possibly the priests who saw the future Pumas safely on the road of Catholic learning. Here at Collegeville it is the priests of the Society of the Precious Blood. They have dedicated their lives to teaching. Under their supervision the beardless freshman undergoes a change both spiritually and intellectually. To administer regulations wisely, there is need for competent men who are captains in their fields. Members of the board of administration at St. Joseph's direct the freshman along his wayg as he advances, he realizes the advantage to himself more and more of this sacrificing concern for his welfare. T ' if 4 ,. f 4' - C. Graduation day arrives and is soon over. Not so the mem- ories of college life and the g deep feeling of gratitude to E the priests who have helped to make the day possible. Al- ways will they be in our minds and hearts. 5 Z ,gqf 2 -if ff sd. .2 gfg aff 4' 3 4? filling . .5 Zysg rf, I l Page twenty one

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THE VERY REVEREND HENRY A. LUCKS, President Uwz, jmfh, 67 It was in June, 1944, that the Very Reverend Henry A. Lucks, received his appointment to the presidency of St. Joseph's College. The horror of war was still in the airg but Father brought to his new position experience that would aid him in guiding expertly through the troubled seas the in- stitution of which he was now head. For seven years previously he had been Dean of Studies. Father Lucks' has been associated with St. Joseph's since his ordination in 1927. During the summers of 1929 and 1930 he took graduate courses at the University of Notre Dame, the following summer he attended the University of Illinois. He spent three years-from 1933 to 1936-at the Catholic University of America, where he received his Doctorate of Phil- osophy. Since that time he has been one of the leading professors in phil- osophy. The dual duties of registrar and dean between 1936 and 1943 limited Father Lucks' direct influence in the classroom. His devotion to high standards of excellence, however, indirectly accomplished much. V Now, with the country at peace once more, the campus has undergone 3 number of improvements. Under Father Lucks' guidance, many more are planned for the immediate future. Page twenty three