St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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ALFRED 'l'. GEISLER President of the Alumni R. ALFRED T. GEiSLER '17 is a thorough M product of St. Xavier, having received not only his college education but also the preparatory training under the guidance of the Jesuit Fathers. Mr. Geisler is a prominent Cin- cinnati attorney and also a member of the faculty of the St. Xavier Law School. The honor con- ferred upon him in electing him to the presidency of the Alumni Association has been well merited by the active interest which he has shown in the affairs of his Alma Mater. Page Thirty-nine

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Zln ilIHPmnrg AILED as our most illustrious and prominent alumnus by the Xaverians of 1924, we this year mourn as our greatest loss, past, present or future, 'the late Most Reverend Henry Moeller, D.D., Archbishop of Cincinnati. Born in the month of the Christ Child, 1849, and guided as it were 'by the Star of Bethlehem in the ways of love, wisdom, charity and piety, to the throne of the King, where he not only was received with open arms, but lighted the way for many to follow. Receiving his early education in the parochial school he entered St. Xavier College in 1862, where his great natural talents and his close application to study brought him highest honors. So great was his zeal for learning that he attracted the attention of the Most Rev. Archbishop John B. Purcell, who sent him to the American College in Rome to further pursue his studies in philosophy and theology. Here he carried off three first prizes in theology, and stood head and shoulders above the most learned students of the College. After his ordination in 1876, he returned to his native land and rose rapidly to one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the Church. After serving for three years as Bishop of Columbus, where he accomplished magnificent work, he was named as Co-adjutor to Archbishop Elder with right of succession, and upon the death of Archbishop Elder, was consecrated Archbishop of the See of Cincinnati, February 15, 1905. His work in Cincinnati is known to all, how he has presided with dignity; how he has aided in solving the various and vexing social problems of the times; how like a calm Gibraltar he stood unmoved while the storms of radicalism raged about him, and how, after the storms, he came forth to heal and comfort and rescue those who had been tossed and buffeted by the furies of such storms; how he has built, equipped and paid for the great seminary which will stand as a monument to him for ages to come. His goodness, his justice, his charity, won for him the love and respect of his entire flock. Truly he held high the banner of trust which God had placed in him and forever kept before all the Charge of His Master: liFeed My Sheep . The closing words of Archbishop Glennon, of St. Louis Archdiocese, who preached the funeral sermon, exprese most vividly our thought of him. Let us thank the Almighty for the length of years He has given His faithful servant. Let us unite in prayer for the repose of his soul. iSoldier rest. thy warfare oierll May the angels of God receive his soul. May He, Who is the Resurrection and the Life, give to him life eternal among the blessedl'leR. I. P.! Page Farty-ane