St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-09
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE ALUMNI
WILL GATHER IN FORCE AT
COLLEGEVILLE.
LEAVE ST. PAUL TONIGHT.
FOURTH INSTALLATION OF AN
ABBOT IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA.
Bishops, Priests and Lnyune-, From
All over the Northwest Will
Attend.

"A very largely attended meeting of
members of the st. Paul branch, st.
Johns college alumni, was held last
evening at Assumption church. Ii
was called to complete the arrange
ments for the excursion which will
leave this evening at SIS to carry the
alumni and their friends to COLLEGE,
vile.
The occasion of the visit to their
alma mater is the conservation of RI
Rev. Peter Engel, o. S. B.. as abbot
of st. Johns abbey. Only three times
before in the history of Minnesota
has similar ceremony occurred.
and it is expected that in this case
the exercises will be on a grander
scale than in any previous instance.
Bishops MesSmer and Haid, of Wis
consln, will be present to participate,
and Bishops Cotter, McGolrick and
Stanley will also attend Bishop
Marty, of st. Cloud, will be the mas
ter of ceremonies. Besides the bish-
ops hundreds of priests and promi-
nent laymen from all parts of the
u.
and Rochester branches will join the
st. Paul branch at the union depot
tonight and go out on special. They
will be joined at Minneapolis by
the boys of the Flour City, at Elk
River by the Duluth contingent, and
at st. Cloud by the numerous dele
cation of Stearns county. The boys
will march on the night of the 9th
from Collegeville to the university
in torch-light procession, headed by
the st. Cloud brass band Judging
from the great enthusiasm mani
tested by the alumni last night, and
the large number of applications re-
ceived to attend the reunion, glori-
Gus time is anticipated.
The installation ceremonies will oc-
cur on Wednesday, under the direction
of the superior general of the Order
Of St. Benedict. Thursday the annual
meeting and election of officers of the
alumni will be held, and in the even
ing a grand banquet will be given TO
the guests by the college authorities.
A handsome banner will be carried
by the st. Paul branch, and each
member will wear badge bearing the
emblem of the Commercial club and
the words 'St. Johns Alumni-SI
Paul Branch Tickets must be pro-
cured of the committee at union depot,
and can be had at any time after
o'clock this evening by those who
have not already purchased them.
There are a great many graduates
of st. Johns living in st. Paul. Among
them are: George j. Mitsch, City
Treasurer Wagner, Ed Meier, John
Caulfield, Frank SchIick Jr., Peter NJ.
Kerst, Ed. Roessler, Peter Esch, Will
lam F. Bickel, Frank Giles, Charles
Friend Jr., Al Friend, Frank Friend,
William O'Gorman, Charles J. Will
Jams, NJ. Weiskopf, George Michel,
William Hahm, Ed Stahlmann, Ed
Rouleau, J. G. Villaume, William Van
der Weyer, Frank j. B. Lair, Nicho-
las and Joseph Inter, Hon. George
Gerlach. Nearly all of these, and
dozens of others, will go out on to-
nights special. The eXcursionists
will return on the night of the 11th
Persons who are compelled to return
earlier than the special train leaves
Collegeville, can return on any reg
ular train and their excursion tickets
will hold good.