The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-30
IS A FINE SCHOOL,
ST. JOSEPHS NEW EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION is FORMALLY
DEDICATED.
MANY TWIN CITY SOCIETIES
PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONIES
FULLY 1000 PEOPLE IN At
TENDANCE.
OF THE BUILDING,
Which Is to He Occupied by 400
Children-MiII City
News.

The new school of ST. Joseph's parish
was dedicated with imposing ceremo-
MES yesterday afternoon in the pres
ence of at least 1000 German Catholics
from this and neighboring cities.
About o'clock the visiting societies
were met at the union station by dele
gates from st. Joseph's society and es-
corted with martial music to st. Jo-
seph's new parish school, Fifth street,
between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues
north, where the formal and solemn
dedication service of the Catholic
church was performed by Rev. Father
Timothy, of st. Boniface parish as
sisted by Revs. Bernard, Hugo and
Leonard
Immediately after the dedication the
crowd assembled in the church to lis
ten to a sermon by Rev. Father Meyer,
of the Church of the Assumption, st.
Paul Immediately after the sermon
the school building was thrown open
for inspection. Il is of brick, three sto-
ries high, and contains eight large
rooms and hall with seating capaci-
t. of 200 and every convenience for the
comfort of the various societies who
will have frequent occasion to use it.
wood. The ceilings are metal plate of
handsome design, while the heating ap-
paratus is complete, and the arrange
ments for escape in case of fire per-
feet. School will open next Wednes-
day, and it is expected that fully 400
children will be in attendance during
the winter
Among the local societies which par
ticipated in the dedication were the fol-
lowing: st. Josephs, the Catholic
Knights, the Catholic Foresters, the
Holy Cross and the st. Boniface soci-
cites. From st. Paul were st. Clements,
st. Demands, St. Peters, ST. Leo's, st.
Antonius' St Matthew's and StFrancis
societies. Besides these there were So
cieties from Richfield, Rogers, Otter
and other points.
The evening celebration of the event
consisted of a double play bill in the
hall Of the new building The first part
was a farce in German, called 'Doktor
und Apotheker, oder Das Schickenfrun-
stuck" and was full Of rich humor and
good jokes, which pleased the entire
audience. The personae dramatis were
Peter Settlemayer, Fraulein Helen
Schmidt, Tedrew Koppi, Paul Knott,
F'raulein Theresa Kolb, all of whom
deserve credit for the excellent man.
ner in which they performed their
parts.
The second play was of more Sc
rious character, called Among the
Breakers" a drama in two acts, and
strictly up to date. Michael Whelan,
as David Murray, keeper of Fairpoint
Light; Larry NJ. Sobraske, as Larry
Divine, his assistant; F. A Gross, as
Hon. Bruce Hunter; Miss Katie Schaff,
as Hunters niece, and Miss Clara Gre
ten, as Bess Starbright, were the stars
of the play, though if the stars were to
be counted the entire cast would have
to be included. The others were A. j.
Sniker, o. N. Raths, A. ]. He'll, Miss
K Schultz and Miss Josephine Ross
bach.
AS a prelude to the plays the Young
Ladies' Sodality rendered in a pleasing
manner Come Where the Lilies
Bloom" AS an interlude the North
Star quartette rendered a selection,
and the programme ended with die
Landliche Concert Probe" by the male
quartette of st. Joseph's church.