The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-24
From Mondays Daily.

imposing cornerstone layings that
has taken place in Mankato for a
number of years took place yester-
day afternoon when the st. Peter
and Pauls parish laid the corner
stone for the new Loyola club house
building. 1t was a very impress
sive and imposing sight. All the
various societies, both ladies and
gentlemen, assembled in the large
church at three o'clock. Rev. F. III.
Smalian of st. Peter delivered a
very touching sermon in German,
which was followed by an eloquent
English sermon by Rev. Robert
Hughes of this city. In the course
of their remarks they congratulated
the members of the church upon
the work that they had undertaken
and urged them to continue to take
an active interest in It's completion
and future success. After the SER
mons, solemn benediction was given
and then amid the ringing of all
the bells of the church, the vari-
Gus societies headed by Rev. Sc
bastian Huber, S. j., the pastor,
marched to the front of the club
had been erected for the occasion.
On the platform were Rev. A.
Dittman of Mankato, Rev. +. H.
Smalian, Rev. Joseph Weiss, S. j..
of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rev. Robert
Hughes of Mankato, assisted Father
Spirig in the blessing of the corner
stone Before the blessing Of the
corner stone Rev. Albert Spirig, S.
j., made a very eloquent English
address, at the conclusion of which
he read the following historical doc
ument, which was one of the differ
ent documents that had been placed
in the corner stone:
"In the year of our Lord 1911,
turing the glorious reign of
our Holy Father, Plus the Tenth,
when the world at large was
being disturbed by the machina-
tions of socialists, when Mother
Church was covertly attacked
by the heresy of modernism,
when the Archiepiscopal See of
st. Paul was so ably ruled by
His Grace, the Most Reverend
John Ireland, d. D., when Right
Reverend P. R. Hebron, ID. d.,
our newly elected and conse-
Grated bishop of Winona, began
his, rule promising to be
frought with blessing for the
future; when the Reverend S.
M. Huber, S. j., was pastor of
ST. Peter and Paul's church,
under the able assistance Of
the following fathers: Rev. A.
j. Spirig, S. D., who superin-
tended the erection Of the build
ing dedicated to the welfare
and interest of the rising gen.
Grafton, Rev. August NJ. Hack
ert, S. J., director of the 10y
ola club; Rev. A. Ascheberg,
Rev. ]. b. Kessel; when His
Excellency the Honorable Will
liam H. Taft was president of
the United States of America,
when the Honorable Adolph o.
Eberhart was governor of Min
nesota, when the Honorable A.
G. Meyer was mayor of Man
kato; this foundation corner
stone for the so-called Loyola
club building was solemnly dedi-
Gated on March 10, 1911, whilst
the people of the church and
other citizens of Mankato, who
had gathered in great numbers
were addressed by the Reverend
Robert Hughes, pastor of ST.
Johns church, and Reverend F.
II. Smalian of st. Peter, MINI.
THE trustees of the parish
were the following: Messrs.
John Deglmann, Joseph Thro.
Robert Lamm, Martin Walser,
Louis Mayer, William Wittrock,
August Schultz, who greatly
promoted the construction of
this building by their counsel
and active cooperation. This
council was assisted by an able
building committee, composed of
the following: John H. Hob
mann, president of the Loyola
club, who spared neither time
nor labor for the welfare of the
club; Otto Lamm, who ably d.
rected the excavation of the
foundation without personal re-
muneration; Martin Walser and
Frank Neubel, who ably assist
ed in drawing up the general
plans and specifications; Nick
Korth, who with his assistants,
R. Bohnert, Nick eraser, Glenn
ent eraser, John Wallraff, Jo-
seph r. Bornert, John Suess,
Gerhardt Brahm, and Henry
Solintges, erected brick walls of
the basement free of charge.
Special mention must be made
Of the labor of farmer commit
{ tees, who under the direction of
{ Matt Borgmeier, William Witt
/ Z rock, George Scheurer, Frank
8 Wenner, August Schultz, John
/ E Mock, Nick Steinbach, and t.
s Olinger, attended to the eXcava-
: ton of the basement and the
: hauling of the sand from the
{ Minnesota river.