History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 11

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110

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Mitchell (February 12 to September), Mrs. A. L. Tileston (the annual meet- ing changed to September) ; 1899, Mrs. W. B. Mitchell, Mrs. Charles A. Cooper; 1900, Mrs. Alvah Eastman, Mrs. Charles A. Cooper; 1901, Mrs. Alvah Eastman, Mrs. E. Everett Clark; 1902, Mrs. C. A. Cooper, Mrs. E. Everett Clark; 1903, Mrs. C. A. Cooper, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin; 1904, Mrs. E. A. Noble, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin; 1905, Mrs. C. L. Atwood, Mrs. H. C. Bowing; 1906, Mrs. C. L. Atwood, Mrs. E. F. Moore; 1907, Mrs. W. W. Smith, Mrs. H. R. Neide; 1908, Mrs. W. W. Smith, Mrs. A. A. Wright; 1909, Mrs. J. E. Jenks, Mrs. A. A. Wright; 1910, Mrs. E. F. Moore, Mrs. A. N. Farmer; 1911, Mrs. E. F. Moore, Mrs. A. N. Farmer; 1912, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin, Mrs. A. J. Tschumperlin; 1913, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin, Mrs. A. J. Tschumperlin.

The society joined the State Federation as charter member October, 1895, and the General Federation January, 1906, and has generously con- tributed to both the State and National Endowment Funds. As a charter member the Reading Room joined the Sixth District Federation when it was organized in Sauk Centre April 15, 1902, with Mrs. E. J. Lewis as vice-presi- dent. St. Cloud entertained the District Convention May 21, 1903, and also May 17, 1911, and for the last three years Mrs. Martin Molitor of St. Cloud has been the efficient presiding officer of the Sixth District.

The literary entertainments of the club have been of great interest. For the first seven years these consisted of only readings on all subjects from dress reform to Woman's Suffrage. After 1887 many original papers were given by representative men and women of St. Cloud. In 1897 the first pro- gram committee was appointed and a course of study on Sociology was out- lined. The study courses have included Sociology, the English Novel, Italian Art, Writers of Today, Nature Study, Great Industries of Our Age, Famous Women, Literary Pilgrimage Through the British Isles, Minnesota, Study of Magazine Articles, Drama and Opera.

Lecture courses, concert recitals, art exhibits have always been encour- aged by this organization and very many given under its auspices. The first annual exhibition of the Minnesota State Art Commission was held at the Library building in St. Cloud, April 4, to 16, 1904, under the society's patronage. Works of famous Minnesota and New York artists were on ex- hibtion, and famous paintings from the galleries of T. B. Walker of Minne- apolis and James J. Hill of St. Paul. A beautiful handicraft art exhibit was held in the library building April, 1912.

During the past thirty-four years 248 ladies have joined the Reading Room Society. The membership has never dropped below 26 and since 1901 it has kept the maximum limit, 60, with an average attendance of about 38 members.

The society mourns the loss of the following members: Roll of the Hon- ored Dead-Mrs. L. W. Collins, May 31, 1894; Mrs. George Churchill, May 1, 1895; Mrs. Charles Coates, March 29, 1901; Mrs. L. E. Wakeman, December 3, 1901; Mrs. L. Annette Powell, March 23, 1905; Mrs. C. A. Gilman, March 19, 1910; Mrs. J. E. West, June 1, 1911 ; Mrs. Harry Dyer, July 3, 1912; Mrs. J. D. Farrell, December 11, 1913.

List of the present members, 1914: Mrs. D. C. Abeles, Mrs. C. L. Atwood, Mrs. C. H. Barnes, Mrs. J. H. Beaty, Mrs. W. L. Beebe, Mrs. J. C. Boehm,

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Mrs. H. C. Bowing, Mrs. C. F. Brigham, Mrs. R. B. Brower, Mrs. E. Everett Clark, Mrs. George R. Clark, Miss Marianne Clarke, Mrs. N. P. Clarke, Mrs. John Coates, Mrs. A. W. Corwin, Mrs. Clyde Dragoo, Mrs. J. B. Dunn, Mrs. Alvah Eastman, Mrs. H. C. Ervin, Mrs. H. C. Ervin, Jr., Mrs. Hugh Evans, Mrs. W. M. Fisher, Mrs. D. H. Freeman, Mrs. R. L. Gale, Mrs. F. A. Hoyt, Mrs. James E. Jenks, Mrs. S. A. Jones, Miss Isabel Lawrence, Mrs. C. B. Lewis, Mrs. John McElroy, Mrs. P. M. Magnusson, Mrs. P. A. Martin, Mrs. C. J. Metzroth, Mrs. George H. Miner, Mrs. W. B. Mitchell, Mrs. Martin Moli- tor, Mrs. E. F. Moore, Mrs. H. R. Neide, Mrs. Charles J. Oberly, Mrs. Charles S. Olds, Mrs. Ralph Olson, Miss Ellen Ready, Mrs. A. L. Riley, Mrs. D. I. Russell, Mrs. W. L. Sartell, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin, Mrs. C. D. Schwab, Mrs. Earl C. Scott, Mrs. D. B. Searle, Mrs. Catherine Sheehan, Mrs. W. W. Smith, Mrs. J. F. Stephens, Mrs. J. F. Stevenson, Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs. Alois Tschumperlin, Mrs. A. D. Whiting, Mrs. M. J. Whitman, Mrs. A. G. Whitney, Mrs. Fred Whitney, Mrs. A. A. Wright.

The Reading Room Society attracts its members for its sociability, good comradeship and opportunities for self-culture, yet it would not have grown and flourished these thirty-four years had not the spirit of social service ani- mated its life. It has ever been active in everything that makes for the bet- terment of the community. Its members are alive to all interests that bring individual improvement and its influence has always been sought by those prominent in reform measures. The Library Board, the Commercial Club, the Board of Education, the City Commissioners and Press all unite in fur- thering every effort of this Society. A common purpose pervades and ani- mates all to make St. Cloud the ideal home city of Minnesota.

The following are the officers for 1913-1914: President, Mrs. Frederick Schilplin; vice-president, Mrs. R. L. Gale; secretary, Mrs. Alois Tschumper- lin ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. D. I. Russell; treasurer, Mrs. A. L. Riley ; auditor, Mrs. George R. Clark.

Since this paper was prepared the annual election of officers has taken place for 1914-15, with the following result: President, Mrs. A. J. Tschumper- lin; vice-president, Mrs. W. W. Smith; secretary, Mrs. J. H. Beaty; corre- sponding secretary, Miss Marianne Clarke; treasurer, Mrs. D. I. Russell; Auditor, Mrs. William Fisher.

SUNSHINE SOCIETY.

The Good Cheer Branch of the International Sunshine Society was organ- ized in St. Cloud in December, 1908, with the following officers: Mrs. A. H. Reinhard, president; Mrs. W. B. Mitchell, vice-president; Mrs. Martin Moli- tor, secretary and treasurer.

The presidents since have been: Mrs. A. H. Reinhard, 1909-10; Mrs. J. B. Dunn, 1911-1912; Mrs. E. F. Moore, 1913-14. Secretaries, Mrs. Martin Molitor, 1909-1913; Mrs. Anton Carlson, 1914. The officers for 1915 are: Mrs. A. J. Kirghis, president ; Mrs. Anton Carlson, secretary ; Mrs. M. Molitor, treasurer.

There are at present 173 members. The society paid the salary of a visiting nurse for two years, and is contributing to the same purpose a third

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year; has paid the hospital bills for the sick poor, helped in the anti-tuber- culosis campaign, visited the "shut in," cared for neglected children, and similar lines of work.

DELPHIAN SOCIETY.

The St. Cloud Chapter of the Delphian Society was organized October 6, 1913, with Edna and Marguerite Bunnell, Gladys Riley, Frances Ervin, Ade- laide Dunn, Eleanor and Ruth Mitchell, and Edith Clark as charter members. The object of the society is that of study, a general review for college stu- dents of subjects classified under Art, Drama, Literature, Music, Architecture, Philosophy and History. Each member has a set of ten volumes, containing articles by leading university professors, curriculum of study, and references for collateral reading. The National Society's Consulting Bureau in Chi- cago is at their disposal, and through the editorial staff, it is possible to gain access to original manuscripts and private libraries. The young women meet every Monday afternoon at the different homes, the hostess leading the discussion of the day. Additional members since the founding of the Chapter are Mrs. Harry C. Ervin, Mrs. Henry Halvorson, Helen Hill, and Mrs. J. B. Fisher.

SOROSIS.

The St. Cloud Sorosis was organized February 1, 1892. On that date a little group of eight women met with Mrs. W. T. Stone, the originator of the movement, and associated themselves in a club which they called Sorosis, or Sisterhood. Thus, this club bears the name of the first Woman's club in America, Sorosis of New York City. Sorosis is a study club organized and continued for the mutual improvement of its members along intellectual lines.

The eight charter members who founded the club were: Mrs. C. L. At- wood, Mrs. L. B. Avery, Mrs. George Churchill, Mrs. E. S. Hill, Mrs. C. W. G. Hyde, Mrs. J. C. Palmer, Mrs. W. T. Stone and Mrs. A. T. Whitman. Of these, Mrs. Hill has continued her membership from 1892 to the present time.

The charter members drew up a constitution limiting the number of mem- bers to twelve and providing for the offices of president and leader. Mrs. W. T. Stone was the first president and C. W. G. Hyde of the Normal School faculty directed the club in its first year's work, "The History of Great Brit- ain." In 1893 the office of secretary was created and when in 1898 the mem- bers of Sorosis voted annual dues of twenty-five cents each, a treasurer was found necessary. In 1899 the club began to have printed programs of the year's work and the dues were increased to fifty cents and again in 1902 to one dollar. These dues merely cover the necessary expenses of the club, such as federation dues, printing bills, book rent, etc. Sorosis has small re- sources from which to contribute to the many worthy causes continually seeking aid, but this little club has ever given its moral support to every beneficent movement. In 1898 a vice-president was also added to the official staff.

The working year of Sorosis, formerly eight or nine months, is now six

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months from November to April inclusive, with special business meetings as the occasion requires. The club meets weekly on Monday afternoon from three to five o'clock and two or three members participate in giving the lesson at each meeting.

In accordance with the expressed purpose of the founders of the club, Sorosis has devoted itself to the study of geography, history, literature and art of various countries. In the early years of the club, a few minutes of each meeting were given to the study of parliamentary law and current events but this practice has been discontinued. A printed program arranged by a program committee is carried out during the working year. These are dis- tributed some months before the weekly sessions begin. In the year 1892-93 Sorosis studied the history of Great Britain with Prof. C. W. G. Hyde as leader, and following the history Rev. Charles J. Staples, who had just re- turned from a visit to Europe, led the club in a travel course through the British Isles. In 1894-95 German history and geography were the subjects of study with an outline of German history prepared by Prof. Van Liew of the normal school. In like manner Holland, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Japan, China, India, Egypt and Greece have been the subject of programs of one or two years length. Farrar's Travel Class was used as a basis of work in the travel courses. Supplementing their own study the members of Sorosis enjoyed a lecture on "The Women of India" by Mrs. Lodor; the Rev. Dr. Wright of St. Paul gave the club an instructive and interesting parlor talk on "Growing Impressions of Egypt;" Mrs. Mary C. Burbank lectured before Sorosis on Spanish Art; and Dr. Smith of St. Paul gave a scholarly lecture on Russia. During the years 1909-11 Sorosis gave itself to the study of Italian art and literature exclusively. American Literature was the subject of the programs of 1911-13 and now of 1913-14, Sorosis has entered upon a two year's course in French Literature. As in other lines of human activity the tendency of club work is toward specialization. In the younger and more ambitious days of Sorosis we find the women meeting during the summer months at nine o'clock in the morning to read the literature of countries studied during the year.

An annual Sorosis banquet and picnic were formerly social events of the year. At present the retiring president entertains the club at a five o'clock luncheon after the annual meeting. Occasional social meetings of an in- formal nature are held during the year.

Sorosis joined the State Federation of Women's Clubs, January 10, 1898, and became a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, October, 1913. In April, 1902, delegates from Sorosis met with representatives from other clubs of the Sixth Congressional District and organized the Sixth Dis- trict Federation of Women's Clubs and Sorosis has twice, in 1902 and 1912, joined with the other St. Cloud Clubs in entertaining the Sixth District Con- vention. In 1908 Sorosis and the Reading Room Society were "at home" to the state convention of the Women's Clubs of Minnesota.

The colors of Sorosis are green and white. Although the club is twenty- one years old it has not yet committed itself on the rampant subject of suffrage.

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Any woman inclined to study and qualified to do the work may be elected to Sorosis, her name being proposed by some member of the club. The num- ber of members limited to twelve by the constitution was afterwards increased to fifteen. The present membership list is as follows: Ida M. Barnes, Char- lotte Elizabeth Clarke, Marianne Clarke, Inez Hill, Marion Jenks, Marjorie Macdonald, Marie Molitor, Caroline Foster Munro, Genevieve B. Olsen, Zelda G. Porter, Maude Comfort Schilplin, Mary Lavina Schwab, Mary Louise Stew- art, Elizabeth Tschumperlin, Alice Wheelock Whitney. Mrs. Stone, Mother of Sorosis, and Mrs. Barto are honorary members.

With an ever-changing membership the character and purpose of the club have been constant. Sorosis is a study club purely. Through such a society the woman, busy with the manifold duties of home, finds inspiration and guidance for study. Through the study club she extends her horizon beyond the confines of home and native town and rises above the common- places of daily existence. While she performs faithfully the work in life which is hers to do, she avoids the rut stretching along life's pathway for those who do not make the effort necessary for growth of mind and spirit which should go on throughout this earthly life .- (By Mrs. A. J. Tschum- perlin.)

The following is the list of the officers of Sorosis throughout the twenty- one years of its existence.

1892-93-President, Mrs. W. W. Stone; leader, Prof. C. W. G. Hyde. 1893-94-President, Mrs. W. T. Stone; secretary, Mrs. E. S. Hill; leader, Rev. Charles J. Staples. 1894-95-President, Mrs. A. Barto; secretary, Mrs. E. S. Hill; leader, Miss Charlotte Clarke. Miss Clark has since continued to serve as leader and is still in office, now (1914-15) serving her twenty-first year. 1895-96 -- President, Mrs. A. Barto; secretary, Mrs. Montgomery. 1896-97-President, Mrs. E. S. Hill ; secretary, Miss Marianne Clark. 1897-98-President, Mrs. Rob- ert Harrison; secretary, Miss Marianne Clarke. 1898-99-President, Mrs. A. Barto; vice-president, Mrs. E. S. Hill; secretary, Mrs. J. E. West. 1899-1900- President, Mrs. C. L. Atwood ; vice-president, Mrs. Montgomery ; secretary, Mrs. J. E. West; treasurer, Miss Ellen Ready. 1900-01-President, Mrs. C. L. At- wood ; vice-president, Mrs. J. E. Ranney ; secretary, Mrs. J. E. West ; treasurer, Miss Ellen Ready. 1901-02-President, Mrs. G. Kleeberger; vice-president, Mrs. J. E. Ranney; secretary, Mrs. James E. Jenks; treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Ervin. 1902-03-President, Mrs. J. E. Ranney; vice-president, Mrs. Frances Gilman; secretary, Mrs. James E. Jenks; treasurer, Mrs. H. C. Ervin. 1903-04 -President, Mrs. Frances Gilman; vice-president, Mrs. E. S. Hill; secretary, Mrs. J. C. Boehm; treasurer, Mrs. J. C. Munro. 1904-05-Same as previous year. 1905-06-President, Mrs. George W. Stewart; vice-president, Miss Mari- anne Clarke; secretary, Mrs. H. C. Ervin; treasurer, Mrs. J. E. West. 1906- 07-Same as previous year. 1907-08-President, Mrs. J. E. Jenks; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. W. W. Smith; secretary, Mrs. Alvah Eastman; treasurer, Mrs. A. G. Whitney. 1908-09-Same as previous year. 1909-10-President, Mrs. Martin Molitor ; vice-president, Mrs. George W. Stewart; secretary, Mrs. J. C. Munro; treasurer, Mrs. J. E. West. 1910-11-Same as previous year. 1911- 12-President, Mrs. George W. Stewart; vice-president, Miss Marianne

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Clarke; secretary, Mrs. A. Tschumperlin; treasurer, Mrs. A. G. Whitney. 1912-13-President, Miss Marianne Clarke; vice-president, Mrs. E. S. Hill; secretary, Mrs. A. Tschumperlin; treasurer, Mrs. A. G. Whitney. 1913-14- President, Miss Marianne Clarke; vice-president, Mrs. E. S. Hill; secretary, Mrs. G. W. Stewart; treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Barnes. 1914-15-President, Mrs. A. G. Whitney; vice-president, Miss Marjorie Macdonald; secretary, Mrs. G. W. Stewart; treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Barnes.

CHAPTER XLV.

BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW.

Pioneers and Later Comers Whose Industry Has Built up the County-Early Experiences in an Unsettled Country-Leaders in Country, City and Vil- lage-Family History of Well Known Men.

Very Rev. Alfred Mayer, O. S. B., prior of St. Mary's Priory and pastor of the Church of Immaculate Conception, St. Cloud, was born June 12, 1858, in Cayuga, Province of Ontario, Canada. His parents, Joseph Mayer and Anna Hinger, emigrated from Germany in 1854 and located on a farm near Cayuga, Canada. After residing there for eleven years they moved to Jordan, Scott county, Minnesota. They had ten children, the eighth in number being Alfred, or as he was called in the world, Anthony. As a boy he first visited a district school in the country, his father having been a farmer, but later on he attended the parish school at Jordan. In the year 1873 he entered St. John's College, at Collegeville, Minn., completed his classical course in 1878, made his novitiate at St. Vincent Archabbey, Beatty, Pa., in 1879, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1882. After his ordination he was for five years professor in the commercial course at St. John's College, master of novices, and pastor of the Abbey Church. On account of failing health he was relieved of his onerous duties at the college and monastery and sent out on missions, attend- ing for one year the parishes of Farming and Logering. In the fall of 1888 he was appointel assistant pastor at the Assumption Church, St. Paul, Minn. After nine months he became pastor of St. Mary's Church, Bismarck, N. D. Having labored there for one year and a half, he was appointed in the year 1890 pastor of the Church of the Assumption at St. Paul, Minn. He held that position for nearly nine years, when he was transferred to St. Clement's church, Duluth, Minn. In 1902 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII Canonical Prior of the Monastery of Cluny, near Wetang, Ill. The community of Cluny having abandoned its field of labor in southern Illinois and located in Sas- katchewan, Canada, Prior Alfred in 1894 established in Canada a most flour- ishing colony of mostly German Catholics who located there from different parts of the United States. After enduring in that new missionary field for three years all the hardships of pioneer life, he was transferred as pastor to the Immaculate Conception Church, St. Cloud, in which capacity he has now labored for the past seven years. This parish was organized in 1856 and is

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one of the largest and most flourishing parishes of the Northwest. His assist- ants are Rev. Eugene Woerdehoff, O. S. B., and Rev. Hildebrand Eichhoff, O. S. B.

Right Rev. Monsignor Bernard Richter, of Melrose, was born in the Province of Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, September 28, 1863, and after at- tending the common schools passed through the high school into the Uni- versity of Muenster. In December, 1884, he came to America, and continued his studies at St. Francis' Seminary, near Milwaukee, Wis. Here he was or- dained to the priest hood, June 24, 1887. His first parish was at White Lake, South Dakota. His pious devotion and energetic work attracted the atten- tion of the Right Rev. Bishop Otto Zardetti who made him pastor of the Ca- thedral at St. Cloud. On June 7, 1894, he came to Melrose as pastor of the Church of St. Boniface. His work here has been notable, and has resulted, by the grace of God, in the largest Catholic Church in Stearns county. The parish consists of 300 families, all Germans, and all devoted to the cause of the church. Under the direction of Father Richter, the magnificent church edifice was erected in 1899, at a cost including fixtures, of $75,000; the rec- tory in 1907 at a cost of $18,000; the convent in 1908 at a cost of about $7,000; and a sightly parochial school in 1910 at a cost of $50,000. In 1912, Father Richter was elevated by His Holiness, Pope Pius X, to the dignity of Domestic Prelate, thus investing him with the title of Right Reverend Monsignor.

Rev. Anthony Arzt, O. S. B., pastor of St. Paul's Parish, Sauk Centre, was born in Nister, Hackenburg, Germany, September 11, 1870. He received his early education in the public schools of his home town and completed his studies at the Gregorian University, Rome, Italy. He came to America in September, 1893. He was ordained April 25, 1894, at St. John's University, Col- legeville, Minn., by Right Rev. Bishop Otto Zardetti, Bishop of St. Cloud. For nine months he was pastor of the Church of St. Francis, at Belgrade, Minn., with a mission in Lake George township, this county. Then he was . transferred to the Church of St. Nicholas, in St. Nicholas, Luxemburg town- ship, this county. For nearly three years he was in charge of the Church of St. Otto, at Fergus Falls, Minn. January 1, 1899, he was assigned to his pres- ent parish, which has prospered greatly under his charge. A man of devout piety, he combines keen business judgment with high scholarship, and com- mands the love of his people and the respect of the people of other denomina- tions. His opinion on all subjects is highly valued by all the people, and in a quiet unostentatious way he exerts a powerful influence for good and for prog- ress. His church has 140 families, and under his direction, by the grace of God, this band of people erected a splendid church in 1904, and a parish house in 1910, while the school, which has 137 pupils in charge of the devout Sisters of St. Benedict, was enlarged and remodeled in 1912.

Rev. Luke Fink, O. S. B., pastor of the parish of the Immaculate Concep- tion, R. C., New Munich, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 24, 1871, son of Thomas and Francesca (Miller) Fink. The earnest boy who after- ward became the reverend father received a good education in Germany, and came to the United States in 1885, while still a young lad. He took his classi- cal and theological work at St. John's University, Collegeville, this county.

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In 1894 he took the solemn vows which united him with the Benedictine Order, and in 1895 he was ordained to the holy priesthood at St. John's by the Right Reverend Bishop Martin Marty. His first parish was at Minneapolis. Sub- sequently he filled various pastorates in southern and eastern Minnesota and one in Brooklyn, New York. In 1909 he was assigned to his present parish. Under his leadership by the grace of God, a church and parish house have been erected at a cost of $71,000. The piety of the people has deepened, and the parish is nobly fulfilling its mission.

Rev. Leonard Kapsner, pastor of the parish of St. Benedict, Avon, was born in Silesia, Prussia, Germany, February 18, 1871, son of Frank and Therese (Thielsch) Kapsner, who in 1874 brought him to Pierz, Minn., where they still live. The boy Leonard, who afterward became the devout reverend father, was reared on the home farm, and attended the district schools, attending to such simple duties as his years permitted. He passed through the prepara- tory, classical and theological courses at St. John's University, Collegeville, this county, and was graduated in 1897. He was ordained in June, 1897, at Collegeville by the Rt. Rev. Bishop McGolrick, of Duluth, and was assigned to duty as assistant in the Parish of St. Joseph, Minneapolis. Subsequently he served a year as pastor of the Parish of the Immaculate Conception, St. Cloud, and a year as pastor of the Parish of St. James, near Cold Spring, in this county. In 1900 he became professor of German and treasurer, at St. John's University. To years later, in 1902, he became rector of the college, and at the expiration of three more years, in 1905, he again assumed a pro- fessorship. In 1906 he was assigned to the College of St. Martin four miles from Olympia, Washington, as professor of Latin and German. In 1908 he was recalled and assigned to his present parish. He is beloved by his people and makes an ideal village priest. Father Kapsner comes of a churchly family. Four of his sisters are devout sisters of the Order of St. Benedict, at the Convent of St. Benedict, at St. Joseph, while one of his brothers is a priest in New York City.

Rev. Leo Gans, J. C. D., rector of the Cathedral of the Holy Guardian Angels, St. Cloud, was born in the city where he still makes his home, Septem- ber 11, 1879, son of Mathias and Marie P. (Pung) Gans. He prepared him- self in the district and parochial schools, and graduated from St. Lawrence College, Mt. Calvary, Wis., in 1894; from St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad, Indiana, in 1897; and from St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1901. Then he went to Rome, Italy, where, after a course of two years' study in the Papal Appolinare University, he achieved the high distinction of being granted a Doctorate in Canon Law. While in Rome, he was ordained, February 15, 1903. Dr. Gans has had parishes at Tintah, Minn., and at Alexandria, Minn., and taught Canon Law at the St. Paul Seminary for two years. In 1907 he became rector of the cathedral at St. Cloud.

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History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 11

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843- Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper Number of Pages: 1110

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110