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ROTC At St. John's
On May 13 the Army approved the establishment at St. John's of a new type of ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) known as a "Branch General" unit. To the present only 19 colleges in the United States have been selected for this type of program. St. John's is proud to have qualified.
The "Branch General" ROTC program is designed to train officers for general army or regular combat duty, while enabling students to maintain a normal academic schedule and to achieve a Bachelor of Arts degree.
As a matter of regular draft-board practice, students who are enrolled in either the basic or advanced courses of ROTC are exempt from being drafted for other military service.
The basic courses in military science are obligatory upon all freshmen and sophomores, beginning with the freshmen class of 1952-53. Students who do not wish to continue courses in military science are free to discontinue after their sophomore year. Students who qualify and who wish to continue may take the advanced courses in military science in the junior and senior years.
Only those students who are selected to take the advanced course and who elect to do so will be under obligation to complete the advanced course and to accept a commission at the time of graduation. All students who are sophomores next year will also be able to take ROTC training. They will be able to complete two year's work in their junior year (one regular year of basic and one of advanced) and thus to be eligible for a commission at the end of their senior year, provided other requirements are fulfilled:
All who qualify as juniors or seniors for the 1952-53 year may take the basic ROTC course next year. This is important for those who plan to attend a professional or graduate school after receiving their Bachelor's degree. Seniors who have one year of basic ROTC will be able to finish the basic and advanced course during the three years at a professional school. Juniors who take two years of basic ROTC would still have the opportunity to take the advanced course, provided they spend two years at a professional school after college graduation.
Veterans returning to college are credited with the equivalent of one year of basic ROTC if they have been in the service for more than six months. They are credited with both years of basic ROTC if they have been in service more than a year. No credit is given for training in the National Guard or in Prep military schools.
Divinity students in college are exempt from the courses in military science.
Students receive one hour of credit a semester for courses in basic military science (freshman and sophomore years); three credits a semester for advanced military science (junior and senior years). Students taking the advanced course will be compensated at the rate of $27 a month. They are also required to take part in a six-weeks summer camp, usually after the junior year.
Fifty-Two College Preparatory Students Receive Diplomas
"THOU ART A PRIEST FOREVER"—the sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred on seven Benedictine monks by Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome, coadjutor bishop of St. Cloud.
Seven Benedictines Ordained; Offer Mass in Home Parishes
#Seven Benedictine monks were elevated to the priesthood at the Abbey church on June 7. They were ordained by Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome.
The newly ordained priests are: Rev. Barnabas Urban Laubach, OSB; Rev. Eugene Heinen, OSB; Rev. Landelin M. Robling, OSB; Rev. Richard Eckroth, OSB; Ref. Arnold John Weber, OSB; Rev. Camillus Donald Talafous, OSB; and Rev. Maurus Simpson, OSB.
Rev. Callistus Edie, OSB, eighth member of this year's class of ordinandi for St. John's will be ordained on June 29 at St. Paul's Outside the Walls, Rome, by the Most Rev. Bishop Hildebr and Vannucci, OSB. On June 7 Bishop Bartholome also conferred the order of deacon on four Benedictine clerics: Fr. Bernadine Patterson, OSB, and Fr. David McDarby, OSB, of St. John's Abbey, and Fr. James Gray, OSB, and Fr. Vincent Morrison, OSB, of St. Peter's Abbey, Saskatchewan. On June 29, at St. Paul's in Rome, Fr. Charles Henry, OSB, will be ordained deacon. '
On Friday, June 6, Bishop Bartholome raised four St. John's monks to the order of subdeacon. They are: Fr. Augustine Cornides, OSB; Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB; Fr. Aidan McOall, OSB;
and Fr. Kevin McCann, OSB.
Father Barnabas will celebrate his First Mass on June 22, at Downey, Calif., at Our Lady of Perpetual Help church. The Very ftev. Clarus Graves, OSB, prior at St. John's, will preach.
Father Eugene offered his First Mass at St. Joseph's church, Waconia, on June 8.
On June 15 Father Landelin offered his First Mass at St. Victoria's Church, Victoria. Very Rev. John Eidenschink, OSB, subprior of St. John's, preached.
Father Richard celebrated his First Mass on June 12 at St. Joseph's church, Mandan, N. Dak. The sermon was preached by Rev. Hildebrand, OSB of Barnesville. Rev. Arno Gustin, OSB, Registrar at St. John's, was deacon.
On June 8 Father Arnold offered his First Mass at St. Martin's church, St. Martin. The Rt. Rev. Baldwin Dworschak, Abbot of St. John's, delivered the sermon.
Father Oamillus celebrated his First Mass at St. James' church, Duluth, on June 8. Rev. Walter Reger, OSB, professor of history at St. John's, preached the sermon.
On June 8 Father Maurus offered his First Mass at the church of St. Thomas Aquinas, Madison, S. Dak.
Commencement cont. from p. 1.
was Bertran Hartinger, history major from Lemmon, South Dakota, who merited his degree summa cum laude. In his valedictory Hartinger explained the role of the historian in education. He stressed the need for Catholic scholars and for scholarship about Catholics in the United States.
The seniors were presented for then- degrees by Rev. Martin Schirber, OSB, dean of the college. In addition to conferring the degrees, the Rt. Rev. Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, also spoke briefly to express his appreciation for the work of the faculty, and to the parents of the graduates whose sacrifices had made a Catholic education possible.
Bishop Busch Attends The Commencement was graced by the presence of Most Rev. Joseph F. Busch, bishop of St. Cloud. Bishop Busch, who is the oldest bishop in the United States gave the Invocation and formally closed the exercises with the blessing of the graduates, parents, friends and all assembled.
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#Fifty-two seniors received their high school diplomas at Prep
ceremonies of the 95th annual commencement exercises on Friday, May 30.
A solemn Mass of Thanksgiving, offered by Rev. Alfred Deutsch, OSB, Prep Dean, opened the graduation program. Msgr. William A. Renner, rector of the diocesan seminary at St. John's, reminded the graduates in his baccalaureate sermon of the need for apostolic laymen in modern parish life.
Mr. B. J. Polga, superintendent of public schools at Hastings and a member of the St. Thomas College summer school faculty, was the commencement speaker at the afternoon exercises. Catholics intent on a positive program of improving rather than of merely condemning the public schools, he said, will aid effectively in stemming the tide of modern day errors.
Following the valedictory address by Gerald Sande, Pembina, N. Dak., Rt. Rev. Baldwin Dworschak, OSB, conferred diplomas on the following seniors: Gary Backes, Harvey, N. Dak.; James Bias, Minneapolis; Richard Bra-ma, Minneapolis; Robert Oald-well, Minneapolis; Duane Oonway Willmar; William Davis, 'Havre, Mont.; Berthold Dold, St. Martin; Lawrence Duerr, Robbins-dale; Paul Enck, Minneapolis; Scott Franta, Wabasso; John Gerend, Kaukauna, Wis.; Richard Hanson, Brainerd; Leon Hiltner, Freeport; Joseph Kaiser, Underwood; Patrick Kennedy, Hibbing; William Kennedy, Minneapolis; Lawrence Kubesh, Hackensack.
Louis LaRocque, Walhalla, N. Dak.; Frank LaRose, Saw-
yer; John Lawrence, St. Paul; John McGraw, Minneapolis; John McRaith, Hutchinson; Patrick Mingo, St. Paul; Paul Mohrbacher, Edina; Hilary Mohs, St. Cloud; James O'Don-nell, St. Michael; Daniel Pad-den, Montrose; John Phelps, Grand Forks, N. Dak.; Eugene Poppler, Red Wing; Michael Ruddy, Grand Forks, N. Dak.; James Ryan, Omaha, Nebr.; Gerald Sande, Pembina, N. Dak.; Raymond Schanhaar, Anoka; John Schlumpberger, St. Paul; Albert Schneider, Victoria; Roland Schreiner, Collegeville; Guy Schwieters, Freeport; Gerald Skjolsvik, Minneapolis; John Spallacci, Duluth; Joseph Spano, Minneapolis ; William Streeter, Minneapolis.
Dale Tembreull, L'Anse, Mich.; James Tingerthal, St. Paul; Bernard Vonderhaar, Madison; Michael Wachtler, Minneapolis; Dominic Warzecha, Holdingford; Sylvester Weber, St. Martin; Thomas Welsch, St. Paul; James Wenninger, Park Falls, Wis.; Lawrence Whalen, Minneapolis; Joseph Wolking, Donnelly; and Galen Zenner, Buckman.
American Foresters Meet At St. John's
#St. John's was honored this weekend as the site for the meeting of the Society of American Foresters, the Upper Mississippi Valley section. Sessions are being held today and tomorrow.
Members of the SAF from North Dakota and Iowa as well as Minnesota are in attendance at the meeting. Galen Pike is chairman of the society.
Pike said that the forest at St. John's is outstanding.
