Records, 1885-1961.

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Records, 1885-1961.

Description: Constitution and by-laws, minutes, financial records and membership information. Programs, photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings of this student organization are also found within the minute books.

1.4 cubic ft.

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St. James Literary Society (St. Francis Seminary)

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This society was organizaed, possibly as early as 1879, by students of the Classical Department of St. Francis Seminary. This society encouraged and helped students develop a love of English literature. It also improved the speech and debating skills of its members in order to prepare them for the priesthood. In 1941, it appears that as part of the St. Francis Seminary reorganization into Major and Minor Departments, that the St. James Literary and Debating Society became part of the Minor Depar...

St. Francis Seminary (Milwaukee, Wis.)

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The speech units appear to have been part of the curriculum of the Speech and/or English Departments at St. Francis Seminary. Students gave speeches and participated in elocution contests, including the Douglas-Egan Oratorical Contests. From the description of Speech Unit Records, 1907-1941, bulk dates 1927-1941. (Saint Francis Seminary - Salzmann Library). WorldCat record id: 27024750 The St. Francis Seminary Billiard Department came into existence in 1926 following the com...