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The Earliest Buildings: 33 Historic Sites
Donald L. Pieters
First paragraph:
Founded in 1898, St. Norbert College has grown from its earliest building St. Joseph Church, (now Old St. Joseph Church), built in 1871, and St. Joseph Parish Rectory, built in 1872, to become a beautiful campus consisting of thirty-nine buildings situated on some sixty well landscaped and tree-shaded acres along the Fox River in De Pere, Wisconsin.
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Norbert of Xanten: 1080-1134
Benjamin T. Mackin O. Praem, Alfred McBride O. Praem, John Bostwick O. Praem, and Jeffrey L. Raue
Norbert was born around 1080 in the town of Xanten on the Dutch-German border. He was a member of the privileged class. His father was the Count of Gennep, and his mother was a cousin of the reigning Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV.
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Buildings and Memorials
Donald L. Pieters
First paragraph:
Nine years passed after the first edition (1980) and again nine years after the second edition (1989) of the St. Norbert College building booklets. Now, only three years after the third 1998 Centennial Edition, five new or remodeled buildings and thirteen class memorials should be added to our building history.
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And There Were Five
Donald L. Pieters
Biographical materials about the five presidents who have served in the administration of St. Norbert College appear to abound in number. Many of these, however, are scattered in various locations---some in local and Green Bay newspaper files, some in De Pere and Green Bay historical society archives, some in the St. Norbert Abbey Archives, and a goodly share in the St. Norbert College Archival area. This booklet, then, is an attempt to bring some of this material about the presidents into a composite of the 'first five'.
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The Coat of Arms of St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College
A Coat of Arms or Crest is defined as a shield marked with insignia or designs (heraldic bearings) of a person, family, or institution. The St. Norbert College coat of arms is modeled after that of Berne Abbey in Holland, the abbey from which the founders of the Norbertine Order in the United States came in 1893.
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Honorary Degrees
St. Norbert College
The first honorary doctorate degrees conferred at St. Norbert College were granted in 1949 at the 50th anniversary commencement. Commencement ceremonies were held on the campus grounds between Boyle and Main Halls, and doctorates were awarded to the Very Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen, to Mr. Frank J. Sensenbrenner, to Mr. John Raskob, to Miss Helen Constance White, and to the Rev. J.B. McElwaine, S.J.
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The Adolph and Ella Frankenthal Reading Room
St. Norbert College
Adolph and Ella Frankenthal, in whose honor this library reading room is dedicated were immigrants, refugees from Nazi Germany, who found their desire for freedom and love of work in America. Their memorial is a triumph for liberty and knowledge and a defeat for obstruction of learning and dictatorships- a reading room, a "book center" were wisdom may be reserved. It is fitting, perhaps, that Adolf and Ella Frankenthal, who fled Nazi book-burnings and racial persecution, will be honored in a center of learning.
