Brigensis
The Sectio Brigensis is a student union founded in Brig in 1843 in the Swiss Student Union .
The foundation
In 1841 the Swiss Student Association was founded with the aim of: "Cultivating virtue , science and friendship , according to the customs and beliefs of the fathers, in the spirit and spirit of the Catholic Church, for the pious fatherland." The movement also caught the students of Brig College . After the Freiburg and Schwyz sections of the StV in 1843 asked several students from the Brig college to found a section of the Swiss Student Union , they set up a student union in Brig at the end of 1843 .
The founders were Leo Luzian von Roten (1824–1898) von Raron, later a Councilor of States and State Councilor and a romantic poet , his brother Hans Anton von Roten (1826–1895), also a Councilor of States, National Councilor and Prefect of Raron, Peter Ludwig In-Albon ( 1832–1892) von Turtmann, later Grand Councilor and Councilor of States, Caesar Perrig (1825–1864) von Brig, later governor and colonel in Brig. Franz Xaver In-Albon (1825–1896) von Turtmann, later rector of the colleges of Brig and Sitten and Canon, as well as the Bündner Luzius Anton Brügger (1821–1903), who became a doctor in Thusis and director of the Kreuzspital in Chur.
Not everyone was enthusiastic about the founding of the Brig association. Resistance arose among the Jesuits in the college. They feared a challenge from the opponents of the Catholics, who had already appended the name "Jesuit Association" to the Swiss Student Association. Although the students tried to camouflage their association under the name “Concordia Association”, the college management banned the association. But this persisted in secret.
On November 21, 1844, the section was constituted with Caesar Perrig as president. A month later the college leadership ordered the dissolution of the section. Its members decided, for better or worse, to give up the life of the section, but to remain loyal members of the association. Adolph Escher (1822–1897), later canon and prefect of the college in Sitten, kept up the correspondence with the other sections. The section continued to exist underground and from 1847 was able to lead a more or less regulated club life and issued statutes on January 10, 1847. Lectures were given, papers were written , meetings with the Sion Section, and lively correspondence was conducted until the confusion of the Sonderbund at the end of 1846 completely destroyed all club life.
The new Brigensis
Although the central festival of the Swiss Student Association in Brig in September 1852 went off with great enthusiasm, the Brig section did not revive for years. Peter Josef Kevening (1827–1873), militant pastor and publicist, encouraged a re-establishment in 1860. In 1864 colors were purchased. In February 1865, the wish for a flag of their own came true. In the same year new statutes were discussed, which were revised in 1869 and were valid until 1917. They were revised in 1961, 1973 and 1980/81.
The members were divided into active members, usually three to ten, and candidates. The cash register had a turnover of around CHF 100 to CHF 200 and usually closed with a small surplus of income. The history of the Brigensis up to the beginning of the sixties developed well. There were no major changes. The world wars from 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945 also had certain effects on the union, but in general the life of union proceeded in an orderly manner: at the beginning of the semester there were committee elections, usually every month a general convention with lectures, discussions and conferences.
The Brigensis has been holding a Christmas party or Advent party since 1939, which has changed faces a little over the years. The big Kommers took place on Fat Thursday and earlier on Shrove Tuesday . At receptions of members of the authorities and other official occasions, the connection occurred in corpore or with a flag delegation. The central festivals in Brig, the consecration of the flag and, above all, the centenary celebrated in 1944 with great pomp and a speech by Federal Councilor Philipp Etter were significant milestones in the life of the Brigensis. Ernst Zenklusen wrote the Couleurstrophe in 1907. In his book Bergmenschen , published in 1932, he enthusiastically tells how the song was created and how it was first sung. Theophil Z'Brun wrote the Fuxen stanza. Painter Ludwig Werlen drew the first color card for Brigensis in 1909 , which was followed in 1944, 1948 and later others.
Web links
literature
- Louis Carlen: History of the Brigensis. Student union at the college Brig. Brig 1961.