Evening star., 1895-04-26
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Action Of the Trustees Of tn. Episco-
pal Cathedral
MRS. HEARSFS GENEROUS DONATION
Work of Construction to Be Begun
Next Fall.
WHAT MORE IS NEEDED

At an important meeting of the trustees
Of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral held
yesterday afternoon at the office of Mr..
A. T. Britton the contract between the
cathedral and Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst,
widow of the late Senator from California,
for the erection of the Hearst School for
Girls in connection with the cathedral
was accepted and ratified. Mrs. Hearst
generously donates $4,000 for the school
building. The cathedral binds itself to
erect this structure, in accordance with the
plans of Architect Ernest Flagg of New
York, who is the architect of the new
Corcoran Art Gallery, the excavation to be
begun next August and the building to be
entirely completed before 1900. 1t is expect
ed, however, that the school building will
be ready for the reception of pupils within
tnree years from next autumn. Mrs.
hearst proposes to make this school sec
ond to none in its equipment and arrange
HentS ana attractiveneSS as an educational
institution. A department for the higher
education of women will ultimately be part
OF the scheme.
Trustees Encouraged.
Inc trustees are much encouraged by
this practical and prompt beginning of
construction work on the cathedral build
ings. The charter conferred by Congress
includes within It's scope not merely the
cathedral proper, but adjunct institutions
OF benevolent character, together with a
broad educational scheme. And the mu-
nifcence of the Hearst donation is in keep
ing with the broad and noble intention of
the cathedral foundation as a whole
Bishop Paret presided at yesterdays 8
meeting Of the cathedral trustees, and ex-
Senator Edmunds. Mr.. John A Kasson,
Rey. G. w. Douglas. Rev. Mackay-S Smith.
and Messrs. Pellew,- Britton Lowndes,
Glover, Parker, Truesdell and T. w. Noyes
were present. Another meeting of the
trustees Of great Importance is to be held
on May Sd at II o'clock in Mr.. Britton's Of
nee, when the trustees will discuss and
come to decision upon the plans of the
cathedral building proper, which are now
under consideration.
Now that Mrs. Hearst has led the way
the trustees hope that other generous per-
sons will come forward to increase the
various endowment funds, each fund to
bear the donors name, as in the case of
George Peabody elsewhere, and that other
persons will build other parts Of the whole
cathedral scheme such as the boys school,
the chapel, the bishops house, the seminary
Tor higher theological educa:i ton, the con-
vention hall, the diocesan library, resi-
dences of the clergy. ETC., etc, and last but
not least. the cathedral itself, which is to
crown the whole. If possible also more
land should be obtained now while it can
be had, and scholarships should be founded
in the schools. each scholarship to bear the
founders name.
Plan for the buildings.
The committee on buildings and grounds
consists Of the Rev. DR.. George William
Douglas, Colonel John NJ. Wilson, U. S. A.,
and Mr.. A. T. Britton. A comprehensive
plan for the proposed group of buildings,
with the cathedral as the central feature,
has been prepared and is under considera-
tion by the trustees.
1.-The Cathedral of St. Peter and st. Paul"
is the title of the cathedral, and the bishop
has designated Rev. DR.. Geo. w. Douglas
as dean, the pastor of the cathedral con-
gregation.
The Cathedral Site.
The property owned by the cathedral
foundation is a beautiful tract of land
lying between the Klingle and the Wood
ley roads Immediately to the west of Ghe
Geological Park and the Rock Creek Park.
1t is on the line of Connecticut avenue ex-
tended, along which the Rock Creek rail-
road extends, and contains about twenty
acres. The land is admirably situated, lot
only III respect to the immediate surround
ingS, which constitute one of the most at
tractive sections of the picturesque region
of Rock creek, but it commands Il fine view
of the city and the surrounding country.
1t is elevated ground, nearly 300 feet above
the level of the ocean. One of the advan-
tages of this site is believed to be its close
proximity to the extended acreage which is
comprised in the Geological and Rock Creek
parks. There Is ample room for all the
buildings which 1t is probable that will be
needed for the proposed cathedral and the
other structures.