The San Francisco call., 1896-10-05
LAY ING Of The
CORNERSTONE
Ceremonies at the New
Home of Maria Kip
Orphanage.
Right Rev. Nichols and Four
Other Bishops Conducted
the Services.
THE GRACE CHURCH CHOIR.
Meme ntoes of the Present Were Handed
Gown to Posterity Morning
Church Services.

The laying of the cornerstone of the
new Maria Kip Orphanage was consum-
mated yesterday afternoon, the eighteenth
Sunday after Trinity.
The new building, which is to tower
high at Seventh avenue and Lake street,
will be in all manner suitable to properly
accommodate the parentless children who
are daily increasing on the hands of the
board of managers.
When the Maria Kip Orphanage, in
1888, separated from the Bishop Armitage
Orphanage it had but fourteen girls to
care for. Now five score of young girls
from little tottlings to young misses are
being watched over and educated by this
model charity institution.
The new building, the cornerstone of
which was laid with such ceremony, is al
most at the gate of the Presidio and not
very far away from the cross that stands
sentinel-like at Lone Mountain.
Rev. r. c. Foute of Grace Church was
the m aster of ceremonies who intoned the
services, that were entlrely of choral ma
ture.
Right Rev. w. F. Nichols, presid ent of
the board of trustees, conducted the SER
vices proper. In this he was assisted by
Right Rev. William NJ. Barker. D. D.,
Bishop of Olympia; Right Rev. John Mills
Kendrick, ID, Bishop of Arizona; Right
Rev. Abiel Leonard. DID,, Bishop or Ne
vada, and Right Rev. Joseph II. Johnson,
ID. Bishop of Los Angeles.
The other clergymen present were: Rev.
W. Reilly OF st. PauPs, DIR. Brewer of San
Mateo. Rev. D. o. Kelly, Rev. &. J. Lyon,
Rev. T. L. Randolph, Rev. H. ]. Emory,
Rev. w. /. Kip, Rev. DR.. Shaw of St.
Luke's, Rev. Mr. Moreland of st. Luke's,
Rev. Mr.. Collier of Oakland, Rev. Mr.
Liverlor of San Mateo. Rev. Mr.. Mcclure of
Mr.. Spaulding. Rev. Mr.. Clapham and
Rev. II. G. Chetwood.
The musical part of the ceremony was
handled by TIVE children of the orphan
age and the Grace Church choir, consist
ing of:
First teaors-Frank NJ Coffin and ]. NJ.
Shawhan; second tenors--George st. John
Bremner and Edmond i. Jones; frs t
bassos, S. Homer Henley, G. T. Balch, ID.
NJ. Warde and C. E. Holt; second 5assos-
w. Mcdonald, S. E. Tusker, n. b. Fris-
bic and George II. Hook.
Cross bearer Cyril E. Holt and Organist
w. H.. Holt were >also included in the
choir.
In the little brass box cemente1 away
uuNcI IAS HSdfy htIc Llle lOi-
lowing objects:
Copies of the first and last annual re-
ports of the Maria Kip Orphanage;
Journal of the Diocese; copies of the re-
vised hymnal, prAyer-book and Bible; a
copy of the last issue of the Churchman; );
a California church calendar containing g
portraits of Bishops Kip and Nichols; an
order of the services at the laying of the
cornerstone, with biographical sketch
of Mrs. Maria Kip by her grandson, Rev.
w. l. Kip; a set of United States coins !;
copies or all the San Francisco daily
papers, and the autographs of all the Of
ficiating Bishops.
The officers of the Maria Kip Orphanage
whose names have been handed down 10
the coming generations are:
Trustees-Right Rev. William F. Nichols,
D. D., president; Thomas P. Woodward, vice
president; +. FL. Rixford, secretary; William
IL. Crocker, treasurer; Jacob e. Johnson.
Board of manAgers-Miss Carrie Gwin, presi-
dent; Mrs. W. S. Wood, vice president; Mrs.
Thomas P. Woodward, secretary; Miss Mary c..
Heath, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Sidney
Worth, treasurer; Mrs. r. B. Sanchez, Mrs.
George II. Buckingham, Mrs. P. l. Asbury, Mrs.
J. B. Milton, Miss Maynard, Mrs. George c..
Woodward.
Sister Anna, the Orphanage.
Physicians-Sidney Worth, NJ D., Joseph S.
Brooks, NJ. d.
Building committee-Miss Gwin, Mrs T. P.
Woodward ]. c. Johnson.
Architects-Messrs. Percy & Hamilton.
OrgAnist, Miss Mae E. Brogi; cornetist Miss
Pearl Noble; musical director william H. Holt,