The San Francisco call., 1896-04-13

time the mum Der OF regular attel uanls nas
increased beyond all expectation.
Rector Swan scheme for furnishing tenn
porary accommodation for the Increased
number has met with much favorable
comment among the most prominent MEM
bers of the church, and the CHANGED ap-
pear to be favorable for the consummatlon
of his plan. -,
He proposed that a rude, franchise
building, the same size as the PROPOSED
new stone structure, be put up on thelr iot
on the corner OF Bancroft way ana Els
worth street and that the stone oaildlng
itself be erected piecemeal In an inter-
view to-day Rector Swan said I'VE are
greatly in need OF increased faclIltles LOT
worshiping. The present building Is oe-
cidediy too small TO accommodate the IN
creaslng number OF attendants, ana IL Is
quite necessary that we secure more room
if we desire to continue in prosperity. My
plan as l presented it to Senior warden
Palache last week was to put up tempo
rary structure 10 cost, say $oUOO, whlch
would serve US until the new building is
erected.
"As the funds in the treasury increased
new parts to the permanent building
could be added from time to time until
the whole was completed. Ihls appears
to me very practicable since the perma-
nent structure is to be OF stone. Among
the first parts TO be finished would prob
ably be the chancel and then the other
sections could be constructed around 1t,
taking it as nucleus In lew years we
would have our fine building and IN the
meantime commitments and visitors
would not be compelled to stand up in
the alsles as at present or TO go away be-
cause of lack OF room. The church Is
practically free from all incum brance, so
we will not have lot of bills staring us
in the face when we take steps toward in
creaslng our facilities for worshlping.
"All the yestrymen seem to favor the
plan and | am hopeful that it will be only
question of a short time before we can
have larger quarters. Senior Warden Pa
Iache is particularly favorably disposed
toward the project. He remarked 10 me
one day about the time that the church
building in its present enlarged condition
was first occupied that because there was
so much room in it there would probably
be a necessity OF establishing telephone
communications between the pews. Mat
ters as they now stand present different
aspect.
To emphasize the necessity for more
room, I only need to mention the crowded
condition OF the building on Easter and
on the Sunday previous. All the pews
were filed and 150 chairs besides were
placed in the aisles. There is barely
enough room for the congregation on an
occasion Of ordinary importance We
hope TO soon get our plans into tangible
form and commence the work of erection
OF the temporary structure at once.
Debaters Hard at Work.
BERKELEY, CAL, April 12.-OC Connor,
Dam and Flaherty, who are to represent
the University of California in the annual
intercollegiate debate with Stanford on
the 18th inst, are practicing continuously
IN preparation for the contest. They are
putting as much energy into their work at
the present time as the track athletes who
are hopeful OF making place on the East
ern track team. The Willingness of Sena-
tor Perkins 10 give the offered $500 in its
entirety TO the winning side for equal dis
rlbution rather than rendering the best
speaker on either side 500, has done much
TO stimulate the Berkeley men in their eff
forts. 10 win the debate Will mean honor
Tor the university, distinction for them
selves and S662a in coin for each OF them.
In commenting upon the change in the
terms OF Senator Perkins offer, Professor
Gayley, under whose tutelage the debaters
are at present, said: Il think that the
giving OF the $500 to the winning side is
the only disposition which ought to be
made OF the award since by such method
OF distribution there will be an incentive
toward perfectlng team work and not a
tendency toward individual effort wholly.
II the matter was left as il was originally
planned each one of the team would try
to outdo the other. and the result would
be very unsatisfactory. If one got it, the
others might say that they should have
had It, that his success was due to their
assistance in giving him points and the
Ike. The fellows are now down to solid
business and will make hard fight to win
the debate for the university again this
year.
The judges have been chosen. consisting
of Judge McKenna of the United States
Circuit Court, Judge w. w. Morrow of the
United States District Court and Hon. A.
c. Freeman, a prominent attorney and
law author. Governor Budd has been
asked to preside, and President Kellogg
and President Jordan have been prevailed
upon TO lend their presence to the occa-
sion.
"Love for Love-"
BERKELEY, CAL. April 12-The sue
cess OF the company OF student players
who presented Congreve's Love for Love"
at Shattuck Hall last night is worthy of
more than ordinary mention Seven hun
dTed people were present to witness the
affair, and the appreciation of the amateur
actors was very apparent.
Great credit is reflected upon them, as
well as upon Instructor L. D. Syle, who
has directed the work of the performers
from the very beginning, and who ada pied
the comedy to nineteenth-century tastes
before presentation. The stage setting
was well up to the standard and the cos
TUNES were gorgeous in the extreme.
The play was given for the benefit of the
English department library and The East
ern track team, and will be repeated to-
morrow vening at the same hall.