Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-10
Laying of Corner Stone Tomorrow at
Mount st. Alban.
BISHOP SAFPERLEB TO OFFICIATE
Building Rendered Possible by Gen.
crosby of Mrs. Hearst.
PROGRAM OF EXERCISES

Elaborate and impressive services will
attend the laying of the corner stone of the
Hearst School for Girls at Mount Saint
Alban, corner of Tenl aytown road and
Woodley lane, tomorrow afternoon at 80
o'clock. This building is to be erected on
the Episcopal Cathedral foundat ton, with a
fund of 100000 contributed by the widow
of Senator Hearst of California, now a
resident of Washington
The ceremonies will be under the au-
spices of the Episcopal Church and will be
conducted by Bishop Satterlee of the do
cese of Washington, assisted by the clergy
of the diocese. The Marine Band will fur
nish music for the occasion.
The participants in and witnesses of the
ceremonies will assemble at St. Adams
Church, on the Tenleytown road, and at
4:;0 o'clock a line of march will be taken
through the woods to the site of the school,
where the excavation has been made for
the building and preparations are in pro-
gross to commence construction. The Ma
rine Band will head the procession follow
ed by a choir of $50 voices, representing
the male choirs in the several Episcopal
churches of the city. They will be follow
ed by the ractors of the churches in the
diocese, preceding Bishop Satterlee.
Opening Exercises.
Hymns have been appointed for the pro-
cessional. and will be sung by the choir of
$50 voices. The bishop and the clergy will
then assemble about the corner stone after
it Is placed in position, and Bishop Satter-
lee will commence the service set forth
for such occasions. The opening Invocation
of the service will be as follows:
Good people, are gathered together
in the name and presence of Almighty God,
to begin a new sowing for the Master and
for man. We have come to lay the corner
stone of a school to be builded for the pro-
motion of religion, morality and education.
Wherefore / beseech you to call upon God
our Father. through our Lord Jesus Christ
that he would grant that this sacred en-
terpriSe may prove a distinct and positive
gain to citizenship, to country and to civ
ilizatiOn. and that ne would -best0w upon
it, of His gracious mercy, the highest in
fiuence and the widest usefulness both in
the imm adate present and in, all the years
to come
PRAYERS. responses and hymns Will TO-
low, and the service will be quite long
one. one of the prayers which the bishop
will use will be an appeal for peace sig
niticant of the international peace commits
sion which will meet at The Hague.
Addresses will be delivered by the Rev.
DR.. George William Doug-as rector OF
Grace Church New York, and President
Gilman of Johns Hopkins University. Mrs.
Hearst is absent from the city and will not
attend the ceremonies but will be repre-
Douglass arrived last night and will re-
main three days at the Arlington Hotel.
Efforts of DIR. Dougiass.
1t was through Dr. Douglass that Mrs.
Hearst made the donation for the school.
When he was rector of St. Johns Church
in this city, several years ago, he became
convinced that a school for girls such as
the started, should be located in
Washington, and he succeeded in interest
ing Mrs. Hearst in his project. That lady
approved heartily of DR.. Douglass IDEAS
and offered to give 100000 for the build
ing, to be erected under the direction of
the Episcopal diocese of Washington. Her
offer was gladly accepted, and 1t was de-
cided to locate the school on the grounds
of the Episcopal cathedral
In this connection it may be stated that
DIR. Douglass was the original suggester of
the establishment of an Episcopal cathe-
dral in Washington, and it was through
his energy and efforts that the first site
was purchased. He was himself one of the
first contributors to the fund for the pur-
chase of the site, and he was instrumental
in securing large sums in contributions
from wealthy people.
The bishop of the diocese has had charge
of affairs in connection with the school
since DR.. Douglass went to New York, and
good progress has been made with the
project building committee was APP
pointed. plans for the house were agreed
upon and with the laying Of the corner stone
the work of construction will go ahead rap
idly. The building is to be completed in
1901.
Capacity of school.
The school is to accommodate 100 girls
as boarders and about 300 more pupils
who will not reside in the building. 1t will
be modern educational institution, and
its projectors expect that it will accomplish
a great work for Christianity and civiliza-
ton.
The school is expected to be the begin
ming of a group of noble buildings to be
erected In the cathedral grounds In the
corner stone tomorrow will be placed a box
containing a copy of the Bible, church pa
pers CONS and relics including an Old
paper on peace found many years ago
Copies of the local newspapers will also be