Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-02
CORNERSTONE PLACED.
Ceremonies Incident to Lane
Johnston Structure.
FOR CHOIR TRAINING
BISHOP PARET OF MARYLAND
PREsIDEs AT EXERCISES.
Striking Professional Address by
Rev. DR.. Alfred Harding-Story
Of the Banquet.
| FOR CHOIR TRAINING

building which is to be known as the Lane
Johnston Memorial building of the wash
ington Cathedral Choir School The latter
will be situated close to and facing Mas
sachusetts avenue on the slope of the hill
at Mount st. Alban.
In the absence of the bishop of Wash
ington, who is abroad. Bishop VIM. Paret
of Maryland was called upon to preside.
The actual laying of the corner stone was
preceded by appropriate services in the
open air near the Little Sanctuary. The
clergy of this city, Baltimore and other
nearby points, wearing vestments, We're
largely represented and participated in the
services. and a vested choir of boys was in
attendance. The musical accomplishments
were supplied by quartet of brass in
struments. In rear of the clergy and choir
listers was q congregation made up of sew
erai hundred persons. The exercises in
cluded the singing of several hymns, the rem
der1ng of appropriate songs and the Offering
of special prayers, one of them beseeching
the Almight to grant that the choir school
may prove distinct and positive gain to
citizenship, to country and to civilization,
and that the highest influence and the wild
est usefulness be bestowed upon it, The
address of the occasions delivered by
Rev DR.. Alfred Harding of ST. PauPS
Church of this city who spoke in the I'M
avoidable absence of Rev. DR.. Hodges of
Baltimore, Md.
III opening, the speaker expressed regret
because of the absence of the Rev. DR..
Hodges and OF the bishop of Washington.
cablegram from the latter was read to
the assemblage. DR.. Harding then spoke of
the history of Mount ST. Alban, and de-
tailed the notable events that have occurred
there Ascension day each year since 1899.
He remarked concerning the significance of
Ascension day and the wonderful propriety
of the events that have marked its OBJ
servance at Mount st. Alban.
DR.. Harding, continuing. said that the
laying of a foundation there was for
cathedral adapted for the present century.
He added that it's work must be the up
lifting. the eXaltation of humanity. The
speaker warmly commended Mrs. Phoebe
A. Hearst and Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston
for their munficent gifts to the cathedral.
The Hearst School, it was declared. is train
ing not only the minds of the pupils. but
their spirits and souls as well. DR.. Hard
ing explained that before he came to This
city he was assistant minister of a church
Mrs Johnston, her husband and family at
tended. She was always leader In good
works Dr. Harding considered it a SPLEEN
did insnira ton when she conceived the idea
of a cathedral choir school. The assem-
blage was informed that the building IN
course of erection would be a perfect model
of all that was desirable In cathedral
choir school. 1t was promised that the
pupils shall have the best of mental prep
aration and of moral and physical as wen
speaker said, will be the nucleus of some
thing larger when men of the church add
to the gifts that have already been made.
Need Of Choir School.
what Is the need of choir school now.
when we have no cathedral? have been
asked" DR.. Harding said. 1--WE have
cathedral. To be sure, We have no struc-
ture, but we have the organization. ana
we are uplifting humanity here and now"
In the opinion of the speaker the present
generation will at least the commence
ment of the great cathedral structure.
Further, DR.. Harding remarked that at
Mount st. AIban have been held some of
the most wonderful services the world has
known. Reference was made, among others,
to the visit of the archbishop of Canter
bury, when $4,000 people were On the;
grounds
services held Sunday afternoons at Mount
ST. Alban was discussed by the speaker.
Before closing his address DR.. Harding
paid tribute to Bishop Paret. remarking
that 1t was most appropriate that the lat
ter should be participant ting In the services
of laying the corner stone Of the Washing
ton Cathedral Choir School.
After an offertory procession was
formed and the assembiago proceeded to
the site of the school building. where
Bishop Paret, assisted by the builders. laid
the stone in its place. struck it three times
with a trowel, saying that he laid the cor
ner stone of a school to be bUilded to the
honor and praise of the Risen Lord and
King. The assemblage was dismissed with
of to the singing of a occasional
The preliminary service was conducted by
Rev. G. c. F. Bratenahl, rector of st. AL
bans Church, assisted by Rev. Dr. Thomas
Md: Rev. Charles E. Buck Of st. Pauls
Rock Creek Church. and Rev. Richard p.
Williams of Trinity Church.
Clergy in Attendance.
The clergy in attendance included Revs
DR.. G. w. Smith. DR.. r. c. Smith. G. F.
Dudley, J. e. c. Smedes, ]. H. w. Blake,
C. C. Pierce. d. D.; C. s. Abbott. jr.. C. II.
Stetson, C. N. G. Brown. ]. M. i. Mckee,
e. Reginald Williams. r. P Williams. A. S.
Johns. W. T. Snyder. J. NJ Hillyar. Walden
Myer, ]. B. Craighili, J. D. La Moths and
F. Il. Howden.
Mr.. George Truesdell. chairman: Gen.
J. A. Kasson, Gen. John NJ. Wilson. Mr..
Lowndes and Mr.. Thomas Hyde were the
members of the board of trustees Of the
cathedral foundation present.
Members of the Brotherhood Of st. An
drew. under the direction Of the president
of the local assembly. Mr.. w. Il. Dent. and
OF the Churchman'S League acted as ush-
ers
Mr.. TruesdelI read the list of articles
placed in the cornerstone as follows: Bible.
prayer book, hymnal convention Journal
1904, constitution and canons of the ca
thedral handbook of the cathedral. finan-
cial statement copies OF the Churchman,
April 20 1906 copy of The Star of May 49,
1906; the Post June l. and the Times, May
81 1905.
Mrs Harriet Lane Johnston. in 1903. be-
queathed to the Cathedral Foundation the
sum of 100000 for the building and endow-
merit of a choir school. The building. the
corner stone OF which was laid yesterday.
is. as stated. to be known as the Lane
Johnston Memorial building of the Wash
ington Cathedral Choir School. The gift is
in memory of Mrs. Johnstons sons-James
Buchanan Johnston. who died March p.
1881 aged fifteen years. and Henry Elliott
Johnston, who died October 80, 1882, aged
thirteen years. ~
The school will be situated close to Mas
sachusetts avenue. the slope of the hill.
The west end of the school will ultimately
be connected by a Gothic arcade with the
west front of the cathedral. The entire
length of the building will be 1877 feet, and,
standing at right angles with the Little
Sanctuary. 1t will form the southwest cor
ner of the future cathedral cloister. The
building will be constructed of gray Po-
tomac stone, with facings of Indiana lime
stone. and the interior arrangements of the
school will be as perfect they can be
made.
The Washington Cathedral Choir School
10 the first choir school to he a hi Shad IN,