New-York tribune., 1907-01-05
CHURCH AND RELIGIOUS NEWS AND NUTES.
INSTITUTIONAL YORK AMONG EDUCATED YOUNG
~. MEN-4I NEU P1RISH HOUSE.

Institutional parish work among young college
men is a feature of the activity at the new par
| ish house Of the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church al No 80 East 31st street, which will be
! dedicated tomorrow. About a year ago the
| Young Mems League was formed. To-day IT
numbers two hundred members nearly all col
lese men. representing thirty-seven institutions.
1t IS constantly growing. Last sunday seven
teen new members were added.
The league has all the features Of a social
club Its rooms on the top floor are To be COM
pletely equipped with the legitimate games Of a
mans club. and with meeting room and read
! ing room. Clayton s. Cooper who has been a
Bible lecturer at Yale and Harvard. and achieved
wide reputation FOR work among young men. Is
in charge Of the league. He will lecture to the
men each sunday morning.
DR. Kerr Boyce Tupper. the pastor began the
organization by writing to the various college
presidents for the names Of graduates intending
10 settle in this city. To them circulars were
sent describing the purpose Of the league The
result was immediate
The first problem of the architects Butler &
Rodman, in designing the new parish house,
was TO produce building modern in character
and yet In harmony with the church building
erected forty years ago. The Romanesque style
was adopted with round headed windows car
ried through three stories.
The porches on the Madison avenue elevation
OF the church are recalled by q, round arched
porch fanked by "breche violette" marble col
umns with carved limestone capitals and bases.
For the brownstone used on the church lime
stone has been substituted for keystones, win
dow sills. etc. while in place OF the conventional
stone cornce a boldly projecting copper cornice.
supported by cast iron brackets. has been en-
ployed. the entire facade being crowned by 4
roof ga arden and pergo!a
With the exception of the entrance vestibule
and small office for the pastors assistant tho
entire first floor is devoted to the lecture room,
seating about three hundred and fifty. on the
second floor in the rear is the pastors study and
library. The rest Of the second and third floors
is given up to the Sunday school room. The
smaller classrooms on both floors are sepa-
rated by folding doors.
The fourth floor is devoted to the women :
industrial department, with parlor in front
and meeting rooms in the centre. arranged as
TO be thrown into one large room if desired.
There is also a kitchen on this floor
The interior trim of the building is OF cak.
The demolition of the old parish house was be-
has cost $4,000 of which 500 900 was raised
by three members of the church. The rest was
raised by contributions of the members. The
building has a frontage of IS feet in 3lst street.
adjoining the church building, and a depth Of
100 feet.
Tomorrow evening the new building win be
formally dedica ted, with brief addresses by
James c. Colgate. representing the church;
DR. Henry NJ. Sanders. the Baptist brotherhood:
Dr. Henry L. Morehouse. the Home Mission So
ciety; DR. Charles l.. Rhoades, the Missionary
Union, and DIR. Thomas O. Conant. the religious
press After these general exercises in the lect-
room the three upper stories of the building
will be visited and each apart 10 it's distinc-
tive work by prayer of dedication. During the
week succeeding it is expected that there will be
special gatherings under the auspices of the va
rious organizations of the church.
IT Is planned 10 name the four main floors
each after former pastor
The Madison Avenue Church is forty-nine
years old and is doing an extensive insti-
tutional' work in all branches DIR. Tupper has
been with the church two years, having sue
ceeded the late DR. Lorimer. Previous to com
ing here DIR. Tupper with the First Baptist
Church. of Philadelphia.