The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-30
EPISCOPAL.

I'VE derivation CT the name Of to-
u,o..ow's festival. WhitsundAy. IL ex-
. ceedinely uncertain. The easiest and sim
plest derivation, calling the day Whit
sunday, considers ii to be really white
Sunday from the wearing q white
robes by those newly baptized on, the
eve: but this labors under the dinicrlty
mat las the names .'whitsuntide" whit
eunweek" show the prefix seems to be
whitsun. and not whit" and also that
fhe true White Sunday is the first Sum
dav after Easter.
The celebration Of this festival. being
the birthday of the church is. naturally.
ike that Of Easter. Of immemcriaI an
tiquity.
washington is, scheduled to hold vista
lions as follows: II a. m, Epiphany
Catholic School for Girls. baccaiaureate
an the following appointments: June Z,
sermon
In June the bishop has arranged to
fill the following appointments: June Z,
Trinity Sunday. IL a. nn... Rsthlehep
chapel; p m, National Catholic School
for Boys. baccalaureate sermon. June IA.
first Sunday after Trinity. IL a. m. st.
Toxins. olney: Sp. m, 81. bartholomew S.
LaytonviIle, and June q, second Sunday
after Trinity, II a m, Grace Church,
woodside. and Q p. m. st Mary's. Aspen
Commencement exercises Of the ninety
first session of the Virginia Seminary
will be held June 8. 4. and 5
On Wednesday. June ats p. m. the
sermon before the Students Missionary
Society viii be preached by Rev. Floyd
w. Tomkins. d. d.
Thursday. June 4 is graduation alumni
day, when the exercises viii be as fol-
lows: 10 a. m, essays by members Of
eradus ton class and delivery Of diplo-,
mas, II g. m, alumni meeting, essayist.
Rev, W. A R Goodwin. NJ A., B. D.: :
1:so q. m, alumni dinner.
Friday, June s, is ordination day. with
the ordination service at II a. m
The class of 1914 is as follows: Guy
Edison Kagey. Wyoming: George Leck-'
onby, Kentucky; Matthias Madert, West
virginia; Richard Louis Merriman. West
virginia; Sidney Thomas Ruck, Virginia:
and Walter Greenhow Parker A. B..
Virginia
A MAGNIFICENT rendition of a new
for Washington and the
United States generaliy-was given
Thursday night at st. Stephens by the
choir of the church. The cantata was
written by Bruce Steane. and is a very
church, Rev. T. Canon Dudley, sang the
tenor solos, and Miss Edith Earnest and
n. H. Talmadge, the soprano and bass.
James Stoddart was or
Eanist.
At the Glorious, which met last Tues
day at the Children's Hall, Ascension
parish, q somewhat radical departure
from previous methods was taken by the
admission of twenty-one new members
all the names. in fact, which, had been
up for election.
The report of the domestic and foreign
offerings from the Diocese Of
up to May 1 1914. has just
been received. The Washington Diocese
for the year ending Sep
TENDER 1. 1914. is s2,26s. of which sum
s1001413 has been received. Last year
81. 9lSI5 was received at this time. To-
wards the sl0,0l4.13 received. the follow
ing parishes have contributed $500 or
more: Ascension parish, Ssi4 "a; Christ
Church parish. Georgetown. 500; Epiph-
any parish. $1.653es: st. Margaret's par
Thomas parish. s1,150, and Rock Creek
parish, St. Paurs, ss45-all in Washington.
domestic and foreign missionary societies
receipts as whole, the treasurer, George
Gordon King. writes:
''The decrease of s73 "a reported last
as we then ventured to fore
shadow, Is not now so large. for on May
it stood at So SS5.c5. This present de-
crease of So, .05 largely is due to the
fact that Easter last year was on March
2. while this year it fell on April u.
This means that last year, from Easter
10 May 1, there was period of thirty
eight days in which was received the
many gifts which always come after that
festival; while this year the period had
been only eighteen days. Hence. the
above large apparent decrease. But by
the proper allowances for this
difference of time, the actual condition
appears to be, not a decrease, but an
Increase of S2S,19e.1s"
The Rev. d. r. Covell, curate of st.
Stephens parish for the past year or
two. sails today for London from New
York by the American liner Philadelphia
He will be gone for a month, and on his
return will take up work in the noun
tain districts of North Carolina. Rev.
Milward Wheeler Riker succeeds Mr..
Covell as curate of ST. Stephens.
A former rector of Ascension parish, |
Rev. Clement Brown, has been visiting |
this week. Mr.. Brown was
DR.. Nelms' immediate predecessor at
Ascension
The standing committee of the diocese |
met on Thursday at Il o'clock and passed |
favorably on the papers yf Milward |
Wheeler RiSer, who, after ordination to |
the diaconate, will serve in St Stephens
parish, this city, and Rev. L. e. Nee. |
sills, whose diaconate has been spent
In Trinity parish, New York City, where |
also, after ordination to the priesthood |
he expects to remain some while longer. |
The report of the secretary Of St |
Monica's League, which has entered |
upon its twenty-second year, is a record
Of good works. The usual grants have
been made this year to Calvary chapel. |
Rev. F. ]. A. Bennett; to st. Monica's