Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-26

REV. DIR, A. n. MOORE.
methods will be discussed and confer
ences on young peoples work, finances,
and auxiliary problems will be held
Evening programs will consist OF
and
One OF the most attractive features
Of the school will be Camp Wesleyan.
conducted by Miss Ulain Scott: Special
girls. The afternoons will be free
for recreation and sports, hikes and
tennis. The summer school Will pc
conducted on lines similsr to the
N. Y, and Mortified, Mass.
At the Church of the Ascension a
unique choir has been organized, under
the direction of Mrs. L. r. Boyer. with
William N. Janson as organist. The
dominating idea was to have q choir
of young people. drawing largely from
the Sunday school to fill up its ranks
now. in regular attendance, about nine
ty voices. 1t will be increased to 100
when rehearsals for Palm Sunday and
Easter music will begin.
Except for about dozen matured
and trained singers, the choir consists
of the young people of the parish, q
large majority being young men and
girls between the ages of fourteen and
|twenty-four.
The members of tho choir give their
services voluntarily. but the rector OF
the parish. Rev. ]. Henning helms, has
esta blished a school, known as the AS
cension School of Music and Arts. and
has provided capable teachers for in
struction in vocal and instrumental
music, (piano and organ) and in short
hand. elocution and classical dancing.
Instruction n all of these branches Is
given without cost to the pupils in re-
turn for services rendered in the choir.
The choir rehearsals are held every
Saturday Cor sometimes on Friday
EVENING" and last one hour, after which
the young people are given some kind
recreation and for social intercourse,
usually closing with a dance.
The result has been marked In.
crease in the attendance at church OF
the young people In the eight months
since the choir was organized the in
creased attendance at the II am. serv-
ices. at which the full choir sings. has
amounted to about one-third.
interesting part of the choir. the small
er boys having their sittings on the ex-
IRENE Of the organ side Of the chance!
and the smaller girls on the extreme OF
are fast becoming acquainted with the
church services. and from them the
larger part of the choir is recruited.
The experiment Is now regarded by
the rector and the congregation as a
great success. and is most helpful IN
drawing young people to the church
services and in educating them in the
church's liturgy.
The soloists Of the choir are Mrs: L.
r. Boyer. Miss Elizabeth Dayton, Miss
Catherine McLearen, Miss Helen ia
cobs, Miss Alice Studs, Miss Katherine
Dudley. Miss Helen Bowie. Mrs: H. 8,
Lincoln, sopranos: Misses Jean Stuart.
Esther Hughes and Margaret Forsythe.
and James X. Young, tenors: Messrs. B,
Frank Meyers. Goodwin H. WilliamE and
John N. Bourne, bassos
Tomorrow evening at o'clock. in
Mcmahon Hall. Catholic University.
Dr. Rudolph sch cnns, 1G in soufh
America, will lecture on THE Catho-
lie Church and the Indian Peoples OF
south America" This lecture is open
to tho public.
Lent 10 late In coming this year. and
does not ot.s begin TRs
for some time. Easter Sunday. 1915,
is on April %, and Ascension Thurs
day is June l. Last year Ash Wednes-
day occurred on February II, and Eas-
ter Sunday on April 4.
In St Paurs Catholic parish twenty
one young girls were received into the
Junior Sodality by Mgr. Mackin tues
day morning at the Convent 81 the
Perpetual Alteration. Rev. William J.
lowing the services the members
eighty in number-were entertained at
breakfast by the sisters Of the Perpet-
ual Alteration.
r. ~ = II
The Y. M. c. A. Gospel Team will
have charge of the evening service at
the Fifth Baptist Church tomorrow.
dr emsf upon % 1"9 The Echo Of saerifce
A special musical program has been
arranged. the feature of which will be
several solos by Benjamin A. Lineback:
Page NICK. Etchison. religious work
Association, will assist in the services
O'Clock in the lobby Of the Young
Mems Christian Association tomorrow
afternoon.
on Monday for the late Rev. Walter
Caughey, former pastor there.
A free illustrated lecture on WASH
ington the City Beautiful" will be de-
livered in the chapel of Luther Place
Memorial Church Monday evening at
o'clock.
The occasion will be congregational
social under the auspices OF the Mems
Club of the church. and the lecturer
will be Henry NJ. Rose, assistant sec
rotary of the United States Senate.
Upon the adjournment OF Congress
for the summer of 1915 Mr.. Rose set
out to procure the finest obtainable
views of Washington. The views are
the work of special photographers. and
their coloring is by experienced artists.
Mr.. Rose has given his lecture In a
number Of cities and towns OF his nome
state, Michigan. and Is planning thus
to carry the beauties Of the capital
city to many of the other cities and
towns Of the country.
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Rev. ]. c. Ball will be the speaker at
the railroad mems 4 o'clock meeting
tomorrow afternoon at the Terminal
r. r. Y. M. c. A., at Union station.
At the Church of the Holy Name to-
morrow the devotion Of the forty
hours alteration of the blessed sacra-
ment will commence with solemn
high mass at 1890 am. The cele-
brant of the mass will be Rev. c. A.
Dubray. and Rev. Thomas Kervick.
pastor of the church, and Rev. Andrew
Carey, assistant pastor, will act as
deacon and subdeacon. respectively.
The senior choir of mixed voices. d.
rected by Miss Anna Doyle and accom-
panied by Mrs. Charles Hughes, will
sing Marcos mass. with Ave Verum"
at the offertory. and there will be
procession OF the blessed sacrament at