Evening star., 1923-12-21
GREAT THEOLOGICAL
LIBRARY PLANNED
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said that there was unanimity Of
opinion among the outstanding fig
urcs of the time as to the immense
Importance Of the project
There Will be no business luncheon
of the campaign machine tomorrow.
but workers will devote their entire
energies to the work in hand. The
final victory" luncheon in the local
campaign will be Monday at 1890
pm. at the New Willard Hotel.
Team No. S. Frederick Brooks. cap
tain. today won the American flag
which each day goes to the team
bringing in the largest sum.
Mr: Noyes called attention to the
x. Boss is captain: No 2S. of which
Mrs. Franklin Ellis is captain. and
No. 26. of which DR.. Sinclair Bowen
is captain. The first team mentioned
| had a total of s16.294. the second
team a total of s16,264 and the third
| team total of $4,000.
Subscriptions reported by teams
today We're: Division A. s14,3ss; di-
vision B; $500: division c, $5,s65;
Bishop Freeman today announced
details of what is planned to be the
foremost theological library in the
United States. to be built on the east
side of the national cathedral. 1t is
also planned to build in the Cathedral
Close a hotel where students coming
to the cathedral for study may be
housed at moderate cost.
Announcement of these plans in the
| midst of the campaign to raise the
Districts share of the $4,000, 900
N n hl1il6ino n
the National Cathedral within five
years recalled to campaign workers
meeting at their daily business lunch
con this afternoon at the New viii
lard Hotel the threefold object of
the National Cathedral Foundation. as
stated in the charter granted by Con-
gress in 1895: The promotion of re-
ligion, education and charity"
donor Of the gift of $4,000. which
will be used TO erect one wing of the
National Cathedral library.
Library Room Plan Given.
On a plate in the reading room
will be the inscription: MARY Jessup
Blair Memorial Room" This read
ing room, patterned after a gentle-
mans oak-paneled library of the
Tudor period, will have windows on
each side. with bookcases lining the
Tudor fireplace will be the outstand-
ing feature Of the reading room and
over 1T will hang the portrait of
George Washington painted by Gill
bert Stuart and recently presented to
the National Cathedral by John Jay
Chapman This portrait Is. now in
the. Corcpran Art Gallery. where 1t
will hang until l.thes-menortafs room
Is ready for IT, Space will be left on
the walls Of the reading room for
portraits ands for other appropriate
gifts. "a. 20. 3. ...s $50. I'D. ass. ,
The wings will be TIVE stories high,
The Blair, memorial wing will have a
large room which will contain, until
more of the library is built. the val
liable collection of. approximately
10000 volumes now owned by the
cathedral
This collection includes the library
Of the Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee,
p. D.. first Bishop of washington; the
late Rev. Richard Pardee Williams,
d. D., canon OF the cathedral and
Archdeacon Of Washington; also the
library of the late Canon William Tsy-
from the library Of the late George
McCrew. D. D.. and many others.
When finished IT is expected the libra
ry will have 100000 volumes, which will
make it the foremost theological library
in the country. 1t Is not proposed to
duplicate books in the Library Of Con-
gress, but to supplement these and
make it primarily library for scholars,
in the hope of stimulating students and
theological writers. The cathedral au-
thorites feel that in these days the
ology has lost somewhat in this coun-
try it's rightful position as the queen
of sciences. :.
Cultivation of the science of theology
is the object Of the cathedral library
and is part Of the movement for the
new reformation, to which Bishop James
E. Freeman has stressed since his con-
secration. 1t will become an essential
part of the preaching mission of the
national cathedral.
The campaign teams met at luncheon
today with the satisfaction Of knowing
that they were nearing the million
dollar mark in local subscriptions, the
grand total to date, as officially an
nounced by Corcoran Thorn, treasurer,
being $S31,912.
Work of the teams yesterday by team