Evening star., 1927-10-15
S25O,O()O BUILDING
GIFT TO CATHEDRAL
Preachers College Also to
Get $50, 900 Annual Income
From Unnamed Donor.

The College Of Preachers of Wash
ington Cathedral has been given a
s2S0,00 building and an annual in
come Of $4,000 by layman who de-
sires that his name he withheld. it
was announced Yesterday by Right
Rev. James F.. Freeman, Bishop of
Washington. ut the close of a three
day conference of clergymen regard.
ing future plans for the college.
The College of Preachers, one of
the associated institutions of the Ca
thedral. the great Gothic edifice being
erected to svmhOlize and stimulate the
religious life of the country, was es
tahlished three years ago under the
direction of Bishop Philip NJ. Rhine
lander as warden. To establish the
college in a permanent home and
greatly expand its activities is one of
the Cbiectives of the recently an
nounced compaign to raise ultimately
$50 600 900 for the completion of tho
Washington Cathedral project The
immediate objective of the campaign
is the raising of $500 900.
Located Near Cathedral.
The new building will he located
Just north OF the Cathedral itself and
connected with the Cathedral Library.
4 unit of which has already been
erected. Plans being prepared by
Frohman. RObb & Little. the Cathe-
dral architects. are for a structure of
collegiate Gothic design to harmonic
with the Cathedral.
Among those whose advice was
sought in connection with the confer
cnce were Righ. D-Y Philip NJ. Rhine.
lander, warden and chaplain of the
college; Right Rev. Thomas Camp
bell Darst, Bishop of East Carolina:
Right Rev. James DeWolf Perry,
Bishop of Rhode Island; Right Rev.
Samuel B. Booth, Bishop Coadjutor of
Vermont Right Rev. Henry St
George Tucker, Bishop of Virginia;
Right Rev. Irving Peake Johnson.
Bishop of Colorado and editor of the
Witness: Very Rev. Hughell F. w.
Fosbroke, dean of the General Theo-
logical Seminary, New York: Rev G.
A. Johnson Ross of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary, New York; Rev. A. J.
Gayner Banks, mission preacher of
Washington Cathedral: Rev. James A.
Mitchell of Baltimore, Rev. Frederic s.
Fleming of Providence. Rev. Leonard
HodgSon of the General Theological
Seminary. New York; Rev. Albert Lu-
cas- and Rev. F. B. Halsey of Phila.
lelphia. Rev. David T. Eaton of Paines-
vile. Ohio: Rev. Noble {. Powell of
the University of Virginia. Rev. Alex
snder Zabriskie of Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary. Alexandria. and Rev
George L. Richardson of Burling-
ton, Vt.
College Aims Explained.
Explaining the purpose of the Col
lege of Preachers, Bishop Freeman
stated that it was not designed to com
pete in any way with theological
schools or seminaries. but as a post
graduate school for men already or
dained in the ministry. The late
Bishop Satterless, one of the founders
of Washington Cathedral. had such a
college in mind. The institution will
be the first of its kind on this conti-
nent.
Evangelism" said Bishop Freeman,
'has always been one of the chief
functions of a cathedral. The estab-
lishment of the College of Preachers
on a basis of far-reaching service
promises not only to add greatly to
the development of the art of preach.
ing, but to enable the church to full
fill much more effectively than in the
past its duty of carrying the Gospel
message beyond the confines of par
ishes and congregations to the mil.
lions of people in this country who
now stand outside any form of or
ganized Christianity. The College of
Preachers should give the church in
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