Evening star., 1927-03-26
MOUNT ST. ALbAN'S
RECEIVES $4,000
Two Gifts by ChuTChwomen
Announced as Preaching
Service Endowment.

Two gifts of $4,000 each to be used
toward endowment of the preaching
services at Mount Saint Alban by de-
voted churchwomen were announced
today by Right Rev. Philip NJ. Rhlhe
lander, former Bishop of pennsylvania
and now canon of Washington Cathe
lral This announcement was mace IN
connection with plans for the thlrd
annual Summer conference of College
of Preachers during the week Oh
June 13.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock OF Wash
ington gave $4,000 toward the en-
dowment of the College of Preachers
in memory of her mother, Mrs. Snow
den Andrews of Baltimore. Until the
College of Preachers has its own build
ing within the cathedral close, the in
come from this offering and other gifts
viii be used to defray the expenses OF
those in attendance at the ANIMAL
Summer conferences, including the
one to be held next June.
Outdoor Service" Fund.
The second gift, also of $4,000, is
from Miss Olivia Phelps Stokes of Red
lands, Calf, and LenoX, Mass, for
the Caroline Phelps Stokes Memo
rial Outdoor Service Fund" The in
come will be used for the present for
the peoples evensong services which
have been held at the Peace Cross for
more than 25 years from Ascension day
in Nav to the feast of St. Michael's
and All Angels in September. From
these services held in the shade Of the
Cathedral Close, there has spread to
other cities a remarkable interest IN
the revival of open-air preaching.
Miss Stokes has notified the Ca
thedral authorities through her
nephew, Canon Arson Phelps Stokes,
that she would be glad to have the
income from her gift include expenses
for the broadcasting by radio Of the
Sunday choral evensong services in
Bethlehem Chapel.
Topics of Summer Conference.
Bishop Rhinelander announces that
the two general topics of the Summer
conference of the College of Preachers
will be "The Evolution and the Incar-
nation" by Rev. DR.. William c. Woods
of Kent, Conn, and preaching the
Atonement," by Rev. Leonard Hodg-
son of the General Theological Semi
nary in New York City. Each of
these lectures has selected a list of
books to be read preparatory TO the
conference sessions.
Certain changes will be made in the
schedule from that of last year, chiefly
to give the men more opportunity for
discussing the subject matter Of the
lectures.
No charge is made to the members
for their board and lodging while at
tending the College of Preachers, hos
pitaiity of this nature being extended
to them by the Cathedral authorities.
Last year As men representing 20
dioceses were in attendance, together
with a faculty of 10. Applications
from those who wish to attend this
Summer, it is expected, will tax the
limited facilities the College of Preach
ers has to offer.
1t is expected Rev. DIR. G. A. John.
ston Ross of the Union Theological
Seminary, New York, will be on the
faculty again this year.
Plan of Cathedral Authorities.
Several years ago the Cathedral au-
thorities approved plan for the re-
vival of Christianity through the
power of preaching, and to carry the
idea into execution the College of
Preachers was organized as part of
the Cathedral undertaking.
Offerings totaling $4,000 already
have been received toward the build
ing OF the. guest house which will
serve as a temporary home for the
College Of Preachers. This unit may
be built for approximately $3.50, 900
plus the necessary endowment for
maintenance. Ultimately the Cathe-
dral Close will contain a separate
building for the college with ample
quarters for the warden, the faculty
and resident candidates for special
preparation in evangelistic preaching