Evening star., 1932-02-06

address.
TINE new Metropolitan Memorial
National 81. E. Church, erected
at Nebraska and New Mexico
i avenues, in Wesley Heights will
| be dedicated tomorrow with eX-
ercies at which Vice President Charles
Curtis will be the principal speaker.
The exercises will open at the II
! o'clock services, when the sermon will
be delivered by Bishop William F. Nc
Dowell. There will be reception to
new members. The music for the day
will be rendered by the Metropolitan
Choir, Mount Vernon Seminary Choir,
Mrs. Carolyn Schoenthal, soprano; Har-
Ian Randall, baritone and director, and
Mrs. James Shera Montgomery.
Organ Recital in Afternoon.
There will be an organ recital at 80
o'clock, followed by the dedication eX-
ercises, when Mr.. Curtis will speak. At
this service there will be presentation
and dedication Of memorials and gifts.
The great west window Of the Metro
politan Memorial Methodist Episcopal
Church Is memorial gift Of Mrs. Will
liam M. Hannay in memory Of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Gault
Emery.
The new pipe organ was built by the
Skinner Organ Co. of Boston. Mass,
and is the gift of Mrs w S. Washburn
and the Misses Abbie and Jennie Graves
OF this city, in memory Of the Graves
and Washburn families.
The rose window above the reredoS
and the dossal cloth over the altar are
the gifts of Mrs Martin B. Madden and
her daughter, Mrs Paul Henderson, in
memory Of Martin B. Madden, for
many years member of Congress.
The three windows in the baptistry,
The Baptism of Jesus" are given by
the Metropolitan Ladies Association as
a testimony of appreciation OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Somers, the founder of Mount
Vernon Seminary. Mrs Somers was
for years a Bible teacher of Metropoli-
tan Church school.
Mrs. HuntIey Gives Chapel.
The Meditation Chapel is the gift of
Mrs. E. D. Huntley in memory Of her
husband, Rev E. D. Huntley.
The Bible is the gift OF Mr.. and Mrs,
Arthur Seitz in memory of their daugh-
ter Helen Athenais.
The altar cross and altar vases are
the gifts of Mrs. j. Edison Briggs in
memory of her husband, j. Edson Briggs.
The pulpit is the gift OF Bishop and
Mrs Frank M. Bristol and family.
The lectern is the gift of Rev. and
Mrs L. I. McDougle and family.
The narthex is the gift Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. DeWhirst and Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Harding.
The reredoS window to the right Is
the gift of Mr. and Ms. J. Q. Slye.
The landscaping is the gift of j. H
Small g. Sons. Additional gifts are the
altar, the altar gates, the choir vest
ments. the Bible marker.
Located in Triangle.
The building is located on a triangle
on which it is planned to construct a
group of buildings of which there will
be besides the church massive memo
rial tower housing the carlton of bells
and the educational and recreational
unit The present structure composes
the nave only of the contemplated
group, with recreational, social and
educational facilities placed in the
ground floor The present unit has an
overall length of l35 feet and maxi
mum width Of 10 feet.
The plan is cruciform, following the
traditional plan, with the western Ia
cade containing the entrance porch and
the eastern end containing the chancel
The nave rises to height OF 10 feet
from the curb and is surmounted by a
fleche reminiscent of Ste. Chapelle
! whose silver cross rises l35 feet above
the street level.
The general character of the group
is in keeping with the Gothic spirit
with touch of the flamboyant in its
traceried windows and detail, symbolical
OF the eternal fame. Although Gothic
in spirit, a touch of the modern is freely
admitted and is replete with the best
of the spirit and idealism of the age
in which the edifice is erected The
architects have recognized the fact that
while Gothic is the supreme expression
of the Christian spirit in architecture
yet historic style that becomes only
slavish copy of the past ceases to be
significant of modern life. They also
have realized that different materials
and methods of construction neceSsitate
an expression freed from an alien en-
vironment. They have also felt that
Gothic is not so much stereotyped
style as an expression of the spirit OF
the church militant. Recognizing this
fact and that American religious life
must express itself anew in its own
terms and in its own way, the historic
style is used as an alphabet to phrase
anew the eternal truths.
mixture of Foxcroft stone from
Philadelphia and Butler stone from
Baltimore was chosen.
The western gabled facade fanked
by octagonal pylons tied together with
an arch which frames in the west win
dow is pierced by the entrance porch
again hexagonal in plan. The pylons
serve to terminate the fanking side
aisle arches which express on the ex-
terror the interior structure and ar
rangement again emphasizing unity Of
purpose. This heXagonal porch embla-
matical Of the six attributes of the
Diety: Power Wisdom, Majesty, Love,
Mercy and Justice. The detail of the
cresting with its fame line, interrupted
by the bursting buds is gain symbolical
of the power of the word and the words
main entrance is an arch inclosing a
simple pediment on which has been
carved In relief a shield with the sacred
monogram Alpha and Omega interviewer
with a cross. Carrying the tympanum
is a simple carved Intel whose support
ing corbels bear the symbol of the de-
scending dove and the Agnus Del.
Carved Walnut Screen.
Passing through this doorway one
enters the narthex IL by 90 feet, which
is divided from the nave by a carved
walnut screen, whose tracery is filled
with antique loaded glass and whose
IL divisions carry shields of the IL
Apostles worked in lead silhouettes in
repose The side walls OF the narthex
are paneled in walnut. The simple
barrel vault forming the ceiling is in
an English textured plaster. Over the
narthex is a balcony seating hundred
people reached from either side by
stairways The floor is formed of Yer
mont slate tagging with a quarry cleft
surface At either end of the narthex
occurs the side entrance vestibules,
where stairs lead to the ground floor.
These side entrances serving primar-
fly the educational and recreational