Evening star., 1933-05-06
CATHEDRAL WORK
URGED BY BISHOP
Association Hears Plea to
Garry 0n-Mrs. Roosevelt
Heads Volunteer Women.

Heads Volunteer Women.
Work at washington Cathedral mus
not stop. It must not be allowed II
suspend.
This was the message of Right Rev
James E. Freeman, Bishop Of Washing
ton, to members of the National Ca
thedral Association, assembled yester'
day afternoon in Whitby Hall. Th'
occasion was the annual meeting OF tn
organization.
Opening the session Bishop Freeman
announced that Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt had accepted the honorary chair
manship of the Womens Committee O.
volunteer workers for the Cathedral en-
terprise. He also announced that MRS
Andrew Carnegie is aiding the move
ment.
Mrs. Frederick w. Rhinelander
daughter Of the Right Rev. Henry Yate'
Satterlee, first Bishop Of Washington
presented a report for the New Yorl
committee. She said that Mrs. james
Roosevelt, mother Of the President, will
sponsor q meeting in the Cathedral!
behalf at her home at Hyde Park.
Miss Sally Phillips read the report fol
the Washington committee and of1eret
list of the campaign meetings spon'
sored by its leaders.
asset Needs Thawing."
Arthur B. Lisle spoke for the Provi'
dence, r. T., committee. He gave il
as his opinion that lone Of the socia
assets which appears to me to be frozen
is that Of character, but if it could be
thawed out, the Cathedral soon would
be completed"
Altogether, representatives Of 1e
States participated in the meeting.
Very Rev. G. G. F. Bratenahl, dean
Of washington, summarized progress
accomplished since the last gathering
in May, 1882. He told Of the work on
the North and South transepts, stained
glass windows, pavements, grills of wood
and bronze, chapel decorations, cloisteI
and crypt. Mrs. Bratenahl spoke OF
the necessity of continuing the develop
ment Of the Cathedral Close, including
the maintenance Of the bishops garden
on the south slope of Mount st. Alban
William r. Castle, jr, former Under
secretary of State, chairmen OF the
Cathedral Ways and Means Committee
declared the Cathedral to be "the most
beautiful building in America" He dis
cussed budget requirements and said
that $780, 900 year is necessary to meet
the expenses of services rendered to the
entire Nation by the Cathedral. He
appealed for "a great number OF small
contributions" In concluding his ad'
dress he said: 1.-THE Cathedral speaks fol
itself. Those who visit 1t and see it
beauty will want the work to go on
d. Nhvyio nc ifc 1nVa.
illness of architecture. We cannot al
low people to go spiritually hungry"
Building Advances Described.
Bishop Freeman also described recent
advances made In the building program
He referred to the stained glass, made
in the Cathedrals own plant, as being
unequaled in 500 years. But the Ca
thedral," he insisted, sis more than 9
beautiful pile of stones with windows o1
beautiful glass. OF course, 1t does ap.
peal to the imagination by its beauty
and It should so appeal, for this Is
pictorial age. But it has a vast prac-
tical purpose. It IS enriching the
spiritual life Of the Republic in way
that has no parallel. 1t Is a source OF
parish church in the country. 1t stimu-
lates the rising tide Of spiritual values
Great legislative reforms will not change
the moral character of the Nation. But
the Cathedral, as the house Of the liv-
ing God, can be an indispensable factor
in the rehabilitation of the country
The Capitol dome symbolizes the majes.
ty of government, and the Cathedra
towers will symbolic the grandeur o1
spiritual aspiration. Why do we go or
with the Cathedral work? The answer
Is, because we dare not STOP"
To date, Bishop Freeman said, more
than 1000 of the clergy of the church
have attended the College Of Preacher.
at the Cathedral. He praised the col.
lege for promoting fellowship and CO.
operation and cultivating 'the lost art
Of preaching"
Among those present at the meeting
were: Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. S
Bowman, Mrs. George c. Christian, Mrs.
Ames Cushman, Mrs. Ernest Fishburn
Mrs. Russell Iangdon, Mrs. Walter
Martin, Miss Margaret Prosser, Mrs
William c. Quarles, Miss Elizabeth
Draper, Miss Irenee du Pont, Mrs
Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. George Wharton
Pepper, Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, Mrs
Leslie Buckler, Mrs. Robert Garrett
Mrs Frank S. Hambleton, Mrs. D. G
Winebrenner, Mrs. Philip M. Rhine
lander, Mrs. Edwin N. Lewis. Mrs. Har.
vey Mudd, Mrs. Frank P. Hixon, Mrs
Robert Johnston, Mrs. Carroll B. Mer.
riam, Miss Bertha Noyes, Miss Mary s
Maulsley, Mrs. Charles M. Lea, Mrs
Thomas Seddon Tanaferro, jr., Mrs
John Francis Smith, Mrs. Edward Simp
son, Mrs. c. A. s. Sinclair, Mrs. William
H. Schofleld, Mrs. George s. Selfridge
Mrs. John D. Sherman and Mrs. Fred
erick H. Gillett.
The visitors attended vesper servic'
in the Bethlehem Chapel and were re-
ceived at tea by the Bishop and Mrs
Freeman.
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