Evening star., 1936-10-24
lifts TO WASHINGTON ART INCLUDE WEST POINT WORK
WINDOW AS MOSAIC
Beauty Of Willet Medallion Made for Sane.
tuary at Academy Lauded as Inspiration
to Worshipers.

began and carried to such perfection
Che, himself, probably would not have
used that word) has been carried on,
first by his wife and now by his son.
A word about Willet. Born in New
York in 1869, a descendant of the first
English mayor of that city, Thomas
Willet, whose ancestry in turn went
back to a Kings rector in England,
he was educated in the public schools
and in the Mechanics and Trades
mems Institute, attending night classes
at the latter. When comparatively q
young man, he entered the studio of
John La Fargo as a craftsman and
designer. 1t was while working there
that he developed his own theory of
stained glass, and in order to put it
into effect he removed to Philadelphia
and set up studio of his own.
In 1896 he married Anne Lee,
daughter of Rev. Henry Flavel Lee of
Philadelphia, who had by then won
some reputation as a painter. To-
gether they travelled abroad, studying
ancient glass, and in all the work of
the Willet studios thereafter they coll
laborated. Among their other distin-
guished works are the great window
in the Graduate School in Prince
ton, Sanctuary window in the Church
of St. John of Lattington, Long Island;
Crucif1xion window, Holy Trinity,
Philadelphia. and the Harrison Me-
mortal in Calvary Church. German
town, to mention only few. Three
of his most important commissions
were for Gothic buildings designed
by the architectural firm of Cram,
Goodhue e. Ferguson-outstandin as
eXponents of this style for ecc!esias-
tical structures. After viewing the
completed Sanctuary window in West
Point, Mr.. Goodhue wrote with pro-
found conviction and enthusiasm,
There is nothing finer in the world"
The proffered gift of the original
medallion and the two incidental ex-
amples of Mr.. Willet's work will be
passed upon by the National Gall
lery's Art Commission, of which Mr..
Borie, the well-known architect, is
now chairman, at its next meeting.
Windo,o for the Mess Hall, by
George Ennis.
INTEREST attaches to another win
dow in stained glass, soon to be
given permanent placement at West
Point. This was designed by George
Pearce Ennis, late president of the
American Water Color Society. and
was approaching completion in his
New York studio at the time of his
sudden death by automobile accident,
the end of August. This was executed
by w. P A. Federal Art Project work.
ers, under his supervision. 1t is
destined for the Officers Mess Room
in the Washington building and rep
resents scenes in the life of George
in long, narrow panels. are for the
most part of Washington as COM
mander-in-chief of the Revolutionary
forces The first two have to do
with his French and Indian frontier
warfare. In the two center panels
he is seen surrounded by his coun-
selors of State. In the lower right
hand panel he stands victorious, sur
rendering his commission. The leads
break the compositions into mosaics.
The color is said to be rich and
strong. 1t is a great pity that the
designer could not have lived to see
the work completed and in place.
A Gigantic Mural
Depicting War Heroes.
\ LSO in Washington Hall, U. S.
Military Academy. West Point,
and likewise under the Federal Art