Evening star., 1944-01-23
Further Work on Cathedral Discussed
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

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Plans to resume building opera
tions at Washington Cathedral, fol-
lowing the conservation of the Very
Rev. Angus Dun as fourth bishop of
Washington in mid-April, are being
discussed IN New York and Phila-
delphia as we'll as in the local
diocese.
No Official announcement has
been made, but the Cathedral Chap
ter met Friday afternoon and the
proposed new campaign is believed
to have been considered.
The next integral phase of the
Cathedral proper to be attempted
is the magnificent South Transept.
Final revised designs and working
drawings by Philip Hubert Froh-
man. Cathedral architect since 1919,
have been ready since 1880.
The cost of finishing the transept
and how long it would require de-
pend on conditions. Some materials
and some skilled labor are available.
A generous gift toward the expense
is. understood to have been pledged
by an anonymous friend of the
Cathedral.
Precedent Established.
Precedent for the revival of con-
struction on a national basis is to
be found in the Maj. L'Enfant de-
sign for the city of Washington in
which "a church for national pur-
poses" is provided According to
that concept, Washington Cathedral
never has been intended merely as
a diocesan center 1t always has
been "a house of prayer for all
people"
The Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat-
terlee, first Bishop of Washington,
laid the foundation stone in 1907.
Ground was broken for the Bethle-
hem Chapel in 1908 and its con-
struction continued under the direc-
ton OF the Right Rev. Alfred Hard
ing, second Bishop of Washington,
from 1909 to 1923.
The parts of the Cathedral built
during the episcopate of the Right
Rev. James E. Freeman, third Bishop
of Washington, include: The crypt
chapels of the Resurrection and St.
Joseph of Arimathea, the Great
Choir, the North Transept and North
Porch, the Crossing, the Children's
Chapel, the chapels of st. John, St,
Mary and the Holy Spirit, the choir
stalls and organ, the reredos of the
Jerusalem Altar, many stained glass
windows, monuments and other en-
belllshments and decorations.
Other Sections Built.
Bishop Freeman also presided over
the construction of the College of
Preachers, the first portions of the
Cathedral Library and Cloisters, the
Pilgrims Steps. the Bishops Gar
den, the Lower School and GYM
naSium of st. Adams, the National
Cathedral School for Boys. and
other elements of the overall" plan
for the Cathedral Close.
The last Nationwide drive in be-
half OF the whole Cathedral project
was launched in 1927 and halted bv
the depression in 1888. It's leaders
were Gen. John J. Pershing, former
Senator George Wharton Pepper,
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon, Canon Anson Phelps
Stokes, Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Alan
son B. Houghton, William R. Castle.
Mrs. William Adams Brown. the
Right Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander,
the Very Rev. q. C. F. Bratenahl.
the Rev. DR.. ze- Barney Thorne
Phillips, Corcoran Thorn, DR.. Will
liam c. Rives, Dr. William Holland
Wilmer, James Sheldon, Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, Charles C.
Glover, Theodore w. Noyes, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Parmelee, Edwin N.
Lewis and others.
According to an estimate by Mr..
F'rohman last night, the entire Ca
thedral could be completed in seven
years at a cost of $1,000 900, if the
funds were in hand.
Dean Dun was in the city Friday
and yesterday buts could not be
reached for a statemnt.