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a matron in order to do more effective work where it is most needed, among the working women, by con- tinually receiving new members into our society and thru outside influence and donations.
Original Officers.
President-Mrs. A. L. Vrooman-Wood.
Vice-President-Miss Emma Smith.
Secretary-Miss Dora Basheler.
Treasurer-Miss Lutie Reade.
Charter Members.
Miss Helen Baxter
Miss Ruby Sawyer
Miss Bickford
Miss Lillian Sawyer
Miss Florence Futcher
Miss Emma Smith
Rev. Mr. Haupt
Mrs. C. H. Wilbur
Mrs. Hall
Mrs. A. L. Vrooman-Wood
Miss Lutie Reade
Miss Ruth Whipps
Additional Members.
Miss Florence Ausmann
Miss Emma Johnstone
Miss Emma Budd
Miss Helen Kraschel
Mrs. Emma Barnhart
Mrs. J. B. McEachran
Miss Danforth
Miss Ollie Quick
Mrs. Hall
Miss Edith Sutherland
Miss Lillian Heebert
Mrs. N. R. Tilton
Mrs. B. S. Hendricks
Miss Phi Hartford
Miss Winona Tipton
Note .- The inception of the Business Woman's Guild is due to Miss Emma J. Smith, Parish Visitor.
Respectfully submitted, RUTH B. WHIPPS, Secretary.
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Daughters of the king
The "Daughters of the King" has for its main ob- ject, "The Spreading of Christ's Kingdom Among Women." Its members are pledged to aid the rector in any work which he may call upon them to do, and to make an earnest effort to bring women within the hearing of the Gospel.
St. Marks Chapter, Daughters of the King, received its charter from the National organization fifteen years ago during the rectorate of the Rev. H. P. Nichols. The members were the young confirmed women of the Church who were interested in its spiritual ad- vancement.
Meetings were held weekly at which the rector was always present to read the prayers of the order, give helpful advice and assign the calls upon the sick and strangers. During the Lenten season the Chapter was particularly active forming the choir for the afternoon services. At Thanksgiving and Christmas bountiful dinners were sent to the needy connected with the Parish.
The work of the Society has continued along these lines, changing, however, with the plans of new rectors and officers and the demands of the Parish.
During the Rectorate of the Rev. Thomas MacLean, the Chapter was very active in the work of the St. Mark's Rovs' Club, the Sunday School and the Altar Guild
The Rev. G. H. Hills outlined the work of the Chap- ter more closely on true Daughters of the King lines. Half of the meeting hour is now spent in a course of
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study on the Church and Prayer book. The work formerly done by the deaconess has been taken up by the Chapter and the members are always ready to re- spond to a call for special work in the Parish. Social meeting are held monthly either at the Parish house or at the homes of the members.
There is no attempt made to raise money, but St. Mark's Chapter is doing what it can towards the spreading of the Kingdom of Christ on earth.
OFFICERS OF ST. MARK'S CHAPTER. Daughters of the King.
Directress-Miss Mabel Wilkinson.
Vice-Directress-Miss Grace Caplin.
Secretary-Miss Violet Hills.
Treasurer-Mrs. W. F. Jewett.
LIST OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF ST. MARK'S CHAPTER.
Miss Beth Benedict
Miss Clara Turner
Miss Henrietta Brown
Mrs. Smith
Miss Grace Caplin
Miss Gertrude MacGraw
Miss Katherine Carle
Miss Violet Hills
Miss Bessie Fridley
Miss Gertrude Colby
Mrs. Holbrook
Mrs. W. P. Christian
Miss Louise Higgins
Mrs. Fagg
Mrs. Jewett
Miss F. Futcher
Miss Laura Miller
Miss Florence Gibson
Miss Ottola Miller
Miss Howlette
Mrs. Norris
Miss Lord
Miss Edna Roberts
Miss Ada Robinson
Miss Ethel Shippam
Miss Ried
Miss Louise Turner
Miss Seaman
Miss Mable Wilkinson
Miss Irene Taylor
Miss Grace Robinson
Miss Cordelia Swinburne
Miss Lois Van Slyck
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The new Church
As soon as the sale of the property on Sixth Street was consummated, active steps were taken to begin the work of construction. A building committee was appointed by the Vestry, consisting of the Clergy, Mr. George H. Christian, Mr. C. M. Harrington, Mr. W. S. Dwinnell, Dr. H. McI. Morton and Mr. C. T. Jaf- fray. On April 17th, 1907, the committee met and organized by the selection of Mr. Harrington Chair- man and Rev. Mr. Haupt secretary, Mr. Jaffray hav- ing been chosen Treasurer by the Vestry.
It was at first proposed to proceed at once with the erection of the Church, to be built with a basement for Parish work and without a Parish House. Plans were to be drawn for a church to seat nine hundred per- sons, with additional accommodation for two hun- dred people in a gallery over the entrance. It was specified by the committee that the design should be Gothic and follow so far as practicable the lines of the old St. Marks; to include on the same plan, the nave, chapel, organ chamber, choir room, sacristies and baptistry. The tower to be at the entrance to the Church either in the center or as a campanile.
As to location, it was decided to recommend to the Vestry that the Church be located as far from Henne- pin Ave. as possible, to avoid the noise of the cars, and nearly north and south, with sufficient room for a Par- ish House, to be erected in the future, east of the Church. It was proposed that the Church be built of Indiana lime store or Trempelo stone with inside finish of stone, brick or concrete. The chancel to be square
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THE NEW SAINT MARK'S
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and the stained glass windows of St. Marks to be used in the new building. The basement was to be ar- ranged for Parish needs with a sub-basement for heat- ing.
The Vestry adopted the recommendation of the Committee, selected Mr. E. H. Hewitt as architect and submitted to him the general specifications. The Rev. Mr. Hills and Mr. George H. Christian were appointed a subcommittee to confer with the architect in the formulation of the plan. It was soon found that the cost of a basement fitted up for Parish work and a sub- basement for heating would run into many thousands of dollars and not be satisfactory. It was therefore decided to prepare a plan for a Parish House and ascer- tain its cost. The Rev. Mr. Haupt and the architect were appointed a sub-committee to prepare such a plan. Three tenative sketches were submitted to cost $60,000, $23,000 and $32,000. The latter was selected upon condition that the cost could be reduced to $25,- 000. This furnished the basis of the plan finally adopted. In the meantime the plan for the Church was gradually and studiously worked out. On Feb- ruary 14th, 1908, the contracts were signed for the erection of the Parish House to cost complete, $37,386, and a meeting of the Parish was called on February 27th to examine and discuss the plans of the Church. The design received very favorable consideration, but as the cost involved the raising of a large sum of money no definite action was taken in order to give the architect time to get actual bids on the construc- tion and ascertain the exact cost.
The proposed Parish House will be nearly square, being 66 by 68 feet, or about half as large again as the
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old Parish House. The part connecting the Parish House with the Church will be 48 by 30 feet, and will accommodate the stairways, choir, gymnasium and liv- ing rooms. The Church, according to the proposed plan, will consist of a narthex or entrance (utilized above for a gallery), a nave, isles, choir and sanctuary. On the left side of the choir will be the organ and on the right a chapel. A working sacristy is provided for the Altar Guild and a robing sacristy for the clergy, with ambulatory back of the altar. The clearstory is high, giving abundance of light and air. The nave and choir will consist of seven bays, the chancel arch being placed at the entrance to the sanctuary. The entire length of the building will be 162 feet. The nave will be 85 feet long by 34 feet wide; the isles will add 161/2 feet, making the total inside width of the Church 67 feet ; the depth of the choir is 28 feet; the sanctuary is 19 feet deep by 29 feet wide. For purposes of compari- son, the old Church was 81 feet long in the nave by 301/2 feet wide, and the aisles add 91/4 feet, making the total width 48 feet. There were two transepts, averaging 22 by 341/2 feet ; the choir and sanctuary occupying a space 30 feet wide at the chancel arch by 271/2 feet deep. The floor area of the new Church, not counting the narthex, is 8,122 feet, while the floor area of the old Church was 5,247 feet. The proposed plan compre- hends the use of sawed Bedford stone with a smooth finish for the exterior. The interior, if the design shall be approved, will be of Frontenac or Kasota stone, where stone is used, with warm colored brick for the wall spaces and a vaulted ceiling of tile construction, very rich in color. The apex of the ceiling of the nave
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will be 54 feet from the floor and the height of the tower 125 feet.
The Parish House was so far finished that the Audi- torium was opened for use on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, being the 27th day of September, and was dedicated to the purposes for which it was erected, by Bishop Edsall, assisted by the Rectors, though it was not until November first that the building was entirely completed.
On Monday, August 17th, the foundations of the new church were staked out and ground broken on Thursday, August 20th. The corner stone will be laid on Sunday, November 15th, being the Twenty- second Sunday after Trinity.
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The Wells Memorial
Fifty thousand dollars having been designated by the vestry as the sum which they would set apart, in accordance with the resolution of the Parish, for the erection and maintenance of a down town Chapel and institutional plant, a site was purchased at Western avenue and Eleventh street, after very careful search and long deliberation, for the sum of $8,500, and steps taken to proceed with the erection of suitable build- ings. A committee, consisting of the clergy, Mr. W. S. Dwinnell, Mr. C. H. Childs, Mr. Hector Baxter and Mr. V. H. Van Slyke, was appointed by the vestry to prepare a plan and superintend the construction of the building. The committee organized by the selection of Mr. Dwinnell as chairman, Mr. Baxter secretary, and Mr. Van Slyke treasurer. Mr. E. H. Hewitt prepared a sketch of a suitable building and a contract was en- tered into with Messrs. Libby and Nelson upon a com- mission basis, the estimated cost of the building being $20,000, less the salvage in lumber and material taken from the old Church and Parish House.
As the money for the erection of St. Mark's Parish House was raised through the efforts of the late Doc- tor Thomas B. Wells, and the building bore his name, the Vestry desire to perpetuate his memorial by nam- ing the new house in his honor.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The conduct of the works of the Wells Memorial is committeed to a Board of Managers of fifteen men representing the Vestry of St. Marks, the Men's Club
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of St. Marks, and the parishes of Gethsemane, Holy Trinity, St. Paul's, All Saints and St. John's. So far as selected the Board consists of Dr. H. McI. Morton, D. M. Baldwin, C. E. Haupt, Hector Baxter, V. H. Van Slyke, C. H. Childs, O. W. Miller, E. O. Hawk- sett, H. W. Cook, I. P. Johnson, George Gibson, W. P. Christian, R. L. Munns, H. R. Lyon. The Board meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 6 o'clock.
On Thursday, September 7th, the Board met and organized by the election of Mr. Dwight M. Baldwin, President, Mr. George Gibson, Secretary, and Mr. V. H. Van Slyke, Treasurer. The Rev. C. E. Haupt was elected Pastor by the Vestry of St. Marks.
Committee.
Executive-Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Van Slyke and Mr. Haupt.
Finance-Mr. Baxter, Mr. Hawksett, Mr. Miller.
Dispensary-Dr. Morton, Dr. Cook, Mr. Christian.
Industrial Work-Rev. Mr. Haupt, Rev. Mr. John- son, Mr. Childs.
Publicity-Mr. Munns, Mr. Lyon.
It is the policy of the Board to allow the work to develop as the need arises and undertake new forms of work only as the funds are provided.
OPENING.
The Wells Memorial House was formally turned over by the building committee to the Board of Man- agers on Friday, Oct. 16. The house was open for in- spection all day and a reception held in the afternoon and evening at which it is estimated that three hun- dred persons were present. The ladies serving on
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the reception committee were Mrs. Dwinnell, Mrs. T. B. Wells, Mrs. Jaffray, Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Harrington, Miss Ross, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. H. C. Clarke, Mrs. Bax- ter, Mrs. Gruber, Mrs. Van Slyke, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. H. S. Abbott, Mrs. A. W. Abbott, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Haupt, Mrs. Clerihew, Mrs. Hawk- sett, Mrs. L. Christian, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Corse, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Childs.
At eight o'clock the company assembled in the chapel and after devotional exercises and a word of greeting and encouragement from the bishop, short addresses were made by the Rev. C. E. Haupt on the "Inception and Purpose of the Work;" by Mr. Hector Baxter on behalf of the building committee in tender -. ing the building to the Board of Managers; by Mr. Baldwin, president of the board, in receiving the same ; by Mayor J. C. Haynes, on behalf of the city; by Bishop Millspaugh, Mr. W. L. Harris, and Mr. H. F. Burt, superintendent of the Pillsbury House, after which a very enjoyable collation was served in the kindergarten room.
Mr. F. B. Wells has very generously offered to equip the gymnasium and possibly the dispensary ; Mrs. J. A. Peterson is furnishing the day nursery ; Miss C. J. Welles has supplied the Mothers' Club room. Through the good offices of Mr. C. M. Har- rington we have received from the Chamber of Com- merce fifty dollars towards the equipment of the In- dustrial School, which will open on the first Saturday in November. Messrs. Kayser & Co. have offered to decorate the kindergarten room.
WELLS MEMORIAL HOUSE 1908 NAMED IN MEMORY OF REV. THOMAS B WELLS, D. D. RECTOR 1880 TO 1891
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THE BUILDING.
The building is 92 feet long by 48 feet deep. In the north end is the chapel, 40x48 feet, with a height of 17 feet to the ceiling. Above the chapel is the gym- nasium, open to the roof. On the south end of the building is a basement, containing a free dispensary with accommodations for four classes of patients, two game rooms and the heating plant.
On the first floor are the office, reading room, kin- dergarten room, 24x35 feet, and kitchen. The kitchen is planned so as to serve either into the kindergarten room or into the larger hall. On the second or gym- nasium floor are a hand-ball court, locker room, show- er baths, woman's club room, cooking school and day nursery. On the third floor are, a suite of rooms for the superintendent, deaconess, kindergartner or nurse, and a large room for night school.
The cost of the completed building is $23,000. A block containing three stories and twenty-four rooms has been constructed on the Western Avenue front- age of the property at a cost of $12,000, to furnish an income. It has been rented at prices exceeding the estimates of the committee and will yield a gross in- come of $2,700 a year.
SERVICE.
It is proposed to hold on each Sunday morning a celebration of the Holy Communion at an early hour ; in the afternoon a Sunday School session, and in the evening a popular service.
HALL AND CHAPEL.
The hall, which is 40x46 feet, is arranged so as to be
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of easy access from the entrance, and with an addition- al exit to the street. During the week it will be avail- able for all sorts of purposes which the neighborhood may require. Lecture courses will be arranged during the winter as opportunity affords. The hall will be provided with a stage at the upper end, and facilities for amateur dramatic performances, also electrical con- nection for steropticon. It can be rented for any proper purpose.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
The Industrial School, which has been so successful- ly carried on at St. Mark's, will occupy the hall on Saturday mornings, and will be provided with a room especially adapted to the cooking department. The garment class can use the kindergarten room, if neces- sary. Classes in physical culture will also be provided for the children of the industrial school.
GYMNASIUM.
The gymnasium is located on the second floor, and is open to the roof, giving abundance of light and ven- tilation. Adjoining it is the hand-ball court, with lockers, shower baths, and all necessary accommoda- tions. A competent instructor will be placed in charge, and classes formed for boys and girls on suitable days at convenient hours.
DISPENSARY.
Accommodations are provided in the basement for a free dispensary, containing a lobby, drug room and four private dispensing rooms for different classes of cases : 1. Eye, nose and throat. 2. Surgical cases. 3. Medical cases. 4. Dressing, etc.
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READING ROOM.
The reading room is twenty-four feet square, and occupies the southwest corner of the main floor, with abundance of light and air.
BOYS' CLUB AND MANUAL TRAINING.
Two rooms in the basement can be used either for manual training or for game rooms and a large room on the third floor is provided for night school. It is proposed to revive the Boys' Club as it was in its best days on Sixth street, and with the game rooms, manual training, night school, gymnasium and hand-ball court, there should be abundant facilities for the purpose.
KINDERGARTEN.
The free kindergarten heretofore maintained in St. Mark's Parish House will have a beautiful room in the southeast corner of the building on the first floor, with ample accommodations, and it is hoped to enlarge the work heretofore done in this department. Application for admission may be made to Miss Emma J. Smith, Parish Visitor, or to Miss Margaret Baxter, Kinder- gartner. The kindergarten will open at the same time as the public schools, and hold daily sessions from 9 a. m. to 12 m., except on Saturday and Sunday.
DAY NURSERY.
If there is anything that will endure The eye of God, because it still is pure, It is the spirit of a little child,
Fresh from His hand, and therefore undefiled.
-R. H. Stoddard.
A complete equipment for a day nursery is provided, with play-room, sleeping-room and bath-room.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK.
Though the building was not entirely finished the work at the Wells Memorial began with the celebra- tion of the Holy Communion on Sunday, September 6th, and the opening of the Sunday School, with an attendance of thirty-nine persons, thirteen children, six officers and teachers, and twenty visitors. The school has steadily grown to an attendance of eighty and an enrollment of 108. Evening Prayer was said at 7:45 p. m. The kindergarten was opened on Tues- day, September 8th, under the care of Miss Margaret Baxter, assisted by Miss Cecil Cobb. Miss Emma J. Smith, the efficient parish visitor, being in residence, and having effectively prepared the way, the response on the part of the children of the neighborhood was most gratifying. The attendance rapidly increased until the capacity of the room was reached.
PRESS OF MILLER-DAVIS PRINTING CO. MINNEAPOLIS
The corner-stone box of the old church was opened at a Parish meeting, held on Thursday, November 12, 1908, by Rev. C. Edgar Haupt, assisted by Mr. George H. Christian and Mr. Frank W. Forman. The contents were found in a very dilapidated condition. Whatso- ever was written in ink was illegible. There were in the box a small bible, prayer book, journal of the Dio- cesan Council for 1869, copy of the Churchman of Oct. 2, 1869, copy of the American Churchman of Sept. 3, 1869, a copy of the Minneapolis Tribune in fragments and a written history which could not be deciphered.
In the new corner stone was placed, in a copper box, enclosed in cedar, a bible, prayer book, hymnal, journal of the Diocese of 1908, memorial history of the Parish, file of St. Marks Messenger for 1908, copy of the Journal of Sunday, Nov. 8th; of the Tribune of Sun- day, Nov. 8, copy Churchman Nov. 7, copy Living Church, Nov. 7. Names of the Associate Rectors, War- dens and Vestrymen, Building Committee and Archi- tect-inscribed on parchment. Pictures of the Bishops of the Diocese and of the lay delegates to the Diocesan Council of 1869, Mr. Henry F. Welles and John Paul. History of Fort Ripley, 1849 to 1859, based on the Diary of Rev. Solon W. Mooney, D. D., Chaplain of this post from 1851 to 1859, by Rev. George C. Tanner. Early Episcopal Churches and Missions in Minnesota, by Rev. George C. Tanner. Memorial addresses in honor of Bishop Henry Ben- jamin Whipple, at the monthly council meeting of the Minnesota Historical Society in the State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., Monday evening, Oct. 14, 1901, by Hon. Charles E. Flandrau, Rev. Geo. C. Tanner, Hon. Greenleaf Clark, Gen. John B. Sanborn, Rev. William C. Pope.
The box was packed by the Rev. C. E. Haupt, in the presence of Mr. C. M. Harrington, Junior Warden, and Jesse Stevens Crouse, Ethel May Shippam, Frances M. Wilbur, Rhoda Alcock, Marian Gould, Ethyl Belle Carlson, Beatrice Heathcote Hills, Emma Minier and Wilson L. Gould.
The corner stone of the new church was laid on November 15th, 1908, being the Twenty-Second Sun- day after Trinity, by the Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese. The special service for the occasion was compiled and rendered by the Rev. G. Heathcote Hills, and the Rev. C. Edgar Haupt made the address, followed by some words of greeting and congratulation by the Bishop. As the day was cold the exercises were held in the Parish house which was crowded to overflowing. The Street Railway Company having furnished transportation, the children from the Wells Memorial Sunday School were present as well as the children of the Parish Sunday School. After the exercises in the parish house were completed the order of the procession was as follows: Children of the Wells Memorial Sunday School, Children of St. Marks Sunday School: the Congregation, the Choir, the Vestry ; the Clerk and Treasurer; the Building Com- mittee and Architect; the Visiting Clergy, Rev. James Tremble, D. D., Rev. Sidney Smith and Rev. Harry B. Heald ; the Associate Rectors and the Bishop.
The stone is five feet three inches long, three feet deep and two feet six inches high. It is inscribed with the words, 1868, Saint Mark, 1908, "Pax Per Sanguinem Crucis," with a small Maltese cross in each corner. The box was securely wedged into its place. The Bishop blessed the stone, the Architect on an appropriately engraved trowel handed him the mor-
tar, which he placed under the stone, the workmen un- der the direction of M1. Pike, the builder, completed the work, the stone was carefully lowered into place, the Bishop struck it thrice in the name of the blessed Trinity, the choir broke into singing of hymn 468, and after the benediction by the Bishop the congregation dispersed.
At the close of the ceremony an elderly gentleman introduced himself to the clergy as Mr. John F. Har- rison, one of the original incorporators of the Parish in 1868, now living in Milwaukee, the only one of the original incorporators of the Parish present at the ceremony.
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