Mercersburg Academy - Karux Yearbook (Mercersburg, PA)

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,As Ylyrk - . fx 4' t '-X ' if-Es 'x .'4'x 45-'x ' X 7' fir '- Q- -, --C 415.320 'viar' 'gk 2- 'i i ' U ao? ,N xt xg .., Q ' ,fc wif' ?-- X u RQ fry - -x -J K9 57x T -'1 , L : 4.55 X- ' f A: if aa A. X .5 5, , The windows in the new chapel will be as beautiful as sentiment and the most A Q skillful makers of stained glass in the world can make them. After a minute study of the subject of church windows, a meeting was called in May, 1925, at Mr. Cram's office in Boston to acquaint the foremost stained glass makers with the situation at Mercersburg. Because of the number and size of the necessary windows and the need of having them finished within a reasonable length of time, six or eight of these firms agreed to work together on the windows for the Academy Chapel. There are thirty-six windows of different sizes in the new structure, a few of the larger and more prominent are mentioned here. It is interesting to notice what I Tru: CHAPEL UN AUGUs'r 6, 1925 care has been taken in planning for these windows. Provisions have been made whereby those windows above the altar, which face the south and the strongest sunlight, shall be dark and rich in their coloring. As the windows advance toward the north, they will become lighter in tone. Each of the five double lancet windows above the altar in the chancel have been given as a perpetual memorial to a Mer- cersburg boy who was killed in battle during the VVorld War. The window above the gallery in the western transept will be a window to Heroic Christianity, filled with beautiful military symbolism. This has been given in memory of a Mercers- burg alumnus, Alexander Coulter, '94, by his brother, Henry Coulter. The window in the north end of the nave is the largest window in the edifice. This will be a memorial to a former member of the School's Board of Regents, Jacob Nolde, the gift of the members of his family. The completion of the Academy Chapel will mean a great deal to those who have the interest of the school at heart, especially to Dr. and Mrs. Irvine. The Page twenty-five fuyilllien IQARCLX-9229 Eff- Q. 'll W zrhlfnl new ' CT -S, cz -,ix J f I . ig . X, ig, 1 Pixy 1'-Lf ,lf 443 x'. 4 Si J sap? S if WA w R AN i as N sf? Af if A i X: B

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,gl .h Qu, V f -E 1 Q Seve e f ' 1 X? 1 Q X --' -L-Jig ffest c - ..k.JfK, 'T.w,:f.,A X- :TK :f :' :L ' 1 - chapel was first only a distant hope, but, as the years have passed, by dint of tenacious efforts their dream has become a realization. The dedication of the new .EIU building will crown with success the greatest service that Dr. and Mrs. Irvine have rendered to the school. The chapel will round out the spiritual side of life in Mer- cersburg as the present equipment rounds out the physical and intellectual sides. if By the beauty of its architecture, by the inspiring music of its carillon and organ, 'H' N ig, S 1 and by its richness in loving sentiment, the Academy Chapel will inspire future ,TZ r-v, generations of Mercersburg boys toward that which is best in upright manhood- -xp the love of God. ' The work has been planned so that the new edifice will be ready for dedication on October 13, 1926, Dr. Irvine's sixty-first birthday. Q WALTER C. HEASLEX', '26, ,ii ,lf 1 . cgi 'v, 4- THE CHAPEL ON FEBRUARY 24, 1926 Page twenty-seven '19-Tliloec aARC1X-9229 ' 4 Qflifd Nil e u, Yi'fl,,QiTi? A Tf X X fm .. r ei-Th 'TL ' W Fx I