Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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% ®Tie HrimjroTL 21 I K Cox. Ripen, {-nslond cl hr tKipnn (Eatbriintl 4T?oto lobelp tire tfjp btoclftngc (air, Of), JLord o( Dosts IjoU) brut 'E r pleasant tabernacles arc, UUijm Cf)ou boor btorll so near.” SEW English Cathedrals are situated amid surroundings of such sylvan beauty as that or Ripon, and the admirable gioflp of towers, if dwarfed to some extent by the high-pitched gables of nave, choir, and transept, rise with un- common dignitc above the red-tiled roofs of the little Yorkshire city. Though the Ripon Cathedral, or Minister as it is locally known, lacks the com- manding sites oif Durham and Lincoln, it stands on an elevation which enables it to dominate the city, and this is especially evident in all distant views. Although the edifice lias been subject to many alterations it was begun in 1223 and is today in practically its original form.

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I IThe Hrirnjrott SJtjwti, forksliirp, England and Wisronsin, 1. § . A. N Captain David P. Mapc's interesting “History of the City of Ri- pen,” he points out the relationship between Kipon, England, and Ripon, Wisconsin, as follows; “At the time 1 purchased the land or Governor Horner, he asked the privilege of giving the name to our embryo city. This J granted with restrictions. First, that it should not he a personal name. Second, that it should not he like any other name in the United States. Third, that it should not he an In- dian name. And last, that the name should be short. The Gover- nor’s ancestors came from Ripon, in England. 'That name he selected, and as it came within my restrictions, 1 adopted it as the name for this center.” Ripon, England, is situated on a gentle accliv ity between the river Urc on the north and the River Shell on the south, and within a small distance from rheir con- fluence. Its ancient Collegiate Church or Minister, stands at the east end of the town and is a noble Gothic pile, richly adorned within and without. From the summit of the towers the eye is greeted on every side by green and undulating country. In a luxuriant valley three miles to the west are the re- mains of the Cistercian Abbey of Fountains, beautiful in decay and the largest monastic remains in Great Britain. Through the winding streets of the town have ridden Athclstan, Robert Bruce, Edward 1, Henry IV, and Charles I, the last, once in royal progress and once in captivity. Ripon then is not a city of recent growth. A monastery was founded there about 650. The guestmaster in those early days was no less than the famous Cuth- hert and it was at Ripon that he was said to have entertained an angel unawares. Wilfred, who succeeded to the abbacy in 669, is still venerated at Ripon. Ripon is the birth place of modern pageantry, the first event of the kind since the days of miracle plays, having taken place there in connection with the Millenary, or Thousandth Anniversary celebrations in 1886. Once celebrated for its spurs, which gave rise to the saying, “As true steel as Ripon rowels,” Ripon now has for its chief industry the manufacture of varnish. The making and export of saddle-trees is a commercial asset, and agricultural imple- ments are not an inconsiderate feature of the city’s output. But the most fruitful source of Ripon’s prosperity was the establishment, in the early days of 1915, of a vast military camp. The once quiet byways throbbed with thousands of soldiers. Shops were besieged, new places of amusement sprang up. mush-room-like; Churches and Chapels were thronged, and even the Cathedral was taxed to find adequate ac- commodation for the khaki-clad men who gathered under its vaulted roof. On scores of parade grounds were men in eager preparation for the Great Adventure. Every man. woman, and child became a cog in the colossal machine. There were no idlers. Ripon was awake, anti it is not conceivable that she will again drop into a State of unambitious case. [22]

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T Che Crirrtjrott f w I . fi b Gbx. i |»n InRlarxl (! hr Naur man more puirrl UbtS, less oft botlj fall, c orr promptly riSfG, toalfcs toitf) nicer fjeeti, 23oie rfafely testa, tiifG happier, is ftced (Earlier from eleanornc; fires, ant) jyains toitfjal Imgljta croton ' characteristic features of the Nave of tin Ripon Cathedral are unusual ■ u 1 wideness, diversified architecture, lightsomeness and stateliness. The Transi- rional Norman and Early English are the principal styles of architecture represented. The Nave is lighted bv many large stained glass windows, the largest being the famous East Window in which were recently discovered the Arms of George Washington. An enlarged portion of the window, showing the Washington Arms, may be found on page thirty-one. [-+1