Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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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

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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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T. li. Cut, Ripon. tinulond (Hip (Cluitr oft’ babe jopausf botcrcf liftrb fjigf) 'Ctjeir songs of fjcabenlp praise; i?oto oft’ fjabr men tfjrir spirits clcanscb £nb ccccibb tbc consciousness tljat paps.” Choir is graceful and inviting and f admirable proportions. Although ■ 1 it exhibits work of different periods and has been subjected to frequent al- terations, the tout ensemble is very harmonious and pleasing. 'l he Organ was installed in 1877 at a cost of nearlj four thousand pounds. The present instrument displaced one which was built in 1833 in which was retained portions of an earlier organ constructed in 1695. This first was said to have been “one of the sweetest toned organs in Knglnnd.” [-’5]