For respite, meditation
Chapel gift to students
Dedicated with the intention to give "wisdom, strength and courage to those who seek respite and quiet meditation," Danforth Chapel was turned over to KU students in April 1946 with the promise of Chancellor Deane Maltott that "it will always be opened and lighted."
Built of native stone, the chapel's dark refters and red tile floor lend a cool, quiet atmosphere to the interior. It provides faculty members and students a beautiful and comforting setting for meditation.
The chapel is located northeast of New Fraser Hall.
THE DANFORTH Chapel, the 19th building to be constructed
at KU from privately-owned funds,has its own and little-known history.
Original plans to build the chapel were to erect it from rocks taken from the quarry located on the campus. But stone-masons found the rock impossible to shape.
One day while Leonard H. Axe, then Dean of the Business School, was driving over a road approximately two miles south of U.S. Highway 40, between Topeka and Lawrence, he discovered a stone fence. It was composed of native limestone and appeared to be sufficient for the construction of the chapel.
The initial donation for the
construction came from the William H. Danforth Foundation of St. Louis, Mo.
GRADUALLY the chapel acquired its present setting. The electric organ which provides the wedding march music for hundreds of couples, was the gift of A.B. Weaver of Lawrence.
Hoffman's paintings of "Christ of Gethsemane" which hangs in the narthex of the chapel, was donated by members of the Clarence H. Pindexter family. Edward Tanner, an architect from Kansas City, gave his services as a memorial to his mother, the late Mrs. Harriet E. Tanner. The Home Economics club gave the altar set.
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 925 VERMONT STREET
INTRODUCES ITS NEW INTERIM MINISTER THE REVEREND W. ROBERT CATTON
SERVICES: 9 A.M. and 11 A.M.
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