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Show Bioccse of Denver DENVER'S NEW CATHEDRAL. It has been decided by the building committee of the cathedra! parish to breag ground at the corner of Colfax and Logan avenues on the Feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15. The new church will be of purely Gothic architecture, and built of a light gray stone. The seating capacity will be 2,000, exclusive of the choir gallery, side chapels and aisles, which may be used on special occasions. The proposed cathedral will be the largest and hansomest church in the city. . A. meeting of the building committee was held at the cathedral rectory on Sunday afternoon. There were present pres-ent Bishop Matz, Very Rev. Henry Robinson, Rev. M. F. Callanan, John F. Campion and Dennis Murto. Leon Coquard, the architect, arrived from Detroit on Saturday and left for home on Tuesday. The new cathedral will be 112 feet to the top of the gable, and the spires will be 270 feet high. It will be 190 feet long, the transept at its widest measuring about 120 feet. The nave double aisles will be ten feet. One of the! fine features of the exterior will be the front portals, which will be deeply recessed and finely columned, with richly carved arches. At first it was the idea of the committee com-mittee to have pillars in the interior, but after seeing the design submitted by Mr. Coquard, which is adapted from the Cologne and Bourges cathedrals, which are models of double aisles, it , was decided to change the plan. There will be no basement in the building except under the sacristy, which will be used as a week-day chapel. chap-el. The fan system of heating and ventilation will be used, and the boiler rooms will be in a building apart. The building will be of steel construction construc-tion and tiled roof. Mr. Coquard has made a special study of church architecture archi-tecture and has built numerous Catholic Cath-olic churches throughout the country. ELOCUTION CONTEST. The contest for the Nichols gold medal, which, occurs annually at the College of the Sacred Heart, was as usual a spirited one. A vast concourse of people assembled on last Sunday afternoon aft-ernoon to witness the affair. The judges, Messrs. W. P. Horan, John H. Reddin and Joe Newman, found it quite difficult to make a decision, de-cision, but finally the majority ruled in favor of Joseph Coughlin and David Keith as first and second in the junior division, and Joseph R. Scottie and Clarence S. Sweeney among the seniors. Martin Currigan's rendition of "Leoni-das" "Leoni-das" was simply excellent, and the young orator received a shower of applause. ap-plause. A .large percentage of those present thought him ' worthy of first place. The programme was as follows: JUNIOR DIVISION. "Bridal Rose" Overture Lavallee College Orchestra. "Renvl" Booth Michael McEnery. "Becalmed" Cowan j Joseph B. cougnnn. ; "The Corsican Drummer Boy" Scollard David J. Roach. "For Mother's Sake" Upham James I. Glendinning. "Happy Hours" Polka J.Mullen College Orchestra. "The Volunteer Organist" Foss David A. Keith. ! "Mona's Waters" Brooks I Francis C. Sullivan. j "lonida?" Brown i Martin D. Currigan. "Bettina. Mezzl" - Stetson "Message From Mars" March and I Two'-Ster.'. Asher College Orchestra. SENIOR DIVISION. "The Field of Waterloo' Byron John C. Broderick. "The Traitor's Deathbed" Lippard Josepr R. Scottie. "Speech of John Adams" Webster Edward S. Johnson. "The Conquered Banner" Fr. Ryan Cleveland A. Hodges. "Lover's Lane" Waltzes Asher College Orchestra. "The Curse of Regulus" Anon C'arence S. Sweeney. "In Memo-ium" Fr. Ryan William M. Finnerty. "Emmet's Defense" Emmet James F. Johnson. "Spartacus to the Gladiators at Cupua" Kellogg Harry J. Jones. "Head Liner" Medley Overture Mackie College Orchestra, REPORT OF AWARDING COMMIT- s. : .-!- ... TEE. . Finale "Jolly Students" March .. Flynn College Orchestra. A reception of the new members of the Young Ladies' Sodality will be held in Logan avenue chapel on the last Sunday in May. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Bryan and children have gone to California. -S- A reception of the Promoters of the League of the Sacred Heart will be held in Logan avenue chapel on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, which falls this year on the first Friday in June. Mr. Leon Coquard, who is drawing up the plans for the new cathedral; is looking, about at various stone yards around Denver before deciding on the material to be used in the erection of the magnificent edifice. John Conley. who died at his residence. resi-dence. 125S Eleventh street, last week, was buried from St. Leo's on Satur day. Mrs. L. W. Strycker is seriously ill at St. Joseph's hospital. Miss Maggie McNellis and Ralph Mauro were married at St. Leo's church on Thursday. Rev. Father O'Ryan performed the ceremony. .. Thomas H. Gallagher, who died last Sunday, was buried last Monday from Logan avenue chapel. Mrs. Elizaoeth McGinn, who died on the 9th inst. at. 3Si"5 Cook street, was buried from the Church of the Annun ciation on Sunday. Interment was made in Mount Calvary. Mrs. Ann Costin, aged 68 years, died at the family residence, 3055 Larimer street, last Saturday. The funeral took Place from the Church of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday morning. Interment was made in Mount Olivet. At the offertory at the 11 o'clock mass in Logan avenue chapel last Sunday Mr. Lynch sang an "Ave Maria" Ma-ria" with great feeling. Joe Kelly returned from the east last week and will spend the summer at his home in Denver. The Aandern club held its annual election of officers last week. It resulted re-sulted as follows: Mrs. P. J. Donley, president; Mrs.' J. J." Ryan, vice president, presi-dent, and Miss Joanna Erosnan, secretary sec-retary and treasurer. A vote of thanks was tendered the retiring . officers for their excellent services during the year. The club, indeed, ' made much progress under the presidency of Miss Clifford. The ladies of theTSacred Heart Aid society held a very pleasant" meeting at the residence of Mrs. L. N. Depeyre, 2401 West Thirty-second avenue, last Thursday. It was decided to hold a card party at Adelphian hall on May 26 for the benefit of the poor. Mrs. Depeyre, who is deeply interested in the work of the society, proved a charming hostess. The Sacred He"art Aid society will meet Thursday. May 22, at the residence resi-dence of Mrs. E. Kroesen, 1425 Welton street. Mrs. Mary Krizer'of 2634 Stout street is seriously ill. Mrs. M. Guinan and daughters are sojourning in southern California. |