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The Cadet Chapel
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George S. Pappas
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West Point, N. Y., 1958

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p64 Appendices

Chapel Statistics

The Cadet Chapel was designed by Bertram G. Goodhue of the architectural firm of Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson, Boston.

All of the stained glass in the Chapel was designed and made by William and Annie Lee Willet of the Willet Stained Glass Window and Decorating Company, Pittsburgh.

Although some of the organ parts were obtained from other firms, the majority of the organ was made and installed by the M. P. Moller Company, Hagerstown, Maryland.

The Chapel was built by Charles T. Wils, Inc., New York. The stone used was quarried at West Point. Cost of construction was $441,308.

The carved stonework was designed by Mr. Lee Lawrie, Easton, Maryland, and was accomplished by Edward Ardolino.

The interior woodwork was obtained from Irving and Casson, New York and Boston.

Key Dimensions of the Chapel

Length of the Chapel	200	feet
Length of the Nave	150	feet
Width of the Nave	33	feet
Width across the transepts	72	feet
Width of the transepts	32	feet
Height of ceiling	56	feet
Height of tower above ground	145	feet
Height of tower above Chapel roof	62	feet
Crypt dimensions	40	feet square
Seating capacity, including choir	1500	people

p65 Glossary of Architectural and Iconographic Terms
Used in This Booklet

Apse — The projecting part of a church at that end in which the altar is located.

Chevet — A circular or polygonal apse surrounded by an ambulatory.

Clerestory — The upper stage of a building with windows above the adjacent roofs.

Corbel — A block of stone projecting from a wall, supporting the beams of a roof, floor, or other features. Corbels are often elaborately carved.

Credence — A small table near the altar on which the bread and wine rest before being consecrated.

Crozier — The staff of a bishop. It resembles a shepherd's crook in shape.

Cruciform — In the shape of a cross.

Font — A basin in which water is contained for baptising.

Hagioscope — An opening in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar.

Lancet — An acutely pointed arch or window.

Narthex — The portico or vestibule of a church.

Nave — The long narrow part of a cruciform church which rises higher than the flanking aisles.

Quatrefoil — An ornamental opening with four leaves or lobes.

Reredos — An ornamental screen or wall behind an altar.

Retable — A raised shelf or ledge above the table of an altar.

Sedilia — Seats in the chancel for the clergy.

Stringcourse — A moulding running horizontally along the face of a building.

Stringtable — A stringcourse embodying a series of carved figures.

Transept — The part of a cruciform church which crosses at right angles to the greatest length.

Triforium — The gallery formed by the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting.

p66 Location of Chapel Windows by Class

(Bay location is shown in the Plan of the Chapel on page 71.)

Class	Bay Location	Title
1802	15	St. Clare D'Assisi
1803	5	St. Paul Visits St. Peter in Prison
1804	15	The Barren Fig Tree
1805	5	Martyrdom of St. Peter
1806	5	Paul's Charge to Timothy
1807	5	St. James Preaching
1808	8	Martyrdom of St. James
1809	5	Nahum
1810	No Class graduated this year
1811	5	Habakkuk
1812	5	St. Francis D'Assisi
1813	5	Zephaniah
1814	15	St. Winifred of Wales
1815	5	Hosea
1816	No Class graduated this year
1817	15	The Unjust Steward
1818	15	The Unprofitable Servant
1819	15	The Rich Fool
1820	5	Jeremiah
1821	15	St. Chad
1822	20 Upper Transept	Christ Sold by Judas The Boy Christ Working as A Carpenter Christ Being Led Away from Pilate's Judgment Hall
1823	20 Upper Transept	The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Christ's Prayer in the Garden Christ Raising the Son of the Widow Zarepah
1824	21 Upper Transept	The Three Marys at the Tomb Christ Rising from the Tomb The Conversion of St. Thomas
1825	17	St. Clement
1826	17	St. Ursinus of Ravenna
1827	17	St. Anastasia
1828	17	St. Polycarp
1829	20 Upper Transept	Christ Pronouncing the Doom of Jerusalem Come Unto Me Christ Walking on the Water
1830	17	St. Vitalis of Ravenna
1831	16	St. Bonaventura
1832	16	St. Theodor of Canterbury
1833	16	St. Wilfrid of York
1834	16	St. Alphege
1835	16	St. Theodore Tyro
1836	4	Elijah
1837	4	David
1838	4	Malachi
1839	9 Upper Transept	John the Philosopher Paul and the Pen of the Lord Paul and his Physical Afflictions
1840	8 Upper Transept	Jesus' Sacrifice on the Cross Judas' Betrayal of Jesus Blessing of Christ in Sermon on the Mount
1841	4	Solomon
1842	4	Elisha
p67 1843	9 Upper Transept	Stephen the First Martyr Cain the First Murderer
1844	15	St. Alban
1845	8 Upper Transept	Wooing of Rebekah by Isaac Hagar's Flight into Egypt Samuel the Herald of Saul
1846	3	Samson
1847	3	Ruth
1848	3	Jesse
1849	3	Samuel
1850	3	Jephthah
1851	14	St. Bernard of Clairvaux
1852	14	St. Anselm
1853	14	St. Eustace
1854	14	St. Margaret
1855	14	St. Dunstan
1856	2	Moses
1857	2	Joseph
1858	2	Joshua
1859	2	Miriam
1860	7	St. Paul Writing His Epistles
May 1861	2	Aaron
June 1861	13	St. Patrick
1862	6	St. Paul's Defense Before Agrippa
1863	13	St. Boniface
1864	13	St. Catherine
1865	19	St. George of England
1866	7	Martyrdom of St. Paul
1867	19	Laborers in the Vineyard
1868	19	The Good Shepherd
1869	7	St. Paul's Farewell to Timothy
1870	17	The Nativity of Our Lord
1871	7	Amos
1872	7	St. John at Patmos
1873	19	St. Louis of France
1874	3	Christ and Nicodemus
1875	18	The Annunciation of the Virgin
1876	19	Rich Man and Lazarus
1877	22	Malachi's Vision The Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple
1878	2	Christ Receiving Children
1879	6	The Resurrection
1880	5	Christ Before Pilate
1881	11	Manoah's Vision of God Christ at Emmaus
1882	18	Wise Steward
1883	18	St. Ethelburga
1884	19	St. William of Scotland
1885	21	Christ Forgives the Woman which was a Sinner at the House of Simon the Pharisee
1886	10	Saul's Conversion on the Way to Damascus
1887	19	St. Edward the Confessor
1888	18	One Without a Wedding Gown
1889	4	Christ Driving the Money Changers out of the Temple
1890	20	The Good Samaritan
1891	8	The Prodigal Son
1892	19	St. Eric of Sweden
p68 1893	23	Abraham Offering Isaac The Baptism of Our Lord by St. John
1894	6	St. Paul at Athens
1895	14	The Boy Christ in the Temple
1896	15	Christ in the Home of Nazareth
1897	18	Venerable Bede
1898	18	St. Frideswide
1899	6	Obadiah
1900	18	Marriage of the King's Son
1901	6	St. Paul's Charge to the Elders
1902	6	Conversion of the Philippian Jailor
1903	7	Isaiah
1904	16	The Visit of the Wise Men
1905	9	Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well
1906	1	The Call of Matthew
1907	13	The Temptation of Jesus
1908	19	The Sower
1909	7	Jonah
1910	6	Zechariah
1911	18	Go Ye Out into the Highway
1912	6	Daniel
1913	19	The Lost Piece of Money
1914	7	Micah
1915	6	Ezekiel
1916	6	Haggai
Apr. 1917	18	Tribute to Caesar
Aug. 1917	18	St. Cuthbert
June 1918	6	St. Paul Baptizes Lydia at Philippi
Nov. 1918	7	Joel
1919	7	Vision of St. Paul
1920	18	St. Giles
1921	No window — Small Class
1922	20 Upper Transept	Joseph Sold by His Brethren David Tending His Flock Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
1923	20 Upper Transept	Samson's Triumph over the Philistines Moses Interceding with God Prophet Elijah Raising the Son of the Window of Nain
1924	21 Upper Transept	Abraham Entertaining the Three Strangers Elijah Translated to Heaven Elijah Fed by the Ravens
1925	17	The Friend at Midnight
1926	17	The Wicked Husbandman
1927	17	The Two Debtors
1928	17	The Pharisee and the Publican
1929	20 Upper Transept	Daniel Reading the Handwriting on the Wall Moses Viewing the Promised Land Noah and the Ark
1930	17	The Householder
1931	16	The Tares
1932	16	The Great Supper
1933	16	The Hidden Treasure
1934	16	The Unmerciful Servant
1935	16	The Talents
1936	4	Ananias Baptizes Saul
1937	4	Vision of St. Peter
1938	4	The Call from Macedonia
p69 1939	9 Upper Transept	Joseph the Dreamer Gideon and the Sword of the Lord Job and His Trials
1940	8 Upper Transept	Moses Lifted up the Cross in the Wilderness Jacob's Betrayal of Esau Blessing of Jacob
1941	4	Saul in His Blindness
1942	4	Deliverance of St. Peter
Jan. 1943	9 Upper Transept	Centurion's Loyalty to the Lord Jonathan's Loyalty to David
June 1943	9 Upper Transept	Christ Healing the Leper Naaman the Leper Captain
1944	15	The Unjust Judge
1945	8 Upper Transept	Wooing of Mary by Joseph Mary's Flight into Egypt John the Baptist, Herald of Jesus
1946	3	Martyrdom of St. Stephen
1947	3	Gamaliel's Defense
1948	3	St. Philip Baptizes the Eunuch
1949	3	Saul at the Feet of Gamaliel
1950	3	Preaching of St. Stephen
1951	4	The Syrophoenician Woman
1952	14	Stater in Mouth of Fish
1953	14	Daughter of Jairus
1954	14	Raising Widow's Son
1955	14	Healing of the Leper
1956	2	St. Peter Preaching
1957	2	Ascension of Christ
1958	2	St. Peter and John Healing the Lame Man
1959	2	Descent of the Holy Ghost
1960	2	The First Christians
1961	13	The Ten Lepers
1962	13	Healing Blind Bartimaeus
1963	13	Christ and the Lawyer
1964	13	The Pool of Bethesda
1965	13	The Widow's Mite
1966	13	St. Valeria
1967	13	St. Botolph
1968	1	Abraham's Vision
1969	1	Abel's Sacrifice
1970	1	Jacob Blessing Sons
1971	1	Noah Building the Ark
1972	1	The Choice of Moses
1973	1	Abraham
1974	1	Job
1975	1	Jacob
1976	1	Noah
1977	1	Isaac

p70

[An architectural sectional elevation of the Cadet Chapel at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.]

Sectional Diagram

p71

Plan

p72

[A key to the chancel window in the Cadet Chapel at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.]

Key to the Sanctuary Window

p73 Cadet Chaplains

1813‑1817	Adam Empie
1818	Cave Jones
1818‑1825	Thomas Picton
1825‑1827	Charles P. McIlvaine1a
1828‑1838	Thomas Warner
1838‑1840	Jasper Adams
1840‑1846	M. P. Parks
1847‑1856	William T. Sprole
1856‑1871	John W. French
1871‑1881	John Forsyth
1881‑1896	William Postlethwaite
1896‑1905	Herbert Shipman1b
1905‑1913	Edward S. Travers
1913‑1918	Horace P. Silver
1918	Remsen B. Ogilby
1918‑1926	Clayton E. Wheat
1926‑1933	Arthur B. Kinsolving, II1c
1933‑1937	Roscoe T. Foust
1937‑1941	H. Fairfield Butt, III
1941‑1947	John B. Walthour1d
1947‑1954	Frank E. Pulley
1954‑	George M. Bean

Assistant Chaplains

1952‑1955	Alan Gripe
1955‑1957	Albert Fay Hill
1957‑	Henry R. Gooch

The Author's Note:

1a 1b 1c 1d Subsequently elected Bishop of the Episcopal Church

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