Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel I Corinthians: “The first carvings were the panels of I Corinthians, Chapter 13, v. 1–8. I was asked to teach the students how to carve. Each student was given a letter to carve. The second year the angel borders were carved. Clover Nicholas ’58 carved the left angel and Lydia Saltus ’58 carved the right angel. When it was time to hang the panels the weight kept it together—no glue. Dovetail was stronger and allowed the panels to expand and contract with the weather. Molly Gregory taught woodworking at CA from 1958–1972. Students under her direction carved the Corinthians panels mounted at the front of the Chapel, the altar, lectern, and music stands. The following is from an interview with Molly Gregory in February 2005. “We used Albrecht Dürer’s lettering. I made stencils of the letters so they would be equal and then assigned a letter to different people. Belinda Burley ’59 did B, I did O, Jay Hutchinson ’60 did H, and so on.” The names of the students who carved the thirteenth chapter of Paul’s first Epistle to the Corinthians are on a bronze plate mounted on the lower corner of the panel. The carving was done during the winter of 1956–57 and installed for the Baccalaureate Service, June 6, 1957. The border—top and bottom and the angels on either side—were carved during the winter of 1957–58.
Text From Corinthians Plaque Miss Mary Gregory, Director Judy Speckman ’59 Miss Alice E. McBee Barbara McCormick ’58 Jay Hutchinson ’60 Janet Spencer ’59 Gretchen Becker ’58 Jennifer Johnson ’59 Maria Nekam ’61 Betsy Truslow ’59 Belinda Burley ’59 Charlotte Kidder ’59 Clover Nicholas ’58 Meg Tweedy ’60 Betsy Fox ’59 Cynthia Maxim ’60 Mary Poole ’59 Evie Watts ’58 Margot Harding ’60 Carol Wells ’58 Lydia Saltus ’58 Hope Howland ’59 Memorabilia, Memories, Memorials g 7