After the close of the University in June, 1923, no services were held in Appleton Chapel until July 2, when the first service for the Summer School students was conducted by the Rev. B. P. Tyler. During the term of the School there were thirty morning services, with an average attendance at the first 29 services of 38. When this is compared with the figures for some preceding years which show an average in 1919 of 40; in 1920 of 60; in 1921 of 70; and in 1922 of 81, it appears that there was a considerable decrease of over 40 percent. There seems to be no reason for this except that the students found less need for the services than in previous years or that they were not aware of the services. Neither of these reasons is very conclusive, and leaves it as a desirable end for the future that such a decrease be not allowed to recur. The last service of the term was attended by 1025 students. During the summer the following preachers spoke at the morning services: Rev. B. P. Tyler, Rev. S. R. Fisher, Rev. W. H. Powell, Rev. H. G. Arnold, Rev. E. P. Daniels, Rev. Kirsopp Lake.
Had Summer School Choir
In addition to the morning services there were held in the Chapel a series of organ recitals, given by Mr. Arthur M. Phelps, the Summer School organist, on July 11, 18, 25, and August 1. At the daily service, the Summer School choir furnished singing for which they prepared at rehearsals every Tuesday and Thursday.
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The services at the Chapel were discontinued after August 10 until the opening week of the Academic Year in September. The morning services for the first week were conducted by members of the Faculty according to the usual custom. They were: Professor T. N. Carver, Professor C. Magruder, President Lowell, Professor G. H. Beale, Dr. Niles Carpenter, Rev. E. C. Moore.
List of Chapel Preachers
Throughout the rest of the year the custom was that the preacher of Sunday should conduct the services for the succeeding days. This of course was not invariably the case, and often there were as many as five different men in charge of the daily services of a single week. The preachers who conducted the morning services from October 1 to April 1 were: Rev. H. E. B. Speight, Boston, Rev. E. C. Moore, Rev. J. R. P. Sclater, Edinburgh, Rev. W. W. Fenn, Rev. W. I. Sperry, Rev. C. L. Slattery, Bishop Coadjutor of Massachusetts, Rev. C. R. Brown of Yale, Rev. B. P. Tyler, Rev. Palfrey Perkins, Weston, Archbishop Soderblom, Primate of Sweden, Rev. S. R. Fisher, Rev. F. M. Eliot, St. Paul, Minnesota, Rev. H. E. Fosdick, New York City, Rev. P. R. Frothingham, Boston, Rev. T. R. Glover, England, Rev. Abbot Peterson, Brookline, Rev. Frederick Palmer, Cambridge, Rev. F. J. McConnell, Pittsburgh, Rev. T. G. Soares, Chicago, Rev. H. K. Sherrill, Boston, Rev. J. E. Park, Boston, Rev. C. H. Brent, Buffalo, Professor A. N. Holcombe, Professor G. H. Palmer, Professor H. W. Holmes, Mr. John F. Moors, Rev. Raymond Calkins, Cambridge, Rev. R. H. Potter, Hartford, Rev. V. T. Pomeroy; England.
Morning Attendance Decreased
In the matter of attendance at the daily services, there was a considerable falling off from that of last year and the years preceding as is shown by the following schedule:
Averages for daily attendance: