July The Diocesan Chronicle 1951 RECONSTRUCTION
Now that the rebuilding of des
troyed Mission buildings in the prov
inces is nearing completion, we are girding ourselves for the final stage of our reconstruction program, which includes the Cathedral, permanent buildings for St. Andrew's Theolog
ical Seminary and new buildings for St. Luke’s Hospital, al) of which are to be erected on the thirty-five acre site in New Manila. Limited but in
sufficient funds were allocated for these buildings from the Reconstruc
tion and Advance Fund.
The Board of Governors of St.
Luke’s Hospital, at its meeting held on July 2, 1951, convinced of the ur
gent need of the new hospital build
ings, unanimously adopted the follow- ing resolution, later concurred in by St. Luke's Woman’s Board:
WHEREAS in the opinion of the Board of Governors of St.
Luke's Hospital the present build
ings are entirely inadequate, un
sanitary and a dangerous fire ha
zard; and that if St. Luke’s is to maintain high standards of hos
pitalization and retain its prestige built up over the past forty-five years, steps must be taken im
mediately to provide proper build
ings both for the Hospital and the School of Nursing;
Therefore be it RESOLVED:
That the Board of Governors, through the Chairman, the Rt.
Rev. Norman S. Binsted, Bishop of the Philippines, bring to the at- tention of the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A., the urgent necessity for erecting the new hospital build
ings in accordance with the plans prepared by Messrs. Butler, Kohn and Erdman and submitted to the Officers of the National Council:
And be it further RESOLVED:
That the Board of Governors, if and when assured by the National Council that adequate funds will be available for the erection of the proposed buildings, with the as
sistance of St. Luke’s Woman's Board, pledges its efforts to raise
locally $125,000 (P250.000) for the equipment of the new buildings.
The Board of Governors, compos
ed of representative business and pro
fessional men, and the Woman’s Board composed of a large group of outstanding women of the interna
tional community, are convinced that the economic and political situation in the Philippines justifies the Church in going forward with the construc
tion of the new hospital, and as an earnest of their desire to see construe- tion started, have undertaken to raise locally $125,000. It is sincerely hop
ed that the National Council and the Church in the U.S.A, may give the full and generous support needed to enable us to reach the goal deter
mined upon in the early days of li
beration, when in the midst of ruins came the vision of a reconstructed Mission, adequately planned to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding work.
ST. ANDREW’S SEMINARY MANILA
St. Andrew's Theological Seminary has begun its fifth post-war year with a student body of thirty-one, the largest in its history.
The Dean, Father Mandel), return
ed from furlough on July 2nd. It is a joy to welcome him back. Miss Jansen has also returned from fur
lough and is again teaching part time at the Seminary. Three new part- time instructors have joined the Fac
ulty: Father Matlock, teaching asce
tics, Father Duddington, teaching New Testament, and Mr. Jose B.
Sanches, teaching music.
Father McAfee is in residence and will assist the Faculty in conducting the extension course for clergy of the Philippine Independent Church.
The extension course will be in ses
sion for two months, beginning in July.
The absence of Father and Mrs.
Spackman is already keenly felt.
It is hard to lose such diligent teach
ers and warm friends. We are also sorry to lose Bishop Swift as a mem
ber of our Faculty, but we are proud that the new Bishop of Puerto^ Rico
