European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse They want to be shown or Wren Churchin Missouri i rent let genl i. Sir Christopher of a at age 79. By John Krueger is London Interior of St. Old s in flt strut in London s City. R looks Asip a piece of Lon Donold Wren Skyline will Rise in Missouri. According to a proposal put Forth from Ful ton mo., by Westminster College the War ruins of one of sir Christopher Wren i 51 City of London churches would be moved to he Midwest Campus. There the stonework that went into the great architect s original Structure would be reassembled according to Wren i de Sorn As a memorial Chapel to sir win 8lnn Churchill speaking at Fullon in 1040, sir win. Ron urged a special relationship Between the Commonwealth and the . For the ure prevention of it in in the same speech that Britain s dynamic War temp Lender first used the phrase Iron curtain in referring to the xenophobic Cage Elko communist world. The College also envisions As port of 14.9 million project a Churchill museum and an Anglo american scholarship pro Gram. The London diocese hoi Given in Blest ing to the request to move the remains of the bomb damaged Church of 5t Mary Alderman Bury to serve As a link Between the two countries and Between the anglican Church and the episcopal Churchin even the Royal Fine Art commission has relented and granted its approval to the scheme. Needed now is the approbation of the London county Council and Parlin ment. Which is expected to Lake action he year. If final Parmi Emlon in received the Stii tons of masonry will be removed Elfine by Stone crated with new plaster and Woodwork shipped to the . Then re constructed to stand once More As the same Church that Rose As part of the Wren Skyline after the great fire of 1666. It a hoped to have the Chapel finished within the next two years. Sir Winston has been reported As highly complimented by the whole idea. Then was a St. Mary s first constructed in the 12lh Century on alter Banbury a Street named alter a Bury or of an Alderman. Poet John Milton was married in i h e first Church in 1656, in the churchyard in a 19th Century Monument to John in Montt and Henry Condell fellow Acton at Wil Liam Shakespeare and editors of the play Wright s first Folio published in 1623 u ,.""" in 18m Wren o tuned for Brilliant accomplishments was born. His Genius was to in responsible for Many of his Coumpy. Proudest buildings. Including St. Paul s Cathedral. Wren was known As Tho Miracle youth Whit kid of his age before a even took up Tho study of architecture. By that time he was already famed a a Moth wizard inventor eat Ocorner and medical author Ity. While still in his Early 30s he Wai elected a professor of astronomy at Oxford University his Alma mater. However it was the great fire has Orlans note that brought Wren his sensational in ig63. He was appointed one of t h e commissioners for the repair of shaky old St. Paul s. At that time we an told there were few trained architect a in eng land and Wren devoted himself to Ita Luo Wlllie Junu Leif a went to the continent and Talnad a freshened perception of the classical re Vival in he was to show his skill in adapting the style of the italian Renaissance to English tastes and to the Northern climate an environment. During the 40 years following the great fire hardly an important building in or Unrur i Ondon was planned without his Aid. U has been said that the variety. Dis played in Tower spire and cupola is surely in the work of one Man each mrs Turc displaying some new variant of the Cli Myrul or baroque style. With now nil then n Brief flirtation with gothic. Never pompous never Boring never trite magnificent but in the last resort Wren died in 1723 at 91worn out in god s mercy in the Royal service Surveyor general and having made Home Fig ure in the world. " ills death was attributed directly to a cold he caught while quietly sitting a he often did. Beneath the great dome Oft. Paul his Tomb in the Cathedral crypt is in scr Beil simply. If you seek his Monu ment look around 14, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 13
