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The Acoustics Of The Moody Church

By Prof. F.R. Watson

The Moody Church News, May 1925, Volume 10, Number 5
By: Prof. F.R. Watson of the University of Illinois

The acoustics of churches is much of a mystery to most people. Sound is supposed to act in a curious way that no one can predict. If good acoustics are obtained in an auditorium, it is considered to be a matter of good luck. If a room is faulty, an immediate suggestion is made that wires or a sounding board be installed to correct the difficulty. These areas are almost entirely wrong, because sound proceeds in a very orderly fashion and …

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A Description Of The New Church And Sunday School Buildings

By Gustave Orth

The Moody Church News, April 1925, Volume 10, Number 4

By: Gustave Orth (of the Staff of Fugard and Knapp)

The Moody Church is ideally situated, facing Lincoln Park on the one side and LaSalle Avenue on the other. Transportation is of the best. Clark Street carries the greatest volume of north-and-south street car traffic, North Avenue is convenient for the east-and-west, while LaSalle Avenue is on our boulevard system.

The ground entrance is from Clark Street, and is midway between the church and the Sunday School building. To the right, in the church buttress, is the cornerstone, inscribed in …

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