Debate over Chapel
Chapel was a major point of debate during this time. To the left is a bunch of primary sources from The Chronicle and school catalogs during the time, and about the chapel controversy. Students were not, and are not, afraid to make their voices heard, and that was especially true regarding their feelings about chapel and religion. These pictures are opinions, mostly complaints, about chapel in the 1960s through the 1970s. While at this time Episcopal was not nearly as religious as they were when the school was founded, these complaints show that students desired even less religion in their daily lives, or at the very least for chapel to be more beneficial.
For a higher-quality view of the primary sources, either select the image or click through the album embedded on the next page.
This is an overview of the information regarding chapel becoming optional for upperclassmen. This was a huge move for the school considering their old connection to Virginia Theological Seminary, and how religious EHS was in its early years. Episcopal continued to have optional chapel for about ten years until it was brought back. When chapel did finally return to campus it was similar to the chapel we experience now, with not very religious speeches and no certain religious denomination is overly present.