"While the National Office in Wilmette, designated by the Guardian as
Haziratu'l-Quds, is primarily an administrative center, its use should by
no means be confined to purely administrative work, but should include
such activities of a social and intellectual character, both local and
national, as can best establish its character as the foremost teaching and
administrative center of the Faith throughout the States."
"As a teaching center, where Baha'i lectures, conferences, meetings,
whether local, regional or national, could be held, the Haziratu'l-Quds
can also prove of invaluable help, and the N.S.A. should indeed see to it
that the necessary facilities are provided in the building for that
purpose. But thus combining these three features, namely teaching,
administrative, and social the Haziratu'l-Quds can best fulfill its
mission, as the visible symbol of the steadily-growing National Baha'i
Community in Northern America, and as the chief rallying center for all
its activities and plans throughout that Continent."