Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-20

President Miles NJ. Shand.
Church; third vice president. Miss Florence
Shuttle, E Street Baptist Church; record
ing secretary H. G. Kimball Western Pres
byterian Church: assistant secretary. Paul
E. Sleman, Mt. Pleasant Congregational
Church; corresponding secretary, Miss An
ma ]. Bell Calvary Baptist Church; treas
urer, D. Fulton Harris. Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. These officers will enter
upon their duties September l next.
Gunton Temple Church was comfortably
filled with Endeavorers last night, but 1t
was not crowded. A number of good rea-
sons operated to diminish the attendance.
Calvary Baptist young people were pick
nicking at Marshall Hall. the members OF
the First Congregational and Mt. Pleas
ant Congregational Churches were spend
ing the day at Chevy Chase. Mt. Vernon
Place NJ. E. Church went to Mt. Vernon
Park and the Moody Choir gave its ex-
cursion to Bay Ridge, so that large num-
Der of those who are usually on hand at
Christian Endeavor gatherings had duties
elsewhere. But their absence had no effect
on the voting, for ballots had been dis
tributed in the societies some weeks before.
when the actual balloting had taken
place; only the casting of the society's
votes by the several presidents and the
counting of them by the tellers took place
last night.
preliminary EXefc1SeH.
The meeting opened with a brief praise
service, led by selected choir of more
than fifty voices from the ranks Of the
convention chorus Chairman c. S. Clark
of the music committee was in charge and
Harry G. Kimball accompanied on the
piano An exercise of responsive Scrip
ture reading was led by Samuel G. Wise,
first vice president Of the union, and pray
er was offered by Rev. Carl H. Elliott. who
is temporarily supplying the pulpit of the
Gunton Temple Church.
After q ccntralto solo by Miss Florence
McNelly Secretary Herman c. Metcalf
pead the minutes Of the last annual meet
ing which were adopted, and he also
brought up for consideration an amend
ment to the constitution. providing for an
additional office in the union. the assistant
secretaryship. There was no opposition to
the amendment and 1t was accordingly
favorably acted upon.
Without formal ceremony, the presidents
of the several societies then cast the bal
lots as voted by their members with the
tellers, Messrs. c. E. Paul, c. J. Hepburn
and w W. Everett The ballots were
counted and the result announced at the
close of the meeting. -.
Miles NJ. Shand, who has been reelected
to the head of the local union. is member
of the Calvary Baptist Church. For thir-
teen years he has been identified with
Christian Endeavor and other religious
work in this city, and is well known to
every member of the District union. He
was chairman of the committee on finance
of the preliminary committee of '?6, which
made the successful canvass prior to the
selection of this city as the meeting place
for the international convention this July,
and he is the present chairman of the con-
yention entertainment committee.
The other officers are prominent in Chris
tan Endeavor circles and well-known work.
ers. Vice President Taylor is the vice
chairman of the committee of '96; Miss
Shuttle, the third vice president. is the
present chairman of the unions missionary
committee; Harry G. Kimball is the aid of
the convention music committee; Paul Sic
man is one of the members of the press
committee; Miss Bell is chairman of the
church section of the staff of the reception
committee, and D. F. Harris was until
very recently assistant secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Beside the election of officers. three prom
inent pastors made fifteen-minute ad-
dresses to the Endeavorers on Three Con-
man of the First Congregational Church
spoke on the Necessity of Hospitality;"
Rev. DR.. T. S. Hamlin talked about the
Necessity for Faithfulness," and Rev. Dr.
8. H. Greene concluded with a few words
as to the Necessity of Spirituality" These
talks were all pointed and of practical ben
eft to those to whom they were addressed
and the speakers were listened to with
marked attention. Between the remarks
and at other appropriate times during the
program, the choir rendered suitable selec-
tions in a manner creditable alike to them
selves and to their leader.
Flags and Bunting.
Some months ago the decorations COM
mittee for the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton sent out letters to societies in foreign
countries asking for flags of those coun-
tries with which to decorate the three
tents that will be used for the principal
meeting places during the convention next
month. So far number of responses have
been received, and flags from Mexico,
Spain, Norway, England and France are
either in hand or on their way to Chair
man Tuckey of the decorations committee.
Three flags are sent by societies in each
country, one for each tent They are of
silk, and will emphasize to the thousands of
attendants upon the July convention the
international character of the gathering.
Countries that cannot send large delega-
ton. or even none at all, can feel that they
are represented by these flags, and their
interest in the organization and it's conven-
ton will be recognized by those who do
attend.
Chairman Tuckey is very much encour
aged also as to the prospects of an elabor-
ate decoration of the city during the con-
vention season He believes the flying of
flags and festooning of bunting will be gen.
eral not only in the business section. but
to large extent in residence portions of
the city also. Members of the auxiliary
and central decorations committees have
Deen making personal canvass, diStribut-
ing circulars to merchants and others. ask
ing their cooperation in this matter and
have met with cordial assurances Of in
terest. Mr.. Tuckey lis very much pleased
over the spontaneous responses given re-
quests for decorating places of business
and private houses. and expects that very
pleasing effect will be the result,
The Proposed Bicycle Trip.
Yesterday morning the bicycle sec
ton of the excursions committee went
over the route proposed for the first