Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-03
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORER6
Junior and Senior Unions Hard at
Work.
Officers Elected and to BE Elected
Getting Ready.


deavor Union was held Monday evening in
the Memorial Lutheran Church, and OFF,
GERS were elected for the year beginning in
October, as follows: President, Mrs. w. H.
Pennell; vice president, Miss Estelle FoS-
ter; recording secretary, Miss Adelia F.
Randolph; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Charles H. Lane, nee Miss Mary V. Fen
wick; treasurer, G. o. Bohrer. Twenty
seven societies were represented. and the
usual monthly discussion by the superin-
tendents was upon the topic, 1.-THE Rela-
ton Between the Senior and Junior Socie-
ties" The annual report Of the secretary,
Miss Randolph, showed that the union was
composed of 81 societies. with total mem
bership of 2, 500, divided as follows: Active
members, 1,722; associate members, 734;
honorary members, S3.
The annual meeting Of the Senior Union
will take place the 10th instant in the Gun
ton Temple Memorial Church. and officers
VIII be elected for the term beginning in
the fall A nominating committee COM
posed of members from the various denom-
nations, has recommended a ticket, and
ballots have been distributed to all the SO
cieties in the union. The members will
vote for officers within the next two weeks,
and the result will be announced at the an
nual meeting. The nominations made are
as follows: For president, Miles NJ. Shand
of the Calvary Baptist Church, w. A. H.
Church; for first vice president, Chas. S..
Clark of the Church of the Covenant An
son S. Taylor Of the Union NJ. E. Church;
for second vice president. E. A. Clark of
the Metropolitan A. NJ. Z. Church, l.. ID.
Alden of ST. Paurs English Lutheran
Church; for third vice president, Miss Flor
ence Shuttle of the f Street Baptist Churc h.
Miss Adelia F. Randolph of the Memorial
Kimball of the Western Presbyterian
Church, J. w. Pickett of the Ninth Street
Christian Church; for assistant secretary,
Paul L. Sleman of the Mount Pleasant
Congrega tional Church, B. T. Webster Of
the First Presbyterian Church; for cor
responding secretary, Miss Anna j. Bell of
the Calvary Baptist Church, w. l.. Moulton
OF the West Street Presbyterian Church;
for treasurer, d. Fulton Harris of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church, George r.
Linkins Of St. Paurs English Lutheran
Church.
Although the office of corresponding sec
rotary is permanent one, acceding to her
own request the nominating committee did
rot present the name of Miss Lucy Jurney
who has served uninterruptedly since the
forma ton CT the union in 1889, and a new
officer will be elected for this position.
Nightly Meetings.
Last evening the committee of '96 began
its practice Of holding nightly meetings
Nearly every member of the committee
was present when the meeting was called
to order, although several had to leave IN a
few minutes to be present al conferences of
their own subcommittee, which were being
held in the rooms.
Chairman Church of the hall committee
brought up the matter of the erection and
care during the convention of the great
tents. In the discussion which followed
1t was decided that nothing should be left
undone to render absolutely safe these
great meeting places throughout the whole
convention season. Expert tent men will
be always In charge and every precaution
will be taken to make accidents practically
impossible.
Mr.. Clark Of the music committee re-
ported that more chorus books had been
received from the publishers and were
ready for distribution to singers. Four
thousand music books have already been
disposed of to the chorus, and the second
lot of JoO additional is rapidly disappear
ing.
One thousand copies of the provisional
program of the convention were received
from Boston during the evening" and meet
lHgs OF the hall and decorations committees
We're held.
Members Of the committee of '96 are
wearing on their coat lapels, beside their
{. E. pins. small metal badge. in colors,
representing the Washington '96 convention
flag. Samples We're sent from Boston a few
days ago and within a short time thous-
ands will be received in this city and will be
generally worn by Endeavorers. They will
be distributed. too. throughout the country
and many Of the visiting delegates will
Of the convention flag. the badge is an at
tractive souvenir of the occasion.
Chairman W. B. Robson OF the finance
committee arrived last night from Sara toga
where he has been in attendance upon the
sessions of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian Church North for the past
two weeks. He reports the work of can
Vassing for funds Is progressing.