Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-07
HOLDS ITS FIRST MEETING
Executive COMMITTEES of District @. E. Union
for the New Feaf.
Change Made in the bate for Annual
ConventiOn-Unffern in
Choice of OAceAs.

The first meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Christian Endeavor Union of
the District of Columbia for the new term
was held last evening in the vestry room
of Calvary Baptist Church. Mr.. Grant
Leet, president of the union, presided and
the minutes were recorded by Mr.. Paul E.
Sleman, secretary of the union.
The opening devotional exercises con-
sisted of the reading of the 9th Psalm by
Mr.. Leet, and brief prayers bye number
of the members
The call of the roll showed that repre-
sentatives from the following organiza-
tons were present:
Baptist--Calvary, Street, Grace, Mary
land Avenue. Mount Zion.
Observation-Disclosures Memorial, Mount
Pleasant Plymouth, University Park Tenn
pie.
I.utheran-Concordia German Evangei-
icaD. Memorial. Reformation, West Wash
ington, Zion Germany.
Methodist Episcopal-People's Tabernacle.
Marvin (South), Metropolitan, Wesley CA
N. E. ~. Mount Vernon Place (South).
Union.
Methodist Protestant-Central. First,
Mount Taber North Carolina Avenue.
Presbyterian-Assembly, Bethany Chapel,
Berwyn Chapel, Central, Covenant, East
ern, lexington. Fourth, Garden Memorial,
Gunton Temple Memorial. Gurley Memoir
ial. Hyattsville, Metropolitan. New York
Avenue, North, Sixth, Western, West
Street.
Scheme of VisitatiOns.
Miss Christine R. Poggensee reported
that the lookout committee has conducted
with success the visitation scheme put into
operation in the spring Members of the
various societies have visited other socie-
ties, gathering helpful suggestions and
ideas for their work
Miss Anna ]. Bell reported, for the cor
reSpondence committee, thar the regular
work of the committee had been kept up
during the summer.
Mr.. S. FELTON, Harris reported a balance
in the treasury of S90.34
AT this point an ntermission for a few
moments was taken, and after reassem
bling President Leet made a short address,
III the course Of which he expressed the
urions in the District were loyal and would
work tremendously together during the
er suing year. In concluding he asked for
suggestions for the good of the cause es-
pecially in regard to having more uniform
1ty III the election of officers of the several
unions. Under the present plan, he said
the work of the executive committee was
almost constantly interfered with owing to
the fact that there were changes in the
representation In the body on account of
elections in the local societies occurring in
almost every month III the year
a number of brief speeches followed all
1&vor1ng a change in this respect.
Election of Officers.
A motion. offered by Nh. Percy S. Foster.
was adopted, that a letter be sent to H.,
local societies stating it to be the sense Of
the executive committee that officers of
the local unions be elected for one year
and that the election be held in June the
officers to take their positions in Septem-
bar
Short addresses, the main object of which
was TO show how the greatest amount of
good could be accomplished by the Chris
tiah EndeaVorers, were made by Mr.. Percy
S. Foster Mr.. j. B. Sleman Rev c. H.
Butler, Revs Drs. Pitzer and Power Mr.
NJ. Nj. Shand, Miss Anna j. Bell, Miss
Christine A. PoggenSee and others.
AT the suggestion of the board of officers
and upon motion of Mr.. Percy s Foster
the date for holding the next annual con-
from January, $685. to October %, 20 and
80, 1897.
Vacant Places Filled.
The board also recommended the follow
ing appointments to fill vacancies, and all
were confirmed:
Lookout committee-Miss Grace B. John
son of the First Congregational Church and
Miss Sue H Hussey of lexington Presby-
terian.
Missionary committee-Mr Russell Alden
of St Pauls English Lutheran.
Music committee-Dr. Frank c. Swart-
won't of Calvary Baptist.
Good literature-Mr. C. H. jerks of Gun
ton Temple.
The board also made number of other
recommendations touching the work of the
union, all of which We're adopted
Mr.. NJ NJ. Shand by request of President
Leet announced that a reception to the
new board Of officers of the union will take
place at Calvary Baptist Sunday School
House the evening of Friday of next week.
and that the membership of all the local
unions invited he
AT the meeting last evening Miss Sallie
Mason was pianist and DIR. Frank c.
Swartwout cornetist.