Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
THE CLOSING SESSION
DIOCESAN CONVENTION BRINGS
ITS LABORs TO A CLOSE.
Favorable Action on Application for
Formation Of New Parish-Other
Business Considered.

The eighth annual convention of the
Episcopal diocese of Washington, which
began sessions Wednesday morning in ST.
PauTs Episcopal Church, on Odd street
northwest, closed at $50 o'clock last even
ing. Before the final adjournment the
convention disposed of several matters of
local Importance, and a number of reports
from the various committees were read
The bishop also appointed the usual stand
ing committees for the diocese.
There was considerable discussion over
the question of allowing the formation of
a new parish at Chevy Chase. The COM
mittee on the admission of new parishes
stated 1t was not ready to report on the
application before it, because of the alb
sence of some of it's members. A number
of the members of the convention wanted
the action on the matter deferred until
next year. Mr.. f. B. Hay and others ar
gued for action, saying that the people of
the proposed parish should not be made to
suffer because of the fault of the COM
mittee or of any one else The convention
finally voted to allow proposed new par
ish to organize. 1t has been up to the pres
ent time a part of the parish of All Saints
which includes twenty-five square miles of
territory in the vicinity of Bethesda and
Chevy Chase and contains nine towns and
villages.
Mr. Hay suggested that a day be desig-
mated as Book day when every member
of the diocese should contribute q book to
the diocesan library. The convention
adopted a resolution to carry the sugges-
ton into effect.
Changes in Canons.
Several changes in the canons were re-
ported by the committee on canOns and
adopted by the convention. Probably the
most important canon adopted was that
in which the diocesan convention consti-
tuted the Cathedral of ST. Peter and st.
Paul an institution of the diocese. and
recognized the cathedral as the chief mis-
sion church of the diocese.
Mr.. Charles H. Stanley was named by
Bishop Satterlee chancellor of the do
cese and the following gentlemen were ap-
pointed ythe bishop as the ecclesiastical
court: The Rev. ]. A. Aspinwall the Rev.
c. E. Buck, the Rev. c. J. S. Mayo. the
Rev P NJ Boyden and the Rev. w. G.
Davenport and Gen. L. A. Wilmer and Mr..
P. d. Laird.
Committees Appointed.
The following committees were named:
Auditing-Messrs. w. II. Singleton, Fred
Sasscer and Admiral T. o. Selfridge.
Relations of cathedral to diocese-Rev. w
L. Devries, the Rev. G. C. Bratenahl and
Messrs. L. A Wilmer and w. D. Baldwin.
Parochial boundaries-The Rev. Arthur L.
Johns, the Rev. H. Allen Griffith and
Messrs. l.. A. Wilmer and w. D. Baldwin
l. NJ Wilson
Parish endowments-The Rev. Herbert
Scott Smith and the Rev Clement Brown,
and Messrs c. ]. Bell, E. B. Hay and Mel
vile Church.
Keerl legacy matters-Messrs. L. ]. Davis
and c. j. Bell
Entertainment of next annual conven
tion-The Rev DR.. r. H. McKim, the Rev.
DIR. Alfred Harding and the Rev. Walden
Myer.
The following were elected the board of
managers of the Diocesan Missionary So
ciety: Drs. Aspinwall, Howden, Buck
Peter. and Messrs. Baldwin, Pellew. Cor
don and Waters; from the greater chapter
of the cathedral Rives, Church and Pack
ard.
The Rev. DIR. Harding and DR.. w. c.
Rives were chosen delegates to the mis-
sionary council of 1903.
Mr.. Lewis ]. Davis and Mr.. Henry Mat
thews were chosen trustees of the epis-
copal fund. Mr.. Thomas Hyde and Mr..
W. Fl. Singleton were chosen trustees of
church charities.
Superannuated clergy-Rev. T. A. john
stone Rev w. l.. Devries and Rev. c. 1.
LaRoche and Messrs. II. A. Cady and
James Fl. Taylor.
Board of presenters-Rev. T. A. John
stone. Rev. David Barr and Rev. ]. W.
Clark and Messrs. James Lowndes and W.
d. Baldwin.
Trustees of the diocesan church fund-G.
A. Woodward and ]. H. Taylor, until 1905;
William A. Meloy and ]. H. Watmouth
until 1904, and ]. H Gordon and 4. j.
al