Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
ASSOCIATION FORM ED
FAIRGROUNDS COMMITTEE Sue
CEEDED BY PERMANENT BODY.


Fairgrounds Association, which succeeds
the public Fairgrounds committee in the
supervision of the local Fairgrounds, was
completed last night at a meeting OF the
association held in the Board of Trade
rooms In The Star building. officers were
elected and committees were appointed for
the ensuing year. AS indicated by the con-
stitution, which has been adopted. the
scope of the association will be broadened.
and Its work will date from last night,
as the committees will begin their work
at once.
The officers of the association. during the
first year of it's existence, as elected last
night, are as follows: President, Cuno II.
Rudolph; first vice president, Fred G. Col
dren: second vice president, Miss Edith
Westcott; treasurer, Eugene E. Stevens;
secretary, Wallace Hatch; board of direc-
tors, William H Baldwin, Elizabeth V.
Brown, Fred G. Coldren, Alvord Cooley,
Lieut.. John w. Crawford. Judge William II.
-DeLacy, John B. Dickman, Wallace Hatch.
William H. Hoeke, Amy Mcmillan Prof.
w. So, Montgomery. Mrs. Ellen s. Mussey,
T. Rainey, Cuno H. Rudolph. A. Ralph
Server. John B. Sleman. jr., Eugene f.
Stevens. Rebecca Stoneroad, Maj. Richard
Sylvester. DR.. William Tindan, G. A.
Weber Charles F. Weller and Miss Edith
C. Westcott.
These nominations were made to the asso-
citation by the nominating committee COM
posed Of Walter Clephane. DR.. Henry s.
Curtis and Maj. Richard Sylvester. and the
election was unanimous.
The charter honorary members of the as
ISOLATION, elected last evening, are Commits
sioners H. B. F. Mcfarland, Harry l..
mons Mrs. Fred T. Dubois. Mr.. John b.
Henderson and Mrs Clifford Barney.
Appointment of Committees.
After the election of officers Mr.. Fred G.
Coldren who was in the chair announced
the following committees:
Finance committee-E q. Stevens. DIR.
George M. Kober, ]. B. Sleman, tr., and NJ.
l. Weller.
Nomination committee-Miss Elizabeth
Brown, Miss Susan Sipe, Miss Catherine
Watkins. Prof. w. S. MONTGOMERY and
Mrs. Mary Terrell.
School board committee-Mrs Ellen Spen-
Ger Mussey. DR.. Richard Kingsman. Mrs.
H. T. Rainey, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoeke and
Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver.
Citizens associations committee-A. r.
Server, w. C. Clephane, NJ. I. Weller. F.
G. Coldren.
Athletic committee-Lieut. J. w. Craw-
ford, c. E. Beckett, w. C. Thatcher, Capt.
C. E. Edwards and Prof w. Jackson
Trade unions committee. B. Dickman
and G. A. Weber.
Press-William H Baldwin, Philip Gerry,
Edgar g Shaw, Scott Bone, Wallace Hatch
and James Il. West.
Reservations and parks committee-Alvin
Cooley. Richard Sylvester and DR.. William
1indall.
Recreation center committee-Miss Edith
Westcott, Mrs. Giles Rafter. Prof. John w.
Cilickering. Miss Ida A. Green. David G.
Pfeiffer, Henry P. Blair, Judge William III.
DeLacy. DR.. Rebecca Stoneroad. Miss Clara
]. Van Trump and Miss Mabel Towner.
Womens clubs committee-Members not
selected.
On some of the committees upon which
there have been appointed less than five
members vacancies exist, but these will be
filled at once, it is announced.
The executive committee, which Is In
charge of the association affairs between
meetings Of the board Of directors, Is COM
posed of the five officers Of the associa-
ton. Messrs. Rudolph, Coldren, Stevens and
Hatch and Miss Westcott.
Changes in Constitution.
The committee on constitution, composed
Of Messrs. Clephane. Curtis and Sylvester,
reported some changes in the constitution,
as adopted at the last meeting, and the re-
vised constitution was adopted, as pro-
posed by the committee. The principal
changes were in the character and duties
Of committees. The committees provided
for are executive, finance, nominating,
school board, reservations and public parks,
women's clubs, citizens association, ath-
letics, trades unions, press and recreation
centers Their duties are as their names in
dictate, each committee working to secure
the cooperation of outside associations.
The executive committee will act for the
association between meetings of the board
of directors; the nominating committee, to-
gether with the supervisor Of Fairgrounds,
will select the instructors; the athletic COM
mttee will have charge of the dual meets
and the final tournament.
The association also decided that 1t was
unwise to incorporate and no steps In that
direction, as first proposed, will be taken.
The association is planning for course of
lectures to be given during the winter. Prof.
Edward Howard Grggs will be the lee
turer, and his general topic for the course
Is Great Moral Leaders" In the course of
five lectures he will take up Socrates, Saw
onarola, Carlyle, Emerson and Tolstoy. The
first lecture Is to be given on January IL,
and the others will follow at intervals of
about a week. The committee which will
have charge of the arrangements for the
lectures is composed Of Mrs. H. T. Raincy.
E. E. Stevens, Miss Susan Sipe. James E.
West and Miss Edith Westcott The ques-
ton of the auditorium in which the lee
lures are to be given is yet undecided. The
Y, NJ. C. A. assembly room and several
churches are being considered.
Just before adjournment last evening 1t
was announced that a meeting Of the board
of directors of the association would be
held on Thursday next at 4:30 pm.