The National tribune., 1910-10-06

suggestion that it be optional with the
| Corps.
| The Chairman of the Committee on
Amendments to the Constitution and
| BYLAWS reported favoraDly on the res
| olution: Corps must establish. either
by Bylaws or by direct vote the hours
| for coavening Corps meetings, and
these snail not be changed until due
notice, in writing. has been given each
member and the change has then been
| approved by a majority vote of the
| Corps
Also on resolution 40, adding para
graph to appointment of Investigating
Committee in Ritual: when more than
one Investigating Committee is to be
appointed all names shall be announced,
each member rising as her name is
called All shall then proceed to the
altar and receive instructions on eligi-
bility for membership, and a copy of
Rules and Regulations shall be present.
ed to the Chairman Of each committee"
Also resolution so: Amend Article
XIII. titled Alterations and Amend
meats.' page 35. Rules and Regulations,
so as to conform with resolution adopt
ed by 27th National Convention on a
permanent Committee OH Resolutions.
All of the above resolutions were Of
fercd by Mrs. Ball of Potomac. and
were adopted by the Convention. The
hour was very late and a great deal of
business to transact, so Mrs. Ball asked
permission to withdraw seven other
resolutions which she had presented,
being amendments to the Constitution
and BYLAWS. in order that the Conven-
ton might proceed with it's business,
and stated that she would present them
at the next National Convention.
Tho report of Mrs. Ball. Chairman
of the Committee on Prevention of
7 q To-,
the instaIlment plan. being, saRdwiched
in between the other regular business.
Upon an insistent call for completion
Of III" repnrt. which aroused consider
able interest, Mrs. Pall finally con-
cludcd to complete l.. The report had
been greeted with applause, and it's
conclusion was greeted with prolonged
applause. and statements were made
from the floor of the Convention that
its statement of facts had aroused a
new interest among the women of the
Convention. Later Mrs. Belle c. Har-
ris nominated Mrs. Pail and the MEM
bers of her comrnittcc for reelection,
and it was unanimously seconded and
carried. This is the. third time that
Mrs Pall and the members of her COM
mistee have been so honored Mrs. Ball
asked permission of the Convention to
add the name of her present Depart
ment President. Mrs. Nora B. Atkinson,
en- unanimously by the Convention.
Mrs. Rall in closing her report said that
four members of her committee, Mrs.
Annie w. Johnson. Mrs. Ida A. Old
royd, Mrs. Margaret r. Tew and Mrs.
Ida J. Hart. were in the Convention,
and had worked earnestly thruout the
year. The committee s; andS as follows
including the above: Mrs. I6a V. Hen
Gricks, Mrs. Rosamond 3. Meacham and
Mrs Anna A. Peck.
The Convention die not approve of
the recommendation by Mrs. Sarah D.
Winans that $1,000 be set aside from
the funds of the w. r. C. for an en-
dowment fund for the Memorial Uni
versity at Mason City, Iowa. Mrs Ball,
of Potomac, stated that she believed
thoroly in the work of the university
! but that the Young men and women
who attended it were not children and
were perfectly able to support the uni
Nersity. and that it was her belief that
while there was a Grand Army veteran
above the sod not penny of the w.
! +. c. money should be given to any
other purpose than their care. She
stated that the demands upon the w
4. G. from the small Posts thruout the
country were growing more strenuous
every day, and that the G.. A. r. often
finds itself in deep water, with its ready
money d!ssipated, and knew not where
to turn. and that il was the duty of the
w. X. c. to help replenish the funds OF
the National organization before it
turned its attention to any new project.
The report of the committee was not
approved. and the Convention voted not
to give any endowment fund to the
Memorial University at this time.
little later the Convention also declined
to endoW department of applied pa
tr:otism in Memorial University. While
this was the act of the National Con-
vention, iAdOes not bind the Corps to
the same action. Cops and Depart
ments have contributed freely to the
Memorial University, and may continue
10 do so.
The Committee on Appeals, which
was comprised of Mrs. Mary L. Carr.
Mrs. Agnes Hit, Mrs. Abbie A. Adams,
Mrs Elizabeth Darcy Kline, reported
Mrs. Elizabeth DARCY Kline and Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball. reported that the
one case which had been appealed to
the National Convention sustained the
National President in the decision that
she had made that the case had no
proper standing in the 2Sth National
Convention.
During the afternoon session it was
voted that as Andersonville Prison lark
had now been accepted by the United
States Government, and as there are
Sc, ,0l1.96 in the fund laid aside for the
use of the park, $4,000 should he kept
IN trust Tor the Grand Army, S2,UUO IN
trust for Army Nurses who do not re-
ceive a pension, and 200 for tablet
at Andersonville. which shall show how
the property was acquired and the
transfer made to the Government.
The National President received a
number of beautiful gifts in addition to
those reported. from her home Corps,
T. II. Cook, IL, of Cedar Rapids, she re-
ceived a beautiful silvcred scarf; from
the Massachusetts, delegation, a beau
tifui cut-glass vase; from B. S.
Beckum, HaVerhill. Mass, a large
bouquet of dainty, old-fashioned flow
ers: from her Conductors and Color
Guards a silver handbag; from Mrs. l..
Davidson, one of her Colorado Aids. a
Fort Collins silver spoon; from her Ma
tiondl Counselor, LodusIty Taylor, a sill
Yer fountain spoon of lie Seuer, Mimi;
from the Department CT Missouri a
large centerpfece embroidered in red
carnations; from Mrs. Elnla Sutton Da-
Wis, Special Aid of Rhode Island, a pair
of cut-glass vases; from Mrs. Hattie
Post, Department President of Rhode
Island, her Chief Guard, a cut-glass
bonbon dish: from Mrs. Maggie Bash
National