Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-22
PHI MI SIGMA SUNDAY
SCHOOL FRAT" MEETS
Three-Day Session Opens at Mount
Vernon Place n. E. Church,
South.
DR.. Clifton P. Clark Reelected Su-
preme Master-Mode1 In
itiation Tonight.

The Phi NIu Sigma Sunday School Fra
opened its three-day meeting yesterday
morning with an address by Rev. E. X.
Hardin. pastor of the Mount Vernon
Place NJ. f. Church South About ITO
members of the fraternity met in the
auditorium of the church to listen to DR.
Hardins address upon the life and work
OF St Paul as illustrative of the good that
can be derived from reconstructed life.
DR.. Hardin spoke upon the purpose. the
program and the prize of St Pauls life
saying II was worthy purpose, that his
program was one of strenuous concentra-
ton and wise stretching forward to-
ward the future. and that the prize was
holy character. a redeemed and God
filled manhood. DR.. Hardin showed the
application of all this to the individual
life of each member of the organization
The auditorium was decorated with
American flags and banners bearing the
names OF the ten local chapters. and the
two chapters in Louisiana. The member
snip of the fraternity is now more than
40
Yesterday evening the delegates and
members listened to a sermon BY Rev
James Shera Montgomery at the Metro
politan Church.
Business Routine Today.
The session this morning was devoted
entirely to business routine. 1t was
called to order by Dr. Clifton P. Clark,
supreme master of the fraternity, and
It's founder, and reports of the presidents
of the different chapters were read as
follows: Alpha Chapter. Mount Vernon
Place NJ E. Church South: Beta Chap
tnr ~,
Brightwoods Gamma Chapter. Metropoli-
tan NJ. f. Church; Delta Chapter Doug
las NJ. L. Church, Epsilon Chapter. St
Paul NJ. f. Church South; Zeta Chapter,
Vermont Avenue Christian Church; Eta
Chapter. United Brethren Church. and
from one of the two chapters in Louis
lana. the Alpha.
Following the reports national officers
were elected as follows: DR. Clifton P
Clark. supreme master. which office he
has held continuously since the founding
of the fraternity; W. s. Warren of Alpha
Chapter of the District, corresponding
secretary; IF. +. Thomas of Beta Chap
ter of the district, recording secretary;
Leslie r. Roberts of Alpha Chapter of
Louisiana. treasurer, and 6. Lorin Oliver
of the Delta Chapter of the District his
torian.
The delegates from Louisiana consist of
Louis F. Brooks and Leslie r. Roberts.
who are president and vice president of
t''t 4<odiSiaiid SHdpltIs IeSpeCuNelV-
Model Initiation Tonight.
Business sessions are to hold the atten-
ton of the delegates this afternoon. and
tonight Tri-Omicron Chapter, comprising
the young uen in the Sunday school
class Of William L. Evans of Hamline NJ
E. Church. is to be installed, which will
be followed by model initiation of Allen
Hllderbrand of the District Alpha Char
ter members of a new chapter in Phi Mu
Epsilon. it is stated. are exempt from
imitation, ii being the custom to furnish
A goat from some other chapter to
SHOW the new members how it is done.
The feature of tonight's meeting is to
ne an address by Rev. Forest j. Pretty
man. chaplain on the Senate and a sus-
tanning member of the fraternity
The convention closes tom BORROW evening
with an excursion down the river. at
which time an opportunity will be given
the members of the organization to carry
out the suggestion received this morning
in telegram from the Louisiana Alpha
Chapter concerning its two delegates:
If Skeeter and Ape get too foxy, throw
EN- into the Potomac