Evening star., 1922-05-24

those VINO received u cefu1c0tes
The winners of the Community
Bible question contest were present.
| ed with their prizes and awards at
| exercises at the First Congregational
Church. 10th and G streets. last night.
Those who received the prizes
| were: T. Russell Hungerford, 81. and
Rev. c. Bradshaw, IS, first and second
In the senior class. The junior prizes
were presented to Lucille Basin and
Florence La Gore, who received So
and So. respectively, Ruth Wort
and Mrs. Giles Scott Wildman were
presented with special prizes in the
form of silver pencils. In addition
to the prizes awarded. sixty-three Of
the contestants received certificates.
Rev. DR.. Charles F. Steck awarded
EarN gave the certificates. The spe-
| cial award to the Gunston Hall School
for having the largest representation
In the contest was presented by Mrs.
Howard L. Hodgkins. One OF those to
receive a certificate was Miss Mary
| L. Craig. 2015 G street.
"Bfble Contest Pageant
The program opened with COM
| punity singing, led by William R.
Schmucker, after which followed a
professional. the Community Bible
Contest Pageant" which consisted of
banners representing the various
| churches represented in the contest
and headed by a banner which was
| of an edition of The Star, together
with banners of the other Washing
ton papers that had helped in making
\ the contest a success.
| Rev. Clarence True Wilson made an
| address. In which he said the Con-
stitutien of the United States was
framed from the teachings In the
Bible because it. was the only book
| that every member that helped frame
| the Constitution was well ground
ed in.
"Our forefathers were taught to
spell, to read and receive their train
ing in ethics and science from their
| earliest childhood on" said DR.. Will
| son. who declared that it was by
| sermons taken from Bible texts and
the spreading of the Bible teachings
! that aroused the people in 1776 to
| rise against tyranny, and that 1t was
for this reason that principles taught
! In the Bible were naturally the basis
tuition by the men who founded it
! and had as their inspiration "the fam
| lily Bible" "The Bible has made US,
and through civic organizations. other
institutions and the public 1t should
come back into its own and be taught
AA Sho PuoAAS cCuOolo, SdlQ r. w
son.
5000 Papers Submitted.
Mrs. Earll. District Of Columbia
chairman of the Bible study commit
tee of the Federation of womeu's
Clubs. under whose auspices the con-
test was given. read a report of the
contest, which showed that nearly
5000 papers had been submitted dur
ing the four successive contests, the
last having 739 submitted. Mrs. Earll
was presented with a bouquet as q
tribute to her activities in the con-
test.
| DR.. steck. president of the Pastors
Federation. pronounced the invoca-
tion and DR.. Abram Simon. rabbi Of
the Washington Hebrew Congerga-
tion, read the Scripturea
| The Star was especially mentioned
| for the corporation that it had given
In conducting the contest. Organ solos
were rendered by Mrs. Mary C. D..
Johnson and q vocal solo was sung
by Miss Hazel Bachsmidt The Of
fertory appeal was made BY Rev.
Harry Mitchell. Mrs. ]. W. Frizxell,
president of the District Federation
Of Women's Clubs. presided.