Evening star., 1925-01-03
PLANBROAD LEAGUE.
. OF BIBLE READERS.
Committee to Consider Ex-
tension of Community QueS-
, ton Contest Program.

With the idea of making the work
of the newly organized Community
Bible Readers League, formerly the
Community Bible Question Contest,
national and international. a commit
tee of five is to be appointed, with
Mrs. Louise Harding Earll chairman.
at a meeting Wednesday afternoon at
the Franklin School Building. This
committee will make Investigations
and formal plans for this work.
Organization Officers.
The organization is now operated
by the following officers: Mrs. Earl,
under whom the Community Bible
Question contests were conducted,
president; Rev. DR.. Joseph SiZoo, pas
tor of the New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church, first vice president;
Stephen L. Kramer, assistant super
intendent of public schools, second
vice president; Mrs. II. Moffatt Brad
ley, supervisor of the Washington
Bible School Association, third vice
president: Mrs. Orrell Moody, presi-
dent of the North Star branch of the
". c. T. L.. and in charge of the insti-
tute work of that organiza ton. fourth
vice president, and Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter, president of the District Of
Columbia Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations. fifth
vice president; Mrs Grace Ross Cham
berlin, president of the Housekeepers'
Alliance, recording secretary; Brig.
Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the
Kiwanis Club, treasurer, and Lewis
r. Breuinger, president of the Citi-
zens' National Bank, auditor.
List of Council Members.
Members of the council are: Chap
- ~ -
fntendent Cleveland Park Congrega-
tional Sunday School; Canon William
+. DeVries. Episcopal Diocese, Dis
trict of Columbia; DR.. Cove Griffith
Johnson, pastor Baptist National Me-
mortal: DR.. Shera Montgomery, pas
tor Calvary Methodist Episcopal and
chaplain of the United States House
of Representatives; William Tyler
Page, reading clerk of the House of
Represe natives; DR.. J. Phelps Hand,
District superintendent of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church; DR.. Jason No
BILE Pierce, pastor First Congrega-
tional Church: DR.. Abram Simon, pas
tor Eighth Street Temple; Mrs. Nir-
ginta White Speel. president District
of Columbia Federation of Women's
Clubs; Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton,
president District of Colum bia Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union; DR..
c. r. Stauffer, pastor Ninth Street
Christian Church; Mgr. c. F. Thomas,
pastor st. Patrick's Church.
The executive board consists Of: DR..
John MacMurray, pastor Massachu-
setts Avenue NJ. Z. Church and sec
retary Religious Visual Education,
Inc; DR.. H. w o. Mfllington, secre-
tary in charge Baptist headquarters
of the Columbia Association of Bap-
tist Churches: Albert Shaw, secretary
Boy Scouts of the District of Colum-
bia; Arthur Ridgway. superintendent
Columbia Heights Christian Sunday
School
The chairmen in. charge of depart
ments of work will become, by virtue
of their office, members of the execu-
tive board.
The following outline for depart
mental work was presented by the
president and, unanimously adopted
by the members present: The Bible in
education, the Bible in art, the Bible
in music, the Bible in literature, the
Bible in industry, the Bible in Recrea-
tion, the Bible in hygiene and healing
and the Bible in social life.
Membership cards, which will be
printed for wide distribution, read
thus:
I'VE, the undersigned, believing
that the Bible is the worlds greatest
book, and believing that its ideals
and purity of expression promote
social culture, thus checking social
corruption, pledge our cooperation
for a more general and more thought
full reading of the Bible both for our
selves and for others; it being under
stood that there are no special limita-
tions and that liberty is given to each
to follow the version and methods of
his choice"