The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-21
D. A. R. HEAR s
DR.. LEWIS

Declaring that the Daughters of
the American Revolution is the
most effective. organization in the
nation in the field of constructive
patriotism, William Mather Lewis,
president OF George Washington
University. in an address to the
Thirty-fifth Continental Congress- to-
day launched into defense Of the
nations youth. He came before
the congress as an advocate of
modern youth, he said.
''I do not deny that there are
tendencies today in youth which are
deplorable," he declared, but am
equally certain that those tenden-
cies are not the exclusive possession
Of youth, that they represent a.
general social condition peculiar to
no age, and that If the youth prob
lem today is more acute than in
former times it is because those OF
older years, who should be their
intelligent leaders. have surrendered
their responsibility and their OPP
portunity, and have turned to soft
and purposeless ways of living
which are at utter variance with
the habits OF our sturdy ancestors
who fashioned a nation out of a
wilderness"
There has never been a genera
ton, President Lewis said, which
in intellectual curiosity, in serious
ness OF purpose and in possibility Of
service has exceeded this genera
ton.
Referring to the present agitation
regarding law enforcement, he said
the most obvious and the most
workable" remedy for existing con.
ditions-the home-'doubtless will
be the least considered"
Devoting the morning session Of
the third day Of the Congress to
routine business and the reading OF
committee reports, the Daughters to-
day laid the groundwork for the &C
complishment OF their program for
this year.
At the session this afternoon
speaker.
President and Mrs. Coolidge will
receive the members Of the con-
gress at the White House at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon.
At the conclusion Of tonight'S pro-
gram nominations for president
will be in order, together with
nominations to fill the places Of
seven vice presidents general whose
terms expire this year. The ballot
boxes will be open tomorrow.
Mrs. Brosseau UnoppOsed
With only one candidate for
president general, Mrs. Alfred J.
.Brosseau, Of Connecticut, this years
election lis simplified, and SINNERS
down to contests between ID as
pirants for the seven vice presidents
general The Brosseau coalition
ticket, announced yesterday, is ex-
pected to ride to victory on the
Brosseau wave.
Reports of the various committees
will continue until Friday, as each
finishes its work. The resolutions
committee will report daily from
it's hopper.
Mrs. John Trigg Moss. chairman
Of this committee, made the first
report today, while Miss Alice
Louise McDuffee made that of the
Americanization committee.
Other committee reports made to-
day were: Better films, Mrs. l..
Grant Baldwin; Children, Sons and
Daughters of the Republic, Mrs.
Charles F.. Bathrick; conservation
and Thrift, Mrs. Frederick Ernest
Frisbee: contact committee for the
Sesqui- Centennial, Mrs. Alexander
Ennis Patton; correct use of the
flag, Mrs. John Miller Horton;
genealogical research, Mrs. Harvey
Tyson White and Ellis Island, Mrs,
Brosseau.
Free Tree Surgery
Representative Martin l.. Davey
Of Ohio at the morning session Of
fered treatment of one historic
tree a year, as head Of a tree ex'
pert company in Ohio.