Evening star., 1927-12-07
CALLS REFORMERS
Church H|NDRANCE
Merrill Tells Colonial War So.
Ciety e"n,e Pastors Are
Blow to Faith.

The efforts Of some clergymen to
deal with things outside their juris-
diction was declared the reason why
people don't go to church." by John
Lenord Merrill of New York, gov
ernor general of the Order of Found.
ers and Patriots of America and for
mer vice governor general of the Cen
eral Society OF Colonial Wars, NJ the
thirty-tifth annual meeting Of the So
Ciety of Colonial Wars in the District
of Columbia, at the Willard Hotel last
night.
Speaking at the banquet of the so
cietE, which preceded a business Ses-
sion. when officers were elected, Mr..
Merrill declared: Some of the min
listers are trying to run the whole
United States. the Supreme Court and
everything else" This he gave as
an answer to statement: II know
why people don't go to church"
Mr.. Merrill deplored the existing
condition whereby Everybody is try
ing to find remedy for somebody
else. p"
Describing the development of
character and refinement as the need
of America today, Mr. Merrill de
clared he likes ITO vision that old
time gentle lady, with the inbred re
finement of generations, the woman
without a lipstick and who doesn't
care whether her name gets III the
paper or not"
Fries Makes Address.
Addresses also were delivered at the
banquet by Mai. Gen. Amos A. Fries.
who spoke on why Love America,
emphasizing the equality of oppor,
tunity in this country through which
of n
become great, and by Robert Fitch
Shepard. past president of the Aztec
Club of 1S47, who told of that organi-
zation and expressed the wish that if
England and the United States fight
in another war they will be allies.
Very Rev. G. {. f. Bratenahl, dean
of the Washington Cathedral, was
elected governor of the society to sue
ceed Samuel Herrick, governor for
the past two years. Mr.. Herrick was
elected governor general for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Other officers
elected were:
Deputy governor, Maj. Clement
Lincoln Bouve; lieutenant governor,
DR.. John Van Rensselaer,; secretary,
Markley Bethea; deputy secretary, Gil
bert Lewis Hail. treasurer, Avon
Morse Nevius, registrar, Capt. Robert
Root Bennett; deputy registrar, DR..
Charles Ford Langworthy; historian,
DR.. Andrew Stewart; chaplain, Rev.
Thomas E. Green; chancellor, Edward
Avery Hartmann; surgeon, DIR. Ira
Warren DenniSon, and custodian of
the colors, Frederick Denison Owen.
The new governor was escorted to
the chair by past governors of the So
ciety in the District, Walter Collins
Clephane and Joseph Burr Johnson.
Elections Are Held.
Frank S. Hight, Mr.. Clephane and
William Scott Parks were elected
gentlemen of the council, and Lieut..
Col Frederick Carlos Bryan, Samuel
Herrick, Leonard Huntress Dyer,
Ralph Putnam Barnard and Rev.
Arnold Harris Hord were chosen dele
gates to the General Assembly, their
terms to expire in 1880. The officers
were named by the nominating COM
nittee, Capt. Edwin 7. Pollock, chair
man.
Committee members were named as
follows:
Committee on membership-Capt.
Robert Root Bennett, DR.. Charles Ford
Langworthy, Cyrus Root, Lieut..
Comdr. Lewis Painter Clephane and
Edmund Hayes Bell. Committee on
historical documents--Dr. Andrew
Stewart, chairman; DR.. Edwin Allston
Hill, Alfred Byrne Horner and Charles
Noble Gregory.
Frank Firt Hord, Dwight Clark and
Morrow E. Sorley were elected to
membership in the society. Capt. K.
r. Bennett was chairman in charge or
arrangements for the banquet and
business meeting.