Evening star., 1927-04-18
c. A. R. CONVENTION
BEGINS TOMORROW
Reports of Officers, Musical
Selections and Greetings
to Form Program.

The inaugural session of the Thirty
second Annual Convention Of the Ma
tional Society, Children Of the Amer
| ican Revolution, will be opened to-
morrow morning at 1915 in the audi
! torium of the Red Cross Building with
! a program of music by the United
| states Marine Band Orchestra. Sew
eral hundred delegates will be in at
tendence. and Mrs Josiah Van Orsdel,
| president Of the society, will preside
at all meetings.
| The president and the national Off
/ GERS, escorted by is young ladies', who
/ viii serve as pages throughout the
week, will march down the aisle of
the auditorium at the sounding of "at-
tention' by the bugler of the Marine
| Band
Mrs, Van Orsdel then will formally
/ cali the convention to order Rev, DR.,
Frederick Brown Harris will give the
/ invocation.
VIII Present Flag.
Mrs. Reuben Rodd Holloway, presi-
dent Col Nicholas RuXton Moore So
ciety, Baltimore, then Will present the
/ &, A. r. with a large American flag.
from her society. Mrs. Van Orsdel
VIII thank Mrs, Holloway in behalf
of the G. A. r.
The salute to the flag" will be
given hy Charles Peace and Lee
Peace Of the Col Nicholas Ruxton
Moore Society.
Following the singing of THE Star
Spangled Banner" by the audience.
accompanied by the orchestra, '"rhe
American Greed" viii be led by Eu.
gene Hawley, Gov. Thomas Welles
Society
Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, Elizabeth
Chadbourne, First Free School So
ciety, Dorchester, Mass, will give a
vocal solo. Our Flag of Liberty"
Greetings then will be given by Miss
Margaret NJ Lothrop first member of
the c. A. r.
Edward Miller Smith. Lieut.. John
Ijams Society. Baltimore, Md, talent
ed whistler, will give several selec-
tons.
Greetings Are Planned
Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau. president
general of the p. a. r., viii give
greeting, which win be followed by
greetings from Justice Josiah A. Van
Orsdel, vice president general, Sons
Of the American Revolution.
Constance Russell, Capitol Society
p. A. r. pianist. will play a selection,
which will be followed by greetings
from Mrs. James NJ Wiley, State re-
gent Daughters of the American
Revolution, District of Columbia, and
from Kenneth S. Wales, president,
Sons of the American Revolution,
District of Columbia.
Aylophone selections will be given
by Robert A. Mulliken First Alarm
Society, Brookline, Mass, accompa-
MED by Mrs. John A. Mulliken.
Mrs. Van Orsdel then viii give her
message to the convention, which will
be followed by the report of commit
tee on credentials by Mrs. Charles S.
appointment of committee on reso-
lutions will be made and the con.
Ventlon will take a recess until .
o'clock.
Hearing on Reports.
The afternoon session will be de-
voted to the hearing of reports of
national officers, Mrs. Van Orsdel,
president; Mrs. Frank S. Raw, ma
tional recording secretary; Mrs.
Georgia Knox Berry, national organ
izing secretary; Miss Aimee II. Powell,
national corresponding secretary, and
Mrs. Thaddeus NJ. Jones, followed by
report of auditing committee. Mrs.
Eleanor Washington Howard. chair.
man; the national registrar. Mrs. Rose
Mulcare; the national historian, Mrs.
John NJ. Kerr: the national librarian
curator, Mrs. Charles S. Groves; re-
port of finance committee, Mrs. Larz
Anderson, chairman: printing commit
tee, Miss Dorinda Rogers, chairman;
editor of magazine, Mrs. Frank S.
Ray; report of business manager of
magazine. Mrs. Carl II. Giroux; report
of national director Of radio broad
casting, Charles II. Mcdowell. The
reports of State directors will close
the afternoon meeting.
Tomorrow evening the State direc.
tor viii hold a meeting in the C. A. r.
board room, Memorial Continental
Hail. and the local president will
meet in the G. A, Il. business office,
Administration Building.
The Wednesday meeting will open
at 10 o'clock.