Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-08
CHOATE IS CHOSEN
ST. ANDREWS HEAD
District Episcopal Layman
Succeeds BonSaII as
President.


H. Lawrence Choate, a prominent
Washington Episcopal layman, was hon.
ored by being unanimously elected
president of the National Brotherhood
of ST. Andrews at the annual business
meeting of the order today in connec-
ton with its forty-second national con-
vention, held at the Mayflower Hotel
The new president succeeds Edward
H BonSall of Philadelphia who de-
clined a reelection for a twentieth
term.
Other members of the national coun-
Gil we're being selected this afternoon
as the business sessions continued. The
election of Mr.. Choate was a foregone
conclusion when the convention met
earlier today He was placed in NOM
inatiOn by DR.. B. F. Finney. president
OF the University of the South. Swanee,
Tenn, and seconded by Courtenay Bar
Der Of Chicago.
Mr. Choate has been influential in
Episcopal affairs in Washington since
coming here four years ago from Chi
cago, where he served as president of
the Assembly. He is a member of ST.
Pauls Episcopal Church, Rock Greek
Parish, and has served as chairman of
the convention during its sessions here.
1t is with genuine regret that the
Brotherhood delegates look to the re-
tirement Of Mr.. Bonsall, who has
record of more than 40 years service
in the Brotherhood Before his cleo
ton as president, 19 years ago, he was
for number of years a national coun-
Gilman of the order. A banker of Phila-
delphia, Mr.. Bonsall is known widely
for Y. M. G. A. work, and during the
war engaged in promoting the Brother
hood work in 90 Army camps and naval
stations here and overseas.
Talks by three successful men on
'The Business Of Being a Christian"
were feature of today's program of the
General Convention, which closes to-
morrow. The talks, before the junior
division in st. Thomas Church were
given by Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune.
commandant of the Marine Corps, and
senior warden of Epiphany Church;
Samuel Thorne, New York capitalist,
and James L. Houghteling, vice presi-
dent of the Chicago Daily News, and
a son of the founder of the Brotherhood
order.
Speakers at Conference.
Christian stewardship and the
church's program were subjects coming
before the senior division today at the
Mayfower conferences. Speakers in
cluoed Lewis B. Franklin, New York
banker and national Episcopal treas
urer; Rev. Dr. Theodore r. Ludlow, d.
rector of adult education Of the EpiS-
copal Church, and Rev. DR.. Charles N.
Lathrop, executive secretary of the de-
partment of social service, who led the
discussion.
Earlier in the morning Rev. Samuel
NJ. Shoemaker, jr., rector of Calvary
Church, New York City, addressed the
general meeting of delegates on 1.-THE
Second Birth" declaring that there
cannot be an advance of the church
in other generations until we have
religion with lot more kick in it than
We have today"
Following the National Council cleo
ton this afternoon the problem of re-
ligion in modern universities, subject
of recent startling reports, was to be
taken up late, with Rev. John B. Hart,
student pastor at the University of
Pennsylvania, and Rev. Raimundo De
OWES, chaplain of the University of
the South, leading in that discussion.
DR.. Larkin w. Glazebrook, field Secre-
tary of the National Commission on
Evangelism, also was scheduled to speak
today on individual evangelism.
Interest among the delegates centered
In two addresses early this afternoon,
one by Prof S. L. JOSH of Dartmouth
College,, on 1.-THE Worlds Need" and
the other by Rev. Alfred Newbery, rec
tor of the Church of the Atonement,
Chicago on THE Great Triangle-Me,
Him and It."
Tonight'S mass meeting, devoted to
'The Influence of the Family of Chris
tians," will be held at o'clock in the
Church of the Epiphany. The speakers
will be Rev. DR.. Frank E. Wilson of
Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Right Rev.
Charles L. Slattery, Bishop of MaSSa-
chusettS, and Right Rev. Logan H.
Roots, Bishop of Hangkow.
Finds Youth Unchanged.
Modern youth was acquitted of being
any better or any worse than youth OF
former generations by DIR. Bernard
Iddings Bell, president of st. Stephens
College, New York, speaking last night
before the convention of the Brother
hood in the Church of the Ascension.
Young men of today are not bit
different from the young men of IS
years ago." declared DR.. Bell. Some
people talk as though a miracle hap
pened about 1915 which transmogrifiCd
the younger section of the race. This
Is silly. Sometimes younger man asks
me If / am not shocked at the wicked
ness of his generation. 1t gives me i'm
mense joy to puncture his pride by
telling him that there is no wickedness
performed by him and his pals that I
and my pals did not commit, and fire.
quently with more skill.
THE badness of modern youth does
not interest me much. It is the same
conventional badness that I have known
all my life. The chief difference is
that when we did something wicked
we kept quiet about it, while modern
youth cannot do anything naughty
without telling the world in a loud voice
all the particulars. l cannot believe
that the increase in this so-called
opennesS is anything more than a
growth in brag
Some of US toted a good deal of
liquor, but we did not bore everybody
by casing about it. Some of us petted,
but we did not think it necessary to
tell afterwards. This increased frank
ness is just bad taste, not virtue. In
short modern youth is not any worse
than 1t has ever been.
Young People Distract.
"Nor is it any better. Youth is
puzzled, distract, self-conscious, almost
pathetically desiring instruction, lead
ership and an understanding compass
sion. Youngsters are unhappy, almost
all Of them. Life is hardly to be en-
dufed. The only difference worth not
ing between younger men and older
ones is that the younger ones are more
ignorant and inexpert. But that is
natural"
Many Daughters of the King attend
ed the mass meeting in the Church of
the Ascension last night, when the
topic was the young peoples work in
the church. Right Rev Frank Alex
ander Julian, Bishop of Florida, who
also spoke, expressed the opinion that
Young peOple are better tndaN than %