Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14
THANK OFFERING
FUNDS ALLOTTED
Seven Episcopal Church In
stitutions to Share in
S1,1O0,000 Fund.

Announcement of seven church insti-
buttons which are to receive appropri-
atoms from the triennial united thank
! offer1ng presented last Thursday to the
/ General Convention of the Episcopal
Church was made at Yesterdays session
| OF the Woman's Auxiliary
certain proportion of the offering
which totaled over Sl.100,000, is set
apart for buildings, the selection having
been made In advance after careful
study by special committee of which
MRS. Charles H. Boynton of New York
Is chairman. All are connected with
existing missions of the Episcopal
| Church.
Expenditures Allotted
The appropriations, amounting to
$165 900, are to be expended as follows:
| A vocational school for Indian boys
and girls at Cass Lake, Mimi, SIS 900.
A school building to be erected and
equipped for the Appalachian School for
! $50 900
A little church to be reconstructed at
Delray Beach, Fla, $4,000.
ST. GATHERINGS School, San Juan.
Porto Rico, to be erected, one of four
buildings in a church center now being
formed there, $4,000.
st. Margaret's House, in connection
with the Church Training School at
Berkeley, Calf. residence for church
workers In training and home where
Oriental women may be welcomed on
their arrival in this country, $4,000.
nurses home for st. Agnes Hos
pital for Negroes, at Raleigh, N. c..
! 10000.
A chapel to serve st. Margarat,s
School, Tokyo, and the rapidly grow
ing community In which the school
has been working since the earthquake
of 1928, $4,000.
New Bylaw Adopted.
A new, bylaw concerning the APP
pointment Of the executive secretary
OF the Woman's Auxiliary was adopted.
ana committee on nominations also
was appointed by the presiding officer.
Miss Elizabeth Mathews of Ohio. This
committee win receive up to tomorrow
noon names to be placed in nomina-
zion for election as officers end mem
oers OF the executive board for the
coming triennium. The members of
Vne committee are: Mrs. E. L. Wood
ward, Richmond, Va, chairman; Mrs
isaac HUI. Concord, N; H.: Mrs. Ste
phen Johnson Newark, N. j.: Mrs
w. j. Learing Clark, Sewanee, Tenn:
Mrs. Forbes Snowden. Milwaukee, Wis:
Mrs. F. l.. Palmer. Faribault. Mimi:
Mrs. James Wise, Topeka, Kans.: Mrs.
5. A. Huston. Seattle, Wash, and Miss
Mildred Capron of Boston and Anking,
China.
! The bylaw, one of the most import
ant matters to come before the
auxiliary. was presented by the COM
mittee headed by FRS. Edwin J. Ran
dali Of Chicago It read: IAN execu-
tive secretary of the Woman's Auxiliary
shall be appointed by the presiding
bishop upon nomination by the Wom-
ans Auxiliary at its triennial meeting.
She shall serve for term of three
years. In case of disability her sue
cessor shall be appointed by the pre-
siding bishop to I'LL the 5unexpfrsd
! term"
i Bylaw Is Amended.
! This was amended on motion of
Miss Margaret Weed of Jacksonville.
Fla, by direction that the executive
secretary shall perform such duties
as the executive board with the ap-
prevail of the presiding bishop shall
assign to her.
The bylaw, as amended, was adopted
by vote Of 178 to 81 Further con-
sideration of the bylaws was post
poned until later this week. The
auxiliary passed by a rising vote reso-
luton presented by Miss Weed. ex-
pressing appreciation of the devout
and patient work on the part of many
| who were responsible for the United
Thank Offering service at the Ca
thedral last Thursday morning and
the mass meeting that evening. Copies
were ordered sent to Miss Lucy A.
Grant, United Thank Offering treas
urer for Washington; Canon Peter CT
the Cathedral, DR.. L. w. Glazebrook
and Comdr. Jewell, in charge of the
! mass meeting.