Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-15
PRESBYTERY ENDS |
SPRING SESSIONS
Adjourned Meeting Tonight
viii 0rdain Gerard Smell
to Church Ministry.

The Presbytery of Washington City
concluded the regular sessions of its
sixty-first Spring meeting W tn the
adoption of several resolutions and APP
proval of reports. In Sherwood Presby-
terrain Church, Twenty-second street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast,
yesterday afternoon.
1t voted to hold an adjourned meet
ing in New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church tonight at o'clock to ordain
Gerard H. Smell to the ministry Of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr.. Smell was
given an examination before the Pres
byteIy yesterday and passed satisfac-
torily.
Attended School Here.
Mr.. Smell is the son of Theodore T.
Smell of this city and the grandson of
the late Rev. M. Porter Smell, who WIS
q member of the PreSbytery of Wash
ington City He was named after his
great-grandfather, Gerard Hallock. for
So years editor of the New York Journal
of Commerce
Mr.. Smell is gradr ate of Mckinley
High School of this CITY and received
the degree of bachelor o. arts, with dis
tinction, from George Washington Uni
versity in 1928. He received his theo-
logical training at the Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. PrinceEon, N. j., and
at the Westminster Theological Sem
mary, Philadelphia.
During the last school year he was
president of the student body organi-
zation of the latter seminary. Mr.
Smell mas accepted a call n become
assistant minister of the Chu-,h of the
Covenant of Cincinnati, Ohit.
Moderators Named.
The following were name supply
ministers and moderators to churches:
Rev. T. Mcleod, stated supply to the
church at Clifton, Va; Rev. John w
Lowdsn, stated supply at Feelsville,
near Germantown, Md: Rev p. james
mon Church. Rev. George NJ. Cum
nings. moderator of Kenilworth Pres
byterian Church: Rev r. P3ul
Schearrer. moderator of Northminster
Presbyterian Church, and Rev. George
H. Cook, moderator and supply at the
Irwin Memorial Church. Idylwood. Va
Rev. Dr. Bernard Braskamp was re-
elected to the committee on vacs ncy and
supply of the presbytery.
Records Checked.
Othsr business taken up incl ded the
checking Of the official records of the
various churches of the presbytery. The
records were generally approved. with
minor excep ions taken to the manner
in which certain items we're reported.
Among reports of importance to the
presbytery YVES one by Rev. r. Paul
Schearrer of the Committee on Chris
tan Education. who told of the various
rel gfous school groups of the presbytery
an: some of the problems they have
dealt with. particularly in reference to
fptiCipYls inctJ13pfi0Y1 Of vOtifn
EeT. George M Cummings. perma-
nent clerk, urged the Presbytery to take
greater interest in West Nottingham
ACADEMY. Presbyterian institution of
learning in Cecil County Md He re-
ported progress has been made at the
school and that building that burned
down there has been replaced W tn
arother. at cost of more than $50 900.
The Presbytery was addr SEED at
lunch, prior to the afternoon business
session, by Rev. Walter A. Gro es. mis-
sionsry TO Teheran. Persia, who reported
much progress has been made there in
securing converts.
Racial Equality Asked
The Presbytery adopted a resolution
urging the Baltimore Synod of the
Presbyterian Church, the larger gov
ernIng BODY under which the local
PreSbytery comes mot to accept the
hospitality of any conference place for
the .synodical meeting" unless the coll
ored members of the synod are given
full privileges of assembly with the
white
The resolution was introduced by
Rev DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo, pastor of New
YORK Avenue Presbyterian Church. after
Rev II B. Taylor of the Fifteenth
street Presbyterian Church had charged
discrimination in the past The resolu-
ton was adopted to apply after the