Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-22
D. A. r. Convention Notes

A fllrore was caused yesterday in the
pages room of the D. A. r. when one
of the bevy of pretty girls acting as
page at the Congress found a man S
grey cap. She turned in the alarm TO
the head of pages, and after an in
vestigation in the press room to md
out if there was a reporter covering
the sessions who had worn cap, the
pages decided to let the matter go
down as an unsolved mystery.
South Carolina is the seat of Ia
masSee D. A. R. Industrial School for
Girls, and Mrs. John Carroll Coulter
of Columbia, State regent, yesterday
gave an extended account OF progress
During the past year the new dorm1-
tory and dining hall building were ded-
Tamassee School, and so additional
girls and boys attend as day scholars
from neighboring communities.
Tennessee is financing five college
students, said Mrs. Joseph Hayes Ack-
len of Nashville, State regent. This
being done under the student loan,
while a number of the local chapters
are doing similar work directly.
Through the efforts of the Tennessee
D. A. r. the statue of John Sewer has
been added to the collection of States
heroes in National Statuary Hall in the
Capitol here.
Texas D. A. r. will sponsor erection
of a monument to George Washington
on the campus Of the State University
at Austin, according to Mrs. James T.
Rountree, State regent. Fifty thou
sand dollars will be raised for this
purpose, and the school children of the
State are participating in the move
ment. The Texas D. A. r. Forest has
been added to and in addition TO large
gifts TO Constitution Hall, all of the
national enterprises have been sup
ported.
Virginia, said Mrs. Nathaniel Bea-
man of Norfolk, State regent, is carry
ing forward it's permanent endowment
fund. Virginia's outstanding activity
this year will be the celebration of the
150th anniversary of the surrender of
Lord CORVALLIS at Yorktown. Mrs.
Beaman called attention to the national
interest in next Falls celebration. AT
that time a number of historical spots
will be marked by Virginia D. A. r.
Washington. according to Mrs. Yves
ley Hugh Dubois of Spokane, State
regent, has a varied list OF local actiyi
ties, as diversified as the resources of
the State Work in citizenship is re-
f1ected in distribution of nearly $4,000
of the D. A. r. manuals in ID Ian
guages and from lumber camps in the
mountains to fisheries in the lower
reaches of Puget Sound. A teachers
oath bill was passed by the Legislature
and loans are outstanding to IS stu
dents from the loan fund. Sixteen girls
in all have received 5000.
West Virginia, said Mrs William H.
Vaught of Point Pleasant, State regent,
has followed closely the national work
of the society. Every pledge has been
met. The girl homemakers' work is
continued through the All clubs and
the student loan fund has been in
creased from S1,95797 to total Of
$13,296.l6. Every National Committee
mas had a State chairman, which has
furthered the work.
Wisconsin, said Mrs. James Franklin
Trottman of Milwaukee, State regent,
has encountered Communistic activities
in camps Of the Young Pioneers at
Kenosha and Superior. This has led to
featuring of patriotic education work,
both as effort among the school chill
dren with clubs and with national de-
Tense programs In the chapters. There
are 2,871 members in the as Wisconsin
chapters.
Wyoming's most popular work, &C.
cording TO Mrs. Charles F. Burger 6f
Buffalo, State regent, is the school
awards for high grades in United States
history. The biggest D. A. r. project in
Wyoming is the pioneer cabin owned
by the chapter at Lusk and located in a
city park being improved by the local
chapter
Kentucky D. A. r. were very active
in working with the American Legion
for the relief of the unemployed, ac-
cording to Mrs. Stanley Forman Reed
Of MaySville, State regent. The State
regent, has been named by the Gov
ernor Of Kentucky as a member CT the
Kentucky Commission for the Celebra-
ton Of the 200th Anniversary of the
Birth of George Washington. A new
chapter Of the society has been organ
lied at Harlan.
Maine has gone forward with the
completion CT Knox Memorial, accord
ing 10 Mrs. Victor L. Warren Of Dover
Foxcroft, State regent, and the new
Montpelier memorial will be dedicated
July IS, 1881. Mrs. Warren announced