Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-29
NEW PRESBYTERIAN
HEAD PICKS AIDES
President of Girard College
Chosen by Or. Nudge as
Vice Moderator.

PITTSBURGH, May 20 P.-Chees-
man A. Herrick, president Of Girard
College. Philadelphia, today was named
vice moderator Of the General Assembly
S. A.
The appointment was one of the first
Official acts Of the newly elected mod
orator, DR.. Lewis Seymour Nudge Of
Philadelphia, who also Is stated clerk
Of the church.
DR.. Nudge named the Rev. Mark A,
Matthews Of Seattle, Wash, as chair
man Of the important Assembly Com
mittee on Polity and the Rev. George
w. Luccock OF Berea, KY. as chairman
OF the Committee on Bills and Over
lures, in the hands of which rests re-
sponsibility Of determining what busi-
ness shall be placed before the assembly.
Committee Chairmens
Other committee chairnien named
were
National Missions-Herbert Booth
Smith, Los Angeles.
Foreign Missions-The Rev. w. w.
White, New York.
Christian Education-The Rev. John
e. WiShart, San AnSelmo, Calf.
Pensions-Dr David De Forest Bur-
rell. Williamsport, Pa.
Theological Seminaries-Robert M.
Labaree, Lincoln University, Pa.
Finance-Judge Royal r. Watkins,
Dallas. TeS
Mileage-David Styer, Bordentown,
NJ J.
Leave Of Absence-Rev. L. Cannon
Bell. Huron, S. Oak.
Synodical RecordSAThe Rev. H. L.
McCrorey, Charlotte, N. c.
Nomination of Members Of General
Council-The moderator
Nomination Of members of Permanent
Judicial Commission-The Rev. w.
Clyde Howard, Chicago.
Resolution Of Thanks-The Rev. Will
liam H. Hopkins, Albany, N. Y.
Birth Control Fought.
Overtures received from Presbyteries
OF the Church concerning the Federal
Council OF Churches were formally Of
fered to the assembly today by DR..
Nudge IN his ONCE of stated clerk. One
asked the assembly to repudiate the ap-
prevail of birth control Two others,
one by the Presbytery of Denver. asked
that the assembly formally sever all re-
lations with and discontinue all con-
tributions to the Federal Council.
Action on these and other overtures
will not be taken. however, until after
they have been reported on by the As
sembly Committee on Bills and Over
lures, to which they were referred.
Conflicting overtures were reported
on proposals for union \ it'll the Meth
odist and Reformed Churches. With no
serious obstacles seen to organic union,
an Assembly Committee will ask the
assembly to authorize it to proceed to
definite negotiations for union.
Unions Sought.
An overture from the Presbytery Of
Arkansas asked the assembly adopt a
pending report on union with the Re
formed churches, and send 1t down to
the Presbyteries for decision. Another,
from the same Presbytery. urged ener-
getic measures toward union with the
Methodist churches. On the other
hand, an overture from the Presbytery
OF Chester, Pa, said it felt negotiations
thus far completed toward union with
the Reformed churches did net suffi-
GENTLY safeguard the property rights
OF the respective churches, and did not
sufficiently define the fundamental doc
trines to which ministers are to be
asked to subscribe.
The assembly likewise received an
overture from the Presbytery of Fort
Worth, asking change in the church
constitution to permit biennial sessions
and to reduce the membership of the
assembly by one-falf.
A memorial submitted by the Presby-
terry of New York asked the assembly
to order study of unemployment and
possible remedies for report to the next
assembly for possible action. A similar
study was asked by the .Presbytery Of
Los Angeles. -
Other overtures included:
Revision of the method OF making
up the annual bsnevolence budget Of
the church
Investigation of the feasibility Of o
life insurance plan for ministers.
Higher Entrance Standards.
Maintenance Of higher standards Of
entrance to the ministry.
Revision Of the terms of subscription
to ordination vows required of minis
tiers, elders and deacons
Asking the assembly to order pre-
pared church-wide program of educa-
ton concering prohibition
Investigation of Presbyterian homes
and hospitals with view to possible
correlation, oversight and promotion by
central body
Provisions be made for an annual
national prohibition oratorical contest
for children of high school age
A study to determine the practical
bility of forming synodical commissions
with power to supervise the Placing Of
ministers in churches. =