Evening star., 1935-03-31
HEAD OF COLLEGE
SEEKSD.A.R. POST
DR.. Flora Myers GiIIentine
on "Brain Trust" Ticket
for Highest Office.

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Forthcoming triennial election is DR..
Flora Myers Gillentine, Nashville
college professor, whose ticket was
announced here yesterday.
Not in years has the National So
ciety approached a triennial election
with as many issues as are crowded
to the fore. The election will be held
during the week of the Continental
Congress, which convenes in Consti-
tuition Hall on April Is.
Mrs. Harry Colfax, former State
regent of the District Of Columbia
D. A. r. is the only Washington can
didate among the 20-odd aspirants
for national Office this year, and She
has been Endorsed unanimously by
the local organization for registrar
geenral on the ticket headed by DR..
Gillentine.
Native of Tennessee.
DR.. Gillentine had announced her
candidacy at the same time that Mrs.
Becker entered the field some time
ago with her full ticket. but it was
only recently that the complete per-
sonnel of the opposing ticket was Sc
lected.
A native of Tennessee and a resi-
dent of Nashville, the Athens Of the
South" DR.. Gillentine has been
prominent for many years as an edu-
Gator, public official and leader in
women's activities. She has held
many Offices in the D. A. R.
It has been announced that II
elected president general Of the D.
A, DR.. Gillentine will take up her
permanent residence in Washington
during her term of office.
DR.. Gillentine traces her Revolu-
tionary ancestry to officers of the
North Carolina and Virginia troops.
She lists among her ancestors Capt.
Joshua Stone, a lineal descendant of
George Stone, who came to James
town, Va, in 1920, as well as many
others whose names are closely linked
with the history of the Old Dominion
Mrs. Grove Widely Known.
AS associate candidates DR.. Gillen-
tine has assembled a group OF women
from many sections, all Of whom have
more than local renown for achieve
ment in many spheres.
Mrs. Grove, the Districts lone can
didate, is widely known outside the
National Capital. She has been State
historian, vice regent and State regent
of the District of Columbia and has
seen service on many important ma
tional committees. For successive
sessions of the Continental Congress
she was chairman of the Pages Ball
Committee.
AS State chairman of the Con-
stitution Hall Finance Committee and
the Revolutionary Relics Committee,
Mrs. Grove has given distinctive serv-
ice to the national headquarters IN
Washington, for the District Daugh-
ters" have been liberal subscribers to
both the building and museum prof.
ects.
As candidate for chaplain general.
Mrs Percy Young Schelly of Phila-
delphia Is one of the most prominent
women in Pennsylvania patriotic
circles. She is an ex-regent of In
dependence Hall Chapter and for
many years has served as treasurer,
and is on the Nominating and Resolu-
tions Committee of the State D. A. r.
organization.
Rhode Islander on Ticket.
New England's representative on
the ticket with DR.. Gillentine is Mrs.
Philip Caswell, candidate for record
ing secretary general, who is State
regent of Rhode Island. She is the
only New England candidate for ma
tional Office this year. Mrs. Caswell
is a charter member of the Rhode
Island D. A. r. and is second vice
president of the United States Daugh-
ters of 1912.
The candidate for corresponding
secretary general, Mrs. John Allison
Hardy, is a leader in Mississippi,
where she is honorary vice regent and
a former acting State regent. She is
representative Of the younger element
in the D. A. r. and is active in
social welfare work.
Well known as publisher, historian
and woman of affairs, Mrs. Fred
Schilpin of Minnesota, candidate for
treasurer general, was last years
winner of the D. A. r. prize for
historical publications. She is author
of STUDY Outlines of History" used
largely in State work throughout the
society.
Mrs. Edmund Burke Ball is the
candidate for historian general and
is one of the prominent D. A. r. lead
ers in Indiana. For six years she
has been chairman of the Indiana
room in Memorial Continental Hall.
Mrs. McMullen Is Candidate.
From Nebraska, Mrs. Adam Nc
Mullen, wife of former Governor of
that State, is the candidate for re-
porter general to the Smithsonian In
stitution. Mrs. McMullen is former
State regent and is a member of the
National Officers Club in Washing
tion, where she is well known.
Mrs. Clyde H. Porter, State vice re-
gent of Missouri, Is DR.. Gillentine's
candidate for librarian general. She
has been State chairman of finance
and is member of the Board of Ar
rowrock Tavern, memorial landmark
preserved by the Missouri D. A. r.
The candidate for curator general,
Mrs. Herbert Fay Gaffney, is one Of
the best known members of the D. A.
r. She has five years of service as a
member of the National Board of
Management, and as State regent and
vice president general she has been a
leader in many fields. Mrs. Gaff-
ney Is from Georgia.
brain Trust" Ticket.
DR.. Gillentine, a college professor
herself, is literally putting s. brain
trust" ticket in the field. Colleges
and universities represented on her
ticket are Columbia, Minnesota, Vas
sar, Peabody. Iowa, Sweet Briar, Ohio