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vice presidents general at 81, but
provided that only six will be elected
each year, the others to be named
at general election every three
years.
The discussion over the amend
ments to the bylaws took so long
that one of the most important
} changes, providing that the first
vice president general ascend to
the general presidency automatical-
ly should a vacancy occur during
the president generals term of Office,
was not reached. It will be taken
up at tomorrow's session.
DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain of the House of Repre-
sentatives, who spoke at the early
session, told the delegates that home
was the first schoolhouse, and as
serted that "the American home
must remain the custodian of the
undiluted principles of democ-
racy."
If the home is a contented one, he
said, "a bowl of spinach there is
good enough for king"
standards today are being
threatened and undermined" he de-
clared The home should be the
highway of religious travel over
which the youth of the Nation may
co."
Respect for Authority Asked.
Urging the return of round table
literary discussions in the home, he
declared: "We make laws to protect
the public against impure food; we
make laws to deport criminals; why
should we not make laws to forbid
scrofula being poured into the views
of American YOUTH"
DR.. Montgomery criticized the de-
sire to "analyZe everything" pleaded
4 for reverence for authority and said
there was mo such thing as modern
Christianity"
Are the hills modern because we
have learned to tunnel them?" he
asked. "Is the air modern because
we have learned to carry freight
through it? They are no more
modern than Christianity. We have
Just learned to use them"
100 Acres of Trees Planted.
Mrs. Ober D. Warthen, chairman
of the Conservation Committee, told
the delegates that almost 100 acres
of trees have been planted or con-
tracted for to be planted at the
proper season as part of the golden
jubilee celebration.
LAS long as we shall live, and our
children and their children, these
evergreen sentinels will call to
memory an organization that
stanchly believed in the founding
fathers of these United States and
the Constitution they framed" she
said.
Besides the penny pines planted
In the Memorial Forest, Mrs. War
then said, half a million trees and
shrubs have been planted in city
and roadside parks and arboretums.
Reporting on Red Cross work done
by the D. A. r., Mrs. Warthen said
That war relief work was reported
from many States where knitted
garments, sewed garments and surg
-cal dressings were donated as well
Is money and clothing for refugees
h Finland, Poland, China, France
and England.
Other chairmen scheduled to re-
port to the congress we're Mrs. Frank
leon Mason, buildings and grounds;
Mrs. John Knauf, transportation;
Mrs. Roscoe c. O'Byrne, D. A. R.
good citizenship pilgrimage; Mrs.
Elmer H. Whitaker, good citizenship
pilgrimage clubs; Mrs. Alice Lane
Newbury, girl homemakers; Miss
Claudine Hutter, D. A. R. student
ioan fund; Miss Ruth Bradley
Sheldon, Caroline E. Holt scholar
ship fund; Mrs Smith H. Stebbins,
Ellis Island; Mrs. Carl S. Hoskins,
D. A. R. manual for citizenship, and
Mrs. John Y. Richardson, Amer
icanism.
Tonight will be turned over to the
State regents, who are expected to
include in their reports comments
on the progress of the anniversary
projects in their States.
Tomorrow will be one Of the full
est days of the congress, with Mrs.
Imopen B. Emery'S report on ma