Memorial Continental Hall has as usual been thoroughly cleaned and put in order for the Congress. Velvet curtains have been placed at the center door of the Auditorium.

I desire to express to the Chairman of each Room my appreciation of their co-operation and untiring efforts to secure for their rooms furniture of the proper period to carry out the plan of furnishing Memorial Continental Hall in keeping with the spirit and purpose to which it is dedicated.

Respectfully submitted,

(MRS. WILLIAM S.) FLORA A. Walker, Chairman.

Mrs. Reed reported briefly for the Patriotic Education Committee, inviting the members to visit and patronize the school exhibits, and Miss McDuffee reported for the Americanization Committee, urging support of the schools accredited by the D. A. R. which are training workers.

Mrs. Lockwood, Chairman of Special Committee on Painting for Sulgrave Manor, was invited to appear before the Board and made a brief report, recommending that the matter be referred back to Congress for further action.

Miss Gilbert, Chairman of Committee on Markers, made a brief report and offered the following motion: That the words "Revolutionary Soldier" be continued at the top of the official design for markers for graves of Revolutionary Soldiers and that the circle bordering the medallion be left open for the placing of the name of the soldier when so desired. The price $16.50, not to include the cost of placing of the soldier's name. Variously seconded and carried.

A question arose relative to the manufacture of the markers for graves of Real Daughters. Mrs. Gillentine moved That the matter of markers for Real Daughters be left to the present Committee. Seconded by Mrs. Slack and carried.

Mrs. Nash, Chairman of D. A. R. Standard Committee, presented her report, and moved its adoption. Seconded by Mrs. Banks and carried.

Report of Special Committee on D. A. R. Standard

Madam President General and Members of the National Board of Management:

Pursuant to the questions raised by the discussion of this Board at its February meeting and referred to this committee-relative to the official standard and the visibility of its design this having been questioned through use in decoration of an incomplete standard-the Committee reports as follows:

That it has conferred with the makers and has had special attention paid to the debated feature at so large a meeting place as Carnegie Hall, New York City; it has ascertained that a member of our own Art Committee had spoken of its beauty after observing it at a large gathering where the flags of many patriotic Societies were displayed; that the makers consider it the richest and most chaste of all colors used by patriotic Societies; that the gold leaf used is virgin, 24 karat gold and without paint or alloy which would cause cracking; that the design was made from the insignia as it is usually engraved in blue on white ground and that a rim of silk appliqué would necessitate several thicknesses which would create a tendency to wrinkle and crack and would entail a larger expense for making.

As to visibility, when complete the standard proved, to a number of observers, the only one that from a group of twenty or thirty was entirely distinct at a distance.

The committee, therefore, advises that as the present design was adopted by Congress, a number of standards have been purchased by states and chapters, and the complete design seems to meet all requirements, no change be made from the original colors or standard as adopted by the Thirty-fourth Continental Congress and for which specifications are awaiting the proper official signatures.

FLORA A. WALKER.
EDITH IRWIN HOBART.
FRANCES TUPPER NASH,
Chairman.

Mrs. Stansfield presented the name of an additional applicant for admission to membership, and moved her acceptance. Seconded by Mrs. Briggs and carried and this member was declared admitted. Mrs. Heron, Chairman of the Insignia Committee, made a brief report, and offered the following motion: That the Board recommend the adoption by the National Society of a small recognition pin to be a miniature replica of the National Insignia, enclosed in a gold rim, in compliance with Article XIII of the National By-Laws. This not to exclude the recognition pin now in use. Variously seconded and carried.

At the opening of the afternoon session Mrs. George Thacher Guernsey, Honorary President General, was invited to address the Board, and gave a brief account of her trip abroad, also expressed her pleasure on being back in her native land, and able to be here for the Congress.

Mrs. Buel, Chairman of the Manual Committee, gave a brief report.

The Registrar General presented a supplemental report.

Supplemental Report of Registrar General I have the honor to report 400 applications presented to the Board, making a total of 3,001. Respectfully submitted,

(MRS. JAMES H.) INEZ S. STANSFIELD, Registrar General.

Mrs. Stansfield moved: That the Recording Secretary General be instructed to cast the ballot for the admission of 400 additional applicants, making a total of 3001 admitted on this day. Seconded by Mrs. Walker and carried. Ballot was cast and these applicants declared admitted.

The Organizing Secretary General presented a supplemental Report.

Supplemental Report of Organizing
Secretary General

Madam President General and Members of the
National Board of Management:

It gives me pleasure to present the following supplemental report:

Through their respective State Regents the following members at large are presented for confirmation as Organizing Regents: Miss Elizabeth E. Mason at Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. Bessie Styles Thomsen at Amarillo, Texas.

Through their respective State Regents the

following Chapters request to be allowed to incorporate: Esther Stanley at New Britain, Conn.; Everglades at Miami, Florida.

The State Regent of Michigan requests the official disbandment of the Emily Virginia Mason Chapter at Hastings, Michigan.

The following chapter names are submitted for approval: General James Knapp for Hopkins, Minn.; Wadsworth Trail for Morris, Minn.; Colonel Thomas Hughart for Fort Defiance, Virginia.

The following chapters are presented for confirmation: Rio Del Norte at Del Norte, Colorado,; Sara De Sota at Sarasota, Fla.; Boneaventure at Savannah, Ga.; Clement-Scott chapter at Humboldt, Tenn. Respectfully submitted,

FLORA A. WALKER, Organizing Secretary General.

Mrs. Walker moved the adoption of the report of the Organizing Secretary General. Seconded by Mrs. Stansfield and carried.

The Treasurer General presented two additional applications for reinstatement and moved: That the Recording Secretary General cast the ballot for two reinstated members. Seconded by Mrs. Goode and carried. Ballot was cast and these two members declared reinstated.

The meeting thereupon adjourned.

ALICE FRYE BRIGGS, Recording Secretary General.

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