National Tax Association-President. William National Woman's Christian Temperance Union National Woman's Trade Union League Schneiderman. New York, N. Y.: secretarytreasurer. Miss Elizabeth Christman. Norwegian National League-President, Alfred O. Erickson; first vice-president, Christian Olsen: second vice-president, Mrs. Karen Hasund: third vice-president, Magnus Kyllingstad; corresponding secretary, Gottfried S. Johnson: recording secretary, Sigvart Huseby; treasurer, Erling Larsen. Playground and Recreation Association of America President. Joseph Lee. Boston, Mass.; secretary, H. S. Braucher, 315 4th avenue, New York, N. Y. ROSENWALD RURAL SCHOOLS. use, as requested by the co-operating states. The number of schools erected in each state and their total cost are: State. North Carolina South Carolina The Julius Rosenwald fund in ten years, in co-operation with fourteen southern states, has aided in the building of 2.512 rural schools for Negroes, costing over $10.000.000. These schools have a teacher capacity of 6,240 and a pupil capacity of 280,800. They are re- Alabama quired to be of standard construction, representing the most approved modern educational ideas regarding site, placing of windows, ventilation and sanitation. Each is equipped with one or more industrial rooms. Each has as a minimum requirement two acres of ground. Some elementary instruction in agriculture is part of the course of study. The schools include 602 of the one-teacher type, 921 twoteacher, 381 three-teacher, 264 four-teacher, 258 above four-teacher and eighty-six teachers' homes. The larger ones represent the consolidation of several smaller districts, pupils being transported in school wagons. Construction and disbursement of funds are administered by state superintendents of education. The buildings are public school property. A condition of aid from the Julius Rosenwald fund is that the Negroes raise an amount equal to or greater than that given by the fund. This they secure from their own contributions of money or labor. from white friends or from public funds. The tota! cost. as of Oct. 15. 1924, of $10.111.000 was provided as follows: By public funds about $5.460.000: by Negroes. $2.290 000: by whites, $500.000, and by the Julius Rosenwald fund, $1.860.000. For the year beginning July 1, 1924. the fund has made an appropriation covering aid toward building 517 more schools and adding fifty-five rooms to schools now in Total 798,526 Total 242 51 271,840 298 1,301,993 1,845,458 ROSENWALD AID TO NEGRO Y. M. C. A. AND Y. W. C. A. BUILDINGS. Julius Rosenwald, under his offer to contribute $25,000 to each city qualifying for a Negro Y. M. C. A. building, has contributed a total of $450,000 toward the cost of eighteen buildings in fifteen cities, as follows: Atlanta, Baltimore, Brooklyn. Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles. New York. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Washington. Sixteen buildings are for men and boys; two (in New York and Philadelphia) for women and girls. THE SULGRAVE INSTITUTION OF AMERICA. and as between them and all other peoples of good will, to promote the basic sentiments of democracy and to aid in upholding and mainNewtaining the fundamental institutions of Chancellor-Alton B. Parker, New York. Offices-3903 Woolworth building. 233 Broad- The Sulgrave institution takes its name from Sulgrave manor, the home of George Washington's ancestors in Northamptonshire, Eng. land. This property, including house, outbuildings and about ten acres of land, was purchased in 1913 by a public-spirited body of English men and women, who to show their good will for their kindred in America turned the estate over to a board of trustees to be maintained as a place of pilgrimage for all who venerate the name of George Washington. A resolution authorizing the creation of the Sulgrave institution, a society to center in Sulgrave manor, was approved at a meeting of the trustees of the manor held at the American embassy in London, in March, 1914. On Nov. 8, 1917, the Sulgrave Institution of America was incorporated under the laws of New York. The chief purposes 48 set forth in the certificate of incorporation are to foster friendship and to prevent misunderstanding among English-speaking peopies English-speaking world and in fostering ideals which inspired their creation. the the On the occasion of the meeting, June 21, 1921, the institution was given by Mrs. Victoria Woodhull Martin, widow of John Martin, London banker, an estate at Bredon's Norton, near Worcester, England, valued at about $200.000, as a work center of the Sulgrave movement. In October, 1922, the institution unveiled memorials of Edmund Burke, William Pitt and James Bryce in Washington. Pittsburgh and New York respectively. The institution is leading a movement to commemorate the 200th anniversary of George Washington's Congress has approved an act to this birth. WHERE THE UNIDENTIFIED DEAD WORLD- Portugal-Batalha monastery. United States-In Arlington national cemetery. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. Founded in 1904; incorporated by act of congress April 17, 1916. President-William M. Sloane. Chancellor- The board of directors is composed of these Nicholas Murray Butler. Treasurer-Thomas four officers and Hamlin Garland, Cass Gilbert. Hastings. Secretary-Robert Underwood Archer M. Huntington, Brander Matthews and Johnson, 633 West 155th street, New York. Augustus Thomas. Individually Elected. Group 1. William Dean Howells.* Augustus Saint-Gaudens.⚫ Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Edward McDowell.* Group 2. Henry James.* Charles Follen McKim.* Charles Eliot Norton.* John Quincy Adams Ward. Thomas Raynesford Louns- Theodore Roosevelt.. Group 3. Joseph Jefferson.* John Singer Sargent. Group 4. Carl Schurz.* Alfred Thayer Mahan. Edward Everett Hale.* Donald Grant Mitchell. William Crary Brownell. Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve. Hamilton Wright Mabie." Brander Matthews. George Edward Woodberry. George Whitefield Chadwick. Charles Francis Adams.* The names of members are given in the order of election. Group 1 was chosen by ballot of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Thereafter each group was chosen by the preceding members. After group 4 the selections were by the full Academy of thirty, then increased to fifty, since which time the elections are individually made as vacancies occur. Membership in the academy is limited to fifty. The members are chosen from the National In-titute of Arts and Letters, which consists of 250. Bliss Perry. Francis Davis Millet.* Abbott Lawrence Lowell. James Whitcomb Riley." Nicholas Murray Butler. Paul Wayland Bartlett. George Browne Post. Owen Wister. Herbert Adams. Augustus Thomas. Cass Gilbert. William Roscoe Thayer.* Robert Grant. Frederick Macmonnies. Julian Alden Weir.* Paul Elmer More. George Lockhart Rives.⚫ Brand Whitlock. Hamlin Garland. Charles Adams Platt. Maurice Francis Egan.* Archer M. Huntington. Childe Hassam. David Jayne Hill. Booth Tarkington, Henry Bacon.* Charles Dana Gibson. Joseph Pennell. Stuart Pratt Sherman. The academy awards three medals. for NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS. President-Dr. John C. Van Dyke, New Bruns- Secretary-John H. Finley. New York Times. Treasurer-Arnold W. Brunner, New York, N. Y. TURE. Adams. Brooks. Ade, George. Aldrich. Richard. itler, Nicholas M. Chambers, R. W. de Kay, Charles. Edwards. Harry Still- Erskine. John. Fernald, Chester B. Furness, Horace H., Jr. Herford. Oliver. Johnson, Owen. Lloyd, Nelson. Lodge, Henry Cabot. Matthews, Brander. son. Sheldon. Edward B. Sloane, William M. DEPT. OF ART. Brunner, Arnold W. Fraser, James E. Woodberry, George E. Hastings, Thomas. ORDER OF Hawthorne, Charles W. Pope, John Russell, The purposes of the corporation are the furtherance of the interests of literature and the fine arts. The organization is limited to 250 regular members. It is authorized to receive bequests and donations and to hold the same in trust for the furtherance of the interests of literature and the fine arts. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION. Following is the act of congress, approved Jan. 19, 1886. providing for the performance of the duties of the office of president in case of the removal, death, resignation or inability both of the president and vice-president of the United States: issue a proclamation convening congress in "Be it enacted, etc.. That in case of the removal, death. resignation or inability of both the president and vice-president of the United States, the secretary of state, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation or inability. then the secretary of the treasury, or if there be none. It is assumed that should the remote conor in case of his removal, death, resignation or the inability. then the secretary of arise that cabinet foregoing or if tingency war. there be none, or in case of his removal, officers are all ineligible or unavailable then death. resignation or inability, then the attor the other cabinet officers in the order in which ney-general, or if there be none. or in case their offices were created will fill the office of his removal, death, resignation or inability. of president temporarily. Thus the order of then the postmaster-general, or if there be succession would be: none, or in the case of his removal, death, resignation or inability, then the secretary of the navy, or if there be none. or in case of his removal, death, resignation or inability, the secretary of the interior shall act as president until the disability of the president or vice-president is removed or a president shall be elected. "Provided, That whenever the powers and duties of the office of president of the United States shall devolve upon any of the persons named herein, if congress be not then in session, or if it should not meet in accordance with law within twenty days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the person upon whom said powers and duties shall devolve to Secretary of state. Secretary of the treasury. Should the man elected president die or in any way become ineligible between the time of the meeting of the electoral college and the following March 4th the vice-president would become president. 538 CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Apostolic Delegate-Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi. Cardinals-William Cardinal O'Connell, Boston. Archbishops. cago, Ill.; Hayes, New Name. New York, N. Y....... Patrick Cardinal Hayes Alexander Christie Bishops. Diocese. Albany, N. Y.... Alexandria, La.... Alton, Ill.... Altoona, Pa... Baker City, Ore.. .Edmund F. Gibbons Baltimore, Md...Owen B. Corrigan (auxiliary) .........Henry Althoff Boston, Mass...Joseph G. Anderson (auxiliary) Brooklyn, N. Y.. Buffalo, N. Y. Burlington, Vt.... Thomas E. Molloy Edward F. Hoban (auxiliary) Cleveland, O...... Des Moines, Iowa.... Joseph Schrembs .James Davis ..Joseph C. Plagens .John P. Carroll Diocese. .Joseph F. Busch Francis Gilfillan Joseph S. Glass Joseph Drossaerts Michael J. Keyes Michael John Hoban Edward John O'Dea .Edmond Heelan Bernard J. Mahoney .Augustin F. Schinner .Thomas M. O'Leary .Joseph G. Pinten Daniel J. Curley Samuel A. Stritch .Thomas J. Walsh .Daniel J. Gercke John J. Swint Augustus J. Schwertner John J. Monaghan .Patrick R. Heffron Catholic Church Statistics. [From Official Catholic Directory for 1924.] Figures are for the United States. Cardinals-4. Total clergy-23,159. resi dent priests-11.427. Students-9,328. 218. 716. Parishes with schools -6.388. Children 1,988,376. attending Orphan asylums-316. Homes for aged-121, Pope and College of Cardinals. Pope-Plus XI. (Achille Ratti), born March 31, 1857; elected 1922. Papal secretary-Cardinal Pietro Gasparri. Cardinal bishops Created cardinal. .1889 ..1907 .1911 Vannutelli, Vincent, b. Dec. 5. 1836.. Andrieu, Paul Pierre, b. Dec. 8. 1849....1907 1899 1907 1846 Fruhwirth, Andrew, b. Aug. 21, 1845....1915 Gasparri. Peter, b. May 5, 1852. Hayes, Patrick J., b. Nov. 20, 1867 ..1924 Kakowski, Alessandro, b. Feb. 5, 1863...1919 La Fontaine, Peter, b. 1860... Locatelli Achille, b. May 15, 1856.. Logue, Michael, b. Oct. 1. 1840.. Lualdi, Alexander, b. Aug. 12. 1858. Lucon, Louis Henry, b. Oct. 28. 1842. Maffi, Peter, b. Oct. 12. 1858..... Maurin, Louis J., b. 1859. ..1916 .1922 ..1893 ....1907 .1907 ...1907 .1916 Extension Magazine. The official organ of the Catholic Church Extension society of the United States of America. Editorial Department-LeMoyne building. Chicago, Ill. Editor-The Rt. Rev. Francis C. Kelley, D. D., LL.D. Associate Editor-The Very Rev. Mgr. William Managing Editor-Simon A. Baldus. Catholic Educational Association. Rt.-Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, D. D.. Washington, D. C. Vice-Presidents-General-Rt. Rev. Mgr. John B. Peterson, Ph. D., Boston. Mass.: Rev. P. C. Yorke, D. D., San Francisco, Cal.; Very Rev. James A. Burns, C. S. C., Notre Dame, Ind. Secretary-General-The Rt.-Rev. Francis W. Howard, D. D., Covington, Ky. Treasurer-General-The Rt.-Rev. Mgr. Francis Office of Association-1651 East Main street. T. Moran, D. D., Cleveland, O. Columbus, O. ..1922 Boston.. Buffalo.. Chattanooga. ..1911 Chicago.. ..1916 ..1921 Covington, Ky. Denver.. 1919 Detroit.. .1901 Helena.. 1921 .1922 Scapinelli di Leguigno. Raphael. b. 1858.1915 Touchet, Arthur S.. b. Nov. 13. 1848....1922 Indianapolis. Kansas City New Orleans.. New York. Omaha.. Pittsburgh. .1911 St. Paul... Philadelphia. Portland... San Francisco. 1916 Washington..... .1914 .1921 1922 .1914 .1923 .1923 Snicero. Aloysius. b. May 26, 1870. The Catholic Church Extension Society of the 180 North Wabash Avenue, LeMoyne Building, Chicago, Ill. Chancellor Board of Governors-His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago. Vice-Chancellor Board of Governors The Most Rev. S. G. Messmer, D. D., archbishop of Milwaukee. Acting President-The Very Rev. Mgr. William D. O'Brien, LL.D. Vice-President and General Secretary-The Treasurer-John A. Lynch. Executive Committee-His Eminence George Cardinal Mundelein, the Very Rev. Mgr. William D. O'Brien, LL.D.; Leo J. Doyle. Richmond Dean, Warren A. Cartier, Edward F. Carry. Board of Auditors The Rev. R. F. Flynn, the Rev. F. J. O'Reilly. J. J. Fleming, Edward Hines. Charles M. Niezer. Field Secretary-The Rev. Patrick H. Griffin. E. G. Richardson M. W. Clair Thomas Nicholson H. L. Smith .F. D. Leete E. L. Waldorf .R. E. Jones .L. B. Wilson .F. T. Keeney .J. F. Berry .F. J. McConnell W. O. Shepard .C. E. Locke ..C. W. Burns W. F. McDowell Africa Capetown. E. S. Johnson. 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