Officers

In Louisville, northern capital of the territory which Fundamentalism holds in almost unbroken sway, the popular and prominent League of America met to elect officers. Tingling with devout recollection of his masterful sermon on the dance, they chose Dr. John Roach Straton,* Manhattan divine, to be Chairman of the Campaign Committee. For President, they chose William Jennings Bryan, Jr., Los Angeles attorney.

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* In a sermon given at many U. S. metropoles, Dr. Straton describes the evils Df dancing, which he regards as worse than "hugging on the sofa." Thus : "In the case of the dance, the two bodies are in closer proximity ! They are in rhythmical motion, one against the other, and the stimulus of music, as well as bodily con tact, is there to heighten the danger of wreck or ruin."