Some Memorable Meetings of the Society
Please see links to the various publications at the bottom of this
page.
June 10, 1929,
Guests
of Mrs. James Large at The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia.
Address by John S. Wurts,
LL.B., "A Priceless Heritage”.
November
21, 1929, at
The
Copley-Plaza, Boston,
Addresses
by
Mrs. Daniel
Kent and
Mrs.
William S. Hallowell, "Magna
Charta
Ideals."
March 1, 1930, at
The
Drake, Chicago. Address by Miss Isabel Wurts Page, "Our
Twenty-first Anniversary."
June 12, 1930, Guests of Mrs. Julien Ortiz at
"Valmy," Greenville, Delaware. Address by John S. Wurts, L.L.B., “The Field
of Runnemede."
November 5, 1930, at
The
Willard, Washington. Addresses by Dr. Marcus Benjamin and
Dr. Joseph G. B. Bulloch, "Magna Charta and the
Ladies."
March 17, 1931, at The Vanderbilt, New York.
Address by Mrs. Finley T. Shepard, "The Trend of the Times -
A Plea for the Christian 'Faith."
June
11, 1931,
Guests of Mrs. James Large at Strawberry Mansion,
Philadelphia. Address
by
Miss Sarah D. Lowrie, “A New Era of
Hospitality."
November 12, 1931,
at
The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Address by Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, "Two
Principles of
Magna
Charta.” [Link]
June
11.
1932, Guests of Mrs. Finley
J.
Shepard at "Lyndhurst," Irvington-on-Hudson,
who also made the
address.
A fuller account of these meetings appears in
the Brochure, entitled “A Priceless Heritage – A Sacred Trust,” and Dr.
Morgan’s address has been printed completely in a separate edition for the
Society.
November 16, 1932, at Green Hill Farms,
Overbrook. Addresses
by
Anna Lane Lingelbach, Ph.D., "Magna Charta
and William
'Penn";
Rev. D. Wilmot Gateson , M.A. "The
Pen
and the
Sword.” [Link]
June 12, 1933, Guests
of
Mrs. James Starr at
Fort Hunter on the Susquehanna. Address by Mrs. Edward
Browning Meigs "Fort Hunter." []
November 14, 1933, at The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Address
by
Frances Lester Warner, “ A
Foot-Note
to Magna Charta.” []
June
12, 1934,
Guest of Mrs. John T.
Dorrance at “Woodcrest,” Radnor.
Address by Dr.
Leicester
Crosby
Lewis., "The Ordered Liberty of Magna Charta " [].
November
20, 1934, at
Sherry's,
New York. Addresses by Major Montgomery
Schuyler
"Early
Settlements in America"; Major John V. Bouvier, "Our
Political Recession" []; Dr. William Sohier Bryant, “Allegiance."
A detailed account of these meetings appears
in the eighty-eight page magazine dated June, 1935.
June 18, 1935, Guests of Mrs. George Harrison
Houston at the Huntingdon ValIey Country Club. Address by Hon. Gilbert
Holland Montague, "The Constitution and Magna Charta."
A detailed account of this meeting appears in the thirty-two page magazine
dated October, 1935.
November 12, 1935,
at
The Belvedere, Baltimore. Address by Hon. Daniel R.
Randall, "Lest We Forget.” []
March 3, 1936, at The Shoreham, Washington.
Address by Hon. Daniel O. Hastings, "Our Democratic Form of Government
Shall Endure." []
June 16, 1936, at
the Huntingdon Valley Country
Club. Address by Mr. George Harrison Houston, "The
American System.” []
A detailed account of these meetings appears
in publication dated July, 1936.
November
10, 1936, at
The
Plaza, New York. Address by Clarence
Blair
Mitchell, Esq.,
"The
Influence of Magna Charta in Our Times"·
March
2, 1937,
at
Somerset Hall,
Glenside,
Pennsylvania. Address by John S. Wurts, LL.B., "Chief
Sources of Information Concerning Old English Family Descents."
June 15 1937, at The Barclay, Philadelphia.
Addresses by Frances Lester Warner Hersey, Litt.D., Magna Charta in the:
Home"; Mr. Samuel Price Wetherill, “Magna Charta and the Constitution.”
September 7, 1937, Supper at the College Club,
Boston,
Massachusetts.
November 9, 1937, at The Pendennis Club,
Louisville. Address by Hon. James A. Emery, "Magna Charta –
the Cornerstone
of the Constitution."
April 20, 1938. at The Mayflower, Washington,
D.C. Reception and tea.
June 21,
1938, at
The
Barclay,
Philadelphia.
Address by Henning W. Prentis, Jr., L.L.D., “The Tripod of
Freedom."
September 6, 1938, Guests of
Miss Margaret A. Lennig at the College Club,
Boston, Massachusetts. Address
by
Mrs. William
Whitehead Erwin.
November 1, 1938, at the Town and Country
Club, Hartford, Connecticut. Address by Walter Phelps Hall,
Ph.D., "Magna
Charta
and Liberty."
March 1, 1939, at Somerset Hall, Glenside,
Pennsylvania. Reception and tea to celebrate the Thirtieth Birthday
of
the Society.
April 19, 1939, at The
Mayflower, Washington,
D. C.
Reception
and tea.
June 13, 1939, at The Barclay, Philadelphia.
Address by Hon. Hamilton Fish,
"Magna
Charta and Tomorrow."
September 5,
1939, Supper at The Polly
Darling,
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
October 10, 1939, at the British Pavilion, New
York World’s Fair. Address of welcome by Sir Louis Beale, K.C.M.G., C.B.E.;
G. T. Hankin, Esq., “magna Charta Hall”; John S. Wurts, L.L.B., “The Romance
of the Great Charter.”
March 5, 1940, at The Alcazar, Baltimore, at
the invitation of Mrs. Alexander Gordon, Regent. Address by Rev. Theodore
Parker Ferris, “The Meaning of Freedom."
April 17, 1940, at
The
Mayflower, Washington, D. C. Reception and tea.
October 22, 1940, at The
Pendennis Club, Louisville. Address
by
Hon. James Walker Stites, "Magna Charta – The Basis of Our
Constitution."
June 12, 1941, at Hotel Lafayette, Marietta,
Ohio. Address by Hon. George White, "Magna Charta, the
Bulwark of Freedom.”
November 18, 1941, at
The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Address by Robert Wilberforce,
C.B.E.,
"Freedom in Magna
Charta."
In the year 1942,
all meetings were omitted owing to war-time restrictions.
June 15, 1943, at
The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Captain
H. Cotton Minchin, "Magna Charta – At
Home and Abroad.”
June
4, 1946.
at The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Address by Rev. Carl McIntire, "The State's Responsibility
Under God to Maintain Freedom.”
May 16, 1947, at The Mayflower. Washington, D.
C. Reception and tea.
June
10, 1947,
Guests of Mrs. Harry
Clark Boden at “Fairthorne,” Newark, Delaware. Reception and tea.
October 28,
1947,
Guests of Mrs. John Claflin at The Metropolitan Club, New York City. Address
by Hon.
Merwin K. Hart,
“Twentieth Century Threats to
Liberty."
April 17, 1948,
Guests of Mrs. Alexander Gordon at Tbe
Shoreham,
Washington,
D. C. Address by Hon.
Howard Buffett, M.C., "What has Happened to
the First Freedom?"
November
9,
1948, at The Barclay, Philadelphia. Address by Mr. Samuel F. Houston; Col.
William Innes Forbes;
John.
S. Wurts, L.L.B.,
“The Romance of the Great Charter" []; Rev. Carl
McIntire, "The Great
Delusion of the Present Age." []
June 13, 1949, Guests of Mrs. Joseph Wells
Henderson at her home in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Reception and tea.
June 14, 1949, Fortieth Anniversary Luncheon at
The Barclay, Philadelphia. Addresses by Mrs. Prentiss
Bishop Reed,
“Patterns for Leadership”; Senator Karl E. Mundt,
"Today’s Challenge
to
Freedom.”
November 13, 1950,
at
The Barclay, Philadelphia. Reception and tea.
November 15, 1950,
at
The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Address by Major Gen. Clovis E. Byers, U. S. Army,
"Forces of Democracy
at Work
in
Japan.”
April 19, 1951, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's address before the Senate
heard and seen by
radio
and
television; Senator Thomas C.
Hennings, “Magna Charta and the American Tradition."
April 17, 1952, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.
C.
Address by Mrs. Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau, “All
Government in the Light of Magna
Charta.” []
April 23, 1953, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.C.
Address by Senator John Marshall Butler, "Constitutional Government
and
Treaty-Making
Powers" []; John S. Wurts,
LL.B., “The Virginia Cousins of
Queen
Elizabeth II." []
A detailed account of these meetings appears
in publication dated 1952 and 1953.
April 22, 1954, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.C. Address by Major George Racey Jordan, "Billions in
Blunders."
November 9, 1954, at The Barclay,
Philadelphia. Addresses by Miss Charlotte Churchill Starr, "Eternal
Vigilance Is the Price of
Liberty";
Rev. Carl McIntire,
D.D.,
"Conquest
by
Propaganda";
Mrs. James
C. Lucas, "Liberty Must Not
Be Taken for Granted."
April 19, 1955, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.C. Addresses by Senator William E. Jenner, The Irrepressible Conflict"; Mr. Robert
F. Hurleigh, "Our Responsibility
Today."
November 15, 1955, at
The Plaza, New York City. Addresses by Mr.
J.
Howard Pew, "Human Liberty - Its Progress and Decline" [];
Willis
Jerome Ballinger, Ph.D., "The Eternal Nature of
the American Heritage.” []
April 17, 1956, at The Shoreham, Washington,
D.C. Addresses by Rev. Carl McIntire, D.D.; Mr. Milton M.
Lory,
"Some Masks of Subversion." []
A detailed account of these meetings appears
in publication dated November 15, 1955 and April 17, 1956.
Listing of the books:
November 1931
June 1, 1935
October 1935
1936
January 1939
Romance of the Charter (1939)
1943
1946
1948
1948 Nov
1949
1951/1951
1952/1953
1954
1954/1955
1955/1956
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