The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04
SUNDAY School CoNvENrIoN.

The attendance at the County Sunday
School Convention, yesterday, was
not as great as was anticipated. The
number present at the morning ses7
sion was not large, but was considera-
oily increased in the afternoon. The
I exercises throughout were quite inter
4 esting. and officers and teachers Of
schools will find the meetings profita-
i bic and Instructive = 2 : = - -
/ > The CenvAntionswas called to'order
Thy Gen! ysM -Shackeltord, the Chair
man of 9the County, Executive Com
mittee, and the session was opened
4 with prayer by Rev. w. H. McCarer
lsRev. a Mr.. 2 Bewden was to have OPEN
! ed the Convention with a brief ad-
dress, but. he was absent from the
city, and bis place was supplied by
Rev. @, f. Pentecost The Commit
itee on Organization reported as. per-.
manent, officers the following: 81
+ President, Gen J. M. Shackelford;
Vice President, DIR. Ell. g. Jones;
Secretary, s. N Curnick Finance
Commitfee-Dr. H. Ct Jones, Capt.
S. K..Leavitt, John E. Taylor, Chris
tian Decker, and Samuel Orr. En-
| rollment Committee = Messrs. Nc
Carer and Pentecost.
After some. miscellaneous discus
sion on business matters, the Conven-
ton adjourned. ~ ffa ss
On assembling at 2 o'clock P NJ,
the Vice. President, DIR. II. G. Jones,
called the Convention to order. and
after devotional exercises, Rev. c. n.
Sims occupied forty-fve minutes in
an Institute exercise on Bible, Class
instruction, eliciting considerable com
ment and interest. ,roo
Miss Brown, one of the teachers of
the public sahools, gave an halt hours
model lesson to an infant class in
Object Teaching, which was novel to
NEST eflthose present, and added
pleasant variety to the exercises.
81 AirTSims, the a. took up the subject
of the Superintendent, and presented
his idea Of. the duties of that officer;
which was followed by report from
the different Superintendent present,
and a general discussion of The SUBJ
jects presented, which was participa-
ted in by Messrs. Iglehart, Rucker,
l1cCarer, Curnick, Pentecost, and
others, fd,x b.os .r.-' aaS
The exercises were interspersed
throughout the day with singing, in
charge of Messrs. w. w. Tileston and
Genung.
An interesting programme for to-
day was adopted, which is as follows:
ORDER OF EXERCISES TO-DAY.
Meet at 9 clock.
1. One half hour Devotional Meet
ing. $685.
2. Address by DR.. T. Ell. Rucker,
twenty minutes.
3. Institute exercise with Black
board, by Rev. G. f. Pentecost, sixty
minutes.
4. The Sunday s hool Requisites,
embracing books, papers, singing, &c.
To be introduced by Capt. s. K. Leay-
lit in twenty minutes address. To be
followed by general discussion of the
subject.
a AFTERNOON p. NJ,
1. Address by Rev. w. H, Nc
Carer. The Teacher preparing for His
Class; twenty minutes.
2. Institute Exercises ntermed-
late or Testament Class, by Prof. A.
M. Gov; forty five minutes.
3. Principles of Object Teaching as
applied to religious instruction of In
FAINT Glasses, by Miss Locke; thirty
minutes.
4: The defects of our present Sunday
School System, and hoao to Remedy
them. To be presented by Prof.
Cow; thirty minutes. To be followed
by general discussion of the subject;
thirty minutes. ~e.aVA ga 81
s. Unfinished business and adjourn
ment. a--t''- -f.-> -
RECORDER COURT. = Yesterday ]
was fraught with some interest in the