The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-12

Scn0ol al y ofi0ik.
| Professor Cooke opposed the resolution
as it stood, but would f2Gor it in modi.
fed form.
NJ. Vaughan strongly urged its adop-
tion; and the vote being taken, it WIS car
ried without dissenting voice.
Rev. C. C. Chaplin offered tho following,
which WIS adopted:
| I" "ReS0Iued, That committee or i've be
appointed 70 taEo ato consideration the
Formation of permanent State Sabbath
ScGool Convention, and that they be in
tstructed to.report to- morrow evening"
The Chair appointed the following gen.
.tlemen as the committee. G. G. Chaplin,
". II. Williams, F. ". Latham, A. Fleet,
G. Il. Rylapd, and y. E. Vaughan.
.On motion Of Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, Mr..
| Connor, of Georgia, was invited to give
the Convention a practical illustration Of
his method Of organizing and conducting a
model school. He complied, and in very
tpleasant manner proceeded to give some
of his experiences and experiments III
| forming and conducting schools, and train
ing the youthful mind. He was greatly
opposed, he said, to union schools, as It
was impossible in them to teach the chill
| dren any religinn2 faith whateE u Tho.
l.sarness sI tbs u,rsaS just be
!Baptists,, an6f mot afraid to acknowledge it.
Be friendly with their Christian nefghbors,
but 60 on quietly and get up schools. His
illustrations were very apt, and his manner
of making them, added to his gushing good
nature and rolicksome, reckless style Of
speaking, delighted, while it instructed
and charmed his hearers.
Mr.. Wiley J. Palmer, superintendent of
| the schools in Raleigh, was requested, at
the suggestion OF Rev. G. II. Ryland, to
address the Convention but he declined,
as he came merely to look on, to listen,
ami to learn.
Rev. C. Fl. Ryland, as general superin-
| tendont Of Sunday schools Of the State,
| for the information Of the Convention read
| report of the condition CT the schools,
anl TIE amount Of funds received since
June las. From this i.appears that there
are 21l Baptist Sunday schools in The
State; 1916 officers and teachers On the
rcci5ter--ayerage attendance cG whom,
2,i22; number Of s1holars, ll,I24--aVe-
rage attendance, Is .333S officers and teach
ers converted during tie year, l0l; num-
| ber of scholars cuavcIted, TSj; amount OF
money expended for books, Sl,9J3 y ;
amount Of money received BY Sunday
Schoo! and Bible Board, S434.20.
Dir. A. Z. Vaughan said, in view "f the
| fact that 50 small IN amount If money had
been received by the Boards, he wou.d Of
! ior the FOIL" ;ing reso'ution
! Reso}rc,i, Thai the Sunday school re-
presented in this Convention make efforts
looking to toe relicf and support Of the
| SuuGar School aud BiDle Boards"
Ills resolution was discussed by several
members, 81 OF whom concurrod in the
opinion tha: the Boards must be better
provided toc; bat Mr.. Ryl-9d requested
that thc matte should bc dror"sG, IS they
were rrd"r pledge ~. tc 3cin; ihe ques-
ton Of contributions bcfora the Convcn-
ton.
NJ. Vaughan offered ac following reso-
luton, which vas aIoptcd
H>J:ccd, That committee % :;ra be
appointed 10 devise some plaN I" .orn ,t;S-
trict Sunday school associa TONS"
The Perfected roll of tho Convention
wa than read, showing tho Attendance Of
over Two hundred delegatc tcs: lud :hc u;cct
ing al joGgned till nail-pasL Pm.
EVENING SI5>or,JTv.
The proceedings OF the evening session
were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Pritchard, Of North Carolina after which,
the hymn " Happy Voices" was sung.
The essay on Opening and Closing EXcr-
cises of Sunday Schools was then read by
Mr.. Abel, its author. Next, at the sug-
gestion Of Mr. Counor, one verse Of the
hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus's
Name" was sung.
The blackboard was then brought out,
and Mr.. Connor appeared on the scene as
the master Of ceremonies. In a very in
tcresting and instructive manner he pro-
ceeded TO illustrate on the board his oral
system Of teaching in the school over
which nc presdcs in Atlanta by series
Of impromptu questions and answers rela-
ting to Biblical subjects. The congrega-
tion seemed delighted with the dcmonstra-
tion of the new method, and his lecture
was alike pleasing aud amusing.
Mr.. C. II. Ryland spoke in favor of the
system, and expressed a hope that it would
soon be adopted throughout this State in
preference to the old plan OF instruction.
Mr.. J. G. Hyler, OF Portsmouth, thought
there was too much machinery about the
"model school," and that there was great
danger of losing sight of God in the novel
ties and complications of the mechanism
Mr.. Connor replied that he had already
stated his first object was to impress upon
the plastic mind OF the child the great
truths OF God.
Mr.. Charles Quarles favored the oral
system by means Of the blackboard, but
the machinery was too costly for the corn-
try. He thought that illustrations Of Bib
lical antiquities might DC substituted.
Mr.. Joseph Walker favored the system,
and would like to see it adopted, provided
we could get such perfect superntendents
as Mr.. Connor.
Colonel Evans, of Richmond, said no wa!
old fogy enough not to like the system a
all. He thought the only thing it lacked
to make it perfect was being worked by
steam.
Mr.. Hendren was very much pleased
with the new method, and thought he
would adopt most of its features in hi.
school at Norfolk.
Mr.. E. F. Rice would take it as he would
a roasted turkey-choosing such parts .;
he liked and refusing those that were dis
tasteful.
A great number of persons submitted
Mr.. Connor to Il crosse examination, anc
catechised him very closely with regard
to the superiority of his plan oyer other
1 systems. He answered in pleasant way
all questions, and indicated his mode
school.
Mr.. EvIard announced that there Woyl(