The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-17
THEY OVERRAN WINON4
VISITORS TO SUNDAY SCHOOL con-
VENTIoN IGNORED HOTELS.
State Association Has n Trihing Debt,
but Big as a House to the Dele
gates-Lutheran synod.
special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WINONA PARK, Eagle Lake, Ind. June
l6-When the sun arose on Winona Park
to-day the state Sunday school convention
had begun in earnest. Yesterday the dele
gates came from a distance and to-day
those from the surrounding country came
pouring in and brought their children and
their neighbors' children with the inevi-
table Sunday school picnic hamper. There
were probably 1850 people on the grounds
to-day. The hotels and cafes had made
preparedness for the great crowd but the
stewards forgot the habits of the Sunday
school picnicker. When the hundreds of
huge baskets were unloaded there was
enough to stock the commissary depart
ment of an army corps The fragments will
Keep the groundkeepers busy collecting for
the next week. Meantime the hotels and
cafes have marked with red ink the date
of the next Sunday school convention The
big crowd had a good time and the children
went boating, fishing and swimming while
the programme was being carried out in
the auditorium. OF course it rained This
is the only thing sure to happen at a Sun
day school picnic that is not on the printed
programme. The delegates were up at sun
rise to attend the prayer meetings held in
Warsaw and at Winona. They were led
by Charles w. Ross and Charles E. COT
fin respectively
There were two conferences before the
work of the convention commenced at 9
o'clock, one of the primary department
workers in the chapel of the inn. presided
over by e. Morris Ferguson, secretary of
the New Jersey State Association, and the
second in the auditorium for county and
township officers. The address TO the pri-
mary workers was made by Mrs F. F.
McCrea, of Indianapolis. She contrasted
the Sunday school methods of the present
with those of her childhood. She strongly
recommended the adoption of kindergarten
methods in primary work. In regard to this
she said in part:
Whatever plan will help to get the les
son capt1Vatingly before the children Will
develop them. If they are captivated they
nave no time 10 be bad and the other ques-
lions are settled"
AT the officers conference addresses were
made by state Secretary G. l.. Weaver,
y Ta9 Rbre eddedy also @ Wilder of St.
Elkhart, spoke on How to Get the
Money" Our Banner Standard" was
handled by Charles Ross, state vice presi-
dent. The regular morning session was
work. Rev /. n Earle led the praise serv@
Ice and conducted the Bible reading. Ad-
Markert Mrs. j. w. Clokey of New AL
bany, and Mrs. Walter Bond of Elkhart
Reports were heard from a number of SUI
perintendents. Mr. p. Fl. Clugston, of CO.
lumbia City, made an address
The closing hour was given to State Su-
perintendent Meigs for the purpose of Sc
curing subscriptions for the AWakener the
official organ of the union. An extremely
gratifying announcement was made to the
delegates by Mr.. Meigs. The Winona As
sembly charges admission to the grounds
and all tickets sold to- this place by the
railroads on a one-fare basis include one
2o-cent admission ticket. This the Winona
directory has given to the Sunday School
Union, and means, of course, 81 for every
four delegates from abroad.
The State Sunday School convention had
hard nut to crack to-day in the shape of
$1,000 debt. 1t came out in the report of
Superintendent Meigs and III that of Treas
urer Weaver, made this afternoon. The re-
ports were news to many of the delegates
and will no doubt bring about some de-
cisive action before the adjournment
Treasurer Weaver reported that the eoun-
ty associations had fallen off $40 in their
contributions for this year and that several
counties were deIlnq4sent IA n their appor,
this by the extraordinary statement that
he was standing behind the whole debit
that so far as he knew the association did
represents the salary of the state superin-
tendent for year and money advanced by
him for expenses.
A SLIM SUBSCRIPTION.
Mr.. Meigs deliberately told the conven-
ton that he was in need of this sum and
effort was made to lift theidebt by in
dividual and county pledges, but the result
was only a little over 5000.
The remainder of the superintendent re-
port showed the work done during the fiscal
year in the State. The showing of Indiana
at the triennial international convention at
Boston was comparatively better than that
of any other State. There were county
Sunday school conventions in ninety out of
the ninety-two counties in the State last
year, and ,034 township conventions. A
full report is required from every school
in the State and full superintendent dou-
BILE from every county. There are two ban
ner counties in the State-E}ountain and
Wayne: Fountain county has eighty Sun
day schools, all of which come up to the
full standard required by the State Union
The superintendent reported 40 townships
fully organized, against 672 last year. This
is 70 per cent. OF the whole Mr.. Meigs
asked that the ''one-year limit on town
ship organizations be removed. In closing
he paid a high compliment to the work of
Miss Christine Markert, of LoganSpOrt,
who has had charge of the home depart
Mr.. Meigs has been in the service of the
state association for twenty years AT the
close of the reading of reports President
Coffin, of Indianapolis, gave notice that he
nad peen called nome on account OF illness
in his family and would have to leave at
once. Mr.. Coffin also declined absolutely
to allow his name to go before the nominat-
ing committee for election. He has already
served three years and would undoubtedly
have been reelected
A drenching rain did not prevent the dele
gates from turning out in the. evening to
near Rev. j. Cumming Smith, pastor of
the Tabernacle Church of indianapolis.
The Two Factors in Teaching was the
subject of the address Mr.. Smith insisted
that the first duty of teachers was to make
the lesson a part of themselves and to
give it to the pupils with the stamp of in
oividuality on it.
Mr.. Day, of Toronto, took the floor again
and spoke on the Sixth Sense" of the
Sunday school teacher-'common sense
He spoke of the practical side of the work,
with numerous illustrations. Tomorrow
the convention expects to complete its bust
ness, elect officers and adjourn, after hear
ing programme of addresses.
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