The Portland daily press., 1899-10-27
After noon Devoted TO Illustrating
Methods Of Teaching.
Convention Decided to
Publish a Quarterly.
The Meeting Has Been a Great
Success in Every Way.

The Sunday School Associations con-
vention adjourned yesterday afternoon
altar three days session In Portland,
which has bean most successful.
Yesterday morning there was q meet
ing OF the executive COMMITTEES. followed
by devotional half hour, conducted by
h. L. Garland Of Portland.
The executive committee announced
that they had secured the services of
Mr.. /. y. Halliday as field worker. and
have taken steps to secure primary In
struotor; also to arrange for the publ
cation of a quarterly paper. 1he estimat-
ed expense of this Is $500, to be equitably
appo-tioned among the counties Of the
state.
Mics Lucy q. Stock of New Haven, gavs
an address. on the Possibilities Of the
Primary Glass" and Prof. Ii. NJ. Ham,
Ill Of Jacksonville, ILL.,, gave an address
on "Bow to Train Teachers" followed
by question box. Many interesting
questions were answered by Prof. Ham,
Ill.
In the course of his remarks Prof. Ham
III said that he had no objection TO the
drinking or sweet cider. A groan OF dis
approval went up from various parts of
the church.
Prof. Hamill discovered that he had
struck wrong chord, but he did not
fetract. After q moments hesitation
he reiterated his statement. and added
that he knew Of nothing more refreshing
than q draught Of sweet cider, direct
from the press.
c More expressions of disapproval fol-
lowed. Somebody asked If he wished
to be understood as advising our boys
and girls to drink SWEET cider, and he
replied In the affirmative.
His sentiment raised such storm of
Indignation that he hastily concluded his
remarks.
another part of his address which did
not set we'll on the convention was n
criticism of what the national president
OF the W. q. 4. U. had said At Seattle
against President MoKinley's expansion
policy. Prof. Hamill said he considered
&C q sad mistake, and added, "a mistake
which Would not have occurred II the
late Frances willard were still alive"
THE CLOSING SESSION.
The closing session Thursday afternoon
was devoted to the conducting Of q model
sunday school as lesson to the teach
ers and delegates who have attended this
most suoce ii and interesting conven-
tlon. The Of Ing was conducted by Mr..
=. N. Halliday as superintendent. Then
the Rev. Smith Baker, ID. D., took up
next Sundays International Sunday
school lesson and taught 1t to the adults.
I've hour devoted to this lesson was
one Of the m ost interesting and helpful
of the convention. A class Of children
wers then given. front seats in the church
and Miss Lucy G. A. Stock by the aid
of a black board, took. up ths same lesson
for their benefit Prof. Hanill, whose
addresses have teen one of the features
of this convention, conducted q model
lesson review sand in closing AMI as an
exhortation to the delegates at the con-
cluson Of the lesson urged them to return
80 their homes to carry on the work OF
another year with determination to
make 1t more successful than any other
year the Maine Sunday schools have ever
Snown.
The president of the convention, DR..
Baker, then called upon the delegates to
give testimony talks as to the help they
had received from this convention and
what they were going to do with 1t.
Many were the responses to these ques-
tions. some of them very eloquent and in
teresting. The convention adjourned after
the Rev. Thomas II. Stacy Of Saco had
conducted quiet hour Of conservation
and prayer.