Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-18
State Sunday School Associa'
ton Will Be Put On Firmer
Business Basis
CONVENTION WELL ATTENDED
Nearly 1900 Delegates Were Present at
Des Moines Neutrality-suspicious. of
Past Years Work Shows Satisfactory
condition-Thirty- five County Con-
ventions and Eight District Institutes.

Des Mcines. June 1S.-A full enroll
ment of nearly 1900 delegates attended
the sessions of the State Sunday
School Convention. yesterday. The
morning session was largely devoted to
the reports of officers, and committees.
although some of the time was given
over to addresses and discussions of
plans for the betterment of the general
association. 1t was decided at the af-
ternoon session TO levy per capita
assessment of ~ per cent in the MEM
bership of county associations for the
support of the state association. The
value of Bible stories and other sub
3ects was discussed Graduation ex-
ercises of the institute We're held in the
evening and an address by Rev. f. G..
Smith of Dubuque. was heard.
The report of Treasurer j. f. Hardin
OF Eldora, developed the fact that the
association Is now in debt to the
amount of a little over $1,000 the
counties. this year having paid into
the treasury only S2,956.56. and the
subscription list having amounted to
only about $1,000 while the disburse-
ments have aggregated $5,002.62 The
finance committee, which reported to
the convention yesterday afternoon
recommended a plan whereby the f.
nances of the association are hereafter
to be placed on more substantial
business basis. Instead of contribu-
tons bS separate counties, the plan
provides that an assessment to cover
the entire amount which 1t is desired
to raise shall be levied on the counties.
in proportion to the number of Sun
day school attendants in each. and that
each county organization shall be made
responsible for its share. For the
coming year an assessment on the
basis of 1.5 cents per capita, was lev
led. from which it is expected to raise
about $4,000. This plan and assess
ment was unanimously adopted by the
convention.
In addition to the reports of the
treasurer and finance committee, the
convention also listened TO statements
OF the past years work by the presi-
dent, secretary and heads of the differ
emit departments. The report of the
secretary Mrs. b. f. Mitchell. showed
that n.nety-fve county conventions
and eight district institutes were held
during the past year.
Members Of Executive Board.
Il Committees on resolutions and nomi-
nations were chosen. and the following
were elected members of the executive
ri S,,, Tho. a u;
First district. j. A. Briar: Second
district, j. ID. Lapham: Third district,
j. W. Ramsay: Fourth district, NJ
Combs; Fifth district. W. T. Shaffer;
Sixth district. William Tackaberry;
Seventh district, A. G. Worthington;
Eighth district, H. NJ. Smilt: Ninth
district, n. HI. Hart: Tenth district, C.
H. ShultZ; Eleventh district, w. c..
Kircheck: Twelfth district, Rev. w. II.
Blancks: Thirteenth district, Rev. A.
D. kinZer; Fourteenth district, Miss
Emma n. Thomas: Seventeenth dis
trict. Mr.. Brace; Eighteenth district
William Orr; Ninteenth district. c. S.
Striker: Twentieth district, w. Waugh;
Twenty-first district. X. e. Hazel
quist; Twenty second district. S. l..
Collins: Twenty third district. ID. II.
Payne; Twenty fourth district, Mrs. G.
b. Little.
Alfred Day. OF Detroit, Michigan, adj
dressed the convention on The Inter-
national Lesson System in which the
history. organization. methods, and
purposes of this system We're thorough
ly discussed. Mr.. Day laid great stress
on the improvements in teaching which
the sys tem has brought about, and gave
many interesting incidents connected
with las founding.
Other addresses of the morning
session were those of d. II. Payne, who
reported on the Denver convention; f.
F. Jones. on The Iowa Sunday School
Helper, its History, Missions. Deeds"
Rev. II. G. Beeman, of Waterloo, Ia.
ON THE Bible School as an Evangelist
ical Agency" and Rev. j. f. Stauffer,
of Sioux City. on The Potential
Forces of Normal Department Work.
The afternoon session of the conven-
ton vas mainly taken up with address
ses by number of the leading speak
ers of the association, although these
were preceded by the usual song sery
ice. and class meeting of the round
table conference.
CHANGE SCIENCE WORK.