Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-29
sunday School Workers Will Try
TO Enact Prohibitory
Statute.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Inst Day of the Annual Convention of
inc state sOcintion-Sunday
school Methods the General
Thcmc for Dis.nssion--
Changes la Constitution.

me 3oth annual convention of the Yer
mont sunday School association clusct
'hurSday at the Baptist Church after
three days session. that was charac
'e,iH"d by large attendance, brilliant
'tuuresSes and successful business. acre
were nearly 2U delegates in ATTENDANCE
anu 'ley obtained much valuable mfur-
NATION relative to Sunday school work.
ne morning session was devoted almost
entirely to conferences in different parts
Oh the church. The primary and junior
teachers were instructed 10y Mrs. Alone
ICtltti the intermediate and senior tcaCh-
ers by q. w. Hunt and tie supcrintcu-
dents by Marion Lawrance
Al the close of the conference the com
mlttee to whom was referred the recon
menddtions of the executive committee
reported IN favor of the recommcnda tion
mat the county and district associations
assume share of the expenses of the as
ISOLATION and bind themselves to pay
promptly. They also reported in favor
of paying the expenses of the members of
the executive committee. The employ
ment of an additional field worker was
ieft with the executive committee.
1t was reported that Ludlow ana Bel
lows Fans had extended invitations Tor
the convention next year and the commit
tee recommended the former place The
matter was left with the committee for
inal settlement
The remainder of the morning was oc-
cupied by ii series of papers ON methods
IN country sunday schools. Papers Were
read by Miss Mary G. Warren Of North
Iomfret, Mrs. George NJ Love of South
NeWfane and Miss Harriet Gross of
bloomington.
The llnal address of the morning :
Marion Lawrance on "1'hc Worlds Great
tst Syndicate" had to be- greatly cur
tailed because of lack of time.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The order OF the programme for the at
ernoon was materially changed to allow
speakers who wished to leave tho city
Time to catch their trains and Tor vIri-
Gus other reas ms. The prayer ana praise
service was emitted and the first number
IN the proaramria was tn. talk by Miss
Harriet Gross of .3rcwnng,on On Meth
eds in the Country schools by Teachers
of Boys"
CHANGES IN CONSTITUTIONS.
Next followed shori business session
in which the remaining portion of the
general committee that pertaining to the
constitution, was acted upon. the convou-
ion seeing iii to adopt quite radical
hanses in their constitution. as rccoin-
nended by this committee. These revis-
ons are in substance as follows.
This as .oCiation shall! he composed Of
pastors SUI erintc ndcnt. and two dele
gates from each Sunday school in the
state.
Its officers shall be a president. two vice.
presidents. a recording secretary. treas
Nre5 and AN executive committee of seven
members Al the convention Of 1907 two
member snail he elected for one year. tVo
members tor two years and tive members
Tor three years to constitute this commi .
tee, and annually thereafter two members
shall be elected to serve for three years iu
addition to the chairman of the commit
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