The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-01-27
TOASTS AND SINGING
Pleasant Features of the Sun
day School Institute.
Many People Present at Ban
quet Last Evening.
Two Meetings a Year Are to
Be Held Hereafter.
Officers Chosen, and the Re-
ports Submitted.
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Two meetings of the Mankato Sunday
year hereafter instead of three. These
meetings will be held in the spring and
in the fall. This change was embodied
in constitutional amendment adopted
at the meeting held yesterday afternoon
at the Presbyterian church.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: President, w. ID.
Willard; vice president, Mrs. G. NJ. Pal
mer; secretary and treasurer, Mrs.
Thomas Hughes; executive committee
Prof j. S. Young, chairman; DR. G.
r.. Curran, A. J. Smith, Mrs. j. f. Hart,
Mrs. w. w Davis
The afternoon meeting opened at
three o'clock with song service and pray
Ter led by Rev Il. l.. Heermance. Mrs.
Chittenden~ delivered "a highly interest
ing paper on ''The Relation of the Young
Peoples Society to the Sunday School,"
followed with discussion in which
quite a number took part. The business
session was then held and was follow
ed with beautiful musical number f..
W. Hanscom's THE Homeland" by Mrs.
II. A. Patterson. j. Orchard of Fargo,
N. d., field secretary of the North Da
kota and Minnesota Sunday school as
ISOLATION, was present and addressed the
meeting on Basic Principles of a Sue
cessful Sunday School," Mrs. Jean E.
Hobart, primary and Junior secretary of
the Minnesota Sunday School associa
ton, spoke on Goods Boys and Girls"
The afternoon session was closed amid
fraternal greetings.
The public was received at supper
held III the evening in the Presbyterian
church basement by the ladies of the
church. The banquet commenced at six
O'Clock and so great was the patronage
that it was impossible for all to be seat
ed at the tables at one time, but the
first who supped left to make room for
those who came afterward.
Immediately after supper DR.. j. w.
Andrews introduced the POSTMASTER of
the evening, Superintendent JIM. Neon
nell of the city schools. Mr. Mcconnell
remarked that the public schools looked
to the Sunday schools to give the chill
dren the needed religious training, and
he accordingly introduced Rev. j. NJ.
Brown, who responded to the toast,
''Daniel-A Character Study"
Rev Brown knew that he was not
expected to speak very long, so he said,
but his situation reminded him of the
time when Donald and Sandy walked
home together, swaying from side to
side, and covering a very wide path.
Sandy remarked that the way home was
very long. 81 dinna mind the length o.
the walk, Sandy answered Donald,
but the breedth o. t." The subject
was to be covered in a few minutes. The
speaker went on to enumerate the var
ious events in the life of that exemplary
life, whereby the young of all times may
fittingly mold their own conduct.
oIx ,f ho nj H.
ed upon to tell of "The Sunday School
as Studied in Columbia University" She
huts of the colonial forefathers, who
were obliged to fill up the chinks, lest
the wintry winds should blow in and
freeze them. In the Sunday school
work too the chinks must be filed in,
lest the children be spiritually frozen
up. In other words the work must be
made attractive. This is a problem that
Columbia university seems to have solv
ed. Map drawing, clay moulding and
other means Of presenting oriental
countries of ancient times with their
people before the minds of the children
in as vivid and realistic manner as
possible are methods studied in that in
stitution. Moreover, the teachers must
be interested in their work. They must
themselves have enthusiasm Life in
the teacher infuses life into the pupil.
Miss Paulsen of the normal sang de
4! lightful solo, ooh Dry Those Tears"
by Teresa Del Reigo, Mrs. Parry accom-
panying on the organ.
| Field Secretary Orchard delivered an
inspiring address on "The Value of the
Child" In the United States there are
about twenty-five millions of children.
OF these eleven and half millions are
! in the Sunday school. The remaining
| thirteen and half millions are not.
| Clearly there is much work to be DONE
Do the parents of today realize the real
value of the child? A parent values his
child according as he combats evil in
fluenees existing around that child. He