The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL
PEOPLE ADJOURN
Busy Two-Days Convention Ends
With a Business Session.
NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN
REV. WILDMAN MURPHY OF SALT
LAKE ELECTED PRESIDENT.

Much important business was finished
at the two sessions OF the Utah State
Sunday School association yesterday.
These meetings closed one o. tho most
successful conventions ever hello in this
state by Sunday school members and
workers. The morning session was
opened with prayer and devotion gerV-
ices. The work being done among the
younger folk was the chief topic Of
discussion. Interesting papers touch
ing upon this branch o, the WORK We're
read by Mrs Wesley J. Davis of Salt
Lake and Miss Edne NJ. MeGraw OF
Mt. Pleasant. These papers suggested
plans whereby the boys and girls could
be made interested IN church work,
thus lettering themselVe1 while en-
gagged in the spread OF Christianity.
l.. II. Gillian, general secretary and
treasurer OF the association. gave a
short and interesting description OF the
recent national convention hello Ia To-
rOntC. Primary work was discussed az
length under the leadership o. Mrs.
4. L. Shepard of this city. Teacher
training was also q feature OF the
mornings programme. An open dis
cussion and questioning, termed the
Round Table" was devoted 70 this
subject.
This was followed by q model les
SON" conducted by Miss Nj. Goddard
% Salt Lake. This lasted until the
noon hour. A luncheon had been pre-
pared by the Ladies' Aid society o. the
First Presbyterian church. The was
served in the basement o. the church
Ia those not caring Ia leave FOR their
respective homes during the noon re-
cess.
The Afternoon Session.
The second session for the day. and
the third OF tho convention WA opened
with q short devotional service at l:30
p. m. conducted by Mrs. Rand Of Ka-
mas. The Round Table" waG contin-
ued. "TeacherS' MeetingI" We're dis
cussed at length under the direction 81
Thomas Weir OF this city. Charles
Hahn OF salt Lake, who has had much
"a do with boys and boy instruction
gave an interesting account o. hig eX-
perie"ce with 'the coming man" A.
the close Of Mr.. Hahn's talk the meet
ing was called TO order for the trans
action Of business. The various out
standing committees read their reports
The first To respond was the nominal
ing committee. The following list OF
officers was placed In nomination and
elected by reclamation:
President-ReV. Wildman Murphy OF
Salt Lake.
Vice President-R. II. Johnston OF
Provo.
General Secretary and Treasurer-L
NJ. Gillian Of Salt Lake. reelected.
Membe, Executive ,Committee-Miss
EllH NJ. Andrews Of Sal- Lake.
Member Executive Committee-AIisS
Maud DitmarS o. Salt Lake
Primary SuuerinteRdent-M l.. L
Shepard Of Salt Lake. reelected
Member international Executive
COMMUNICATIONS Weir OF Salt Lake
reelected.
International VICE President-Profes-
sor J. \. Smith of Ogden. reelected.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted @ list OF resolutions in which the
thanks and appreciation of the mem
bers were expressed for the courtesies
shown them by tho railroads and the
press Of salt Lake. The OliDhant sis
ters the singing evangeiists from Cali
fOTnia. who contributed their services
10 tho FRIDAY eveninC programme. were
included among those u whom thu con-
vention wished Ia extend q word OF
gratitude.
The auditing committees report was
a follows:
Receipts for the year......-....,$i6t .;
Disbursements ...... ...... ...... "A: Al
Balance on hand ..............i II s.
Change Number of Meetings.
While the convention just closed was
called the eighteenth annual meeting
the one &C be held next year in Prove
viii be known as the twenty-tirst. Two
conventions have not been held, but
the numbering of the conventions held
yearly will be done 20 prevent confu,
sion, as if no meetings had been left
out.
a lengthy discussion followed the
reading of the reports, regarding the
publishing and distributing az the min.
utes of the convention JUS closed
Many members thought IL would be
advisable to send each member OF the
association a copy. for which 8 cents
would be asked TO defray the expense
Incurred in the editing Of the pamph-
lets. Others thought this unjust tC
many branches o. tbs association