The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-10-02
MORRIS co. S. S. CONVENTION.

The FOrty-Fourth Annual Meeting
Held ~ wharton last Wednesday.
The forty-fourth annual convention
Of the Morris County Sunday School
Association was held ia the Methodist
Church at Wharton on Wednesday.
There were over a hundred registered
delegates in attendance, representing
all but three Of the districts Of the
county.
The morning session was presided
over BY Joseph D. Doty, the president
Of the association and was opened with
a prayer service conducted by Rev
George Fountain, the pastor Of the
church Then came the reports Of
township secretaries and department
superintendent which showed that
Sunday School work in the county is
IN a flourishing condition. The adj
dress Of the morning was by Miss Rose
Scott, the State superintendent Of ele-
mentary work on the topic Making
the Lesson Real.
At the noon hour and again at night
the ladies Of the Wharton Church
served a bounteous collation. in the
basement Of the church, Between
the two sessions conferences were also
held on the home department., lead by
Mrs. F. A. Lee; the model training
class session, conducted by State Sec
Rotary, e. M. Ferguson, and an ele-
mentary conference, lead by Miss
Scott and Miss Emily Applegate, the
county superintendent Of that depart
ment.
The afternoon session was opened
with thanksgiving by Rev. T. f.
Chambers. a short business session
followed, during which delegates were
appointed to the State convention
which is to be held at Someryille on
November 1915, and contribution Of
si75 was voted to the State associa-
ton.
Rev. r. B. Dwight who has taken
up the work Of teacher training in the
county, spoke briefly OF his plans.
Rev. &. Morris Ferguson conducted
a round table conference, speaking
briefly on training classes, modern
methods, old problems, little schools,
advocating grading in schools of all
sized as necessary for their growth.
Rev. Milton S. Littleield delivered
the address of the afternoon, speaking
on the new manual work which is
very largely his own development.
His address was illustrated by black
board drawings and he also had a
number Of paper mache relief maps,
diagrams. ETC., done by pupils in his
Sunday School which he exhibited.
| S. Z. Smith spoke on the State
work, special numbers were rendered
and the session was closed with a de-
votional conference lead by Rev. e. p.
Gardner on The Salvation of Our
Scholars. :"
The evening session was opened with
praise service conducted by Rev. w.
w. Holloway, the resolutions adopted
in by the convention were read and an
interesting address delivered by Rev.
Walter A. Chadwick, of Newton.
The officers elected were as follows
President, A. III. PiersOn, Morristown !;
Vice presidents, Rev. Nicholas Bower,
Stirling Rev. e. p. Gardner, Chester;
Rev. r. J. Johnson, Mendham w. w.
Cook, Whippany =. e. DeForrest,
Hanover; Corresponding Secretary
and Treasurer, E. w. Roseyear,
Wharton Recording Secretary, G. t.
Briant, Morristown County Home
Department Superintendent, Mrs. e.
A. Lee, MorristOwn; Elementary
Work superintendent, Miss Emily
Applegate, Dover Teacher Training
Superintendent, Rev. It. b. Dwight,
MorriStown.
Township Secretaries Howard w.
| Chitterling, BoontOn; j III. MacIn-
tyre, Chatham E. @. Searles, Chester;
Mrs. H. c. Blocker, Hanover; Rev.
j A. Fritz Jefferson; e. d. Schenck,
Mendham; L. II. Scott, Morris Geo.
! T. Keetch, Mt. Olive; G.. w. Beers,
Passaic; Miss g. A. Slingerland, Pc
/ quannoc; Miss M. Deckerson, Ran
dolph George HI. Huff, Rockaway
Theo. T.. King, Roxbury; John A.
Parker. Washington.
Executive Committee, Geo. 70. VoOr-
hees, Morristown John W. Osmun,
Boonton; G. r. Surdam, MOrristown
J.. A. Casterline, Dover; Rev. f. B,
Dwight, Morristown; Mrs. @. q.
Davis, Dover; Miss Leila Babbitt,
Mendham.
On State Executive Committee
Geo. e. VOORHEES,. Morristown.