Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-26
Credentials OF Delegates Begin
to Pour in Upon Local
Committees
MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEEDED
Committee Has Places for About $50,
But It Is Believed More Than Twice
That Number At Least Will Be Here
Friends Church to Be Entertain
ment Headquarters.

Credentials have begun to pour into
the city from delegates who will be
here next week to attend the annual
convention of the Iowa Sunday School
association, which opens here on next
Monday afternoon. The entertain
ment committees appeal for home for
entertainment Of the delegates has
brought results, but more entertain
ment must be provided If all are to
be entertained properly.
So far the committee has In hand
accom- modations for about $50, and it
is expected that at least twice that
many delegates will be here. Miss
Gertrude Miller is chairman Of this
committee.
Friends Church Headquarters.
The entertainment headquarters will
be opened in the Friends church Mon
day. The church will be equipped with
telephones, check rooms, bureau OF
information, and other necessities. Inc
delegates will first go there, where
they will be assigned to homes where
they will be entertained. The enter
tainment committee is badly In need
Of vehicles In which delegates may
be- taken to homes which are a dis
lance from headquarters. Dinners and
suppers are to be served by the aid So
cieties of the Congregational, Chris
tan and Friends churches. The en-
tertainnent asked is lodging and
breakfast, known as the Harvard plan
Of entertainment.
Immense Chorus Choir.
AN immense chorus choir, of from
200 to 800 voices, made up of the best
singers from all the churches of the
city, will be the big musical feature OF
the convention. This choir is to be in
charge Of Grant .Colfax Tullar, Of New
York City, who has had much exper-
fence in directing convention choirs.
The June number Of The Iowa Sun
day School Helper ,devotes much space
to the coming convention, and features
pictorially all Of the leading churches
Of the city and their pastors.
Delegates Arrive Sunday.
/. The van guard Of the delegates will
begin arriving Sunday, but the great
est number will not arrive until the
morning trains Of Monday, and the
high tide of the attendance will prob
ably not be reached until Tuesday.
The opening session of the conven-
ton will be held at 1880 o'clock Mon
day afternoon in the Methodist church,
how fn~ HuiH fQko
place.
In addition to the convention proper
there will be a Sunday school exhibit
in the basement of the church. Meet
ings Of the convention will be held on
Tuesday and Wednesday morning, aft
ernoon and evening.
Many Prominent Speakers.
Many prominent speakers OF ma
tional reputation in Sunday school
work will be present to address the con-
vention. Among the number are Will
lam G. Pearce, of Chicago, superin-
tendent of the International Teacher
Training department; Miss Clara Lou
Use Ewalt, Sunday school specialist
of New York city; Judge U. S. Guyer.
of Kansas City, Mo-, Miss Marie G.
Brehm, special lecturer on scientific
temperance Of the general assembly
permanent committee Of the Presby-
terrain church of the United States,
and Captain A. r. O'Brien, Cedar
Rapids evangelist.
The representation for the conven-
ton is based on the number of Sun
day schools in each county. one Off
cial delegate to every ten schools or
fraction thereof is entitled seat in the
convention. All pastors Of churches
and superintendent Of Sunday schools
are delegates ex-officio.
Choir Meets Sunday.
The committee in charge of the con-
vention music Is arranging for the as
semblying and rehearsal of the big
chorus choir on next Sunday after
noon at 8 o'clock. The committee
urges upon each superintendent in the
city to see that all children in his
school from 10 years Of age up be at
the Methodist church at that hour to
participate In the singing. Mr.. Tullar
will be present, and drill the choir in
preparatory singing and in getting
ready for the convention music.
Asks Merchants to Decorate.
Inc committee OIl al ~ oA6OAiSASo -
anxious that all business houses be
suitably decorated for the convention,
and that all flags be foated from
buildings, both public and private. The
committee is anxious that the hun
dreds Of visitors be favorably i'm
pressed with the city, and gain from
the appearance of the streets and
buildings the idea that ,Marshalltown
people know there is a convention on.