Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-12
EXPERTS WILL GIVE VIEWS
OF THE DISTRICT
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
Sessions Will Be Held in First Con-
gregationl Church, Beginning
November 80.

The fourteenth annual convention of the
District of Columbia Sunday School AS
ISOLATION will be held in the First Con-
gregational Church November 80, Deem
Der / and .
The session of Tuesday evening. De-
cember l. will be devoted. to the consid-
Grafton of matters pertaining to adult
classes. that of Tuesday afternoon to
primary Sunday school work, and the
session of Wednesday morning to the
sessions will be devoted to the considera-
ton of general Sunday school interests.
The official call for the appointment OF
delegates was sent out several weeks age
and several hundred delegates have al
ready been enrolled. The Sunday School
Association is interdenominational ir
character, comprising the white Protest
ant schools of the District of Columbia
with an enrolment of more than 4O,0N
pupils and more than 1000 officers and
teachers.
Basis of Representation.
The basis of representation in the con-
vention is five delegates for the first Ion
members and one for each additional fifty
or major fraction thereof besides which
superintendents. assistant superintendent
and secretaries of schools and pastors and
assistant pastors of churches are ex-
Officio delegates. 1t is expected that at
least fourteen hundred delegates will be
enrolled for this convention.
The details of the program will be an
nounced within few days. Upon the
program will appear speakers and Sunday
school experts of distinction from other
cities. besides number of prominent
local workers number of the leading
pastors of the city will assist with devo-
tional exercises at the various sessions.
The officers of the association are:
President. w. w. MILAN of Mt. Vernon
Place NJ. E. South Sunday school; first
vice president, II. b. F. Mcfarland OF
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Sunday
tow of Calvary Baptist school; secretary
Herbert l.. Buell. of Foundry Methodist
Episcopal school; treasurer. j. II. Lich-
liter of Church of the Covenant Presby-
terrain school: field worker, Benjamin D
Stallings of Gurley Memorial Presby-
terrain school
The officers, with twenty-five other gen
tlemen. chosen by the annual conven-
ton. constitute the executive committee
of the association. which directs it's af-
fairs. The committee chosen at the last
convention. in addition to the officers
consists of l.. d. Alden. c. A. Baker,
John S. Barker, w. ]. Bowman, Rev. C.
III. Butler. +. c. Croxton, John E. Daw-
son. ]. H. Dove, w. c. Eldridge. Percy
S. Foster. f. A. Gangwer, j. H. Harmon.
Karl Holer. Rev. w. ]. Houck. Richard
F. Jones, A. E. l.. Leckie, ]. A. MacElwee,
J. f. Nichol, J. w. Reisner and E. 8.
Wescott During the interval since the
last convention two members of the COM
mittee. Messrs Nichol and Eldridge. have
died. and these vacancies will be filed
at the coming convention.
Committees of Arrangements.
The following committees have been APP
pointed to arrange for the conventions:
ProFr'.m-W. w. MILAN. H. B. f. Mac
H. L. Buell., B. D. Stallings, Mrs. c. Ii.
Gray and Mrs. Emily l.. Newton.
Music-J. A. MacElwee, Page L. Zim-
norman. c. A. Provost. F. +. Warning,
Miss Lydia r. Hughes. Mrs. Ella knight
Ellis and Mrs. Ottine u Gilbert
Credentials. H. Harmon, c. A. Baker,
II. l.. Buell., A. F. Harlan, E. l.. Harvey.
B. S. Couch. c. Clinton James, Miss Lydia
Burklin and Miss Eellie NJ. Taliaferro.
Appliances and characterization II.
Ball, John E. Dawson. Ernest A. Short,
Mrs. D. E. Wiber, Mrs. E. Hawxhurst.
Miss Ardelle Payne, Miss Anna N. Tilton
Mrs. Washington Topham and Mrs. II. B
MOulton.
Press-Jerome F. johnson, j. w. Refs
ner. Frank L. Israel and j. M. Pickens.
Ushers-W. S. Dewhirst. f. A. Baulsir,
P. T. Chadbourne and c. s. lockwood.
An elaborate musical program, with a
Sunday school chorus, will be one Of the
features of the convention. The commit
tee on appliances and equipment expects
to bring together an exhibit of Sunday
school appliances which will prove help
full and instructive to the delegates and
visitors