Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-10
STATE CONVENTION
HEARS GOOD PAPERS
600 DELEGATES ARE REGIS
TERED AT POMONA
Eleven Different Denominations Rep
resented in Sunday School Gath
ering-officers Are Elected
for Year
Especial to The Herald. ]

POMONA, Oct. 9.-When the state
convention of the Interdenominatlona
Sunday School association was caiieo
to order this morning in the Frespy
terian church there was not vacant
seat, and standing room was at pre-,
MUM. More than 600 delegates hao
registered with the committee on en-
tentainment. They represented eleVen
different denominations and come from
all over Southern California: The elec-
ton of officers came Immediately a1ter
the assembling of delegates, ana re-
suited in the unanimous cholce OF u -
Chapman, Fullerton, president; b. Il.
Olds, Pomona, vice president; Hugh X.
Gibson, Los Angeles, secretary: Inc
treasurership was referred to the eX-
ecutive committee. DR.. Hugh Is. walk
er, Los Angeles, was made internatlon-
al vice president; Mrs. H. S. Gordon,
Santa Ana, superintendent of nome
department; Prof f. l.. Zahn, super
intendent of training department, and
Mrs. Stella B. Irvine, Riverside, super
intendent of temperance department.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
On budget and future work-W. L.
Malone, Ontario, chairman; Geo. =
Martin, Monrovia C. C. Chapman
Fullerton; H. NJ. Patterson. Los Ange-
les: NJ. c. Paxton, Riverside; b. l..
Olds, Pomona; w. F. Cronemiller, Los
Angeles; ]. NJ. Page, Pomona; Rev: F.
]. H. Stevens, Pasadena; Stephen
Townsend, Long Beach; w. F. Eng
land, Lordsburg; Miss Bosbysheli, Los
Getz, Los Angeles; r. l.. Culley, XIV
erside; C. J. Buchner, Los Angeles.
Nominating committee-F. c. Gro
well, Upland chairman; F. c. Heat,
San Diego; DR.. A. w. Atkinson, Los
Angeles; Mrs. A. G: Catland, santa
Ana; Rev NJ. D. Club, Pomona; Thos.
Watson, Glendale; ]. L. Moote, Ana
helm; ]. w. Cline, Los Angeles; Thos.
Hama, jr., Riverside.
Resolutions committee-Dr. r. p.
Shepherd, Pomona, chairman; Mrs. L.
w. Burns, Santa Ana; Henry Tubbs,
Los Angeles; Rev. G. w. Coultas, Los
Angeles; Geo. T. Hanley, Alhambra;
w. P. Shepherd, Riverside; b. f. Loot-
borrow. Riverside.
At the denominational rally DR.. Will
lis Meyer of Los Angeles being absent,
DR.. r. P. Shepherd presided and d1-
rected the discussions. Four speakers,
representing as many denominations.
participated in the discussion of the
subject: How our own denomination
can help the Sunday School associa-
tion. and how the Sunday School asso-
citation can help our denomination"
Rev. A. s. Phelps of Los Angeles rep
resented the Baptists. broadening the
sympathies. appropriating a certain
amount of money to this work, and the
intelligent study. of sunday school
The Christian church was represent
ed by Rev. j. NJ. Anderson of River
side.
Rev. Alfred Inwood of Los Angeles
represented the Methodist church. he
spoke on "Value of Organized Work" :"
w. D. Lands of Los Angeles, who
ha prnChWfari9n church.
spoke on "Co-operation or Mutual
Helpfulness."
The annual report of the teacher
training superintendent, Prof. q. L.
Zahn. revealed the fact that Los Ange-
les county has twenty-six classes ana
e21 enrolment; Riverside county nve
classes and 1872 enrolment; San Ber-
nardino county, one class and IL en-
rollment; Ventura county, two classes
and % enrolment; Orange county,
three classes and So enrolment; san
Diego county, three classes and 81 en-
rollment; Kern county, two classes
and 3S enrolment; making a total of
forty-two classes and 971 enrolment.
This is an increase in enrolment over
last year of 226 members, gain or
more than 100 per cent over any pre-
vious year.
Mrs. H. A. Gordon spoke on the
Home Department Work" She said
that the TSpOIl gave bhts
department membership of over half
a million. "The wonderful growth in
our own association" she said, gives
us in Southern California splendid
increase over last years number or
home departments-in 1907 146, today
2O5; members, 1907, 1853; members, 19OS'
8902.".
One of the interesting features of the
convention was the discussion of The
Sunday School Teacher" by DR.. H. F.
Shepherd. -,
Col. Firey, mayor, welcomed the del
egates on the part of the city, and Rev.
T.. D. Van Arman, pastor of the First
M. e. church here, extended the wei
come on behalf of the churches. To
these splendid addresses Hugh X. Glib
son responded on behalf of the dele
gates.
The delegates and visitors are being
entertained by the hospitable people of
Pomona at their homes. The city IS
beautifully decorated. To stranger
not posted it would seem some national
event was taking place In the pretty
little CITY of east Los Angeles county,
but a large banner strung across Sec
ond street, below Geary, announces
that the "Great Convention of Interde-
nominational Sunday School Associa-
ton" is in session.