New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
SUNDAY SCHOOLS ELECT
President and Mrs. Taft, Mr..
Roosevelt and King George
Members.
RAISED $4,000 IN FEES
Worlds Association Meeting Re.
sembled Political Convention
in Enthusiasm.

Washington. May 2l.-President Taft. Mrs.
Taft. ex-President Theodore Roosevelt,
King George Of England, President Diaz of
Mexico and William Jennings Bryan were
made life members OF the Worlds Sunday
School Association in the convention here
to-day amid scenes Of great enthusiasm.
For each % those so honored Sl,eo5 had
70 be subscribed. and in the case OF Mr..
Roosevelt. the chairman of the convention
BY popular demand limited subscriptions
toN
delegate from Canada started the en-
thus:asm.
y nominate William Howard Taft for g
life membership. and Canada pledges 800
toward IT. he shouted. A roar OF approval
went up. The remaining $500 sub
scribed IN fash Mrs. Taft's name was
then proposed. and her sl,ee0 Initiation
fee" promptly was made up
A delegate from South Carolina proposed
King George. ana there was a race TO sub
scribe, and Toronto managed TO get IN only
tenth place with its 500 SO quick were
the responses.
Like Political Convention.
Then man in a centre aisle shouted: Il
nominate Theodore Roosevelt The effect
vas almost magical, Men hoped OF chairs
shouting women rose and frantically
waved handkerchiefs il looked liked the
Republican National Convention scene
when M. Roosevelt was nominated for
President
The chairman withheld the nomination at
that moment with difficulty He confessed
that he intended TO hold the name Of Roose-
welt until the last to keep UP enthusiasm IN
he
Of President Diaz was proposed. and the
Necessary Sl,e,0 was quickly subscribed.
The chair then held the subscription for
Mir. Roosevelt 10 be in order. Men with
hats and baskets went down the aisles and
returned with a stack Of banknotes be-
fore the han had been half covered.
youthful orator with raven hair got
the attention Of the chair. Il want 10 put
n nomination natchiess man Of the peo-
De ne cried. "one who has done mucn
Tor their uplift and is continuing 10 do so.
! want 70 nominate William Jennings
Bryan, Of Nebraska
The applause had not died down before
voice shouted. Nebraska subscribes
the nrst see The remaining $500 was
pledged few moments The nomina-
Ion Of persons Of less public renown con-
unued until $4,000 had been pledged for
mission work
Just after the convention adjourned until
Monday the choir q six hundred, accom-
panied by probably two thousand or more
delegates, marched 20 the Capitol grounds
Inc choir ranged along the steps. and the
plaza was nearly filed. while praise ser
Vice was held in the open air. Many en-
I4oyes q the building stopped their work
10 70 OUT and join In the singing of hymns,
pu' there was "A han game on and there
we're few Senators or Representatives
there
Worlds Sunday School Day.
i viii be Worlds Sunday School Day to-
Morrow. In every Sunday school in the
world In the Sunday School Union II Will be
observed The little children in the mis-
Soils In China Will be reciting the same or
oer Of service as the Sunday school chill
oren in Washington
he executive committee Of the worlds
convention has announced that as a means
u focusing the attention Of the Church
Upon the Sunday school as it's most impor-
lsnt agency ia the evangelization Of the
NoEl1. II attaches more Importance TO the
observance Of Worlds Sunday School Day
3sn 10 the direct results OF the worlds
eonvention and considers II worth 20 the
cause many times the labor and expense
involved
al NE session to-day William n Rafts-
nun reported for the field in North Amer
"a ana The Rev s. ID. Zwemer told Of the
'ieeos of the MOsle1n world. Robert i. Speer
spoke 81 The Needs of the Mission Work
a--Hohg Our Nearest Neighbors.'' Mr. Speer
secretary Of The Presbyterian Beard OF
Foreign Missions
Ii. oleeT made a plea for mission work
= South America. As he proceeded he was
sueT'tly Interrupted with great applause,
~ solle u the delegates declared his elo-
1-eloe had never been equaIIed I'm their
Conventions
-F movement Tor peace. for advance
'' ana the further civilization OF South
N peiitral America. Mr. Speer predicted,
'Vlid depend entirely on The progress Of
~hFlsilan civilization. Many South Amer
-0@Is' supposed To be Of some denomination.
AZ SAID. were atheists
-'@ work OF evangelization now. Mr.
~Deef said, would be only an iota compared
what IL wolld become in later years.
- me greatly increasing population He
0'u u q tl1p through the country where in
'sI'Ig Churches he had fOuad but one