Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-13
last DAY OF THE Big.
SUNDAY SCHOOL Meet
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

The Thursday morning session OF
the twenty-frst annual state Sun day
school convention began at 9 o'clock.
i After song and prayer, the work
] OF the day was taken up. 1t was
decide ed to p0stpone the reports OF
1 the various committees until later
in the day, as all Of them were not
ready to report. The auditing COM
mittee, however, desired to present
their report, which showed the books
Of the state, treasurer in good con-
4 dit1on. Their report was adopted
by the convention.
\, The report Of DR.. Wallace Stearns
on "Bible Study" which is in the
hands of Mr.. Snow, was not read;
on account of lackrot time, but will
be published in the next issue of
l""Live Wires ~. -,
Following this, Rev. w. c. Clough,
lee Steele read avery interesting pa
aper on "Methods4A Attract Men III,
Bible Study. He said: r.,
Il 9t"That toSwhich We wish to attract
is tho bible. It combines tho: best
Qualities Of all rood, books. 1t is
tAistory. science. S:pr ophecy, and ~
Ipome considered p classic In 1ttera-
ture- Methods seem to be, needed
to attract men to the Sunday school.
The following are. some Of them:
Trtt, solicitStton;s second, agitation;
thifd: organisation: fourth, saliva
r. A. s. Bishop, superintendent of the
First M: =. church. Fargo, spoke on
the topic, How We Crew." In
VERY interesting, way he showed how
their school had increased from $50
to $40. It was accomplished by I'M
firing activity on the part of all the
omcers and teachers. In detail, Mr..
Bishop showed how each teacher
built up their respective classes AMI
attracted their scholars and kept
them interested.
A short discussion followed the
[address Of Mr.. Bisnop. After sing
ing what mtsh4Ebe. called, ths'scon-.
vention hymn, "For the Man Of CAL
ilee," part of which was written by
Mr.. Orchard, the convention listen
ed to an interesting talk on "The
Boy" by Rev. w. j. Brown of Dick
tnson. He said: =,
I'VE do not treat the boy as he
should be treated. We give the girls
our greatest care, but the boy 10. left
out. The boy problem Is one Of him
self and the home, of himself and
society, and of himself and his teach
or. He should have man for a
teacher, who can help, sympathize
and love the boy"
Mrs. e. NJ. Snow, elementary SUI
perintendent, next read a very in
teresting paper on 1.-The Parents"
The convention then took up some
business matters. chief. Of which was
the place. Of; meeting nexttyear. In
Efvitafanns. wore received from Car
1rington and Fargo, and by a rising
ivote. Fargo was selected.
The following are the state officers
for the year 1901, together with
tho committees:
President. William J. Lane, Fargo;
chairman, r. B. Grimth, Grand
Forks; treasurer, Rev. w. c. Lyon,
Valley City; general secretary, Rev.
Walter A. Snow, Fargo; elementary
superintendent, Mrs. Ella Morris
Snow, Fargo.
Central committee-R. B. Grimth.
Rev. w. c. Lynn, w. J. Lane, J. M.
Wylie, Sidney Clark, M. H. Hatcher.
State executive board, 1910-11-A.
L. Bishop, Sidney Clark, C.: F. Green
wood, Thos. Porte, A. B. Taylor.
State executive board, 1910-12-A.
G. Covell, R. Mccullough, Rev. J. K.