The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-05-17
MANY ABLE TALKS
HEARD LAST night
BIG AUDIENCE LISTENS TO NOT.
Ed SPEAKERS AT IMMENSE
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
AT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
LAST NIGHT.

II was a big audience that filled
the First Methodist church last night
to listen to the excellent programme
that had been arranged for the first
evening session Of the immense sun
day school convention which is now
being held In this city.
number of fine speakers were on
the programme for the evening and IN
no way was there a disappointing
feature. The organization of the FIRST
Methodist church, known as the M a
r. $. club had the opening number,
giving an orchestra and choral concert
from 1880 until o'clock In the even
ing This was preceded by band con-
cert at o'clock in front of the church
which was led by Professor Putnam,
AT the opening Of the regular pro-
Sramme for the evening, the graduates
or the teachers training department.
of the association marched in and. took
their places on the platform where
Places had been arranged for them
Following a prayer by Rev. Mr.
Beard of the First Conversational
church, the first speaker Of the even
ing. Prof. A. P. Hollis of valley CITY
was introduced to the audience by
Rev. j. M. Walters Of the First Meth
odist church.
Hollis Speaks on Teachers.
Professor Hollis remarks concerned
the teachers and especially the young
teachers of the association who were
soon to receive their diplomas as GER
tif1cates of the proficiency and license
to teach the gospel in the Sunday
schools of the various denominations
of the state.
Then he referred to the Valley City |
normal Of which institution he is a |
member of the faculty He express sd |
the hope that the next convention OF |
the association would be held IN Val
ley City
He related some of his experiences
with his teachers at the normal school
and told what they had done for him
and for others. His whole address
was an excellent preamble to the grad
lation exercises which followed.
DR.. stearns Presents Diplomas.
DIR. Wallace N. Stearns of the state
university at Grand Forks and super
ntendent of the state teachers train
ng department of the State Sunday
school association, then presented the
diplomas to the young teachers who
graduated. His remarks were quite Il
70 the point and will be very helpful
10 them individually in their first H
iears work and in their work in the H
Tears to come.
The diplomas were granted to Mrs. II
W. j. Clapps Pioneer class of the
First Methodist church and Mrs Clamp
herself received a diploma for finish
ng the teachers reading course.
The Pioneer class is composed Of the
GLOWING young ladies';
Fanny Stevens Clapp, Aroline Fran i
lis McGrann, Charity Marie Pinney,
Audrey Mae Cramer, Lillian d. Mac
<erracker, Mildred Isabel watson.
lean Lillian Wilson. IL
The 400 delegates who took the re-
igious census had not time to make
ut their reports between the hours
When the census closed and the open
ns Of the night session, so that mat
er was left over until today.
Hugh Cort's Address.
The concluding humber of last
lights programme was the able ad-
ress of Hugh Cork of Chicago sec
etary Of the International Sunday
chool association. His subject last
light was What Our Association Work
tands For. 1t was only an indica-
lon Of what may be expected OF this
BILE speaker during the remaining
CIV n@ he /