Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-11
TO HELP OLDER BOY.
Sunday School Conference
Told What Is Best for Him.
GIVE IDEAS ON TEACHING
Speakers at Cherrydale, Va, Urge
He Be Taught What to Do.
SUBJECT THOROUGHLY ARGUED
Conferees Discuss All Phases of
Work in Sabbath
Schools.
GIVE IDEAS ON TEACHING
SUBJECT THOROUGHLY ARGUED

1t was declared at the conference re-
sarding the Older boy and the Sun
DAY school, held at Vacation Lodge,
Cherrydale. Va. today. that the work
Will be more successful if the Sunday
school would have its lessons nodded
so that the boyish mind may be i'm
pressed with the things to do instead
of those not to do. There was a large
attendance representing the Sunday
schools Of the District
Securing Enrolment and Attendance
of Older Boys in the Sunday Schools"
was discussed by Mark Allen Watson,
superintendent of the Hamline Sunday
school. while Grant Leet, chairman of
Bible study Of the boys Y. NJ c. A..
followed with an address on Bible
Lessons That Interest Older Boys"
James E. West. national executive Sec
rotary Of the Boy Scouts movement,
spoke on Boy Scouts and the Sunday
School,
con, and at l o'clock E. S. Martin. in
charge of the Boy Scouts OF the District,
led a scout demonstration. The meeting
following had its general theme THE
and Perpetuation Of Organizations Of
Boys for Religious, Moral and Mission
airy Training
|. Speaks on Boys Brigade.
The first speaker was Frederick NJ.
Kerby. major of the District Boys Bri-
gade. who spoke on THE Boys Brigade"
The balance of the program is as follows:
Address. knights Of King Arthur"
Rev. Frank j. Goodwin. pastor of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church;
address Teachers for Older Boys-An
IDEAL" Rev. Herlnon s. Pinkham. pastor
Of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
At the session this evening George x.
McI.anahan of the Church Of the Cove
nant Sunday school will speak on sun.
day School Class Organizations mat
Have Proved Successful"
Another meeting will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the i. NJ. G. A. at O'CLOCK,
when Charles F. Nesbt Of the local men
address on "The Boys Part of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement.
Friday Evening Conference.
William Knowles Cooper general secre-
tary Of the Y. NJ. c. A, and w. W. Mil
Ian, president of the Sunday School Asso-
citation of the District Of Columbia, were
the speakers at the conference held last
evening in Calvary Baptist Church. a
Greater Manhood for a Greater Wash
ington'' was Mr.. Coopers subject. While
Mr. MILAN talked on THE Place of the
Older Boy in the Sunday School,. Rev.
DR.. Samuel II. Greene. pastor OF Calvary
Church. led the devotional exercises at
the opening of the service.
In his address Mr.. Cooper spoke of the
wonderful growth Of Washington and the
splendid opportunity which must eventu-
ally come to the youth Of the city.
TN WASHINGTON: he said. I'VE touch
shoulders with the men who are shaping
the destiny of 90OOO,0OO people. and so
familiar and matter Of fact becomes this
daily contact that we fail to give it true
value.
Future of Washington.
He then said that many persons pre-
dict that Washington in ten years will
be city of 10000 population, and he de-
clared that with this increase will come
a corresponding increase in the advan-
tages and opportunities which are not
now so numerous. with these evidences
of civic PRIDE he declared. greater
Washington will call for the best sort of
men. and i cannot conceive of a better
training than that Of the Sunday school,.
Mr. MILAN laid the blame of the boy
not going to Sunday school on his father,
who, he declared, in many instances to-
day is too fond of motoring and golf.
such an example he said, set before the
boy of today is not such viii cause
him to stick close to the work of the
Sunday school when that organization
needs him most and when he as well
distinctly needs it.