The Washington herald., 1911-10-23
TEACHINGTHECHILD
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
District Workers to Gather
for Three Days.
KEEN INTEREST MANIFESTED
Sunday School Association of the
District VIII Hold Annual Con-
vention in New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church Next Week.
Elaborate Programme.

Sunday school workers Of Protestant
denominations are looking forward with
! interest to the approaching convention
of the Sunday School Association of the
District. Pres w. w. MILAN and his
colleagues have completed the pro-
| gramme for the event. The convention
will be held in the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. beginning next
Monday evening, and closing on the
| evening of November !. The committees
are:
The Various Committees.
Programme-W. w. MILAN, P. H. Brts-
tow, H. L. Buell., J. II. Lichliter, Rev.
c. H. Butler, Mrs. Washington Topham,
and Mrs. Emily L. Newton.
! Music-Norton NJ. Little. j. A. Mac
Elwell. Mrs. John ". Hollyday, Miss
Florence r. Keen, w. E. Braithawaite,
J. w. Dyre. and Miss ethel Lasier
! Credentials-C. Clinton James, J. Fin
ney Engle, Joseph A. Scott, Rev. S. r.
Swift, Charles B. Rateman, r. L.
Holmes, Mrs. J. B. Kinnear. Mrs. L. A.
Sadler. A. +. Harlan. A. n. Dewey, VII
liam Oscar ROome, tr., and E. S. Bra
! shears.
Auditing Richard A Ford, Jerome F.
johnson. and A. L. Dietrich
/ Exhibits of appliances and equipment
! Charles a. Baker. Henry Wurdeman,
Ernest A. Short. J. H. Hannen, Mrs. A.
b. Casselman, Miss Ardelle Payne, Mrs
w. r. Muffley, Mrs J. T Curry. Miss
Margaret Fox, Mrs. Al. Vaughn, and
Miss NJ. f. kidwell
! Cshers-A. G. McChesney. R. T. Buck
! ingham. John E. Dawson, s. NJ. Croft
and Edward Tarring
Press-The chairmen of all the otha,
! committees.
| On Monday evening. at the opening
/ session, devotional services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. W. H Bates. D. D.. OF
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
and Rev. R. L. Fultz, Of EpwOrth Meth
odist Church South. The song service
will be in charge Of ". f. Braithawaite
! OF the Vermont Avenue Christian
| Church, assisted by Mrs Frank Rvram
as organist, and the choir OF Westmin-
ster Memorial Presbyterian Church.
! The Formal Exercises.
The formal exercises will open with
the annual address OF the president w.
w. MILAN, followed by the presentation
of reports. The principal address will be
delivered by Rev. W. r. Wedderspoon.
d. D.. on the theme, The Sunday school
! teachers joy"
At the second session Tuesday after
I
! Quoted by Rev. II. V. Hewlett pastor
Of the Second Baptist Church, and Rev.
w I. McKenney. OF Wesley Methodist
| Church. Rev. Joseph T Watts, Sunday
school secretary OF the Baptist General
Association OF Virginia, will speak on
Manual methods in the Sunday school. -
/ and will conduct conference on adult
class work. Reports from the thirteenth
| international Sunday school convention,
held in San Francisco in June last, will
be submitted by DR.. Z. L. Richardson.
! J. W. Rcisner. Carleton r. Ball. and
! Norton NJ. Little. Mr. William Knowles
! Cooper, general secretary of the local
Y. NJ. G. A. will discuss the problem Of
teacher training and the trained teacher,
and a. NJ. Chesley. secretary OF the Boy
Scouts, has been asked to speak on the
work Of that Organization.
! At the Tuesday evening session devO-
t.onal services will be conducted by Rev.