Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION

'St'NiOii Ntto SesilSA w vi lSi at tilN.
M. E. church Saturday evening by
President Swensen. Devotional OK
ercises were conducted by Rev. Best
water of Dolton. The Problems and
Possibilities Of the Rural Schools"
were then discussed by W. H. Gift
ford OF Parker. He showed himself
familiar his subject and discussed, III
helpful way the rural school and
!. its IS. opportunities, l2pp Ealsowsn& hlna
Rev. Wallace of Parker delivered a
powerful and helpful sermoa ol
Greater Spirituality" A good at
tendance was present 1T this meet
ing and deep interest WI.
Sunday morning tn, convention
met at ten o'clock A. A. Rowan
conducted the devotional exercises
and then gave his paper on Music
in the Sunday School," Mr.. Rowan
is fine singer and interspersed his
paper with several songs that he
recommended for Sunday school use.
He showed how to get better results
from the musical part of the service
E. [. Peters of Hurley then discussed
the Boy Problem" Being teach
er MIR. Peters has made a careful
study of boys and he discussed in a
helpful way their hopes, feelings and
likes. Sec'y Leach of the state Sum
day school association then told of
the work in the state and asked for
pledges for the state work. Presi-
dent Swenson then appointed the
following nominating committee:
Loren Stoddard, Mrs. A. l.. Grebel,
Mr.. Elkenstein, Jennie Hershey and
Mr.. Smith.
The afternoon exercises began
with devotional exercises conducted
by Rev. w. S. Rowden. Mrs. Grebel
of Parker then discussed department
work with special reference to the
primary department. Her sugges-
tion regarding the development Of
the work among the little folks were
especially helpful. Rev. StonneIl Of
Parker then spoke on the responsible
tiles of the Sunday school worker
and teacher. Harry King gave
a talk on how to keep the boy in
Sunday school. 1t was largely based
on the speakers experience in the
Parker M. E. Sunday school and for
definite, practical suggestions adapt
ed to every school and every boy,
was the most valuable talk of the
convention. Mr.. King favors doing
things and having omething doing
all the time. Secretary Bestvater
then reported showing thirty-two
schools in the county and reports
from about a dozen. Officers were
elected as follows: President,
A. A. Rowan. Parker; vice president,
w. II. Stoddard, Hurley; secretary
and treasurer, w. j. Bestvater,
Dolton; superintendent, elementery
department, j. j. Kirkendall, Par
ker; secondary grades, E. I. Peters.
Hurley; adult. w. S. Rowaen, Hur-
ley; temperance, O. P. jackson, Cen
terville; visitation, Mr.. Elkenstein,
Brothersfield; missions, Rev. Wau-
bena, Chancellor.
At the evening meeting Mr.. Stod-
dard spoke from his many years of
experience giving some of the
troubles that beset a superintendent.
Probably every uperintendent pre-
sent had had part of the same
troubles to meet. The convention
was closed by an address by Sec'y
Leach who spoke in place of Rev.
Book OF Davis who was detained at
home by sickness. Features of the
convention that should not be for
gotten are the solos by Violet Wray
and the singing of the M. E. male
quartette. Also the convention
chorus made up from singers from
the local Sunday schools should be
commended. All the meetings Of
the convention were we'll attended
and the representation from the diff
ferent schools in the county while
not large was probably as good as it
has been in recent years. The meet
Ing next year will be held in Parker.