The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-17

are handled. The little children that
sometimes cry are put in curtain
corner, so as not to disturb the
others. The children must be taught
! in so interesting a manner as to
f., hold the children's attention and
they will not be hard to handle.
PICKED UP ON THE SIDE
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church served good dinner in the
basement.
The total number of delegates en-
rolled UP to noon, not counting Man
kato people, was 461.
There was congregational rally
! at the close of the morning session
on Thursday i'm front of the auditor
, ium.
The executive board held meeting
at the Saulpaugh during the noon
intermission, to consider convention
matters.
| j. o. Gold of Minneapolis men,
Der of the executive committee OF
the state association, is in the
convention.
Rev. w. F.. J. Gratz, pastor Of
/ Foss Methodist Episcopal church.
/ Minneapolis prominent Sunday
school worker is one of the dele
gates.
Rev. G. w. Hielscher of Sleepy
Eye, pastor of the German Evangeli-
cal church there, is among the dele
gates.
Ernest w. Young of st. Paul,
prominent in the Sunday school work
in that city is one of the dele
gates.
Up to this morning about 600 dele
gates had registered, and many more
came in on the forenoon and noon
trains No doubt the registration
will go up to 800.
Church publication societies and
others have booths attractively ar
ranged at the rear of the lecture
room, and are capturing orders Tor
Sunday school textbooks, music and
helpful publications.
The sixth annual banquet OF the
Teacher Training Alumni association.
in the basement of the Methodist
Episcopal church this evening prom
Uses to be an interesting event. The
attendance will fill the room.
While there has been some talk OF
Brainerd as the next place of meet
ing, Winona is thought to be in line,
and likely to capture next year S
meeting. There does not seem likely
to be much of contest developed.
The badges, consisting of large
button with a white key pendant,
are to be seen all over town when
the sessions are not on. The dele
gates are an intelligent, earnest set
of people, filled with enthusiasm.
They are welcome in MankatO.
The song pamphlets used in the
services are the property OF Mr..
Sellers and must not be taken from
the building. Those who wish to
own copies may obtain them for 10
cents from the newsboys or at the
stand of the Baptist Publication So
ciety
DR.. George r. Merrill of Minnea-
polls, representative of Minneapolis
on the International Lesson commit
tee and also head of the Howe
Mission society of the Minnesota
COngregationalists is attending the
convention. He is considered one
of the best Bible students in the
country.
Association politics are given lit
tie thought on the part of the dele
gates at large. President J. III. Mar
tin of Minneapolis is serving his sec
ond term, but it is said by those in
position to know that he will prob
ably be given another term. Some
of the other officers also seem to be
in line for reelection.
Meals will be furnished every noon
and night by the Presbyterian Ia
dies in the basement of the church
as far as their accommodations will
go. The city restaurants are located
near by on Front street, and will
be found very satisfactory. On Fri
day evening provisions for feeding
the extra crowds will be made by
the ladies of the Baptist, Congrega-
tional and Methodist churches. Fur
Their notice of this will be given to-
morrow.
| The secretary of the Commercial
/ club wishes to announce that if any
of the delegates would like to visit
some of the factories or wholesale
houses in Mankato, they may speak
/ to one Of the entertainment COM
mittee, and arrangements will be
made to have proper cOurtesies
shown and guides furnished. The
same announcement applies to the
state normal school, which is now
having vacation. The two business
, colleges are now in session, and will
be glad to receive visitors and show
them through their plant.
The local committee is trying to
make a speciality of the newspaper
work. Each of the local dailies has
a special staff at work reporting
as fully as possible all the sessions
of the convention. The three issues
of either paper, covering the cOnven-
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