Evening journal., 1912-04-25
MAYOR
WELCOMES
WORKERS
Tells State Association City
Executives Are Church CO.
erS as well As Politicians
SEES GREAT WORK
FOR YOUNG IN SCHOOLS

Mayor Harrison w. Howell made
a second trip to Harrison Street Meth
odist Episcopal Church this morning,
aud this time found an auditorium
filled with State Sunday School Asso-
citation delegates who gave him an
ovation. The occasion was the an
nual meeting of the Delaware State
Sunday School Association. Mayor
hOwell spoke on the point of view Oh
teacher and pupil in the Sunday
school. urging that the teachers take
an interest in the every day life of
their pupils aud try to make the
Sunday school attractive, which could
be done without sacrificing the dignity
OF the school. Mayor Howell said he
considered the Sunday school work one
of the most important matters. He
said people thought mayors we're
chiefly in politics, but he had found
mayors were constant attendants at
all the church and religious organ
izations. ). The mayor was heartily ap-
plauded.
There were over 100 delegates pres
ent at the opening session of the as
sociation and 200 had arrived by noon.
The auditorium was attractively de-
corated with wistaria and silver "Wel.
come" signs, in honor Of the silver
anniversary Of the State Sunday school
Association
The Rev. j. E Hunsberger brought
greetings from the City Sunday School
Union.
The Rev. d. NJ Cleland, in leading
the devotional exercises spoke of boys
brought before the Juvenile Court
who said they had gone wrong because
they had never been taught better He
said Judge Lattomus has always ask
ed every child whether he went to
Sunday School
! The Rev. George White Dawson. pas
tor Of Harrison Street NJ. +. Church.
welcomed the association on behalf of
his church
On behalf of the association. the
Z Hon. W. o. Hofiecker. who is musical
director of the convention, replied to
the speeches of welcome. He said the
association was organized 25 years
ago in Gracc Church. Wilmington.
In the last 10 years. he said there has
been an increase of 10 600 members i'm
the Sunday schools of the state. He
;. urged more teachers to take the nor
NAL training course i'm Sunday school
work
In his annual address, T. Elmer
Perry president and chairman at the
/, convention meetings, said il had been
J the best opening session ever held by
/, the association.
, Mr. Perry gave five questions as his
r address. namely: Who Are We?;
q fb., los
day Schools? What of the Past?
What OF the Future? lie asked The
audience TO answer the questions for
themselves.
The last half of the morning was
spent in symposium. The Rev. C.
l.. Candee pastor OF Westminster
Presbyterian Church. spoke on Pas
toral Leadership in the Sunday
School Mr.. Candee objected to The
pastors being the superintendent as
? he would not have the amount of
time to devote 10 the work that II
] required. He thought the pastor
should be acquainted with all the
) children. and should advise the teach
! ers in regard to the individual pupils
and general school problems
7 The Rev. J. =. Hunsberger speak
ing on Pastoral Leadership in Train
: ing Teachers" spoke of the Teach srs
b Training Class at Bethany Baptist
2 Church He teaches the class him.
self. Mr.. Hunsberger said hn gave
r. training to teachers at a meeting af-
] ter the Wednesday night prayer meet
! ing, and advocated promoting the
senior department. pupils into the
teachers training class.
} The Rev. W. + Corkran. pastor Of
Union M. H. Church, spoke on PAS
toral Leadership In Gathering tho
, Harvest" Or. Corkran said it was
, the business Of teachers and parents
to watch diligently the moral develop
ment of tho child until the. time when
IL should accept religious truth Tor
itself Glasses IN religious instruc.
ton might be conducted by tho pas.
, tor, he said. but his great duty was
to urge the parents to fulfill their
personal obligations in religious
teaching Of their children.
I The following committees we're ap-
, pointed by the president:
Program and Press. ]. Hayes
r chairman; Miss Edna c. Barker, Mrs
T. E. Martin.
!. Finance II. Burns. chairman; G.
, J. Chandler, r. Ross Farra. Ralph c
e Jones, Howard II. Dickerson, w. b
Stephens. John w. Davis.
= On Nominations-W. X. Crosby.
/ chairman; T. p. Scott, the Rev. VIII.
o liam Hamilton. c. f. Friedel. Georg,
r. Noble, Mrs. Cullen Donovan
Thomas A. West
: State Committees Report--D. B
Maloney, chairman; John w Cannon
B. B. Woodall. Mrs. James McMullen
MISS Elizabeth MacDowell.
Resolutions-The Rev. ]. r. Huns
berger, chairman; A. G. Cox, Rober
g. Houston, the Rev. d. NJ. Cleland
70 Mrs. Lizzie Booker, Minor G. Smith
: Miss Grace Quigg
. The women of Harrison Stree
. Church served appetizing lunches %
noon 10 the delegates Mrs. II. A
Roop is general chairman. J. w
France is chairman of the entertain
ment committee; Miss Edna c. Bark
. er. OF Milford is general secretary o
. the association; j. II. Burns is the re
. cording secretary; George J. Chand
. Ter. treasurer. and c. II. Cantwell tn
s chairman of the executive committee
There will be a Teacher Training
banquet at West Church tonight
.
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