The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-06-20
CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
Good Meeting of Ees Moines Dis
trict A. M. E. Church Adjourns.

4 IA
Friday was the last day of the Des
Moines District Sunday School Con-
vention and Normal Institute that
has been held at the African M. E.
church, and the various sessions
We're busy ones. The morning ses.
sion opened with devotional exercises
led by Miss Mae Ida Davis and Miss
Aududy Logan of Buxton. The first
paper was presented by Mr. Rufus
Jackson of Des Moines, on the sub
ject, Building Up Christian Charac.
ters." 1t was a fine paper and pro-
voked considerable discussion. Miss
Luella Franklin again favored the au.
dience with one, of her enjoyable vo.
cal solos. Miss Franklin is a very
natural and sympathetic singer and
her work was greatly appreciated.
A paper, How to Keep Hold of the
Big Boy" by Mrs. Mary Green of OF.
tumwa, and another paper, "The Ben.
Gifts Derived From the Union Sunday
School Meetings" by Miss Ona Webb
were given and were afterwards dis.
cussed. Both papers We're timelyand
tn e points contributed by the discus.
sion only seemed to make them
stronger. The convention here ad.
journed until 300 p. m. The devo.
tional service of the afternoon SEES
sion was led by Mr. Nathaniel Broom.
field of Newton. A splendid paper
"HnW (Nnn tho Eiuin1 nf ID. d.
Used to Advantage in the Sunday
School," was read by Miss Ora Lewis
of Abba, and another paper, What
Methods Can Be Used TO Induce Reg.
ular Attendance" seemed to be so
important that it brought out quite a
spirited discussion. Mrs. Cora Moore
of Oskaloosa here presented an ex,
cellent paper on THE Sunday School
Teacher" which was highly regarded
by the convention.
Election of Officers.
Following this was the annual cleo
! ton of district officers which result
ed as follows: District superintend
ent, Mrs. Minola A. Bell of Oskaloosa
- iV-CiCNtiOh lol IllC StCollu ltI III ,
! secretary, Miss Margaret E. Davis
| of Ottumwa, was reelected for the
third year; assistant secretary, Miss
lOna Webb of Buxton; treasurer, Mrs
Mary Green, of Ottumwa; publishers
! the convention secretary, Miss Davis
acting in cooperation with the secre,
| tary of the district conference and
Presiding Elder, DR.. S. B, Moore, OF
Galesburg, Ill. The following officers
were elected for the Normal Institute
work President, Mrs. Matte War,
ricks, of Des Moines; LIST vice presi
dent, Rev. M. l. Gordon, of Ottumwa;
End vice president, Rev. B. V. Taylor
of Des Moines; Sd vice president
Rev. ]. l.. Wharton, of Council Bluffs
secretary, Miss Ora Lewis, of Abba
The faculty of the Normal Institute
was appointed as follows: President
Mrs. Matte Warricks, of Des Moines
professor of the Art of Teaching;
Miss Leila Downey, of Buxton, profes.
sor of Bible Study; Mrs. Margaret
Patten, Des9. Moines, professor of Sa.
cred History; Miss Mae Ida Davis, OF
Buxton, professor of Sacred Geogra,
ply. Presiding Elder s. B. Moore is
the ex-officio chairman of the Insti,
tute work
Miss Isabella Allen and Miss Stella
Ringo served most acceptably as
tellers during the election. Mrs. II.
E. Owens of Ottumwa and Mrs. Jen-
ME Gillispie of Carney were appoint.
ed as sub-district superintendent by
Mrs. Bell.
The evening service did not begin
until quite late and after the opening
exercises, special music was rendered
by Nh. Andrew Reid of Hiteman.
The report of the Resolutions Com
mittee of the Sunday school conven-
ton was given by Miss Ona Webb of
Buxton, and that of the District Con-
ference by Rev. J. L. Wharton of
Council Bluffs. The report of the
Financial Committee was given by
Henry Allen of Oskaloosa. The Off
GERS as elected were then installed
by the Presiding, Elder, DR.. Moore,
in most excellent address. %
Mr.. Alfred Molife, native African
student at the Central Holiness uni
yersity, was present and was intro
duced to the convention. Mr.. Mo-
life is gaining an education here so
that he can return to Africa as a
missionary.
The Herald wishes to acknowledge
its Indebtedness to Mr.. Edward F.
Butler of Abba, the secretary of the
District Conference, and to Miss Mar
garet E. Davies of Ottumwa, the sec
rotary of the Sunday School Conven-
ton, for their kindness and many
courtesies shown.
Appropriate and gratifying resolu-
lions were adopted by both bodies,
which conveyed to the citizens of Os-
kaloosa the appreciation of the dele
gates for their royal and generous en-.
tertainment, to the Daily press for it's
very complete reports of the proceed
ings and to Presiding Elder DIR. Moore
and to Mrs. M. A. Bell, the District
Superintendent, for their kindness
and impartiality as presiding officers.
The delegates were delighted with
their stay in Oskaloosa and many