Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-22
COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL INSTITUTE
Eugh Cork and Four Expert
Workers and Singers to Con-
duct Meetings Feb. %.
AT THE BoARDWAY CHURCH
Cnder Auspices of State Association
TO Discuss Technical and In
spirationAI Subjects.

A Rock Island county Sunday school
institute will be held in this city We'd
nesday, Feb %, afternoon and evening,
at Broadway Presbyterian church. The
program for the day will be In charge
of a quartet OF singers and Sunday
school experts, assisted by Professor
Alvin Roper, pianist. These workers
have been making a tour Of 90 Of the
largest cities of Illinois since Feb. II,
and Rock Island is 10th on the tour,
conducted under the auspices of the
Illinois Sunday School association.
Hugh Cork Of Chicago, the leader, was
for a number Of years a missionary of
the American Sunday School union,
was secretary Of Minnesota and Penn
sylvania associations, paid superintend-
ent of the John Wanamaker Sunday
school In Philadelphia. assistant secre-
tary Of the International Sunday
School association. and is now gen.
eral secretary of the Illinois Sunday
School association. Willard B. Wilson
Of Providence. r. l., is general secre-
tBry of the Rhode Island Sunday School
association, and for many years an
evangelistic singer Rev. /. w Will
hanson OF Vancouver. B. c., is general
secretary Of the British Columbia Sun
day School association. and for a time
was an evangelist among the lumber
men Of the Selkirk mountains. George
+. Sawie OF Arena Wis, is a singer.
and has Travelled extensively as such
Professor Alvin Roper OF Winona Lake
Ind. is a gifted pianist.
PROGRAM OF SESSIONS.
The meetings will begin at $3.50 in
the afternoon, that teachers and bust
ness people may attend, the afternoon
session being devoted to a technical
study of the subject under discussion,
and the evening session will be more
on inspirational lines The program
is as follows:
3:3O-Music, Professor Roper and
the male quartet
4:OO-"Sunday School Management
with Relation to the Advanced Move
ments," Hugh Cork
4:4O-'Present Day Demands of the
Sunday School Teacher" Rev. I. w.
Williamson.
5:20-"The Purpose and Program of
the Organized Bible Class" W. B. VIII
son.
6:00-Supper.
6:3O-An aggressive Sunday school
policy for this city outlined
7:30-"Sunday School Music Exem-
plihed," Professor Roper and quartet.
S:00-"The Men of Illinois for the
Man Of Galilee," w. B. Wilson.
S:20-"The Teachers Opportunity
and Reward" Rev. l. w. Williamson.
S:4O-offering Music by the quar-
tet.
S:50-"The Real Purpose of the Sun.
day School," Hugh Cork.
9:1O-Consecration service.
9:S0-Benediction.
The Ladies' Aid society Of Broadway
church will serve supper at the church
the evening OF the institute. that those
wishing may remain for the evening
meeting
The tour as conducted by the work
ers so far has been most successful
and Mr.. Cork in letter to J. II. Hau
berg. the county president, says: The
attendance and interest has far exceed
ed our expectations at places so IA
visited" II is expected that larg,
numbers of Sunday school worker.
from all over the county will attend
Mr.. Hauberg in the last two Sunday!
has visited some 20 Sunday schools il
the county in the interest of the inst
t1te