Arizona republican., 1912-11-30
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 WORKERS MUST
Several Hundred Workers Gathered in Old Pueblo in Annual Convention. General Secretary Makes Interesting Report.

TUCSON, Ariz.. Nov. 29-Tucson today is entertaining the annual con Vention of the Arizona Sunday School association. There are several hun dred Sunday school workers from all parts of the state fn attendance upon the sessions which are being held in the auditorium of the First AI r.. church. There are a number of prominent workers from other part, of the United States present to en- liVen the sessions with their varied experiences.
 The first session of the day opened at o'clock this afternoon under tE- chairmanship of F. D. Raley. Wno conducted devotional exercises This was followed almost immediately bS the order of business and the reports of the general officers were read. T,le treasurer's report was submitted by E. w GctsinGer of Phoenix in the absence of ". c. Toncson who was unable to attend
 In his annual report to the StaIe ! Sunday School convention General i Secretary Craig of Phoenix outlined the growth of the organized Sunday school work throughout the state anl ! drew particular attention [, t'.c littl" known fact that the Ari=or& assoc:a- tion is nearly twenty three Years old and that the convention ac present II session is the fifteenth annual gather 1 ing of workers held within tue con- ! fines Of the 18th state
 ! The first records of -ha Sunday ] school work of the Sta,e appear in l 1S97 when there were cishty-onc 1 Sunday schools in Arizona with "n | enrolment of 5SO9 students. This in | creased until the association has 10. 1 schools with an enrolment of S115. 1 1t the present time 21S schools are ! reportced in the state with approx l mately 1000 pupils IL is osti- mated that every Sunday over se- 1 vontY-five hundred people in Arizona l go to Sunday school.
 Another interesting feature of the report is a tabulation of the relative ] population of the counties of the 1 state together with the Sunday school 1 attendance In this MaricOpa county i leads with Cochise county d close second. Naricopa also has the largest ] Sunday school in the state. the First Presbyterian of Phoenix with 800 en- rolled while the First Methodist c, Phoenix has the largest regular at ! tendance with over 800
 Among the various denomination. grouped in the Sunday school asso- citation the Presbyterians have thu largest number of Sunday schools showing forty-four. nine of which ar' l in Maricopa county. The Methodist: are next with forty-tWo. of thes twelve are in Cochise county.
 At the night session two splendi' addresses were delivered by Miss M
 Broadway Of southern California. an'
 w C. Pearce associate secretary O
 the International association.
 Program for Today
 Saturday morning. Nov. %: 10:0O-
 Devotional. Rev. w. w Breckenridge
 10:15-Round Table Bible Schoo
 Activity" Dr. F. A. Bowling; ad
 dress. The Teen-Age Problem" W
 c. Pearce Adjournment.
 Saturday Afternoon 2:30-Devo
 tional. Rev. $. M Clark. 2:45-Ad
 dress. Story Telling" Miss \
 ProckWay 3:15-Department confer
 ences: Adult. Rev. J. L. Burcham
 secondary. Thomas P. Walton; ele mentary. Miss I. B. Noyes. Adjourn
 ment.
 Saturday Evening: 7:3O-Devo
 tional, Rev. L. w. Wheauey. 7:45-
 Address. What and How of Sun
 day School Teaching" Dr R. H. I
 tion," w. C. Pearce,