Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-25
PLANS BIG MEETING
Sunday School Association Ar
ranges for Convention.
OPENS MONDAY EVENING
District Protestant and Evangelical
Schools to Send Delegates.
TO CONTINUE THREE DAYS
Sessions Will Conclude Wednesday
Night-Many Special Features
on the Program.
TO CONTINUE THREE DAYS

The Sunday School Association of the
District of Columbia has completed ar
| engagements for its nineteenth. annual
convention, which will open Monday
evening al 80 o'clock in the First
Congregational Church. 10th and G
streets northwest. The association COM
prises all of the white Protestant evan
Selical schools of Washington and vicin-
ity. and of these about 12J will send
representatives to the convention. 1t is
anticipated. from the reports already
ceived. that about loo delegates will
attend
The convention will continue through
Tuesday and Wednesday, with three
sessions. morning. afternoon and evening.
each day. Among the Sunday school spe-
cialsts from out of town who will APP
pear upon the program are w. c.. Pearce
of Chicago. associate general secretary
of the International Sunday School AS
ISOLATION: Mrs. Phebe \. CurtisS of Co
lumbus, Ohio, secretary of the elementary
department of the Ohio Sunday School
Associations: Rev. Boyd V. Switzer of
Martinsburg. w. Va. and Rev. j. Harry
/ Smith of Gathersburg. Md.
Local speakers will include Rev. w r.
Wedderspoon. Rev. W. p Johnston Rev
II. $. Pinkham. Mrs. Il. c. Davis and
Miss Ardelle Payne.
At the opening session the president
of the association w w MILAN. will
submit his annual report and make the
opening address. The treasurer, Jacob
II. Lichliter. and the field secretary, 3.
ID. StallingS, will also make reports. Mr..
Pearce will speak on The Meaning of
the Modern Sunday School Movement.
Home Department Tuesday.
The session of Tuesday morning. open
ing at 1890 o'clock. will be devoted to
the interests of the home department.
Mrs. Emily l.. Newton. president of the
Home Department Union, will preside. Re-
ports from the officers of this department.
including the president, the secretary
Mrs. Margaret Ernst. and the trea surer,
Mrs Edgar a. Coleman, will be received
and the election of officers of the depart
ment for the ensuing Year will be held.
Mr.. Pearce will speak on Sunday School
Expansion.
At the session of Tuesday afternoon.
opening at 2:15 O'Clock. DIR. w. r. We'd
Its Ybung Folks: Rev. H. S. Pinkham on
THE Drawing Power of the Adult
Class; Rev. ]. Harry Smith on THE
Sunday School and the Temperance
Problem Mr.. Pearce will speak on
approved WOrkmen; How Secured and
will conduct a conference on adult class
problems and the international standard
of service.
At the Tuesday evening session Mr..
Pearce will deliver an illustrated lecture
| on THE Greatest Force In North Amer
lea. Carleton r. Ball. superintendent of
the teacher training department. will re-
port for that department.
Work of Elementary Grades.
The day sessions of Wednesday will be
devoted to consideration of the work
of the elementary grades. Mrs. Wash
ington Topham. president of the Elemen-
tary Teachers Union. will preside. At
the morning session Rev w. P john
ston will speak "A Boy Religion;
Mrs. Curtiss will conduct a conference on
cradle roll and mothers meetings and
will speak on The Lads Basket" At
the afternoon session Miss Ardelle Payne
will conduct conference on Hand
Work in the Elementary Grades; Mrs.
Curtiss will speak on Seeing, Hearing
Doing, and Mrs. B. c. Oavis on Music
in the Primary Department"
At the final session. Wednesday even
ing. Mrs. Curtiss will speak on THE
Child You Used to Be- and Rev. Boyd
V. Switzer on THE Pastor and the Sun
day School: His Problems: His Opportu-
| nifty; His Duty" At this session the va
| rious committees will make their reports
elected
Music will be rendered at each session.
This part of the program has been ar
ranged by a committee of which Page l..
Zimmerman is chairman. a number of
the best known musical people of the
city will take part.
Mrs. Washington TOpham, as chairman
of the committee on exhibit, is arranging
| an extensive and attractive display of
Sunday publications. applan- es and equip
ment. which will be made one of the
features of the convention