Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-12-17
DISTRICT SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
At Baptist Church Interesting Pro-
gram Election Of Officers,
for 1918.

4 A very interesting and helpful
program was given at the distric
4 Sunday school convention hel,
Friday in the Baptist church o
this city. The attendance was some
what less than had been hoped fol
owing to the especially busy season
Of the holidays.
In the morning, Miss Edith Mich.
OILS, one of the most efficient of the
state workers, held conference fol
Sunday school workers and gave
some very practical hints and sug-
gestions to those present.
In the afternoon Rev. T. W. Ow-
en- spoke upon the meaning of the
Sunday school to the community and
his address was full of practical
ideas which might be carried out by
any Sunday school for the better
ment of the community in which it
was located.
Rev. owen was followed by Rev.
A. F. Colver, Of the Baptist church
whose remarks were directed toward
some of the shortcomings of our
present Sunday school system. He
especially deplored the lack of con-
centrated and systematized work in
these schools, the decline of memory
work in the teaching and the con-
sequent lack Of knowledge of the
bible, and most of all the lack of
consecrated teachers to take charge
of the classes in which the religious
nature of the children is being.
trained. Rev. Colver would have the
Sunday school considered as a very
integral part of the church to-
which the parents owe their time
and attention. The parents should
attend this service as regularly as
they do the morning worship and
see that their children are there to
receive proper training for future
church members and workers.
This was followed by an open dis
cussion led by Mrs. A. r. Gardiner
of harrisburg upon the subject of
teacher training and some very good
points were brought out.
AT the business session which fol-
lowed the afternoons program, a
nominating committee was appoint
ed and the following officers elected
for the first district of Hamilton
county, which includes the town
ships of Fremont, Cass, Freedom,
Boone and independence within it's
boundaries:
4 President. l.. Peterson.
Vice Murray McMur-
ray,
Sec. and Treas. w. E. Gossard.
Department secretaries
Adult Depth. j. Loring.
Secondary Dep't.-Metta Robin
son.
Teacher training Dept. Rev. M.
l.. Melick.
Elementary Dep,t.--Mrs. W. II.
Perry.
Missionary Dep't.-Mrs. S. w. Nc
Adow.
Temperance Dep't.-Mrs. w. F.
Smith.
Home Dep't.--Mrs, w. ]. litter
ELL
In the evening after the opening
praise service, Miss Nichols gave a
most excellent address upon the
THE Sunday School as World
Movement" developing the idea
that in order to accomplish what we
ought to in the Sunday school we
must first have conception of what
the Sunday school can accomplish.
She insisted that this school of re-
ligion and morals should reach ev-
cry home within five miles of It's To-
cation. The entire address was a
very practical one.
Rev. Walter Metcalf of Blairsburg
then spoke in an interesting and
scholarly manner upon THE Call of
the Youth" He said that one of
the great discoveries OF this age was
the new appreciation OF the value of
youth and of course the idea of
right training for the youth OF the
nation was of paramount import
ance.
Similar meetings were held at
Williams and Stratford this week
and were well attended. Hamilton
county has now been divided into
four districts in order to better or
ganize the Sunday school work and
1t is hoped that these district meet
lngs can be made a permanent feat
ure of the county work.
Was not Ike Woods.
A report that Ike Woods, a form
or ditch contractor of this city who