The Denver star., 1913-06-14

sunday school history making. The
program for night sessions showed
elaborate work on the part of the COM
mittee.
demonstrations of the use Of various
Sunday school periodicals and req
utsites, with illustrated lectures from
celebrated Sunday school experts,
noted workers, authors and publishers,
were given In the department of ex-
hiblts each day just before the open
Ing of the general session, after the
close of each general session and after
various departmental meetings.
Every delegate. visitor or Sunday
school congress attendant was most
cordially invited to attend these dem
onstrations and lectures, thus becom-
ing more familiar with the needs, as
well as use. of all of the improved
Sunday school helps now being put
before the Sunday school world.
Muskosee Gives Official Welcome.
The official welcome to the congress,
delegates and visitors by the citizens
sf Muskogee was hospitable to de-
gree which surpassed anything of the
kind on a similar occasion seen in this
section of the new southwest in the
memory Of its Oldest Inhabitants. The
welcoming address on behalf of the city
was delivered by his honor the mayor
Of Muskogee. It was broad and lib
eral and left no doubt in the minds of
the great throng which heard 1t as to
the sincerity Of its author.
There were addresses of welcome
and cordial greetings from the Baptist
Ministerial union, missionary Baptist
state convention, state Sunday school
conv ention, Metoka and Galeda classes.
woman's state convention, state Bap-
fist young peoples convention, the
Business league, the legal fraternity,
the Industrial association. public
schools, the various religious bodies
and the Professional Mems league of
Muskogee.
The congress was in session from
Wednesday, June 4, to Monday. June
9. The unfinished business of the con-
vention WAS referred to the executive
committee for consideration Tuesday,
the 10th, in order to give the delegates
and visitors a chance to visit the many
points of interest in and near the city
before train time in tha-evening. Sec
retary Boyd has already received in
WITH tons from New York. Atlantic
City, st. Louis and Memphis. Tenn,
for the next annual meeting of the
congress
General Officers and Head Workers.
The general officers of the Sunday
school congress are DR.. r. II. Boyd,
director; Rev. C. II. Clark, D. D.,
chairman: DR.. ]. P. Robinson, vice
chn irman; W. S. Ellington. arbiter and
blackboard critic; Henry Allen Boyd,
secretary; r. B. Hudson, recording Sec
retary: ]. NJ Easterling, assistant re-
cording secretary; Miss Eleanor A.
Battle secretary to Henry Allen Boyd;
Mis- Nellie E King, enrolment sec
retHry. and DR.. n. II. Plus, superin-
tendent of teacher training.
Workers in the missionary depart
nAent are DIR. William Beckham, field
secretary; DR.. E. NJ. Griggs, district
missionary, and Z. W. Lancaster, gen.
eral missionary. The Metoka class
department is headed by C. w. Boyd.
supervisor OF schools. Charleston, w.
Va: ]. B. Ridley of Nashville, Tenn;
assistant superintendent with DIR. W.
II Crawford and the Rev. A T. Ay-
ers as associates. The Galeda depart
ment for girls and young women has
for its leader Miss Cora B. Annis of
Cleveland. o., assisted by Mrs. n. n,
Plus and Mrs J.. Q. Chambers.
Other departments of the orguniza-
ton are dcnominational newspaper de-
partment superintendents, exhibits.
Bible conference. supply, advance
teachers, intermediate and primary
and the publicity department which
is In charge of Charles Stewart OF the
associated Press. and \. Barnett Dod-
SON. editor OF the Afro-American page
of the American Press Association.