The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-26
S. s. GATHERING
WILL Be LARGE
Superintendent Snow Sc
cures Cooperation of
Commercial Club.
PLANS FOR
RECORD
Number of Men of National
Reputation Will be on
the Program.

Walter 4. Snow, general secretary of
the North Dakota sunday School as
ISOLATION was In Grand FORTS today
looking after tho interests of the COM
ing state Sunday school convention to
be held here June 10, IL and L: next.
Last evening he met with the conNcn-
ton committee OF tile Commerciai
CLUB n they agreed to nack up the
movement in every possible way, IN
deed they acccedcd to every request
which Mr.. Snow made of them. Nav
ing united With the churches and sun
day schools in the invitation to have
the convention come to Grand Forks.
they felt that this was the least tina
they could do.
MIR. Snow says that the program is
we'll under Way already ana that some
Of the finest talent of the country is tn
be heard here In june. One Of the
features which always attracts wide
attention is the Teacher Training De
partment Graduation exercises. The
one to be held this year will he tho
fourth annual event Of this kind. Last
Year at the Valley City convention
there We're si~NtS-sevcn graduates and
the number this year is expected to
reach 100. DIR. Wallace *. Stcarns,
formerly Of the state university. nov
Ut Fargo college. is superintendent Of
II department and is devoting Il gen.
erous amour OF his time to boosting
h work of his department. The
work has been growing at Il prenom-
inal rate this year n DIR. Stearns
says that there are now about 1900
enrolled making. it the largest college
in the state. The larger number Of
h graduates this Year will be from
the First Standard course which re-
quires ono year to complete. But the
advanced course will have IL number
of classes and many of those who will
receive their diplomas will be men
and who have spent three
years in study and their teacher
training diplomas as Of as much
worth in their line as II other diplo-
ma which they hold.
Experts Coming.
Another feature Which will attract
many delegates here will he tho music,
which will be in charge of two experts
from Philadelphia. Pa. DIR. Adam
Geilbe is "a blind composer of note and
will undertake to compose Il hymn i'll
the presence of the convention dedi-
Gated to that convention. This most
interesting and novel feat will he
awaited with keen interest. a large
chorus will be formed nt LEGAL mu-
sicians and the music will be II of
the inspiring features Of the convcn-
ton.
a.. l.. Bishop of Fargo was in town
yesterday and says that the plan to
have two special Sunday school trains
come, one over the Great Northern
AND m over the Northern Pacific, is
coming on we'll. MIR. Bishop says that
there will be nj doubt about having
the full 1000 delegates "nd if the
Sunday school spccia!s arc the success
which they should be there will be Il:
possibility Of 1900 or 1000 enroll
ments. lie is confident that the Pres
hyterian church which had been gem
erously offered to the state association
tor its us. will not be large enough
and that it will be necessary to secure
the auditorium. Tho convention ON
lnittec Of the Commercial club propos-
es to see that the largest auditorium
needed shall be provided.
r. B. Griffith. chairman of the cXe-
cutivs committee Of the State Sunday
School association was seen n says:
IF the plans Of the committee carry
this will be the biggest thing which
ever came to Grand Forks. From our
experience last year n from the
plans which Mr.. Snow has in mind, I
am sure We shall see Il great V
ton here in June"
Thomas Porte. president of the SUI
perintendents union of the city says
that every indication points to Il ON
vention twice as large as anything
which had e yet been held.