Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-15
STATE SUNDAY
SCH'L CONVENTION
viii be Held in Grand
Rapids Nov. 10 IL
and 18th Big Al
tendance Expected

The 54th Annual Convention OF
he Wisconsin Sunday School Asso--
s-aaicn 20 be he'd at Grand Rapids
Nov 10 IL ara 12.h, will be one
I me s.ToL gesI that has ever been
reid in the history of the state
The cily CT G1 and Rapids is maxi
rg adequate provision for weIcom-
ing III the best fashion the host Of
leiega,es that will attend from all
| over the State. Her churches will be
opened, a large building has been ren
ed as a dining hail, and her hospi--
! table homes will give all of the
guests a hearty welcome.
The program will be a notable one,
covering every field Of religious edu-
cation. The afternoons and evenings
viii be given UP to general sessions.
Two simultaneous mass meetings will
be held each evening, one in the
Methodist and one in the Congrega-
tional church.
Tuesday forenoon two sessions will
be held-one for German Sunday
school workers the entire pro-
gram to be in the German language;
The other for officers and workers in
ehe county, district and city organi--
zations.
Wednesday and Thursday forenoon
will be devoted to a school of Meth
ods. Of this there will be in all u
sessions, covering thoroughly the
ground of Beginners, Primary and
Junior work; Organized class work
for Teen Age Girls and Teen Age
Eoys, Organized Adult Bible class
es. Home Department Work, Teach
ers' Training, Mission and Temper
ance.
Besides these there will be confer
ence on the Relation of the Sunday
School to the Public School, and a
special session of Superintendents
and Officers.
Speakers of national note have
been engaged, besides many of the
best from our State Among these
are Dr.. Gerrit Verkuyl, Educational
Supt. for the Presbyterian Church of
Wisconsin; DR.. A. A Holts, Phi. D.,
Director of Sunday School work for
the Wisconsin Baptist Association;
Rev. F. H Brigham, Gene al Secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Sunday School
Association; Miss Mabel L. Bailey,
Elementary Supt of the Wisconsin
Sunday School Association; Mrs. Ada
S. Ttair, of Kenosha, and scores of
others.
Among the most widely known par
ticipants on the program are Prof.
w. S. Athearn, of DesMoines, Ia.
Prof. of Religious Education in Drake
University. DR.. Athearn is one of the
best known educators of the coun-
try; the author of many books and
a platform speaker of ofvuniversal pow
er and interest.
Mr.. Hugh Cork, General Secretary
of the Illinois Sunday School Asso-
citation and formerly Supt. of Beth
any Presbyterian Sunday School IN
Philadelphia, is one of the most able
Sunday school workers Of the coun-
try.
Prof. A. NJ. Locker, General Secre-
tary of Minnesota Sunday School AS
socfation, will be warmly welcomed
to his native State.
Prof. E. 0. Sellers, of Chicago,Will
also be present. He is acting direc-
tor of the Sunday School Course of
Moody Bible Institute, teaching Re
Igious Pedagogy and Sunday School
Organization and Management. He
is a Sunday school Supt. and also
teaches one of the largest adult
Bible classes in the state of Illinois.
He will speak at the convention on
both the Adult Bible Glass and the
Superintendent s work.
Perhaps the best known of all Is
Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, Elemen-
tary Supt. for the International Sun