Evening journal., 1914-10-22

The most successful Older Boys |
Conference on September 20 and ~
last, was the first of its kind and
more than repaid us for the work
of preparation. We were gratifed
by the enthusiasm of the boys and
the way in which they carried the
conference through. Such confer
ences for boys and for girls, should
be made a regular feature of our
yearly program. Mr.. Farra did
practically all of the work in pre-
pairing for this conference.
Perhaps the most significant fea-
ture of this years work was the in
crease in the number of requests for
speakers. The time is not far past
when there was real doubt as to
whether an officer or speaker OF the
County Association would be welcome
to speak in many schools and the
change in this respect is due to
persistent educational woodwork
to make clear the inter dependence
of the schools and the Association.
I am glad that so many have seen
it. need not give figures, but it
is sufficient to say that more requests
for speakers have been received and
answered this year than ever before.
I II is an excellent thing for both the
schools ard the Association.
Tho usual work has been done
| in a thorough manner-the Hundred
Convention. the observance of AssO-
citation Day, etc. cannot recall
anything that has been neglected.
81 resign my Office this year with
regret but with the satisfaction of
knowing that my successor will have
! a powerful, smoothly running, or
! ganization, which will support him
! Loyalty and carry out his plans. NJ
thanks are due the officers, particu
larly the Secretary, Mr.. Farra, anil
the department superintendent .o'
their faithful support and co-opera-
ton. I hope that this convention
will be one fun Of interest and in
spiration and will leave its mark on
Sunday school work in this county
for long time TO come. l regret
that circumstances over which
have no control compel my absence
and ] thank the vice president who
so capably presides in my place"
Secretary Farra's Report.
At the session this afternoon f.. Ros
Farra, general secretary, read an inter
esting report Of the past years activi
4 ties. lie said.
"As General Secretary of your AS
ISOLATION, I take pleasure in sub
hitting the following as my repor
of the work for the year ending to
q day.
}. In that beginning of the year, III
Executive Committee outlined a for
?. ward program that has been carries
out as far as conditions would per
:. init
"There has been removed interes
{ in almost all the Departments. Il
an endeavor to quicken the interes
of the workers in their own Sunda
schools, the Executive Committe
!, placed speakers in eighty-one of III
Sunday schools Of the county to oh
|, serve Association Day. These As
- ISOLATION Days have covered a perio
y extending from March ] to Sunday
October II, 1914 We believe thes
special days have been well wort
! while. On Sunday April 20, speak
y ers representing this assOciatio
y visited and spoke in twelve Sunda
schools on the East Side of Mark,
street in Wilmington, and on sur
day, May 3, twenty-three of the Sur
day schools on the West Side wer
y, visited. We believe that we wi
!. have more schools opened to u
when we observe Association Day
as we try to stimulate the Sunda
= schools visited and interest the wOi
II kers in more definite work in the
own schools; indeed it is gratifyin
the number of invitations that hay
!. been received from Sunday schoo
;. during the last year, without an
Y solicitation upon the part OF IL
a EXecutice Committee, for speakers.
u 1.-THE financial support receive
. from the various Sunday schools n,
increased during the past year, bl
1t has not reached anywhere near Il
- five-cents-per-member-mark. asked I
> the County Association, and we al
u still handicapped in carrying on OF
~ work for lack of funds Invent
seven schools contributed FIVE cen
:, per member this year. an increase
" eighteen over last year We tru
Vi that those schools that lid not rea,
the five-cents-per-mem tn
= year will do so this coming year.
One of the most successful affai
le held by the County Association h
5n been the First Conference of Old
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