Evening journal., 1914-10-22
WORKERS Of SUNDAY
schools Gather
Nearly Two Hundred Dele
gates in County COnven-
ton at St. Paul'S Church
E. ROSS FARRA TELLS
OF YEARS ACTIVITIES

Sunday school workers from all
parts of the county assembled in st.
Pauls NJ e. Church this morning
when the New Castle County Sunday
School Convention was opened. This
mornings session was devoted to
hearing reports and to a cOnsidera-
zion of topics for increasing the eff
hciency Of the Sunday school.
Nearly 200 delegates, including SUI
perintendents of the various Sunday
Schools i'm the county, teachers and
delegates at large from each school,
are present. The session open
ed at 10 o'clock with devotional SER
vices which were conducted by the
/ Rev. V. s. Collins. pastor of St. Pauls
Church, after which the reading OF
( the reports of the hundred" secretar-
( les, the appointments of the various
committees and several addresses took
up the rest of the morning session.
The principal speaker this morning
was the Rev. Or. Lewis w. Hainer, OF
Norristown. Pa. He spoke on THE
Value of the Boy" and pointed out
Just how valuable the boy was to any
community, adding that the value OF
the boy depended not only on his
home and surroundings, but on the
influence of the church and his as
sociates.
Committees were appointed as fol
b lows:
Nominations-J. C.. Pyle, chairman
George Simon. Aaron Allison, d. b. Ma
lonev. T.. Ross Farra, the Rev. L. +
( Poole, Miss Jennie Montgomery an'
81 Miss Cissie X. Lester.
y Resolutions committee. +. Huns
berger. chairman; NJ. J.. Rothwell. vii
= liam Lodge. the Rev. John ID. johnson
, David McHcnry, Miss Agnes Oliver, Mis-
{ Ella W. Galbreath and Miss Elsie Nc
]. Intyre.
v Credentials-Nlrs. Elizabeth McNeS
e Miss Ruth Hoflccker, Miss May DuchoI
Miss Alva Lynch and Miss Alta Caste
low
The appointment of the committed
was followed by a conference be
tween the county and city superin
tendents of the Sunday school work
Those who discussed these tive
phases of Sunday school superinten
dency were ]. Elmer Perry, who tool
the city question, and George Simon
who discoursed on the country ques
ton.
A resolution recommending divid
ing the secondary division into wv
departments and providing that tW
superintendents, one for boys an
: one for girls, be appointed, was pass
q ed
Report of the President.
e. Charles W. Bush, president Of the al
e ISOLATION. is on his wedding trip, an
4 l.rr
e II was as follows;
- at is pleasure to be able Z
e record the progress which has bee
II made in County Sunday School Wor
during this year. There has been
clear advance in every department
an advance in numbers, in intere'
and in energy. The officers OF IN
y County Sunday School Associauo
y have devoted a good deal OF time an
n thought and breath to making clea
e to the individual schools the pun
y nose and function of the Associs
IS ton, and to showing shat its purpos
" cannot be fulfilled without the &C
N operation of the schools, and IN
- effort has not been without effec
bringing them into closer relation
ship. Personally I can see an il
crease IN interest III ohhudg 9Nho'
work since | became president
this Association two years ago.
"The Executive Committee, undo
! the craftsmanship of Mr.. II. c. Dow
X ward. has done excellent work. III
n attendance at the meetings has bee
good the interest sustained al
s.. consistent and the work goes mo
easily with such solid backing al
~" help.
10 "'rhere were two or three ne
lei features in the Associations progra
Of for this year which deserve mentio
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