Evening journal., 1914-09-26
Older BOYS IN
SUNDAY School WORK
The First Conference Today
Brings Out Many Views
on Subject
YOUTHS TAKE
PART IN PROGRAM

Castle County Sunday School Associ-
alton opened in Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church, at $50 o'clock this
morning. The session, which will
continue all day, with intermission
al noon, was attended by one hun
dred or more boys. The object of
the Conference as set forth by Z.
Ross Farra, secretary of the County
Association, is to help the Sunday
schools discover and oegin training
future boys work leaders and to
start a campaign for boys by boys.
The greater portion of the morning
session was devoted to reading papers
on Sunday school work and boys and
other topics appealing to youth.
The morning session opened at $50
o'clock, with religious service in
charge of the Rev. Josiah H. Craw-
ford. w. Walden Fountain, Of
Elizabeth, New Jersey, presided, and
Frank p, Mitchell. of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
had charge of the music.
Following the services, b. Ross
Farra, secretary, outlined the work
mapped out for the Conference, and
sand that in many instances pastors
OF the churches did not do their part
IN interesting the older boys in
church or Sunday school work.
The entire assembly then sang the
Conference song, The Boys of Della
ware for the Boy of Galilee"
The various papers were then read,
they being divided as follows: THE
Sunday School and the Older Boy"
The Kind of Sunday School that
Appeals TO Boys"
During the reading of these papers.
ono prepared by Ernest L. start who
was drowned at Perryville several
weeks ago was read. This paper was
TO have been read by Ernest at the
conference and was found in his
clothing when his body was recovered.
In addition to the paper, a Sunday
school certificate in West Church
School was found in the youths pock-
cts. While the paper entitled, "My
Ideal Man was being read the aud
fence sat in silence as a tribute to
their departed delegate and member.
The paper follows
Men can be divided into various
classes according TO their characters.
Tho most eimportant of these is the
Ideal man, which | will speak about.
This man is a well known physi-
clan in our town. He is about five
feet seven inches in height with broad
shoulders, which look TO be fully de-
veloped. His face is full and his hair.
once jet black but now mixed with
gray, is extremely thick. From ap-
pearances I judge this individual to
weigh about two hundred pounds.
"As far as 1 know. he has a good
character. The main thing is hon
esty, a good habit for anyone to ac-
quire. He is honest in his social life
as well as business life. His social
standing is also very good, being rails
Cd IN a respected family in New Jer-
sey. and given the best of education.
hhally receiving a diploma as a phy-
slcian from the Hahnnemann College
of Philadelphia.
II subject is brought before him
Tor consideration or advice. he will not
give an immediate answer. but will
thlnk the matter over, and carefully
consider both sides, as any wise person
would do, so as to make sure that he il
rlght. This man also has many friends.
The main reason for this is that he
treats everyone the same. both in his
home and in public as we'll This has a
great effect on a man who is known TO
the public because the people will re-
speet him. This man has no bad hab-
its. He smokes a little but not all the
time. as one who is addicted 10 the
habit; hence do not consider this a
habit.
"ln summing up the foregoing topics,
] think that anyone who can boast of
these is an ideal man, excluding his
physical condition, which very seldom
affects the man morally or intellectu-
ally
Robert p. Goldey's paper ON "The
Kind of a Sunday School that Appeals
to Boys" follows:
There are two classes of bows who
attend Sunday school, those who 90 be-
cause they like to. and those who 90
because they have to. Happily, how
ever the latter set of bows is nova
days few and far between. Bows usu-
ally 90 to places that offer the great
est attractions for them. and as soon
as the Sunday schools offer the proper
attractions along their lines it will be
easier not only to keep the boys in the
school but to get others to attend. 1t
"N'UtNHe tp noN ihdt i've, up-LO-
date school it the kind that appeals TO
boys One of the principal features OF
an up-to-date school is TO have thor
oughly practical men and women as
teachers. Platform speeches should be
brief, snappy and to the point Good
singing and good music are also very
attractive. A welcome hand should be
extended TO everybody by everybody
and social functions should not be lack
ing. Organized classes are usually very
attractive to the boys, as it gives them
a better chance TO meet each other dur
ing the week and become better ac-
quainted. Sunday school athletics are
bound to appeal to the boys, and the
school that has access to a gym or an
athletic field should consider itself for
tunate.
Every Sunday school can offer at
fractions of some sort or other that
VIII appeal to the boys. and as soon as
they do this they win flourish and full
I'D their mission
The Kind Of Leader That Appeals
to Boys was the subject Of papers
read by Warren Connor and Robert
Vaughn. and Norman Kirk and William
Webster read papers ON "How TO Reach
the BOYS Outside" The Rev. j. Y.
irwin ;. L. d., Of DelawsA Avenue
Baptist Church. conducted 81 confer
ence and discussion Of the paSers.
The appointment of committees were
made, after which the Rev. Richard
Trapnell said benetlietion.
Ii had been planned to have a street