Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-12
Endeavor Workers
Ready for Annual
State Convention
Three Days Filled With Ad-
dresses and Conferences.
Keynote of Meeting.

The key thought of the twenty
eighth annual State convention of the
New Jersey Christian Endeavor
Union is to be efficiency at Jersey
City October 7-9, when the delegates
from the various societies meet. The
first of the three days of meeting will
be given to conferences of State
workers. with an address by Daniel
A. Polling, associate to Pres dent
Francis e. Clark, founder of the or
ganization. Addresses will be given
on the second day by John X.
Clements, of Binshamton, N. Y,
president of the New York State
Christian Endeavor Union and by
Rev. DIR. j. w. Rogan, of Red Bank.
A feature of the second day will be
a symposium on How to Get and
Keep New Members" Prayer Meet
ings that Count How to Have In
teresting Missionary Meetings" THE
Art of Finding the Boy" The second
day. Thursday, is to end with an adj
dress on THE Outlook for the King
dom of God" by Rev. DR.. S. Parkes
Cadman, of Brooklyn, and an Illus
trated talk ON "Fresh-air Work" by
II. A. Marshall, of this city.
Among the speakers of the last day
of the convention are Rev. DR.. f. w.
Johnson, Railway; Rev. H. X. Eng
land, Roselle; Rev. w. b. Greenway,
Philadelphia, formerly of this city,
and Rev. Edward Dawson, Passaic.
Karl Lehman, of Boston, will con-
duct a conference on "Our Great
Objective" and Rev. c. A. Killie W II
give a stereopticon lecture on China" =.
The convention will close with an adj
ID Il ruFa rig
the roll-call by counties and SER
vice of personal conservation. A
"Quiet Hour" will be conducted each
morning by Rev. DR.. Floyd w. Tom
kins, of Philadelphia.
The Hudson county Christian En-
deavor societies are the hosts or the
convention, and all arrangements for
entertainment are in the hands or
local committee consisting of the
executive officers of the county or
ganization and chairmen OF sub-com-
mittees, as follows:
Chairman of convention committee,
President Willard Randall; secretary
of convention committee, Hiram ,.
Provost; second vice-president, Q. Y.
Yates: treasurer. Miss l.. A. Howeth,
all of Jersey City. Chairman of re-
ception committee, First Vice-Pres-
ident G.. J. Mayer, Union Hill; chair
man of registration COMMITTEES, Miss
Louise r. Eddy, Bayonne; chairman
of entertainment committee, James
Classy, jr.; chairman OF finance
committee, A. Harry Moore; chair
man of devotional committee, Rob-
ert L. Stevens; chairman OF Junior
and intermediate Christian Endeavor
committee, Miss Edna Kelly, Jersey
City; chairman of music committee,
Miss Armenia A. Wilson, Hoboken;
chairman of ushers committee, Will
lam c. Meehan; chairman of litera-
ture committee, Pierson e. Norman;
chairman of decoration committee,
John w. Hume, Jersey City; chair
man of press and publicity commit
tee, Howard J. Peck, Bayonne.
The State president OF the Chris
tan Endeavor Union Is John T.
sproul. of Arlington, and the State
secretary is Miss Nellie K. Foote, OF
Elizabeth. The question of electing
a state president and other officers
mill come UP at this convention. An
invitation will also be given to hold
the convention in Elizabeth in 1915.
A large chorus choir will lead the
singing under the leadership OF w.
Eugene Hicks. of Jersey City, and
Miss Ethel Stevens, of the same city.
will be the organist. The devotional
committee Is to arrange for shop
meetings at the noon hour