The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-16
Host of Sunday School Work
ers Expected in May.
Fiftieth Annual Convention of
the Kansas Association.
"A CHORUS OF 200 VOICES
Will Render Sacred Concert on
State House Grounds.
Pageant With 500 Participants
Special Feature.

Six thousand Sunday school work
ers will be in Topeka May 4, 5, 8
They will be here to attend the fif-
tieth annual convention of the Kansas
Sunday School association The spe-
cial features of the convention will be
a pageant with 500 participants and a
chorus of 200 trained voices and an
orchestra of skilled musicians. repre-
senting twenty-four Topeka churches
There VIII also be a male quartet
which has made a triumphant musical
circuit of the globe which will appear
at all sessions in the auditorium The
Jackson county chorus of 200 voices
will render a sacred concert on the
state house grounds probably Thurs
day at 5 O'Clock.
Beginning Monday evening. May 8.
1um mornings, afternoons and even
1ngS- The program starts off with a
historical pageant of religious educa-
ton Monday evening. At this time the
visiting delegates will not attend. as
the auditorium will be crowded 20
Overlooking and by remaining away
Topeka people will be given an oppor-
tunity to see the pageant 1t will be
repeated for the benefit of the visitors
Wednesday evening.
Tuesday evening, beginning at 5
o'clock, there will be denominationaI
rallies at the various churches in the
city, and Thursday evening the final
session of the convention will be held
at which the officers-elect will be pre-
sented- There will be reports of COM
mittees and an address by Marian
Lawrence
Review of the Past.
The Tuesday afternoon session will
be reminiscent. The recent past will
be reviewed by the field staff, Fred E.
Gates, Mrs s. A Chappell, Miss Maude
A Price, Walter Hutton and Prof. W.
E Raffety- The Flower and Fruit
of Half Century's Sunday School
eaching-an Instance" is the sub
Ject of an address to be delivered by
Charles F. Scott, of lola, Kan Miss
Meme Brockway, of Philadelphia, will
speak on A Trip to Mars
Marian Lawrence, general score
tary of the International Sunday
School association, will talk on THE
World Wide Work. Wednesday after
noon There is quite an array of
speakers for this session. including J.
H Engle, secretary; R NJ White,
treasurer; Chancellor Frank Strong;
e. w. Hoch, and Tom McNeaL Gov
Arthur Capper will preside at the
meeting.
The Rev Charles Ernest Scott,
Tsigntau. China; DR.. Clarence True
Wilson; w. S Heusner, superintend-
ent, and Henry Allen are speakers on
the Thursday afternoon program.
Considerable routine business will be
transacted at this session.
"A Study in Adult Psychology is
the subject to be handled by Dr. D.
W. Kurtz. president of Mcpherson
college, at the Tuesday morning ses-
sion, which will be presided over by
the Rev. J. w. Abel. There will be
lecture by the Prof H. Augustine
Smith, musical director of the Sun
day school pageant, and an address
Ohio.
Conference of Superintendents.
Wednesday morning a conference of
county adult superintendent viii be
held, presided over by W. d. Stem.
There will also be discussions led by
c. H. Nichols, general secretary of
the OkIaho Sunday School asso-
citation, and by W. H Rockefeller, as
sistant general secretary of the Iowa
Sunday School association, and by
Herman Bowman, general secretary of
the Missouri Sunday School associa-
ton, all treating subjects connected
with adult organization- Fred f.
Gates, state rural worker, assisted
by Prof. Walter Burr and others will
discuss the rural church
The Rev Charles Ernest Scott, DIR.
G. W. Cassidy of Wichita and the Rev.
D. H. Switzer of Wellington are the
principal speakers of the Thursday
morning session.
F. A vaniman will preside at the
Tuesday morning session and the
speakers whose names appear on the
program are Prof w. E. Rafferty,,
Mrs. Katherine Eddy and Miss Maude
A Price. Those on the Wednesday
morning program are Mr.. Hutton,
Prof. H. E. Thralle, Mrs. Katherine W.
Eddy and Prof H Augustine Smith.
Thursday morning the speakers will
be Prof Walter Burr, Fred E. Gates,
F. d. Pierce, Prof John w Good.
Supt W. S. Heusner, DR.. Raymond
Schwegler, Prof. w. a. McKeever and
Prof. R. E Rafferty,. all before the
Teen Age School Sessions
There viii also be another set OF
morning sessions devoted to elemen-
tary school work, presided over by
Mrs H. A. Tce. The Tuesday morn
ing speakers are Mrs A s ChappeH,
Miss Villa Rogers and Miss Meme
Brockway. Wednesdays speakers are
Mrs. w H. Deitz, Mrs Ralph Cav and
Miss Meme Brockway. Miss Brock
way, Mrs Grace Stone Hall and Prof
H Augustine Smith are the speakers
for Thursday morning