Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-13
ECHO SERVICE AT
 THE CENTRAL BAPTIST
Brief Addresses by Seven Delegates Who Attended State Sunday School Convention.

Sunday evening at the Central Bap- tist church was devoted to an echo meeting of the State Sunday School fifteen delegates to the convention from the Central Baptist church gave brief addresses.
 As an introduction to the seven ad- dresses Rev. Joel B. Slocum, D. D., the pastor, summed up the convention as follows:
 It was a great convention, he said. It had a great program. The great program was carried out with entire smoothness and with much effective ness. The result was considerable en- thusiasm- There were sixteen impor- tant addresses before the main con- vention (not counting the institutes). Nine of these addresses were given by two people, namely, Miss Margaret school expert, who gave four, and Dr. Dorchester, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Bristol Conn.,, who gave five.
 The subjects of Miss Slattery's won derful addresses were The Door of Opp portunity. Emerging From the Chry- sails, The Pivotal Point, The Call of the Church to the Youth of Our Day. The subjects of Dr. Dorchester'S in- spring messages were The School of Christ, The Meaning of Discipleship, Horticulture and Heart Cultures, h. terior Decorations, The High Cost of Schooling, Making Better Tomorrows.
 The other seven important addresses given in the main convention were as follows: The Psychology of Teaching, W. l. Woodin; Progress in Religious Education Through the Sunday School. Dr. J. R. Brown. Bridgeport; Taboeing the Conventional, Rev. B. c. Hoag, M E., Floral Pix, L. l.: Training for Ser vice, Prof. Edgar S. Brightman, Wes- leyan University, Middletown, Conn; i; Winning the Nations to Life, Prof. J. c. Archer. Yale; The Church's Educa- tiona1 Work, Prof. Luther A. Weigle, Yale: Light and Power. President Darling.
 In one way or another forty-sev people took part on the program, in cluding minor assignments and insti- tutes.
 Simultaneously each day either at II o'clock or at 1.3O D: m, eleven different departmental institutes were held in as many different places.
 One afternoon was given over bR business and the vice president of the assocfation-oAr superintendent, James L. Case, presided.
 The whole convention was worth while.
 The first of the delegates to speak was Miss Mabel Hagberg. She spoke very lHLeIeStlnSIy Ol lIe O0pdT LIlenId institutes. Mrs. Joel B. S1ocum fol- lowed with a general survey of the convention and 8 definite report o1 Miss Slattery's address on The Door of Opportunity.
 In part Mrs. Slocum spoke as foll- ows:
 What is a convention? According to the Standard Dictionary a conven- tion is a representative body elected by the people to meet at some speci- fled time and place for some specified purpose and it's existence ends with the accomplishment of that purpose. The State Sunday School convention was just such a body elected by the different evangelical Sunday Schools throughout the state of Connecticut meeting at, Hartford Nov. 1. 2 and 3 Its specified purpose was the discus sion of ways and means to make oul Sunday schools better-more up tc date in their methods of meeting ths problems of our boys and girls so a. to help them to be useful and helpful Christians-as well as how to get ant train teachers that will be adequately prepared to meet these problems. She then went on ao speak of th' convention programme and concluded by speaking of the adi&ess on tn, Door of Opportunity by Miss Slattery J. Harold Ely. the third delegate tt report, spoke of Dr. Dorchester's ad ofess Oll LHC ihi6h NooI ot 5Siiooi.iis | and Miss Grimes spoke on Emergins from the Chrysalis, another address delivered by Miss Slattery at the con vention. Walter Block spoke on Th' Pivotal Point, still another of Mis- l Slatery's subjects. and Charles S | Storms reported one of Miss Slattery' conferences. AS a fitting conclusion of the evenings programme, James L Case, vice president of the state asso citation, summed up the convention il | a general way.
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