Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-08
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
RESUME SESSION
Various Problems Considered at
State Conference III First Pres
bytcrian Church.

Various problems were considered Mt
this morning $ session of the state sunday
School Convention in First Presbyterian
Church.
Close to 100 delegates from all parts al
the State will have been enrolled 10y the
time tho final session ~ held. thus evening
according to the registration figures 40 tnr
compiled SiNty-sevcu delegates were IN
attendance last evening. and % were
entertained for the night IN various city
homes offered by members OF various
churches Interested
\ yesterday S programs Tor the school oi
methods was modified through tho en-
forced absence Of DR.. I. I smiley who
was to discuss The Adult Organized
Bible Class MS n community Force. and
this nftcrnoon Marion Lawrence general
secretary of the International Association,
will replace Frank !. Brown, who was TO
sneak ON Problems of Family Life, and
was also to hc the orator of the OCCASION
nj the concluding SESSION Of the convent
ton Tins evening He has occurred ~ his
substitute Rev George ~ Iull, Sunday
school secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign Missions
The banquet. which will take place thus
| evening at 81 raul's VI hurch at
| q 20. preceding the evening session, VIII
he presided over hv Judge W :. frickett
and Will l,c addressed hy Dr NJ ) Little
held
The address this morning. following the
disposal of some routine matters, was on
Dclawarcs Opportunity. bv Marion
Iawrancc. and was listened 90 with much
attention Ills remarks were prrfacod ~
initiating the audience INTO the World s
SUNDAY School salute an arm eNerclsr ~
scmaphorc stvlc. and also IN the SUNDAY
| school Battery Salute, quick hand clwpe
| in the rNthm 81 I / 81 standing Tor the
| sentiment
Fight for the right,
! Fright with vnIr might.
! Tight daS and night
Fight
| slogan was also pfotos ID.
Our SUNDAY school must glow
! Md grow and 90,
| >nd Will help 70 make # 90
| hrIcf drll IN these salutes and scntt
| ments ia vhich the audience took part
| convinced them oi their cfiTencv y
! waking ~ \ school ~ attention., which
Was stated to ~ their purpose
Other numbers on the morning program
! winch aroused interest wcrr dcmonstra
| irons of The Richmond black oard by T.
1 titCUlfllill i ' Htsfif i'tiii tiFf'' - i''''
work T., Ut battlefield
Tho afternoon session Yesterday va'
devoted Ia 4 school of methods las4ct
mot IN five different rooms IN tho churct
| building. for those interested IN boys
| and girls work and general SUNDAY
| school problems Among the varlou
| SUBJECTS, discussed we're the following
"a Rows Departments hV lpavI
Preston. BOYS Conference as
Developing Factor Y Ross farra
- Girls Conference aS 2 Dcvclorni
Factor. hv Miss Grace Osborn. re
sponslhlty ot the \ q i g., To the res
~ the school by Elmer Perry. Tram
ing The Teacher, by pr litlchcld
"Thc Church Reaching tho Homo. h'
| Mrs lottic Rrockson. Sunday Soho"
ORGANIZATION. 10y Marion Lawrancc
In the evening the school Of method
vas continued, including strrcoptica'
views Of Summer framing Schools. eN
blamed hv Miss Edna Barker, at Milford
Al ) d clock devotional services were hcld
headed bv Rev William II Laird
Elmer Perry made report Of tho exccu
tive committee and there followed
patrlotic rally which included the prcsenta
ton Of the work 81 the Rcd Cross, Foo
Admnlsr ration, War Gardens. Armenia
Relief and NJ q \ War Work Tn
address FOR the evening Was made p
Marion lawrancr on, The Sunda
School and War Time Tasks.