Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-06

Central Committee. E. Soy,
sa1ssn X. ii (. H d s,sh0 E. s. s.: & asik-
Nandan or Valley City will be the
convention city for next year; 1t wa
decided to leave the final decision be-
tween these two cities to the central
committee. IS
The three simultaneous sessions
which were held lat night were each
we'll attended. Forceful programi
We're. presented ut each OF them,
which were greatly appreciated by
The meeting at the Presbyterian
church wassvery strong. The address
ess by-SProf. w. s. Ahearn and Prof
HI A. Smith were exceptionally good,
Prof. Ahearn Speaks. 3
Prof. Ahearn in his address .:or
Religious Education and the Church
SCHOOL, outlined the purposes and
ideals Of the Sunday school and it.
relation to the church. In naming
the departments Of the Sunday schoo'
which build UP and help the church
he named the choir as of, the
most essential. Unless the choir
can and does enlarge the souls Of 1t.
members it should be abandoned
he said. After enumerating the de.
partments which build up the Sun.
day school, he spoke Of the manner
in which the Sunday school helps t
build up the church. which is, hi
stated, the essential and Fundamentals
purpose Of the Sunday school. HI
urged the delegates to go home will
the idea of building up the choil
through the Sunday school, rather
than building up the Sunday schoo
alone. He urged a systematic pro
GRO m IN oil schools acnooia11 xy Sn $h<
training Of young men for minister
and music leaders. rather than de,
pending on other sources for them.
Smith Talks on Choirs.
Prot. II. Augustine Smith, the 9th,
er speaker of the meeting, spoke o.
The Redemption Of Child Lii,
Igc amps He1d dsaEit' mainly InH,rs on a tn
|impressionsof the, pagentry and choil
to the child. Speaking Of the par
pageantry plays in the life Of tn,
child, he said: young people will
have drama, and il this. lis not giver
to them under the proper supervis
ion. they will search for and usual,
Sunday school members are no long
or satisfied with the concert Of reel,
tations. solos and the like, having M
relationship. They want q merger
service with the church, dramatizint
such seasonable events as Christmas
Easter and Thanksgiving"
Speaking y7of. the Sunday schoo
choir and its part in the .child's life
he said that ,children's choirs should
should lead the congregation in tn,
song services. He urged choirs To-
each of the several departments Of tn,
Sunday school. such as the primary
secondary and intermediate depart
ments., Throughout his address Prot
Smith used a series Of pictures which
added greatly to the effect of tn
lecture. These were especially eff
fective in the pageantry address. Y
The address Of w. G. Pearce ani
the Pageantry of the Home Depart
ment were the features Of the meet
ing at the Methodist church. -
/ =. State Board Has Banquet.
At 6 o'clock, the state, board held
short speeches were made by w. c
Pearce and Jas. C. Garrison. as wei
as by H. e. Sox, chairman Of. til,
central: committee. Jas. C.. Garrison
and Miss Bertha Palmer were. ap
pointed the state delegates to 'atten,
the International convention, which
will be held this fall In Buffalo, N. Y
The meeting place for the state con
vention next year was not decided, d
It wa thought best to leave this mat
ter for a day to investigate the cite
proposed. Mr.. Garrison and Mis-
Palmer were both recommended t
the executive board for another yea
Of service. =
At the evening meeting, which wa
very. well attended, as the entir
church was filed. w. G.. ,Pearce, o
Chicago. gaveva very interesting ad