The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-10-31
HAEDT AGAIN AT HEAD.
REELECTED PRESIDENT
OF S. S. SOCIETY
Meeting Was Held At Lake Crys-
tai Yesterday and Last
Evening

Sunday School association elected for
the ensuing year:
President, Robert Haedt, Mankato.
First Vice President, C. E. Bush.
Madison Lake
Second Vice President, Sumner Get
ty, Mapleton.
Third Vice President, Mrs. Frank
White, Amboy.
Fourth Vice President, s. L. Sher.
win, Lake Crystal.
Secretary Myron Ward, Mapleton.
Treasurer, c. NJ. Warren, Vernon
Center.
superintendent children division,
Mrs. o. H. Warner, Lake Crystal.
Superintendent secondary division,
Thomas Hughes. Mankato.
Superintendent adult division, Jay
Sherk, Mankato.
Superintendent administration, Rev.
V. n. Robins, Mapleton.
Superintendent education, Josephine
Bowden, Mankato.
County Correspondent, Sunday
School Herald, Josephone Bowden,
Mankato.
Interesting and enthusiastic sessions
of the Blue Earth County Sunday
School association We're held yester-
day at Lake Crystal There was an
excellent attendance from all parts OF
the county and the gathering was a
decide success. Above named Off
GERS were elected to have charge of
the work of the association for the
ensuing year.
w. II. Schilling, superintendent of
the state Sunday school association
gave an interesting address during the
afternoon session. He pointed out
some significant facts relative to Sun
day school in relation to the church.
Three out of every five children in
Protestant Sunday schools, he assert :
ed, do not join the church. From
eighty to ninety per cent of the church
members nevertheless come up from
the Sunday school.
Attention was called by the speak
er to the crying need for trained
workers in the Sunday school.
1T is particularly VITAL" he said, Ito
have trained, sympathetic leaders for
the teen age classes. These boys
and girls, young men and young wo-
men of today will be the men and wo-
men of tomorrow, bearing the respon-
sipilities of the church"
DR. ]. W. Andrews of Mankato gave
an address on, The Training Glass. "
He mentioned how an G.ganized
course of instruction was needed for
teachers in the Sunday school, that
they may know how to teach, what to
teach, and may learne to love the
bows and girls.
Professor F. ID. Brooks of the Man
kato State Normal school gave an ad-
dress on, THE Importance of the Co
Operation of the Sunday school work
ers in the County" He presented
some of the more important problems
confronting the church today and
showed how other organizations, es-
pecially certain industrial concerns
had used CO. operation as very eff
fective means of securing greater eff
ficiency.
Address by Rev. Jensen.
During the evening Rev. Ralph Jen-
sen of the First Baptist church OF
Mankato gave fine address on "The
Place of the Sunday School in the
Life of the Church" To the girls
Mrs. NJ l.. fish, state field worker
for girls. from St. Paul, gave a very
helpful talk on, Christian Living and
the Girl in her Teens"
The complete program of the SEES
sions follows:
Devotional service conducted by
Rev. S. F. Schrvin, Lake Crystal, al
nine o'clock.
Importance of county conventions
by state worker.
Song by Lake Crystal choir.
Separate conferences, by state
worker.
Children's division of the Sunday
school; what il is and how organ
lied and conducted. Separate depart
ment services, by state worker.
Equipment, what, how secure, how
used, value of graded lessons, mem
DRY work, by Frank Strunk, Lake
Crystal.
How to teach temperance and mis-
sion, by Mrs. Maytie John, Garden
City
Service activities fir children's divi-
sion, by state worker.
Song by Lake Crystal choir.
Training Of children's division
workers and young peoples division
by state worker.
Afternoon Session.
Devotional services, led by pastor
of Baptist church, Lake Crystal.
The training class, by DR.. j. w
Andrews, Mankato.
Importance Of cooperation of Sun
day School Workers in the County by
+. ID. Brooks, Mankato.
Reports of committees, resolutions
nominations and business.
Song.
Recognition service, report of com
mittee on resignation, awarding oil
pennants to standard schools.
Address by state worker, w. H
Schilling.
Song.
Offering.
Importance of consecrated Sunday
school workers.
Evening Session.
Song service by Rev. S. F. Schrvin
Lake Crystal.
Address, THE Place of the Sunday
School in the Life of the Church." by
Rev. Jensen of First Baptist church
Mankato.