The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

w. H. Stockham, and in happ.
 be at home in Birmingham fo
 quarters at the Tutwiler hotel
 The name of William H. Stockham in business and church circles stands for success all the year round, in winter as we'll as in springtime, and .- he has doubtless found hiding among the leaves full many a flower born to blush unseen" except for his oe-
 termination to fashion iboutonnieres r for these distinguished representatives who hail from every state in the Union, from the province of Canada, from Mexico Cuba, the West Indies ano Hawaii However. even though MT Stockham may be disappointed that these harbingers of spring are Nhehind time. he knew full well when nc issued the invitation to the inter- national executive committee to come to Dixie, that the warm welcome Wouiu await them which has been eXtendeo by their hosts, the board of directors of the Birmingham Sunday School Association.
 Members of the international Sun day school committee who will assem- : ble here in meetings that will be held each day through February l2, ln- clude representatives of the executive staff. field secretaries from each state in the Union and each province oi Canada. and members Of subsomhie tees together with delegates rom tue Worlds Sunday School Association' Men well known in the big business interests of the world are in attend snce as members of epartmental com mittees. of the board of trustees ana as members of the executive com nittee.
 EXECUTIVE STAFF ARRIVES j.
 -rhe members of the executive starr who have arrived in the city are: w. Q Thompson, Ph. D., ILL. D., presloenl Columbus, Ohio; Marion Lawrance' general secretary. Chicago; Wlinain Hamilton. chairman board of trustees ,roronto Canada; Fred A. Wells. chair man of the executive committee Chi- and the treasurer of the inter national association, F. o. Excell or Chicago Others who are here as chalr- men of committees, are water D Athearn, department of educatloh' II. S Jacoby, field department; Lansing F. Smith of the business department, !, Ivey L. Harvey of chlidrens aivisaoh o,l. W H. Danforth poung peoples work AZ F Sttloh, home visitation depart ment and w N. Hartshorn. chairman of department for work among negroes. ,;,, hold meeting on February 10, is com posed of the following prominent men William Hamilton, Toronto. canada William H. Danforth. St. Louis; Her bert IL, Hill of New York City; Fred A. Wells of Chicago; W. o. Thompson of Columbus. Ohio: E. O. Excel of Chi cago; II. S. Jasoby of Ithaca. N r.; R. M. Weaver of CoriIth. Miss; Lan- sing F. Smith of St. Louis, James w. Kinnear of Pittsburgh. George E. Hall of New York. L. W. Simms, St. John, N. F.: Percy L. Craig. Castle. Pa; James H. Little, LaCross, Kans.; F. F. Reed. London, Ontario; Albert K. La Huis, ,Zeeland. Mich; A. F. Sttloh, Dem yer; W. W. Milan, Washington; D. H. Hasenmeier Richmond Ind; w. G. Clippinger, Westervilh, Ohio A. Trieshmann. Crossett, Ark; w. A. Buchanan, St. Paul; NJ B. Casse,l, Hope. N. D, and w. H. Stockham of Birmingham. M
 ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
 The board of directors of the Blrming- ham Sunday School Association. ofwhich Algernon Smith is president, have looked toward arrangements for the comfort of representatives during the business ses- sicns. For their entertainment during leisure hours automobile trips through out the district have been planned. and ' pig banquet will be exrenued next Iues- day evening at the Country Club in compliment to all representatives of the international and worlds assocIauons. With Mir Stocbham in charge, the recep- tion at 5:30 o'clock will be followed by the banquet at o'clock D. m. An inter esting programme. including addresses by D. IT. Marbury and Bob Jones, with stereopticon pictorial review of lnterna- A oD1 atix haS hAnp ~rranged for this occasion.
 The committee meetings, wnicn are ieg- islatIve in character, will be held at tne Tutwiler headuuarters. and at headquar- ters of the Birmingham Sunday School Association. The sessions of commit tees on education. work among negroes, field work, business and training school w i'll be held each day. and Will be con- cluded by the executive committee meet ing February 10 to 12 From the findings Of these committee meetings will pro- ceed plans for development of wide scope of work undertaken by the International Sunday School Association, and for the furtherance of it's influence in the for mation of character
 STRONGEST OF INFLUENCES
 q consider the International Suncay School Association the strongest of all influences upon the spiritual life of this nation in the formation of character. was the comment of Mir. Stockham, who is acquainted with the objectves and purpose of the organization in his connec- tion as a member of the executive com mittee and of the board of trustees.
 Like great power plant the Interna tional Association serves impartiaily through state and county. district, pro vincial and local associations the Sun day school life of all denominations with in the bounds of the North American continent. With its auxinarles II con stitutes a Sunday school workers organ zation irrespective or denominationai Judgments. Its constituency, solely on voluntary basis is from every dencnl- na ton of evangelical Christianity. Two of the great objectives of the associa- tion are the promotion of educational and evangelical interests of the Sun0ay school and the cooperation with all agencies that have for their aim the de-