The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-12
By CAROLYN B. ELLIoTr.


 When they are just going to a com mittee meeting, or just coming from one, is the only opportunity to pass the time O day with the busy repre- sentatives of the international Sunday school Association.
 It was while he was en route from breakfast to committee meeting
 however, that I happened to meet MT E. w Halpenny, the genial superin- tendent of education promotion, who looks exactly like the promoter of some big business interest. A great busl- ness it is, too for MT Halpenny is ac- lively engaged in promoting the pro gramme of the education committee of the International Sunday school Asso- citation.
 Like salesman" he said, smiling ly my business is to put thlngs oyer'" That MT. Halpenny is quite equal to the accomplishment Of putting over a great many excellent pro grammes is proven by the fact that ne has been~actively engaged in the work of the International association Tor twentv-two years, five years as secre- tarv of Quebec province five years in the state of Indiana, nine years in on tario and the remainder of the time with the staff of the International as sociation, whose headquarters are III Chicago. The fact too that MT. Hal penny was educated for the ministry that he is indeed an ordained minister but that he chose religious educatloh promotion as his life work, IS proof or his high regard for it's necessity ana importance.
 "It was during my last year at col acon9lnted with the work of the International assocla- tjon. and it's appeal to me was so ire sistible that I have been engaged Tn lts activities ever since" said MT. Hal penny.
 "The whole programme of the Inter national association Is one of religious 1 education he explained. our asso- 1 ciation is democratic in principle aho practice. The individual Sunday school 1 it's workings and programme IS en- l fire property of the denominatioh wybatever the democratic standards of ! a Sunday school are we stand TOT tha' 1 thing to that Sunday school
 1 "The unit of our activity IS with l any group of Sunday schools in | community Our supervision actiNels | begins where interest is common te 1 two or more schools, making com . rnunity interest, and the basis 'of ou' I work is the unit of schools that co operate ,.. ra .,rhe Sunday schools of today re
 minded MT Halpenny, Sare ,urhlns
 more and more ,to the coinniu'.e' .o
 work The tendency is to come 10
 @ether for cooperation and correla
 t;on of cetrain lines of work with
 out interfering with denominations standards. ,;u a , ".Come thou with us and we Will +baa pood' is the unwritten appear O our organization and the acceptanc ..l of it is voluntary. of course on LII mart of the Sunday school , The work of the Internatlonai Asso ! ciation is so stupendeus, an outiihe . ',,, scarcely be packed into nut shall but after a few moments Q lthoushtful consideration, Mr Hai
 nenny gave a birds-eye view or th l outstana,-~ features Of the ihtei
 national Sunday School Movement
 By way of parenthesis and an un
 finished introduction to the superh' itendent of education promo,ioH' iia
 be added. that had he been one oi t,l
 sospel writers, we are quite sure LII
 nroduct of his pen would have pee inc gospel of activity-the gospel e
 Mark He likes the ring of the wor Inactivity" He doesn't talk much aoou
 .nlans" He speaks of movements i And "straightway the promoter 1.-the religious education movement gay lme the following brief outline or III
 ,terpational Association activities.
 'sThere are four general heads, T
 Isaid under which may be groupe : lthe International Sunday School Ae | 1 tivities These include children young peoples. adult and school of ae 1 ministration divisions,
 "The childrens division reaches a | | Sunday school children from to |, years of age; the young peoples IS ft | I. the benefit of those from + to 7 | and the adult division includes 3 | other members of Sunday schools IT ] school administration division consist