The Monroe journal., 1922-03-31
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION CHARLOTTE
Railroads Have Granted Special Rates
and the City Is Planning For
Splendid Entertainment

Many Sunday school leaders O.
North Carolina are on program 70,
, state Sunday school convention
, which will be in session in Charlott,
April ll-12-lS. Prominent among
them are: Gilbert T. Stephenson
Winston-Saem; DIR. A. W. Plyler
Greensboro; f. B. Crow, Raleigh; d
| II. Dixon. Goldsboro; DIR. Livingtor
Johnston, Raleigh; DR.. w. A. With.
ers, Raleigh; j. NJ. Broughton, Raj.
eigh: Hugh Parks, Franklinville; G.
F. Hankins. Lexington; P. S. Carlton,
Salisbury; Chas. A. Lambeth. Thom-
asville and F. c. Niblock, Concord.
One outstanding feature of the pro-
gram will be a parade of Sunday
school men on the last evening of the
convention. 5. ". cambridge. prom
inent Bible class worker of Char
lotte. is chairman of the parade COM
mittee. Effort is being made TO get
all members of mems Bible classes TO
be in the line of march, also all men
who are delegates to the convention
Another attractive feature of the
convention will be the pageant on re-
liglous education, THE Lamp" which
will be presented the last night.
April l3, by the Sunday schools of
Charlotte. The convention theme is
religious education in the home. the
church, the community" and the raga-
ant will be the climax to the programs
presented at the previous sessions.
Another feature of the convention
which is expected to be the most help
'ful is the divisional conferences on
the afternoons of April y and lS,
at which time the convention will d.
vide into four sections for the chill
dren's, young peoples, adult and ad-
mlnlstrative division workers.
Arrangements are also be ng made
for all officers of county Sunday
school Associations to have a supper
conference and get-to-gether meet
ing on the opening day of the con-
vention, Tuesday, April II.
The program for the main sessions
of the convention is said to be very
strong. Among the specialists who
viii speak are; DR.. II. E. Tralle. ed |
itor Training Publications. American
BAPTIST Publication Society. Philadel- |
phia. Pa; Mrs. j. Baldwin, children's
division superintendent of interna-
tional Sunday school association, Chi /
cagon: DR., Plato T. Durham. profes-
sor of history, Gambler school of the
ology, Emory University, Atlanta.
Ca; Prof. Harold F. Humbert. in.
struc;or in religious education. Bos-
ton University school of religious
education, Boston Mass; Miss Anna
Branch Binford, director young eco.
pies work, Presbyterian church. U.
s., Richmond, Va; Rev. f. W. Hal
oenny, adult division superintendent.
International Sunday school associa.
ion, Chicago, Ill.
communications are being sent out
,y the Charlotte committee on ar
'angements assuring the church and
sunday school workers of the state
hat Charlotte can take care of all
sho attend the convention, for be-
ides the hotel accommodations the
ommittee has secured lodging and
breakfast Harvard plan) at the ,
ate OF Sl,00 per night for the dele
.ates in the private homes of the /
ity.
The local committee will meet all
rains during the convention. All DEL G
gates will be registered and assigned |
ONES at the First Presbyterian I
hlurch, which will be the convention
hurch. ,
Railroads of the state have grant a
q special rate of one and one-half /
are, certificate plan, provided as 2
lany as $50 certificates are present.
d for valuation.
Information is being received in
lcating a large number of workers
yer the state are planning to make