The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-22
STATE SUNDAY
SCHOOL MEET
OPENS TODAY
Week Day Church School
Move Discussed at First
Convention Session
200 DELEGATES HERE
North Dakota Meeting Of
Religious Workers To
Close Sunday
200 DELEGATES HERE

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With more than 100 delegates reg
stered this morning and that many
more expected during the day, the
thirty fifth state Sunday school con-
vention opened this morning in the
McCabe Methodist church.
This mornings session was de-
Lucrative meeting to consider the
week day church school movement In
North Dakota. Since the defeat OF
the weekday church school bill at
the last legislature assembly, no
steps have been taken to definitely
determine what the future program
is to be, and it is expected that o
definite program will be made as q
result Of the meeting this morning.
A findings committee was present
and will report later to the conven-
tion.
DR.. Thomas S. Young, director OF
weekday and vacation school work
for the Northern Baptist convention.
and DR.. Richard w. Bowden of St.
Paul, led the discussions.
President Presides
F. O. Preston, president Of the
state council, presided at this after
moons session. The Rev. A. A.
Holmes of Bismarck was the song
leader. Adolph Engelhardt gave q
violin solo and the Rev. John Nor
ange gave the scripture reading, and
prayer. Addresses were given as
follows:
1.-THE New Program of Religious
Education," Dr.. E. w. Praetorius OF
Cleveland, Ohio, general secretary
of the board Of Sunday schools Of the
Evangelical church.
"The Why and What Of the Week
Day Church School," DR.. Thomas 5
Young. T.
"Some Minnesota Experiments in
Weekday Church Schools" DR.. Rich
ard Bowden.
"Some Problems of the Weekday
Church School," Dr.. Thomas s.
Young.
The Rev. A. C. Bremen pronounced
the benediction.
F. o. Preston will preside at the
meeting tonight in the McCabe Meth
odist church at 1880 o'clock. Miss
Marian Lesher will play the organ
prelude. The Young Mems Conven-
ton choir, G. w. Stewart, leader
will sing several selections. Bishop
j. P. Tyler of Fargo will give a
lbible lecture.
Welcome To Delegates
The delegates win be formally
welcomed to Bismarck oy Mrs. Gene
We've Menard Hughes, general chair
man of the convention. c. H. Simp.
son will give the response.
DR.. Richard w. Bowden will give
an address on, "The Teacher Of
Adolescents." and DR.. W. G. Pearce
will give an address on "Religious
Education and American Democra-
cy." The Rev. Emil Mueller will
pronounce the benediction.
The convention will meet at 10 a
m. tomorrow in the McCabe Metho-
dist church. F. o. Preston will pre-
side.
The annual meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the state associa.
tion will be held at 1915 p. m. in the
Grand Pacific hotel.
Three simultaneous conferences
! will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow. The
children's division will meet at the
Presbyterian church, Mrs. Dana
Wright, presiding; the young peo.
ple's division will meet at the Epis-
copal church, Mrs. w. E. Butler, pre-.
! siding; and the pastors and super.
intendents' division will meet at the
Methodist church, the Rev. F. w
Agte, presiding.
+ The convention banquet. will be
held at 6 p. m. Saturday at the Meth.
odist church and the banquet will be
followed by evening worship at 8 p
m.
The convention will close Sunday
evening.
Convention Committees
The Bismarck convention commit.
tees are as follows:
General chairl1ian-Mrs. Genevieva
Menard Hughes.
Registration-H. F. O'Hare, Bessie
Baldwin and Carrie Haugen.
Entertainments. P. Jackson, F. ]
Grady. H. G. Swantes, Mrs. C. l.
Young, Mrs. Sveinbjorn johnson.
Publicity--Max Reinecke, Madge
Runey and Harry Neubauer.
Reception-Mrs. w. G. Worner
Mrs. Joe Kelley, Mrs. c. G. Boise and
Mrs. Harry Shearn.
Meeting place.. E.. Pickles, Bay
ert jacobson and Alfred Dale.
Program-Mrs. John Larson, Mrs
Frank Barnes, Mrs. o. A. Olson, Jus.
tine Blumhagen and Miss Irene
Bens.
Commissary-Mrs. Charles Nose.
Mrs. w. E. Perry. Mrs. H. Stebbins
and Mrs. T. r. Atkinson.
Exhibits-Mrs. Sara Ankenman
Miss Esther Teichman and Mrs
George F. Dullam.
Ushers-Joseph Kitchen, A. A.
Loehrke, Bayert Jacobson and George
Gordon.
Recreation-J. J. Macleod, Charlie.
Leissman and J. C. Taylor.
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