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Show SERIOUSNESS OF K IS ON INCREASE Sessions of International S. S. Association Close Tuesday KANHAR CITT. Mo.. Juna U Tha seriousness of tha work being dona at tho Hlxteenth International Hunday achool convention la mora apparent with each acasion. Thla morning was given over to tha presentation of tha activities of tha International Hunday Hchool association. Mra. Maud Junkln llnldwln, Chicago, superintendent of the children's division, in reporting on work among tho children, called attention at-tention to tha "Children's week observance observ-ance plan flrat suggested In tha spring I of 1 91 7, for tha purpose of arousing! deep Interest on the part of the gen-I eral public, aa well aa tha church members, in tho religious education of blMren." "It haa proved to ba a moat successful success-ful method. The lat two yeara thou annd.8 of communities In all the states and many of tha provincea observed tha week, theao communities either adopting or adapting the auggeatlona ma! by tha International association through Its auxiliaries, tha Htate, Provincial Prov-incial and Counly associations. Tha I features of the observance aried In ! different communities, but Included Ipngeanta, parades. Institutes, mass me ting a, house to house visitation, motion picture house surveys, song feativals, distribution of literature, and atorv hours and play hours for thai children themselves. lubttrlty was given to tha observance by local churches, parent -teacher associations. I men's and women'a cluba, chambera of commerce, department at ores, atroet car companies, motion picture heuaea. billboard com pan lea, bualneaa men and women, rellgloua and secular mag a-ilnea. a-ilnea. and iomi denominational Sunday achool boards. In thousands of local schools observed tha week. "The children's division Is cooperating cooperat-ing with the American Library association, associ-ation, children's' bureau of Vnlted HiAta department of labor, tho International Inter-national Antlclgarette league. National t'htld Mbor committee. National Child Welfare association. National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher association. asso-ciation. National Motion Picture league. National Kindergarten association associa-tion and Playground and Recreational association." In presenting "The Work Among tha Toung people," John I Alexander. 'hlcAgn, aupertntendent of the Young People'a work, declared that "while In the beginning of the decade there was a great rumbling on every alda aa Interested In-terested folks here and there began to discover the possibilities In young peo- pie. todsv wo witness on every hand a genuine flow of Interest In tha adolescent. adoles-cent. "The business man's cluba. tha Rotary, Ro-tary, Klwanla. I.iona, Optimists. Tri-snglea Tri-snglea and chambera of commerce ar alive with enthusiasm and plans for the welfare of tho youth. True. It Is mostly for boys aa yet and ia not very tangible In Its objectives In moat places, but It la tho dawning of a new day. Kven the consciousness of the church awakened to the need nnd dlrei tors of boys work and directors of girls' work aro common In the life of the local ch ioK The denominational Hunday school hoards have llkcwfae fe.t the st 1 mul us and most of these , boards now employ in ndolescent ape-Iclaliet ape-Iclaliet nnd aome fepl the need for two j or more. Add to this the twenty-! twenty-! seven salaried younc people's superintendents superin-tendents of the Sunday School hhso-clatlon-j and you have a vivid picture of tho development In adolescent Intercut In-tercut eini May, ll 2. ' This year girlhood came Into Its own and for the first time a s andardieef) Mo;her and daughter Wk program was promoted tolntly by the national council of the Y. W. C A. and the International In-ternational Hunday School association. Mothr and laughter week promises I to be as ipulnr and profitable aa Ka-jthcr Ka-jthcr and Son week. |