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April 23, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 23 ingham. with the additional beauty of tian Citizenship"; Saturday, April 17, the views and vistas of hill country. "The Contribution of Youth in Buildeports OnventJ(Jn "First a word as to the International ing a Christian Citizenship"; Sunday, Council of Religious Education itself. April 18, "World Brotherhood Through ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It is a co-operative organization com- Christian Education." Editor's Note: The followittg is a letter bining the International Sunday School Group Conferences Held from Thomas H. West, chairm.aa of the association and the Sunday School "To these subjects the morning and executive board of the Wilmette Church Council of Evange lical Denominations. evening sessions of the convention Federatim,, concerning the Quadrennial It now unites 35 different denomina- were devoted. The afternoon of each conventioa of the I nternatimwl Cotmcil tions. A significant fact of the present day was devoted to group conferc·nces of Religious Education, held last 'Week it~ conYention "·as the voluntary union on a variety of subjects, an average Birmingham, Ala. Mr. West attended v-;ith the International Counci l of the of t en such meetings being held each the conventimJ itt the interests of W ·il- International A ssociation of Daily Va- day . cation Bible Schools. Our own ·loc al mette chttrcltes and church-goers. "It is obvious that no adequate re Coundl of Religious Education is as"WILMETTE Lrra :sociated with the International Council view of a convention of such magnitude "At a public meeting held in \Vii - and through it with all similar can be given within the lin.1its of this mett(. last November under the auspices agencies throughout the United States letter. hut as of special significance, mention must be made of the address of the Wilmette Church Federation of America and Canada. hy Mr. ]. L. Kraft of Chicago on (then the \Vilmette Church Council), Gives Keynote Adcireas there · was la unch ed, as announced in "The convention opened on Monday, "Consecrated Money," and of the prothe columns of WIL~fETTE Lrre at the April 12,· in an evening me~ting with gram of vVednesday evening when time, an organization known as "The speeche s of welcome and re sponses, Miss Mary 1-fcSkimmon, president of \Vilmette Council of Religious Educa- and a keynote address by Dr. \Villiam the National Education association, tion," with the presidency of which I 0 . Thompson. pre sident emeritus of the \Vashington. D. C., discussed "The (Cintinued on Page 33) \Ya s honored by the vote of those pres- Ohio State university, and president of ent at that meeting. the convention. Then comm encing "Later, I wa s further honored by Tuesday morning, it was eight hour s c:lection to the chairmanship of the of work every day, ·w ith exhibits and Executive Board of that body. churches to he visited between times . "Because of the respon sibilities thu s Birmingham is a city of fine modern re sting upon me, I felt it to be in- churches with wonderfully planned and cumhcnt upon me in discharge of those equipped church schools. It is claimed respon sibilitie · to attend the Quadrcn- that the average attendance of Birmnial Con\·ention of the International ingham children at Sunday school' is Coun cil of Religiou s Education held in equal to 64 percent of the children enBirmingham, Alabama. from April 12 rolled in the public grade and high to 19. I al so feel it to he my duty, with schools of the citY. CUSTOM ~ your permis sion, to present to \Vii"The program the convention r<· mette a report, nece ssar ily short, and qui red the dra,,·ing- together of no less therefore incomplete, of tht' program than 200 t'xperb in th e field of rc ancl theme of the convention. ligious ed ucation: the se. like the deleMet in Auditorium gatts. coming from all parts of the "The llll'ding:-. of th l' com·ention and rountn· and from all dt'n omination . ; . a'-'-OCiatl' d conferences \\' l'rt· held in Thl' J;r<.gra m ,,·as · built around the the ~funicipal :\ud itor ium and adjacent centra l th eme "Building Togeth er a r h me he:-., a hnu t 5,000 cit lt.t.:-a t{' s h<'i ng Ch ri sti r1 11 Citizens hip" : the ~ uh ject::; for pre:-;cnt,. The ho~pitalih· (If Binning - the different day s being as follows: ,! Jam to the: rnn\'Cntion iully maintained. I Tue sday. April 13. "The Rc spn n:-ihility in deed added to. the reputati on \\·hich oi the Church fnr Buil{ling a Chri:-tian the South rightly ha" acquired a:-. to I Citizenship": \\'c dne sday. April 1-l. ri \·ic ,tJHI per~ o nal cr,urtc~~· . Binnin g -; "C(H>ptratinn in Building a Chri..;tian ham i_ not tnurh l11!1l't' th;u1 fifty year:-. Citizenship": Thur~da~·. April 1~. "The old. a young cit~· ()i wide str<"d :- and Layman's Part in Buildin~ a Christian he;J. uti iul rcs idcn t ia I di.., t rich. Th e Heel ('it izcn .d1 ip": Friday. April 1o. "Educaf fill 'i di :-. trict is thl' \\' ilmette oi Birm - tiona! Enngeli :-.111 in Building a Chris- R C . I Do you know that you can own a HART OIL BURNER as low as $50.00 down 'and about $25.00 Mt month! .HOUSEHOLD DEVICES -COMPANYHART OIL BURNERS 742 Elm St. WINNETKA Winn. 1146 15 14 Shermdn Ave. EVANSTON Greenleaf 1752 l s of B U I LT 1 1 A Costly Custom-Built Car At Modest Cost-11695 /. .. 6./lldeO FOR WEDDING GIFTS Gorham Silver Plated Water Pitcher $30 Others from $16 This dashing Six-Cylinder Brougham, at $1695, standard equipped, is clearly without a serious rival for value among the better cars. Its smart, low cradled body, mounted on a sturdy, long wheelbase ehassis, is Kissel built. So is the great Advanced Engineered Motor. This motor cievelops 75 miles per hour and runs 25,000 miles and more without the usual service work. ~The Straight E~ght Brougham, $2095 ~ (f. e. b. factory, Standard Equipped ~ JOSEPH T. LEIMERT. Vice-Pres. SPAULBING & Co. 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