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SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
I N BARNETTE, Secretary of the Department and Editor of THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
J. P. EDMUNDS. Secretary of Co-operative Held Promotion
A. V. WASHBURN, Secretary of Teaching and Training
JESSE DANIEL, Secretary of Enlargement
HOMER L. GRICE. Secretary of Vacation Bible School Work; Sibiey C Burnette. Associate
HERMAN L. KING, Secreiary of Standards and Records
J. C. HOCKETT, JR., Associate Editor of THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BUTLDEB
EMMA NOLAND, Associate Editor of THE SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDEB
WILLIAM P. PHILLIPS. Superintendent of Adult Work
PHILIP B. HARRIS. Superintendent of Young People's Work
MARY VIRGINIA LEE. Superintendent of Intermediate Work; Mary Alice Biby. Associate
MRS. LILLIAN MOORE RICE, Superintendent of Junior Work
ALLENE BRYAN. Superintendent of Primary Work
PAULINE HARGIS. Superintendent of Beginner Work
MRS. H. R. JONES. Superintendent of Cradle Roll and Nursery Work
MRS. WILL S. McCRAW. Superintendent of Extension Work
NEW WORKERS
January 1, 1946, A. V. Washburn, Lt. (j. g.) U.S.N.R., returned from tw
years' service in the Navy, and took up his work in The Sunday School Department
as Secretary of Teaching and Training. Mr. Washburn was formerly
Superintendent of Young People's Work.
January 1, 1946, Herman L. King, Special Classification Officer, U.S.N.R.,
returned from eighteen months' service in the Navy, and took up his work in
The Sunday School Department as Secretary of Standards and Records. Before
entering military service Mr. King was Superintendent of Extension Work.
March 20, 1946, Mrs. Will S. McCraw came to The Sunday School Department
as Superintendent of Extension Work. Mrs. McGraw came from First
Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, where she had served for several years as
paid Superintendent of Adult Work. She has had several years of experience
in public school work in the city schools of Dallas, Texas, and Oklahoma City.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLINICS
The Baptist Sunday School Board, through its Sunday School Department,
will provide two Southwide Sunday school clinics and fourteen statewide clinics
during 1946.
There was a Southwide Better Bible Teaching clinic held in Atlanta, Georgia,
April 29-May 3. The purpose of this clinic was to train 200 potential volunteer
teachers who would be available in the states from which they came for several
weeks of service each year. These workers were selected by the state Sunday
school secretaries in co-operation with The Sunday School Department.
The churches of Atlanta generously agreed to entertain this clinic, and
the evening department conferences and general sessions were planned especially
for the Atlanta Sunday school officers and teachers. Some of the conference
leaders and speakers for this clinic were: Dr. Luther A. Weigle, of
Yale University; Dr. G. S. Dobbins; Dr. J. M. Price; Dr. Clifton J. Allen; Dr.
J. L. Corzine; Dr. John L. Hill; Dr. Robert G. Lee; Dr. Duke K. McCall; Mr.
A. V. Washburn, Secretary of Teaching and Training, and all of the Superintendents
of the Sunday School Department
The week of September 8-15 there will be a Southwide Sunday School clinic
and Rural Church Training Conference held in Paris, Texas. A special invitation
has been extended to 200 educational directors, pastors, and associational
missionaries. The First Baptist Church of Paris has generously agreed to entertain
this clinic.
Nine of the statewide clinics will deal with Sunday school organization
and administration and five of them will deal with Better Bible teaching. These
clinics will be held in the following states on the dates indicated: Alabama,
September 2-6; Arkansas, March 10-15; California, June 2-9; Florida October
20-25; Illinois, March 24-31; Kentucky, August 18-31; Louisiana, October 7-11;
Maryland, November 17-22; Mississippi, September 16-20; New Mexico, Septem-