Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-08-02
A UNIQUE REPORT.
What Our Young Ladies Cleaned as
the Result of Their Visit to Eagles
Mere Chautauqua Summer
School Junior Work.

School Junior Work.
Eagles Mere Primary and Junior
Workers Summer Sunday School,
opened Wednesday, July 1S, at $50, in
auditorium. One hundred enrolled,
from all sections of the State. After
the welcome, the first address, ''Phil-
osophy of Grading" by DR.. Chas.
Roads--every Sunday School, no mat
ter how large or how small may divide
its scholars into departments to accom-
plish better work. This has been
proven as essential in the Public schools
characteristics OF the child are: All
faith, trankness, earnestness, sincerity,
dependence. First, the Cradle Roll,
babies up to three years. Second class
of grade l: Little Folks, from three to
six years of age. Third class in grade
/: Primary, from six to eight years.
Junior department for boys and girls,
from eight to thirteen; their character
istics are, intense activity, unconscious
ness, memory age, growing independ-
ence, eager curiosity. The intermedi-
ate, from twelve to sixteen years;
characteristics of youth are, ambition,
self consciousness, ompanionship
questioning, self dependence. Fourth
grade, all above sixteen years.
The teachers should then be prepared
to discuss the peculiar problems of their
department, to learn how to adapt the
lesson to their grade, to cultivate clos
est fellowship. Then briefly, he gave
us an outline of the Bible, as we have
already taken up the work in the Jun
ior G. E. it will not be necessary to
enumerate it. The Bible is complete
library in itself, studying it in the out
lined form gives the child better in
sight to its teaching Every thoughtful
8. S. teacher recognizes his need of
preparation, the more devoted he is to
his work the deeper is the realization of
his need. He feels that he is called
upon to teach lessons from a book Of
which he is ignorant and to work in
that institution, first, in order to teach
a Bible lesson, he must be acquainted
with the Bible as book, its origin, its
authority, its history, its lands, its BIZ
ography, its institutions, its manners,
and its customs, its general principles
Of doctrine, and more than all, he must
possess long experience of its ener-
gizing spirit.
Revised Normal Lessons" by Jesse
Lyman Hurlbut, was recommended as
excellent to prepare for instructive
teaching.
The next subject was an address by
DR.. Lightner Wilmer, whom we have
all met and listened to with great pleas
ure deeming his work as noble and
essential to completeness of education
The subject was "Mental Growth and
Moral conduct" The body responds
to the mind, showing the great care
that should be taken to train the morals
and also to train the mind when plastic.
The following morning his theme was:
"Children's Lies, their Intellectual and
Moral Significance" The most forcible
point was that many lies were made by
the question asked rather than the re-
ceiver, therefore we should be cautious
in asking q child so that he will not be
tempted to tell an untruth. A child
naturally speaks the truth as an adult.
The third address: Emotional
characteristics of the Adolescent
YOUTH The child is constantly
changing and we should watch and
study these different periods, so that
we may give intelligent sympathy.
Surely when the object comes to be
none other than that of a souls saliva.
ton and future usefulness in the church,
the teachers need most thorough pre-.
paration for the work. We are not
sufficient in our own strength but rely
upon God for help.
The Junior and Primary section oi
the Round Table, we considered the
most instructive and beneficial part o.
the entire programme. We regret
that all teachers were not present
Each had the privilege of asking ant
receiving information upon questions