The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-12-04
DISTRICT INSTITUTE.
Notable Gathering of Sunday
School Workers.

For the purpose of improving Sum
day Schools in method, management,
instruction, equipment and spiritual
power, the Iowa state Sabbath School
Association is conducting series OF
Sunday School Institutes in various
sections of the state. The state is
divided into "a districts, and it is the
purpose of the committee to hold an
| institute in each district. Oskaloosa
and Mahaska county are in the 22nd
district, which includes Washington,
Mahaska, Keokuk and Marion eoun-
ties. A party of Sunday school spec
ialists has been secured to present the
very best things In the Sunday
School field. The institute to be
held at Oskaloosa on December 10,
promises to be one of unusual interest
and helpfulness.
Rev. VIM. Murchie is the State
secretary of the Normal De-
partment and has been the means of
enlisting a very large number in the
work in Iowa. Over 200 students
completed the State Course last year.
The purpose Of this department of
work is to furnish trained teachers
for he Sunday school. His Bible
lessons win be in the nature of Nor
NAL Lessons. He is an intelligent
worker, a pleasing speaker and can
give tn information desired.
Mrs. Anna R. Paddock, of Keokuk,
is a Primary Specialist, having work
ed for a number of years in the Pri-
mary Field work of Minnesota, or
ganized the Denver Primary Union,
and comes to Iowa with modern meth
DDS for primary teachers. She brings
with her a quantity of her equipments
which every Primary and Junior
worker should see.
Mrs. B. F. Mitchell, of Des Moines,
State Field Worker, devotes her en-
| tire time to the Sunday school work
in the State and thus is able to bring
60 her hearers the best things gather
ed from the field. Her work Is espec-
tally the pedagogical phase Of the Sun
day school work.
A perusal of the following program
shows three lines of work emphasized
Bible Study, Child Study and Meth
DDS of Teaching. Every Sunday
school worker should avail themselves
of this opportunity. 1t is for the bet
torment of schools, and when we save
children we save homes and our ma
ton:
Morning Session.
| 9:00-Devotional
| 9:15-Bible Study, Rev. VIM. Muir
chic, Sec'y. State. Normal Dept.
9:45-Conference of Home Depart
ment Workers.
1O:15-(a) The Graded Primary De-
partment; I'D The Program, Mrs.
Anna r. Paddock, Keokuk.
1O:45-Bible Study, Rev. VIM.
Murchie.
11:30-Lesson Construction, Mrs.
B. F. Mitchell, Des Moines.
Afternoon Session.
1:45-Devotional- Togeth-
er With God.
2:OO-The County Association Con-
ference, led by Mrs. Mitchell.
2:SO-Equipment and How Used,
Mrs. A. r. Paddock.
2:45-Bible Normal Lesson and
Conference, Rev. VIM. Murchie.
3:3O-Laws of Teaching, Mrs. B. F.
Mitchell.
--Children's Meeting-A Sup
Elemental Lesson, Mrs. A. r. Pad
dock.
4:3O-(a) Primary Teachers Confer
ence, Mrs. Paddock.
Junior Teachers Conference, Mrs.
Mitchell.
6:15-Sunday School Workers Con-
ference-auspices Oskaloosa Superin-
tendents' Union, twenty-five cents a
plate.
Unanswered Questions Answered.
7:30-Devotional.
7:45-Pivitol Periods in Develop
ment of the Child, Mrs. B. F. Mitchell.
S:15-Address, The Trained Work
men, Rev. VIM. Murchie.