The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-27
FOUR ROOMS FINISHED
For tie Use OF the First Methodist
sunday school


Friday night Superintendent o. a. Boyle
called the fortyfour officers and teach
ers Of the First NJ. K. Sunday School
and disposed of several important bust
ness matters. The treasurer reported
s167 on hand after paying all bills of the
current quarter, and called for five more
| teachers TO take primary classes. Su-
perintendent Boyle has placed a teachers
library in the school. II contains the
most recent works by the most successful
Sunday School workers. -Four rooms in
the addition TO the church have been
| finished.
Miss Maude McCracken. superintend-
ent Of primary work and delegate TO the
national convention OF Sunday School
workers hei, at Denver last week. made
her report. which We are permitted TO
publish in full
Mrs. L. Lathrop. who has been visiting
families represented in the school. under
direction Of Superintendent Boyle and the
official board, reported having visited 80
families
The n. z. Sunday School is in excellent
shape and steadily increasing in numbers
and influence.
port and contains much that will interest
/ Sunday School workers:
Mr.. Superintendent. Officers. Fellow
Teachers and Friends:
II was kind act Of yours TO send me
to the distant Rockies 70 study among
the greatest mountains in the universe.
at the feet Of the consecrated Christian
Gamaliels Of the twentieth century. You
may forget your deed OF kindness. I
never will. From the hour We started un-
III our journey ended at the Wichita ter
minus, it was one continual round Of
pleasure and profit.
May 1 ask OF you. do not measure the
profit on your investment by visible and
immediate results ] promise you that 2
decade Of faithful and successful work
viii not exhaust the blessings acquired by
your humble servant from that journey
and that convention.
Would that you all might have been
with us. The change in geographical
longitude Of 80 miles and the altitude
5.eo feet. are standards far too small to
measure the Tabor heights OF Christian
enthusiasm and religious zeal TO which We
were lifted during these seven grand days
BY the ExceiIs. HaniIls Barnes. Buttons
and Iawrences, whose every thought
seemed an inspiration. every address a
beacon light. and whose very presence
was a benediction- For such were the
people you sent ne 70 meet Even 70 out
line the good things they taught would
require me 70 tell All they said. prayed
ard sang. and can only family present
a few OF their great thoughts attended
I'VE sessions of the summer school and
there z gained ideas from these interua-
rional teachers practical work.
The main point brought out ~ ali vss
the properly trained teacher The com
ing teacher WiH have the n9rmal ard ped
aEogic training. An attempt EiH soon be
made 20 put the sunday School teacher
Or the same standard with the day school
teacher as far as training Is concerned.
lie wln be required 10 pass examinations
ard draw salaries The teacher must b.
a Rible student iu or5cr q train TIE
Young mind. He must know the subject
matter that Re nay teach g. re mast
know Tia pppa 10 Be taught That ls-
become intimately aeqza intcd vita as
hone lie. know hiza ~ nane. - TIA;
when he meets hi-n ~ fae street ~ nay
not need 60 csn him Dear b1t kaox
his exact name. and n that way lead ths
chld 70 feel that his teacher has sore IL
terest in htz-
The teacher must know how 70 teach.
~ ai interest in the iesss8 RAY - lest
Coed teachers NEST have eRperisnre. and
study the ex3,er..nce Z oshsra Expe-i-
ezos s. aI~aTs born D. experiment
Mrs- Petite ssys IRE cradle ron e the
origin of Sunday Sch9si rork ard TIE
cradle rob teacher cilters tie greatest
s7sr q epporfgalty Tae i-ausrcs - tas
teacher fh-cuea tha cradle fau INTO tss
hone The-e 70 rel.sl0sz= prets1tlors are
-nzse. many tines leads ftss wh1is fan
- 70 Christ The dseth 70 aiezber q
the cradle rou Is TIE i-ag1rtaEi tine -
the tcazker "a TIE hearts & tAe sereave1