New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-22
MODERN METHODS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
TEACHERS TRAINED FOR THEIR T4SKS-PUPILS WHO
PAY FOR TUITTON-CL4SSES GRADED

For q century, more less. the boy who went
sssinr or Sunday instead o. going 10 Sunday
.chool has been the subject OF Jokes The long
s-sur-out face OF the dominic deacon. Bible
,,ser his arm, and side whiskers floating back
,sr his shoulders accOsting the mischievous faced
-r.u hoy with nshpole and fish over his shoulder
h.s long bean q common on the pages OF the
.onsic weekly. striking antithesis was furnished
!, November l. when a Sunday school, admission
:. uhsch is obtained only by payment OF tuition
a. yvas opened at Teachers College. n this city.
Nosern business methods and the new prob
=. +b-,,St upon religious bodies have had a bene-
s-,si influence upon Sunday schools IN large towns
- cities Definite results are now aimed al and
ssntf6c methods are being used 10 obtain them
There is a tendency also TO make the sunday
-hool an educational institution wei as an
,nrelical agency; TO give it characteristics which
- spoesl TO the intellect well as 10 the soul
go these ends IN view efforts are being made
. sr,n-ove the teaching forces, ado interest 10
tie sessions and ADAPT the lessons % inc
ree OF the scholars
y New-York the problems are being worked
=. IN many different ways. The school opened
- TEACHERS College, for which tuition fee OF
* Is charged Cor course Of about thirty sessions
= attended 10 place the grade OF instruction on
= ,r,+b that in the public schools. The teachers
e experts IL their subjects and are paid for
-bsi- services. II represents the high water mark
a. he attempt TO make the Sunday school ecuca-
ri7naL
u n. First Union Presbyterian Church. OF which
a. pew Milton s. LittleaeId is pastor. the educa-
,toral element Is also predominant Nearly two
oo-s ago the classes were reorganized and graded
c,o-stng 70 the day school system There were
so-ned four departments. divided into twelve
,scs The primary. the grammar, the high school
= ne collegiate All vhe HAD been graduated
.-on the high schools Of the city, when the school
IS -eoreanized were put into the collegiate
Uses The others were assigned to the classes
-rh,cb co-responded 10 their classes in the public
s,bool When new pupils were enrolled they were
sssirned Il the same way All are promoted from
10 70 Grade on the basis OF class recitations and
s+.sn examinations held at the close OF the school
,.s- IN June the school year corresponding to that
=, the puhuc schools. The curriculum was founded
mon strict pedagogical laws. the course Of study
Cor each grade being arranged TO meet the psyche
,oVs-sl and intellectual needs OF the child.
--bs u-incipes OF manual training work, so far as
-,licable 10 Sunday schools, have been intro
s,,ss into al the departments. History is taught
-h the aid OF historical geography, b. sand maps.
o-.l,7e MAPS pictures and models Almost any
sr,sav afternoon one may find class at work
,-o,os The sand table shaping the sand into
-sBef map OF Palestine throwing it Up into
miniature hluff about wooden model Intended 10
-e--eserr TIE tomb OF Christ. spreading It into z
Main on which 10 erect Abraham's tent or making
- IL z foundation f0r al Eastern house, with Us
s-,s- court and roof promenade Among me
younger children. pictures are used 10 a larEe
sv+ent Al frequent intervals. the teachers meet
- discuss rroblerns of teaching and olsclpnre anu
tu5 nature with the idea OF learning how 10
+ss,, rather than what 10 teach This course o.
-, &c --7bsblv more advanced than that IN use
a. s-v other Sunday school in the city, Win 'ne
execution q that at Teachers College II "0s
devised nv committee OF I'VE cons4s4lL- %
Professors Richard Morse Hodge OF me Ciiio-
Theological Seminary; Frank II McAlurra!-- %
--...be-s College: W. y. White, Of the Blole
-scbe-s, Training School; the Rev Nj Ldttlenelo
srs he Rev. G J. Mason, Of New-Rochelle-
,oe he new method the Rev Mr.. Littleheld sala
recently. The results Of the first year AA'e
sb-rn5artlv justified the change The blOle =
actually being studied in the homes Cp"a1o o
-, hundred Trrez have been sold n the scholars IN
The course Of the year The examinations ana PIo-
motions have spurred the ambition q the seho-ars
The older boys and girls are not leaving me scllooi
they are eagerly looking forward 70 entering l-e
COLLEGIATE classes where special digities and priv
feEes are given. Al the first, the attendance zen
m somewhat but the average for the last three
months Of the year was two Sunday greater than
that Of the previous year. The number OF those re
ceived into church membership is three tIles
greater than that OF the previous year
The training Of teachers for their work has been
undertaken by the lew-Yo-k Diocese Of the EPls-
co7aI Church through what has been entitled the
Sunday School Commission. Z organizes training
classes for teachers ia churches. provides insrrc-
tors courses u study, etc Il also publishes books
dealing with Sunday school problems conducts
conferences in the crypt o. the Cathedral OF 81
John the Divine annually. and at its rooms in the
diocesan house. No % Lafayette Place, II has a
collection numbering more than eight thousand
exhibits Of articles used In Sunday school Work
comprising everything used in the United States
and Europe This collection is visited by many
Interested III Sunday school work not only in
the city bur in other parts Of the country. Among
the members are the Rev. d.. Greer, the Rev Dr.
Rainsf0rd and President Butler Of Columbia Uni
verEity
When the EOseley Educational Commission was
II this city short time ago the members who
were interested IN religious instruction visited the
0livet Sunday school conducted by the City Ms
sion and Tract Society. Of which the Rev. DR.. A F.
Schaufier is superintendent. This school has the
reputation Of being moleI Sunday school IN many
respects. Il is in Second-ave-. near It's southern
terminus. For tvSnty years Il has conducted
written exa-niuatioAs three times q year. II mas
an honor roll made Up Of the names OF those who
have passed with certain percentage and whose
attendance. department and class work show them
70 be worthy. The school is divided into primary.
Intermediate. junior and senior departments. IN