The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03
TRAINING OF
The. TEACHER
IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO ALL EF-
FICIENT SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
District Conference of Field Workers
of International Association Dis
cusses Various Topics of Interest,"
Rev. William Wallace Tells What
Has Been Done in Mexico.

The district conference Of the field
workers department of the Interna-
tional Sunday School association, now
holding it's sessions at Central Bap-
fist church, has brought together
about eighty leaders in Sunday school
work. Altho the meetings are all pub
lie, and Of a nature to interest all
Sunday school workers, the local at
tendance has not been large. The
program is largely educational, the
experienced workers presenting the
fruits of their labors and observa-
tons.
Teacher training was considered this
morning as fundamental to all eff
fcient Sunday school work. Rev. F.
P. Leach, general secretary of the
South Dakota Sunday School associa-
ton, presented the topic of Helping
Teachers Thru Conventions and In
stitutes." He defined the prime OBJ
ject Of the organized Sunday school
movement as being ito help the teach
er who holds the place of honor and
the key Of influence. Our ambition
is not to build up an organization
help to the teacher The conven-
ton idea, he said, had played a large
part in the history Of Sunday school
work and had marked the movement
in a characteristic way. The conven-
ton is an inseparable part Of mod
ern Sunday school work and has been
called "The Mother Of Sunday School
Methods # a@#*9 M2GS fNA
In order to carry the benefits of
| conventions all thru the year andr~to
all workers, state and county organ
! izations are. necessary to apply con-
vention thoughts in a local and prac-
| tical way. The speaker dWelt upon
the, need of rememberin that or
ganized Sunday school work is al
ways an association of denomina-
| tional workers for higher Sunday
school excellence. Nothing is gained
| by attempting to conceal denomina-
danger Of alternating the churches
Loyalty to the work is best guaran-
teed by loyalty to each workers 10y
atty to his own church..
Importance of Teachers Meetings
. Marion Lawrence took up 'The
Teachers Meeting" as a factor in
training, emphasizing it's vital i'm
In the discussion led by w. c.
Pearce, the leader noted that begin
nings in organized teacher training
i had been made in nearly every state
) The work has not passed the. gram
mar school stage, however, and, in.
deed, laying the foundations is the
chief work going on at present. The
I international committee confers di-
!. plomas on all candidates presented
by states which reach in their course
of study, the standard set by the
committee. 1t is the purpose of the
committee to help, to strengthen an(
to make permanent local and state
work, not to supplant it in this field
The committee does not arrange
courses Of study, and only confer
: diplomas thru the state or local as
, sociations. The committees stand
], and provides for two years study il
. outlines Of Bible study, school man
2 agement and methods Of teaching.
Rev. William Wallace Of Mexico
spoke of the Sunday school work 0
> that country and especially of a recen
T convention in Mexico City, ATTENDED
by 725 workers, representing twenty
r three out Of twenty-five states. MI
! Wallace is an ex-president Of the ma
! tional association. He showed .clearl
5 the important influence Sunday schoc
+. work is exerting both in religion an
in the building up Of an intelligen
Mexican citizenship,
$ Duty Of the Treasurer.