Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-15
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about and give it close attention. Mrs.
Walker told how fear or timidity in a
child may often be overcome by the
use Of tact when command would be
Of no avail. 1--WE must gain their
hearts through their affections"
Teacher Training.
Teacher Training was the subject
of an interesting talk by Miss Effie
Roberts of Creston. She spoke of the
forty years of training of Moses and
said that great achievements came
only after many years of study. "The
world demands skilled workmen and
we as primary teachers should avail
ourselves of every opportunity to make
our work more successful"
Organization.
Mrs Walker gave talk on de
partment Organization of the Small
and Large School," She said that it
was just as possible for the Sunday
school of one room to have success
full graded school as the large school.
For the beginners in the primary de-
par.ment she said the moth
ers usually made the best
teachers. Hight school girls often
made the best of primary teachers
and for the boys classes of ages Of
z or years, consecrated Christian
young man generally made a good
teacher For the boys from 9 to -
she said the fathers made the best
teachers and at this age the lesson
should be taught by the teachers, the
superintendent giving the supplement
tary work. The juniors should not
come to the Sunday school to study
but to recite. Mrs. Walker explained
the messenger boy departm ent which
is proving such a success in many
states. The oy5 keep record of ev-
erything they do for the superintend-
ent or teacher, etc.
Prof. Handy Talks.
The morning program concluded
with a blackboard talk by Prof. Elias
Handy of Iowa Wesleyan university at
-. Pleasant, on Principles Underly-
ing Lesson Teaching"
Mrs. Walker Talks.
Mrs. ]. A. Walker of Denver, Colo,
president of the International Pri-
mary-Junior department, gave most
interesting talk on "The Organized FL
ementary Grade Work. She said that
the Sunday schools were divided into
three great divisions, the primary, in
termediate and advanced, but that it
was necessary to have several subdi-
visions to attain the best results with
pupils of various ages. The interme-
date should be divided into the jul
nior and intermediates, the adj
vanced into the young people and adj
yanced classes, all under 35 years of
oen erSr rs
Mrs. Walker also spoke of the era
die roll department and what an eff
cient aid it was to the Sunday school
IT given the proper attention It's OBJ
ject is not only to interest the chill
dren of the members of the church in
the Sunday school, but also to reach
out after the children, whose parents
were not especially interested in the
Sunday school. In this department it
IS possible to interest the child, from
the time it was old enough to know
anything. in the Sunday school,
Needs Of the Sunday School,.
The speaker said that one of the first
needs of successful Sunday school
is trained teachers. 1t is not neces-
sary to attend school to become a
trained teacher, but one may become a
trained teacher by attending the pri-
mary unions, the conventions, or by a
reading training course. 1t is just as
necessary to have trained teachers for
the Sunday school as for the day
schools, said Mrs. Walker.
Another suggestion was that each
teacher of department have some
one associated with her who is capable
to take up the work at any time if nee
essary and not to make yourself so
important to the school that if for
some reason you are unable to attend,
there is no one prepared to carry the
work forward in "a proper way without
serious delay. In every advanced
department may be found some young
man or woman who is especially sue
cessful with children and would be
glad to teach.
The program should be carefully
planned for quarter in advance, and
there should be enough variety to in.
terest the children, the program for
each week SO arranged as to con.
form with the great lessons for the
quarter. There should be prayer
service, an offering service a praise
service and the regular lesson each
Sunday. The teachers should be pune.
tual and regular in attendance. Pune.
tuality with day school teacher
means getting to the school room a
half hour before the school opens. If
the Sunday school teachers do this it
assists in promoting order and rever.
ence. 1t is good thing to keep per.
sonal record of every scholar and Mrs
Walker told of some of the excellent
results attendant upon this method in
her own experience as primary
teacher. She also said it was a good
plan to send monthly reports to the
parents, showing the progress made