Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-08


International Diplomas will bo Awarded.
THE scarcity Of available msterial
from which to select teachers Tor the
local SUNDAY schools is causing great
deal OF concern with the church Feo-
ole. but a movement has been inau-
Rurated which, 10 IS believed, WILL even
tually overcome the trouble and inoi-
dentally stimulate interest In Sunday
school work generally.
Prot A. r.. Spaid, superintendent
Of free schools of New Castle county,
has consented to take charge OF the
matter, and II a sufficient number of
people manifest an interest in the work /
there is no doubt about its success
IL 10 proposed to form a GLASS for the /
training OF teachers and those who /
have an inclination to teach or are /
willing 10 serve their Sunday schools |
IN that capacity. II arrangements can |
be made In time, it ia proposed 70 have |
the fret meeting Of the class next |
Saturday night week. Prof. Spaid |
invites an who are Interested IN Sun
day-sohool work to assist IN the move
ment. Every Sunday school teacher
in the city will bo welcome 20 attend
and enroll with as many scholars aa
are willing to take up the work. Froi.
Spnid makes the request that All who
are willing to become members OF the
GLASS send him a postal card at his
residence, 1919 Delaware avenue, this
week. il possible, giving their names
and tho names Of others who have sig
nified their willingness to join. Prof.
Spaid will be the teacher Of the GLASS.
It is proposed 20 regularly organize
the movement in a manner that will
be most effective. Between 90 and 100
are now taking similar instruction In
the city, but not under a general movs-
ment Of this character. lt 10 proposed
90 have examinations ovefy year and
haze graduation exercises, at which
diplomas, offered by the International
Sunday school Ass ooiation, will he
awarded, and following this an al1mni
association is to be formed, which will
in the future, be the backbone Of the
movement.
West Presbyterian Church, being
near the centre OF the CITY, has been
selected for the meetings. which are
to be held ench Saturday night
Willis the first meeting is planned for
Saturday night weex, the dato really
depends upon the interest manifested
beforehand, as will be indicated by the
An elementary course will be taken
up first, an outline Of which has been
furnished by Mrs. Lottie Il. Brockson,
State secretary of teacher training.
ror the examination preparation HUI
hort'a Revised Normal Lessons' will
be used and all questions asked at the
examination will be taken from that
book. Additional study will be from
Bible Studies, by A. II. DunniDg
"Ie ohers and Teaching - by II. g..
Trumbull, but there will be no exami-
nations based on them, neither will
there be from the readings, which will
be from the following works: "a
Study Of Child Nature, by Elizabeth
Harrison; The Bible Of the Nine.
teenth Century - by l.. a. townsend
tion, " by Walker; 1.-The Modern Sun.
day-sohool, " by j. II. Vincent; 1.-the
Teacher, the Child, the Book" by
Schaufiler.
The Elementary International Di
ploma will he awarded " an average O
20 per cent Ia attained from examina
tionB in the text book, Hulbert'a Re
via8d Normal Lessons. The oxamina
tion questions will ho in three sets, a
follows: First, Old Testament history
second, New Testament history; third
Bible geography and Bible institu
tiona.
Under the present arrangement tn
examinations can be taken any tim
before April lat, and IL 10 likely tina
some specific time will be set for th
members of the class, all of whom wa
probably take the examination at th
same time.
After the elementary period Of In
Dfw al
will take up an advanced course, who
has besn arranged as follows:
Section 1. Bible study. Bib
Studies by Books, " by n. Il. Sci
from which examination questions wi
be taken; Sunday school Teacher
Normal Course, by G. W. Pease, an
''Smith'a Smaller Scripture History,
from which no examinations will
required.
Section 2. Child study. "Fro
One to Twenty-one, by Murray, frol
which examination questions will
taken; THE Boy Problem" by Fol
bush, and "St. Johns Charts q
Childhood and Adol sscence, " in whiS
no examination will be required.
Section 3. Sunday school history ar
management. THE Organized SUI
day-school. by }. w. Axtell, fro
which examination questions will
taken; The Model Sunday school,
by q. NJ. Beynten, and 'How 20 Co
duct a Sunday school, by Marie
Lawrence, IL which no examinatis
will be required.
Section 4. General church histor
Landmarks OF Church History
Cowan. from which the examinati,
questions will be taken; "A She
History of the Christian Church, I"
Moncrief, and Denomination
Church History" in which no exam
nations will be required.
Section 8. Pedagogy. "The MAXI
Of a Teacher. by Brumbaug
Thinking and Learning TO Think
by n. q. Sohaufier, and 1.-The Su
day-sohool Teacher by II. NJ. Hami
in which no examIna ions will be !
quired.
Advanced International Diplom
will be awarded TO those who compile
this course. Ihe questions on ea
subject will be separate.
Investigating Committee's Report.
The committee appointed by vi
Council to investigate the condition