Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-29
TRAIN RELIGIOUS TEACHERS
Significant New Departure Launched
in Douglas County.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS CLASS
Local Workers Of Young Mems and
Young women's Christian Assoc
citations Organize n Most
B Promising Project.

An innovation along the line Of religious
education is about to be launched In
Omaha. It will be known as the Sunday
School Teacher Training institute Of Doug.
las county. The training center will be
the Young Mems Christian association and
the Young Women's Christian association.
At these two places the instruction viii
be given.
The new departure will be practically in
charge Of the following advisory commit
tee:
L. T. Crossman, director relisious work,
Young Mems Christian Association, char
man.
=. U. Graft, principal Of the high school.
Rev. J.. M. Kersey, state superintendent
teacher training department.
q. w. Noble, superintendent Calvary
Baptist Sunday school.
Mrs. F. W. Stallard, formerly president
primary graded union.
This advisory committe will endeavor to
do three thlngs:
First-To recommend and promote teacher
second-To assist, when desired, a Sun
day school In the grading Of its pupils and
in the selection and grading OF its courses.
Third-To provide reference library facili-
ties at the training center and to keep on
hand samples OF graded material for sun
day school use; also to assist the local
bCnOOl IN securing DOCKS from the public
library. In this branch Of the work Mss
Tobitt, the librarian, Will actively coop
crate.
Mr.. Wallace, president Of the State ana
County Sunday School associations. ap-
pointed the Douglas county advisory com
mittee named above.
New Movement is UNIQUE.
This new departure in religious educa-
tionRl work about to be taken in Omaha
is unique, and Its active promoters are ex-
pecting to see great results after the train
ing course has been brought into effective
working order. Its formation is the direct
result Of certain proposals formulated last
August at Silver Bay, N. Y, by a COM
mission of which G. G.. Wallace Of Omaha
was chairman. The proposals Of the com
mission, in turn, resulted from resolutions
adopted at the triennial convention Of the
international Sunday School association,
held at Louisville, Ky, in 1907. These res
buttons recommended the preparation of
graded courses for the Sunday schools as
soon as possible. This fall the graded
courses were ready for the beginners and
primary departments, and the first year Of
the Junior department. The remaining
grades are being rapidly prepared at the
present time.
The national conference Of the Young
Mems Christian association secretaries Of
North America, which convened in Omaha,
June to OF this year. expressed the pur-
pose Of the Young Mems Christian assocla-
ton to be to aid each local church and sun
day schoo IN winning the boys and men Of
its community. Following a conference Of
the local churches and Sunday schools the
conference met in session october and
4 last and adopted resolutions fayorlng the
establishment of general teacher training
courses in this city; the grading OF courses
and Of pupils in the various Sunday schools
OF our city; endorsement Of the organized
adult Bible class movement; commencing
the international Sunday School assocla-