The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-25

DR.. Clark made flying visits to thir-
teen OF the leading uptown Sunday
schools yesterday morning. He was
,whirled about from churckL h4ech htfreh.
in big touring car of the Auto Tran
sit company, covering his long timer
ary in a little over one hour. At each
Sunday school on the route, he stopped
long enough to express a few words
of greeting and then speeded away on
his journey. Following was his itin-
erary: German Lutheran church, East
Tuscarawas street; German Evangeli-
cal, corner Fourth and Herbruck;
United Evangelical, corner of Third
and Herhruck; First Reformed, East.
Tuscarawas; Trinity Reformed, East
Tuscarawas; Baptist, corner Market
and Ninth; Simpson M E., corner Mar
ket and William United Brethren,
corner Cleveland and Tenth; st. Pauls
Episcopal, corner of Cleveland and
Tenth; First Presbyterian, corner Nc
kinley and Tuscarawas; Trinity Luth-
eran, West Tuscarawas; First M. E.,
corner Cleveland and Tuscarawas:
First Christian, corner Cleveland and
Ninth.
AT the afternoon rally at the First
Methodist Episcopal church. there was
an attendance of about eight hundred
persons. DR.. Clark made the principal
address, in which he outlined the pol
icies of the association for the coming
year and of the proposed renovating of
Sunday school methods for the future.
The keynote Of his address was teach
er training" and he suggested the
phrase, mo unframed teachers by
1914" as a slogan in the Sunday
schools in the future
Teacher training" he said, rs es-
tablished in nearly all communities of
advanced Sunday schools. There
should be no difficulty in establishing
a training school OF no less than two
thousand or even four thousand pupils
here. This should include, of course,
prospective teachers and members of
the senior departments of the Sun
day schools.
Teacher training is an essential to
the advancement of a Sunday school.
Cleveland has a class of 1900, inter
denominational, which meets at stated
periods for instruction. Marion has
one of four hundred. and Portsmouth
in this city with regular course OF
instruction, could meet weekly in the
Auditorium, hope that preparations
for the establishment of such an insti-
tuition will be made at once by the
workers OF Canton.
mo unframed teachers after 1914
should be the motto of Canton. Teach
ers have five years time in which to
gain a practical education in their line
OF work. The value of the training
school i; becoming recognized more
and more each day, as the demands
for education in the Sunday schools
becomes more and more insistent.p
Dr. Clark also spoke of Sunday
school text books. He stated that
graded course Of study OF the Bible
will be established in all Sunday
schools eventually. The text book sys-
TEN along similar lines to that employ !
ed in the public schools, will come
to be used in each department OF the |
Sunday school, he predicted.
DR.. Clark also offered plan to over
come 'giggling and wriggling' among
boys in the church. "Give the boy
something to do" he said. Make him
an usher In the church, or form a choir |
of boys, anything to make him feel
that he is a part Of the church. Then
he will forget to glggle and fuss dur !
ing church hours"
selsetioDs were rendered by mass
chorus under the direction Of Ralph |
Brown. Prof. |. T. Daniels Amphion |
quartet also furnished music. Miss
Lillian Smith gave a solo. The inyoca-