The Greeley tribune., 1909-11-25
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS ARE
DISCUSSED BY TEACHERS

"The teaching of creeds is not re-
ligious education. | should rather i
child of mine would catch the spirit
of Abraham Lincoln than memorize
all the creeds of Christendom."
There are many fine religious
teachers in the public schools; and
many very poor teachers indeed in
our Sunday schools"
"If we could awaken in the heart
of every teacher a realizing sense OF
the sacredness OF life, the holiness
of every day, the spiritual nature OF
every child. the personality of that
teacher would go far to solve the
question of religious training in the
public schools"
From DR.. o. A. Petty's address.
In papers and discussions this
morning at the twenty-seventh an
nual session of the Weld County
Teachers association, the marked
tendency was to put emphasis on
the personality and the essential
unity of the child. DR.. o. A. Petty,
in his address on religious educa-
tion in public schools, dwelt on the
folly of allowing child to believe
that one part of him went to Sunday
school and quite a different part to
the day school: and DR.. Irving \.
Miller, discussing education from the
| functional viewpoint, declared tnat
| intellect, feeling and will are not IN
dependent of each other, but are
phases of one whole of mental ac-
tivity. DR.. Miller also stated that
the significance of the functlonal
viewpoint lay in the Importance
which it places on feeling.
DR.. Miller said in part:
I'VE are in the midst OF a move
ment which is taking root in ever!
part of the country today; 1t is
movement which places stress on ac-
tiyity: which makes will the funda-
mental thing of life. Psychology is
being transferred from study OF
states of consciousness to one that
considers the growth of conscious
ness and its values. The human or
garism must have activity to lve
In concrete situations of life. the in
tellect. feeling and will must be
united in order to reconstruct ac-
tiyities and carry them out.
"'rhe significance of this point OF
view in matters educational is the
importance which it places on feel
ing, and educators are Just beSlh-
ming to see how important 1t is. IN
the school room we cannot nope 70
develop the life of the child without
the feeling element receiving recos-
milton; the child must feel that
work is worth while and must nav"
n native interest in il. Acquired III :
terests may be developed from these
| fundamental tastes.
I'VE seem to forget all our good
sound sense when we tackle the sun
iect of religion in the schools. be-
van Rev. Petty. THE teaching Oh
creeds is not religious education.
Religion is an attitude, n holy pas
sion n hone: it is an ideal capacity.
whether we believe that the rell-
rious state of mind is the souls own
r,onifestation or whether we lncline
10 the theistiC view makes httie oll-
rerence. children are by nature re-
Iieious beings; the child is hungry
for something larger and better. we
should do everything in our power
10 fulfill the child's need.
"Tn this day of varying sects IL Is
impcssiblc to give what Is popuiaris
called religious instruction, such as
is taught in sunday schools, IN tne
nublic schools But the bible shouln
M least be introduced as literature
As the expression of the deepest re-
iiripus life il will awaken responses
IN the child's heart And above III,
wc need religious teachers in the real
sense of the WORD. ara -,
Tho great majority of the go oda
t,,rbers employed in the county were
present at the assembly room OF the
hich school where the convention Is
being held this morning some
rontine business matters were at,
tended to. and j c. Kendel rendered
vocal solo. He was accompanied
On the piano by Miss Sarah Hunter