Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-13
SCHOOLS
To PLACE STRESS
ON WORK OF HAND
Mrs, Addison Hall Gives Inter-
esting Account Of Plans for
International Convention in
Chicago,

The fourteenth international sun
Iday school convention, which les to be
held in Chicago from june % 10 June
&c. VIII bring together Sunday school
workers from Maine 10 California. as
well as from cuba 20 Australia Judge
and Mrs. william H.. Pope have been
chosen as the delegates from New
Mexico 20 tho convention,
Mrs Addison Han. q prominent and
Iactive Sunday school worker Of AL
/ buquerquo. Yesterday gave AN inter
Iestlng account Of the plans for the
looming convention and Of the new
methods that are being pursued ~
Sunday school work generally Mrs.
Hall said
THE fourteenth international sun
day School convention, to be held IN
Chicago June 1880 will bring to-
gethcr Sunday school workers from
Maine to California as wen as from
cuba TO Australia Judge and Mrs
William II. Pope have been chosen
as the delegates from New Mexico,
1.-THE sunday schools are keeping
pace with the public schools In the
study methods and equipment. THIS
will he shown Ia talks by many noted
men ana women of practical expert
ence The hrdad scope Of Sunday
school work will Doc touched upon by
the we'll known educators Mrs. An
tolnette LamoreauX Miss Slattery ana
Miss Nofmie Lee Fraser Special in-
sttute work will be done under the
direction Of Mr. Marion Lawrence,
Mr. w. G. Pearce and Mrs Mary Eos
ter Bryner. international officers. A
special feature of the convention will
be an educational exhibit where hand
work from each state ana as many
countries as possible will be exhih-
tied.
Hand Helps Necessary.
Sunday school teachers have been
led % see that eye-hclps and hand
helps are necessary in definite study.
Much IS being said these days about
handCraft i'm The schools and colleges,
The Montessurl method has called
special attention TO handwork as the
twin of brain work Mans hand has
ever been the interpretive servant OF
the brain Idle hnnds and idle
thoughts very frequently march to-
rether Gy employing the hands.
telling force has been put into action
Ia the sunday school rhc blackboard
and sand table are found IN many
schools The originalNe and creative
faculties OF the pupils flnd expression
Ina clay modelling paper cWtihs pnst-
ms pastel and brush work used in a.
rest illustration of the lesson, the
sunday school teacher making use OF
handvork taught in The primary
grades of the public schools. Map
work. models IN wood Illustrated note
hooks. essays and research work FORM
O hasls for more advanced work. To
10 training
ability. am Albuquerque sunday school
superintendent nc camp near Albn-
uuorQue last summer fascinated
crowd OF boys and girls one Sunday by
teaching the lesson of Moses with
small figures whitfield from wood. In
the afternoon great Consideration was
aroused hy the loss of Moses i'm the
river and II special delegation waited
on the superintendent with an urgent
request for mother Moses The incl-
dent shows how interest and thought
and lasting impressions are made ny
realistic teaching
Another feature of the Chicago
convention will hr a May festival cho-
rus and "a big historical pageant From
Jul1 @ GO July g the Geneva Training
gchoui win be n session
"tt is expected that haudwork from
nemnr, ips Neg1=. Santa Fe, For
tales. clovis aed Albuquerque will be
on exhibition and for the first time
Now Mexico win find Itself represent
ed ON the wall of an international
Sunday school convention plans are
being made FOR an exhibition of hand
work as well as study Institutes and
model teaching classes az the thir-
teenth annual sunday school conVen-
ton of New Mexico to be held In AL
huunoraue next fall
"A most delightful book. splendldlN
illustrated. on "Hnudwork ina the sun
day School by Milton s. Littlefield.
IA minister who saw The possibilities
III that line has been published