The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-11
Rural Life Conference.

trying to solve them. Its sessions
will be held on a beautiful campus
where there is complete sympathy
with agriculture. Here country min
listers and other country leaders may
hear daily lectures on vital rurai
questions; here they may find lnsplr-
alton and helpfulness in daily confer
ence with each other and exchange OF
ideas and experiences; and here they
may prepare themselves more fully
for practical leadership by attending
the agricultural classes of the sum-
mer session of the college.
Profit comes to those who attend
such a meeting, without doubt. In
the closing minutes of last years
conference dozens of men testified to
that fact. I'VE have been inspired,
thew said. 1--WE have been aroused
to the Importance and dignity OF rur-
al leadership; we have been given
more enthusiasm for it and we have
been shown how we may labor more
efficiently for the community. We go
home determined to do something
new for the church, the school, the
farm and the home Then they went
further and pledged themselves to
report to this years conference the
results of their labors.
A Notable Group of Speakers.
The program of the conference
touches every phase of rural life and
includes many speakers of wide ex-
perience and reputation. James Will
son, former secretary of agriculture,
will give several lectures based on
his rich knowledge of agriculture. H.
M
now making a notable success of the
work of the Bennington County I'm
provement Association in Vermont,
will conduct a daily course dealing
with "Religious Education in the
Community Prof. Geo. H. Won
Tungeln of the department Of applied
economics and social science of the
Iowa State College will lecture on
rural sociology DR.. P. P Claxon, of
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton, Miss Mabel Carney of Illinois
State Normal College, and Mrs. Anna
l.. Burdick, of Drake University, will
speak on various rural educational
subjects. Earnest Thompson Seton
will for week lecture on and demon
strate the work of the Boy Scout
movement DR.. Luther H. Gulick, an
international authority on physical
training, and his daughter, Miss
Frances Gulick, will lecture on wo-
man and her new community rela-
tons, and also demonstrate the work
of the camp fire girls.
The Daily Program.
AS at present arranged the daily
program of the conference will run
about as follows:
s a. m.-Lectures on Rural Soci
ology
9 to 10 a. m.-First week, Boy
Scout Movement.
9 to 10 a. m.--Second week, class
work in agricultural subjects.
10 a. m.-Class in Rural EcOnom-
les (for those who desire it,.
II a. m-LectureS on Religious
Pedagogy.
l to p. m.-Farm excursions and
special demonstrations.
8 p. m.--Gulick, Wilson and other
general lectures.
4 .. m-Informal session devoted
to various rural church problems.
.. m-Open air round table with
leaders chosen daily from men and
women attending.
gram are all Of marked value, but Of
especial interest will be the informal
daily conferences in which there will
be a full freedom of the floor to all.
Last year these informal sessions
brought men closely together and re-
suited in that exchange of personal
experiences which gives helpfulness
and inspiration. This year feature
- ~, no IN rnrtc
of rural ministers who pledged them
selves last year to tell the story Of
their years work to this conference.
Each day opportunity is given for
attendance at the agricultural class
es of the summer session. The col
lege urges such attendance, because
it helps ministers to more efficient
leadership, and it has abolished all
class fees as far as conference men,
bers are concerned.
Secretary James Wilson has not yet
announced his lecture subjects but
they will deal with important phases
of agricultural and rural life.
Lectures on Religious Pedagogy.
Religious Education in the Rural
Community will be the general sub
ject of Mr.. Morse's daily lectures on
religious pedagogy. The twelve lee
lures will be as follows:
The Problem Stated:
1. The Aim and Scope of Relig-
ious Education.
g. Economic and Social Considera-
tons.
3. Psychological Considerations.
The Religious Development of the In
dividual:
4. General Nature of the Religi-
Gus Consciousness.
S. Stages of Normal Religious
Development.
g. Types of Religious Experiences.
Means and Methods:
7. The Teaching Process and the
Content of Educational Ideal.
g. Pulpit and PASTORAL Efficiency
g. Contributing Mental Factors.
10. Education Influences in Com
mon Life.
The Problem in Perspective:
II. The Church and the Commun-
ity.
-. The Completely Significant |
Life.
Lectures on Rural Sociology.