Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-28
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That boys and young men believe
in Bible study and will take IL nj
enthusiastically is demonstrated by
the enrolment in the various study
groups which form the Bible study
program of the Young Mems Christian
Association opening this month. By
the close OF October 20 different class
Is will be meeting each week and
others are being planned for early
organization.
Seventy boys who are members Of
the employed boys groups met with
their leaders following the Monday
night bean supper" The courses OF
study used have a special interest
to boys. Men Who Dared" for the
first-year students, takes up charac
ter studies of Old Testament heroes
and each lesson centers around some
point of particular appeal to boys
Those boys who last year completed
Men Who Dared" study this year a
series OF lessons on THE Comrades
OF Jesus" Each lesson of this series
centefs around some one of the men
who were attracted to Jesus and pre-
sents the elements that made up
these friendships.
The men who are leading these EN-.
ployed boys groups are George s. Wa.
terhouse, Percy Bull, Philip Hall, f,
s. Manchester, w. c. Ross. Thomas
Deese, Ross Page and ]. w. McCrillis.
For the intermediate Clubs, boys
between the ages OF IS and 22 who are
members of the intermediate depart
ment, courses dealing in direct way
with the moral and social problems
faced by boys are used. Boys who are
for the first year in these courses fol-
low a group of studies by jeremiah w.
jerks, professor of government at
New York university, on Personal
Problems of Boys Who Work" There
is no preaching in the presentation
made by Professor jerks but he opens
up various problems faced by boys
in such way as to help them form
conclusions of their own. 1t is a
course of unusual merit.
c. G. Robinson of the boys work
division of the international commit
tee Of the Y. NJ. c. A. has prepared
a course for working boys on Chris
tian Teaching on Social and Econo-
mic Questions" Proof sheets of this
course were used extensively by lead
ing boys workers of mainland associ-
atoms and the final revision repre-
sents the best experience Of teachers
of boys in the association This
course is used by the older clubs Of
the intermediate department and
takes up In a very practical way the
economic and social problems met by
boys who are starting in business and
industry. ]. Brooks Brown, r. S.
Whitcomb, ]. W. McCrillis, F. p. Raw.
son and George A. Andrus are lead
ers of clubs in this division.
Similar courses will be taken up in
the clubs of high school, Punahou
and other schoolboys, which clubs
are now recognizing for their winter
club programs.
In the cooperative trade schools
Bible study occupies a place on the
curriculum along with English, arith-
metic and other subjects. One period
a week is given to systematic study
of the life of Christ. The course for
boys by William Byron Forbush is
followed. Note book work, recitations
and regular examinations make for
thoroughness of the instruction.
Announcement will be made from
the association shortly of the classes
to be opened for men. These classes
will be of a popular nature and will
meet on Tuesday nights following the
plan so successfully carried out dur
ing the past two years by Rev. A. A.
Ebersole in his mems classes at the
association.
Along with the expansion in num-
bers of classes and size of enrolments
which characterize the Y NJ C. A.
Bible study program, much attention
is being given to the thoroughness of
the work done in all the groups.
Teachers of different groups of boys
meet for consideration of the partic-
ular problems connected with their
work and courses. All courses used
are carefully selected that they may
be adapted to the group using them,
according TO standard principles of
religious education. Grading, as
thorough as is practical without
breaking up natural groups of boys,
is followed in the use of all courses.
With the excellent leaders who are in
charge of all the groups, this should
be a big year in association Bible
study, both in numbers of men, in
classes and in effectiveness of the