The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-01-06
TEACHERS TRAINING


Again we have reached the season
of the year when the pressing cares
of harvest are over, and we can plan
our Sunday school work for the new
year. Among the first departments
we should consider is the Teacher
Training department. Each one in
terested in a school should look over
their teaching force, not alone for
this year, but they should look ahead
and see what preparations they are
making for the years to come. Are
the teachers being prepared as they
must be in this age Of education? We
are going to try to hit the line hard
on Teacher Training during this COM
ing winter and spring. 1t is an ex-
pressive phrase easily understood even
by those who do not understand foot
ball. 1t describes precisely what must
be done to win either in football,
Teacher Training, or anything else.
Every school would have a Teacher
Training class if that is easy to do.
All are agreed that no other single
item in school is SO important as the
, quality of it's teaching, but there are
$50 many difficulties" that good peo-
pie give up trying or else sit down to
wait for the difficulties to melt away.
"Hitting the line hard" implies a de-
termination to win in the face of all
difficulties. From all over the coun-
try from village, town and city we
hear of people who determined to win
and have brot their teaching force to
high standard of efficiency.
If you are seeking some task which
will thrill you with it's possibilities
something which will count nightly
for God and mankind and the church
in the years to come, "hit the line
hard" this winter and spring, by dill
gent personal study and by working
up classes which will train many for
service. This season will mark either
an advance or defeat and retreat in
your Sunday school. "1f we remain
in our entertainment we are beaten"
said General Nicholson in 1857. Delhi
must be taken and we must advance
at once. Batter down that bastion. |
am going in tomorrow" Every school
must advance in order to hold its own.
1t ought to go very far ahead of its
attainment last year and every Teach
ers Training class should do the same.
Suppose your school had one Teacher
Training class last season, why not
have at least two this year? Suppose
that the workers last year refused to
take the examinations. Why not in
duce few at least to be ambitious to
secure the greatest possible benefit
from the work and to seek the recog-
milton issued in the form of diploma
by the board of Sunday schools and
the Institutional Sunday school asso-
citation. 1t is wise general who
makes adequate provisions for his re-
Inducements. 1t is a wise teacher
who gives careful attention to the re-
Inducements that are needed in the
lives of his pupils. Few people realize
how complex and difficult every prob
lem is. Why did he fail? We ask and
because we know one weak point in
his work we think that explains all.
Or we say, What is it in that man
that makes him leader? AS a mat
ter of fact, nine times out Of ten it is
not one thing, but many things.
Tell me how l can get my pupils to
study at home, asks Sunday school
teacher in the Institutes, and she half
hopes the leader will indicate some one
thing that will secure the desired re.
suit. No one thing will ever do it.
There are many factors involved, such
as interesting lessons, winsome
teaching personality, enthusiasm and
high ideals among the class members,
If your students are not interested
in any large number the first year, do
not let that discourage you. Help the