New Britain herald., 1916-10-07

ID TRAIN TEACHERS
 IN RELIGIOUS WORK
Professor Archer Speaks at First
 Meeting Of Local School

Final plans have all been made for the opening meeting of the New Br1t- ain Training School for Religious Teachers in the chapel of the Center church next Tuesday evening at o'clock The board of education in charge has departed from the plans of former years by beginning the work of the season with a large meeting open to the public at which some l speaker of note in the fields of re- ligious education will address the workers from all the Sunday schools l of the city on some phase of profit to all
 The man secured for the opening night next Tuesday is Professor John 1 c. Archer, of Yale University. Pro- 1 lessor Archer is a man of wide ex- perience in religious education, hav- ] ing been a teacher in the pubic schools of Missouri a professor i'll the Christian College at Jabalpur, h. dia, and having also been superin- tendent of the Central Christian Sun day school in Toledo, Ohio, and director of religious and missionary education in the South Congregation al church Sunday school, Brockton, Mass, one of the largest and best organized Sunday schools in New England. His subject will be, "The Teacher and the Great Drive.' Letters have been sent to all ot the churches and Sunday schools of New Britain and vicinity so 1t is planned to make this meeting one or the largest gatherings of Sunday school workers of the city that has been held for some time.
 The main feature of the meeting is to be the address by Professor Archer, but the plans of the work to be offered in the training school for the winter will be explained and opportunity will be given all who care to enroll in the work.
 The work that the local school is carrying on is in the advance line of efforts to train teachers in Sunday schools as thoroughly as the teachers in the public schools are trained. Tn New Britain the work that is be- ing offered to all of the teachers of all of the schools is a normal train ing course that aims to lay the same sort of foundations that the public normal school has. The instructors in the local school are all men who 1ldN t ndQ Specldl training III the SUD- jects they are teaching so that the quality of the work offered compares favorably with that of public normal schools and is superior to the facili- ties for training that many cities of- fer.
 The work offered this year is as follows:
 Courses for 1916-17.
 Grade 1.
 Term 1-October 10 to December 19. Hour-7:45 to S:3O. The pro- phets of the Old Testam ent, a study of motives, messages and personality of these men. Instructor, Prof Edward E. Nourse.
 Hour-8:35 to 9:2O-Educationa1 psychology: study from the teach CTS viewpoint, of interest, attention, habit formation, memory instincts, in dividual differences, and kindred mat ters. Instructor Franklin c. Thomp- son.
 Term 2-January g to March 27-- Hour-7:45 to S:3O--Old Testament history: a study of the development of the real history of the Jewish people. Instructor Henry w. Maier. Hour-S:35 to 9:2O-Genetic psy- 1 chology: a study of the periods of de- | velopment of child life, with an en- 1 phasis on the special opportunities | for training each offers Instructor, l Warren F. Cook.
 Grade 2.
 Term 1-October 10 to December l 19-Hour-7:45 to 8:3O-History con- l temporaneous with the Old Testa- ment, and geography: a survey of the l history of adjoining people that par | allelled the history of the Jews com- bined with a study of the geography of the Bible lands. Instructor Earle i B. Cross.
 | Hour-S:35 to 9:2O-Fundamental l principles of Moral and religious edu- | cation: a discussion of the instincts and emotions, their importance for moral and religious education, and principles and methods of training them. Instructor Elmer T. Thienes
 Term 2-January to March 27- Hour-7:45 to S:3O-A survey of the New Testament giving a plain and simple understanding of the com | position and contents of the New Testament books, How they came to be written and for what purpose. In structor G. w. c. Hill.
 Hour-835 to 9:20-Learning and teaching a study of the principles of ] learning and teaching with an ample l discussion of methods of training. 1 Instructor, Elmer T. Thienes