The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-01-16
THE EVENING BANNER
BENNINGTON VERMONT
Tuesday, January is, 1917.
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE
Some Of the Talented Speakers Of
County Coming Here

Some OF the Talented Speakers OF
County Coming Here
"why, this will be, one of the most
significant weekstof the year for Ben
nington,'' said one citizen the other
day, as he examined, 'for this first
time, the program of the Sunday
school Institute held here this week.
1t Is indeed significant week for a
small town when a Il group of
specialists as well-known and sought
after as those who constitute our
faculty come to bring to it the atmos-
phere OF the famous conferences at
Mortified and Silver Bay.
These conferences are attended by
thousands every year; people from al.
over our country flock to them for
the sake of receiving and carrying
back to their home towns the mes
sages and inspiration of the leaders.
These leaders are men and women
who. through years of study and ex-
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come to understand their needs and
are prepared to help teachers and
mothers to fill them. Since there are
many in Bennington not able to give
up week in the summer to visit Sill
/ yer Bay, Asbury Park, Hanover,
Mortified, Ocean Park, or Lake Ge-
neva, Mahomet is coming to the coun-
tain The promoters are imoprting
bodily three of the specialists who are
members of several =. these confer
ence faculties, and who are in great
demand all the year round.
Miss Martha X Lawson, OF the
Mortified, Silver Bay and Dartmouth
Summer schools, is known 10 us
through her brother, DR.. Lawson, for
merly pastor of the Baptist church
in Bennington. Milton s. Littlefield,
eastern secretary for the Congrega-
tional S. s. and Publishing society:
author of the Intermediate Graded
Lessons, "Hand-work in the Sunday
school," and other text books; of the
Asbury Park, Northield and Dart
mouth Summer schools, is also known
TO us through his visit here last year
w. c. Pearce of Chicago, field secre-
tary of the International Sunday school
association, author and speaker. is
better known at Lake Keneva, and
through the west, though Mortified
was fortunate enough to have him
last summer
large committee of young people
is showing much enthusiasm for the
weeks events, and is busy rounding
up goodisized classes TO greet the
specialists at the first sessions.
The institute sessions will be held
in the Methodist church Wednesday,
Thursday Friday and Saturday even
ings, from 1880 to 900. There will
be three periods. the first from 1880
to $40. conducted by DR.. Little6eld.
which will consist of q short devo-
tional service, and lectur on the BIZ
BILE as Literature. Everyone holding
course tickets is invited to this. At
$40 people will divide into classes
for the second period. Those taking
course |. for Beginners, /. e. those
who have never had training or much
experience in teaching, going into
DR.. Littlefield's class on Pedagogy
those taking course II, the advanced
course. l. e. for those who have had
special training or five years expert
ence in teaching, adjourning to Miss
Lawson's class In Psychology. Those
wishing course ii l. e. those who are
not teachers and do not desire the
training, going into Mr.. Boyd's class
on church history.
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Sunday-school association, is too we'll
known TO us to need any introduce
ton. In previous years he has Civ
en- series of lectures on the Old and
New Testament, and his course on
church history will BIO a continuation
of these. In the third period, from
$3.50 to $3.50, the beginners will
change to Miss Lawson's class in
Psychology, and those taking the ad
vanced course, who have just enjoy
ed Miss Lawson, will be transferred
| TO DR.. Littlefield for advanced Peda-
gogy. It will be noted that the pro-
gram has been arranged so that ey-
| eryone will have the opportunity for
| hearing all the speakers. Saturday
| evening Mr.. Pearce will fill the first
period in place of Dr. Littlefield.
There are other special meetings
| during the week, as follows: Each
| afternoon at AIS Miss Lawson will
| meet girls from 1920 in conference,
where she will talk over problems of
| daily life. At the same time Dr. Lit
tlefield will hold a similar conference
| with boys.
On Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
| Miss Lawson will meet all mothers
| of teen boys and girls for an address
and conference in high school assem-.
| bly, hall. Her subject is Your Leg
| acy." and it is hoped large audience
| will greet her. On Friday morning
Miss Lawson will tell stories to
number of pupils in the graded
| school,
Friday evening comes the big event
of the week for the young people of
the town; the teen age banquet, SER
we'd in the Baptist Sunday school
| looms at $50. Only teen age boys
and girls are admitted to this banquet
| and though IL there Is ROOM few