The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-01
Religious Normal Instruction Next Week
at Christian Church; First Session Be-
gins Monday; Advantages offered
NATIONAL WORKERS
COMPOSE FACULTY
Other Churches Invited to FABRICATED;
Study Courses Bible, Pedagogy, Mis-
siOns; Fourth SChOOlin State

Chickasha will h-ve the advan'
tages of a State Religious Normal
school, or School OF Methods, next
week, beginning Monday afternoon
and running five days 1t will be
ted at the First Christian
church by faculty of natinoal spe-
cialists.
This school is brought to Chicka.
sha by the Christian church. under
the auspices of the American Chris
tian Missionary Society. G. F. New
ell, the superintendent of the Christ
church school, and Rev Byron Hes
ter, the minister, announce that the
school will not be conducted along
denominational lines, but will be
thrown open to the other churches
OF Chickasha, with a cordial invita-
tion which, if accepted, will save
Luem the expense Of conducting sim
liar schools for the training of SUI
perintendents, departm entail superin-
tendents, general officers, teachers,
prospective teachers. officers of or
ganized classes, Christian Endeav-
orers, and missionary leaders The
school is a state school, and has
been well advertised. The probabili-
ties are that there will be a repre-
sentative delegation from many other
counties. Supt. Newell has invited
all the Sunday schools of Grady
county to send delegates, and Rev.
Hester as the presiding officer of
the Fourth District of Oklahoma Dis !
ciples has sent special invitations
to all the church of his district, of
seventeen counties
The faculty will consist of Mr..
Garry L. Cook, national adult super
intendent, whose headquarters are
in Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Irwin, the
expert field worker for the Chris
tian Board of Publication, of St.
Louis, Mo, who will have charge of
the classes in elementary work; Mrs.
Hodgon, the secondary specialist, for
merly of Bethany Park, and the
Schools of Methods of Lexington,
Kentucky, which have commanded
national attention among church
workers. and Miss Adeline Goddard,
the Oklahoma state superintendent
Of Bible schools
The curriculum provides for study
courses on the Bible pedagogy, mis-
sions. administration, elementary
work. secondary work, adult work,
and special problems. A schedule OF
classes has been handed the various
ministers and superintendents of the
city: and will be found posted on the
Christian church school bulletin
boards. in the down town section OF
the city. For the convenience of
those desiring to take one or all OF
these courses no classes will be held
in the morning. The first class VIII
meet at S:45 in the afternoon, and
the last class will meet at $3.50 in
the evening. For the convenience OF
those having classes Immediately
preceding or following the evening
meal a luncheon will be served in
the church, at a small fee.
An enrolment fee of one dollar
will admit one to all sessions for the
five days. Special note books may
be purchased during the school at
fifteen cents. There will be free en-
tertainment on the Harvard plan,
lodging anu breakfast, for all out OF
town delegates. The commencement
exercises will be conducted Friday
night. 900 to 9:3O The require
ments for obtaining an international
certificate, good in any church, are:
First. twenty-five periods of work of
the forty offered; second, one divis-
ional course completed as a part OF