The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-01
OPEN SCHOOL OF
RELIGION; MANY
enter CLASSES
(speciaI Correspondence.)


| Geneseo, Ill, Feb. 1.-The School
of Religious Education for Adults
opened its course of study at the
evening at Tbs O'Clock. The
school is being conducted under the
auspices of the Geneseo Church
federation with Rev. Frank S.
Brewer of the Congregational
church acting as superintendent and
Rev. William Harberts of the Pres
byterian church treasurer It is
designed to meet the needs Of par
ents, Sunday school and weekday
teachers of religion; and all who
want a better knowledge of the
bible and of the child. This type
of school is rapidly gaining favor
able consideration and is the fore
most example of community effort
in religious education
There are three courses of study
OF these the biblical course is di-
vided into two sections. THE Life
of Christ, with Rev. Harry L.
Straub of the Zion Evangelical
church as instructor. The text
book is The Life of Christ, by
Rev James Stalker. Rev. StrauH
is a graduate of Northwestern coll
lege and is doing postgraduate
work in the Evangelical seminary.
The second division of bible study
is THE Making OF the Old Tesla
ment" This class is taught by
Rev. Fletcher De Clark, d. D., Of
the First Methodist church. DR.. De
Clark holds several academic de-
grees and is a member Of the ex-
amining board of the central Hi
nois conference. The text book
used is Eiselen-Barclay's volume,
The Adult Worker and His Bible
The course in psychology is in
charge of Rev. E. X Hershey of
the Grace Evangelical church In
addition to his degrees obtained in
the preparation of his ministerial
career Rev. Hershey is a graduate
in law. The text book for this
course is Weigle's, THE Pupil.
Professor Weigle OF New Haven,
Conn, is famous for his writings
and addresses on THE Child and
Its Teacher.
The third course is devoted to
methods and will be in charge OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Sudlow Of
Rock Island, Ill, a specialist in
children's work She will instruct
three classes, these being cradle
roll, beginners and primary meth
DDS and junior methods. The text
books which viii be used are TIE
Beginners Department, by Louise
NJ Oglevee; Methods for Primary
Teachers, by Hazel A Lewis, and
THE Junior Worker and Work,
by Josephine l. Baldwin.
The school meets on Tuesday
evening of each week at 7:15
o'clock for a period of 10 weeks
up to and including April 4. Sim
liar schools are being. conducted
most successfully in several places
to which Rev. Brewer has written
for information regarding this
work. These include Sterling, Ill,
Toledo, Ohio, Kansas City, No. San
Francisco. Cal, and Naperville.
Ill, where one-fourth of the
church membership of that city is
enrolled in the school.
Inter-ClasS Game.
The spirit of basketball contests
has manifested itself in the junior
high school. Teams which repre-
SenLeO the GA dEu Sb Classes met
in the Presbyterian church gym
Monday evening and played the
first inter-class game of the year.
The SB lads were victors by a |
score of Is to II in a game that
was well played and hotly con-
tested. The players who took part
were the following:
Eight-A team-Right forward, I
Mort Skinner; If, Oily Van De
More: C, Elmer WahIheim; rg.
Bill" Durack; Ig, Raymond Lipke. /
Eighth team-Rght forward, |
John Gierhart; If, Wilbur Dunbar; !
C, Wilbur Kowitz; re-, Conrad An |
drews; lg, Wilbur Allen
The referee was Edward REG
and Hollis Joles officiated as time
keeper These boys promise good
material for future high school !
teams