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M. E. CONFERENCE OPENS
IN CAMBRIDGE TODAY
Fifty Fourth Annual Session OF
Wilmington Annual Conference
Convenes In Zion Church, This
City.

bridge, Maryland, March 2Znd.
Examinations for undergraduates
in the Conference Courses of Study
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
will be held March 81, 1922, at Cam
bridge.
These examinations are under the
direction of the Board of Examiners
CT the Whining. on Conference. 90
| The Course OF Study formerly was
merely a system of examinations. 1t
has now been transformed into a
| real school a course of training.
| The change has made it real cor
| respondence course with written
| work, eliminating in examinations
| a: Conference time.
| The Conference Course OF Study
is the result OF the deliberations of
| the Commission on Conference
| Courses of Study but, in accordance
with the law of the Church, has been
| approved by the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Under
| the new plan, the Bishops have CIV
en- far more attention to the consti-
| tuition of the course and to its teach
| ingS than ever before.
The students have had the guild
ance in their work of Directions and
Helps. There are five of these
! volumes-one for each year OF the
course, and one for the examinations
for admission. The last four
volumes contain a pamphlet on
"Homiletical Suggestions and DiTec-
TONS" and each of the five volumes
has an Introductory pamphlet -
General Suggestions for Students. I"
What a skillful teacher does for his
classes these volumes seek to do for
the student in the course.
The required written work in the
Course OF Study has been sent
throughout the year to the members
of the Board of Examiners of the
Wilmington Conference for critic
ism, corrections and suggestions.
This written work sometimes is an
outline of the argument of chapter.
More often it is a question to be an
swered, OF some subject to be dis
cussed but in all cases, it is BASED
directly upon what the student has
been reading in his text. By this
work, he tests for himself, as well as
reveals to the examiner whether he
has mastered the thought of the text.
II this way, school of correspon-
dence has been developed following
the methods of the best correspon-
dence schools.
In over forty-fve annual confer
ences of the Methodist Episcopal
church, summer schools have been
established By vote of the confer
ence the undergraduate studying
the Course of Study are required to
DE present at the conference school.
The school is held at the seat of
an educational institution, with
term OF not less than ten days. Here
the examiners become teaching
faculty The prime advantage of
this conference school is that it
brings the examiners and students
intimately together. The man who
has been working by himself gains
stimulus from classroom discussion
and public addresses. The school
also provides for supplementary lee
lures and courses of instruction by
men of pre-emtnent ability.
There has been a general demand
in the Church for graduate courses
of study for men who have cornplet-
ed the Conference Course. In seek
ing to meet this demand, the CON-
mission on Conference Courses OF
study has prepared three courses for
graduate work:
IA Study of Johns Gospel.
"A study of jeremiah.
"a subject in the field of Sys-
tematic Theology.
This work is taken by correspon-
dence and each student has the in
dividual attention Of an Instructor
from one of our theological semi |!
naries.
The members of the Board of Elk
aminers of this Conference who have |
this work in charge are: Chairman.
Dr. r. F. Beauchamp, Selbyville,
Del; Registrar DR.. V. T. Northrup,
Del; DR., f. W. Nc
DowelI, Pocomoke City Md; DR.. ].
L. Sparklin, Georgetown, Del; DR..
2. H. Webster Denton, Md; DR.. O.
f. Jones, Chestertown Md; DR.. w.
o. Bennett, Laurel, Del; DR.. E. w.
Jones, Secretary of Wilmington City
Society and Manager of
Industries, Wilmington.
Del; Dr.. G. +. Jones, Townsend.
Del; Dr.. r. f. Nichols, Symrna,
Del; Dr. J. J. Bunting, Berlin, Md;
d.. j. L. Johnson. Emmanuel
Church, Crisfeld, Md; DR.. W. H.
Briggs, Easton, Md; DR.. M. D. Nut
ter, Hillcrest Church Wilmington,
Del; Dr. Milton Mccain, Cherry
Hill Church, Elkton, Md; DR.. J. A.
Leach. Greensboro. Md. I
The conference opened this morn
ing at nine o'clock with prayer and
the celebration Of the Lords Sup
per conducted by Bishop Mcdowell. |
One hundred and thirty-eight min I
Users answered to the roll call.
At the business session, Rev. Dis |
ton w. Jacobs, of Milford, Del, was
elected secretary with Revs. J. R. !
Bicking and R. L. Minker, as assis-
tants. Statisticians. Rev. w. E.
Gunby; assistants, Revs. J. H. Geo
ghegan, A W. Goodman, G. R. Ell
lis, o. B. Rice, w. E. Benson, R. F.
Nichols G. E. Sterling, J. w,
Wooten,, Leolan Jackson, J. M. KEEL
SC, H. B. Kelso and Lee C. West.
Treasurer, Rev V. E. Hills;
assistants, E w. Mcdowell w. A.
Hearn, J. L. Sparklin, J. A. Leach,
II. w. Gdlllon,s w. L. 1dSloi, D.
Richardson. o. B. Reed, E. +.
Thomas, Frank White, o. E. Jones,
w. V. Moore, T. j. Sard, ]. B. Nc
Cabe, A. B. Frye.
Memorial services were held for
the following ministers and were
conducted by the Rev. L. E. Terry
in charge:
For George S. Conway by Rev. r
I. Nichols.
For Mrs. T. H Haynes by Rev r
+. Nichols.
For Mrs James w. Easley by the
Rev. H. G. Budd.
CONTINUED On rage Twol