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Leaders. This in turn places al
the disposal of Church schoo.
Workers in local Churches, bet,
ter Materials and Methods fol
the achievement of their objec-
tives.
The Local Churches are max.
ing a special effort to provide bet
ter Accommodations and equipment
and secure more time for the pro.
gram Of Christian Education. New
Churches are being constructed
and old Churches remodeled so as
to offer a first class plant AIDE.
quate for the needs of a Program
of Christian Education.
Everyday religious education is
being emphasized, and in many
communities, Students are dis
missed from Public School for the
purpose of attending Glasses in
Christian Education in some near
by Church or place provided by
the Churh or Churches of the Com
munity. The Daily Vacation Bible
School is also emphasized as a
method fer securing more time
for Christian Education.
2. A Tendency to be More
Specific in Aims and Objectives
In Christian Education
This tendency has emerged out
of u discovery that the results
obtained from our efforts in Chris
tian Education are not in proper
ton with the Energy, Time and
Money invested. Too often il
happens that a Leader In Chris
tian Education starts and carries
through a Lesson or Course with
out any specific aim or Objective.
Experience and pure reason com
bine to support the Thesis: That
our efforts to educate are most
effective when we have definite
Aims and Detectives. This state
ment is aromatic in other realms
Of Education, but has too often
been disregarded in the realm of
Christian Education.
DR.. w. c. Bower, In his book;
Religious Education In the Modern
Church, gives four reasons for
being definite and specific in our
Ohiectives: "Objectives suggest
what should, or should not be un-
dertaken in a given situation;
Detectives make possible short
and long time policies; detectives
make possible the measurement Of
results, and Detectives furnish in
centives to the education process"
3 A Definite Effort to Prevent
AntiChristian and Anti Social
Traits, Rather Than to Cure Them
We are gradually awakening to
the fact that in the development
of Christian character, San
Ounce of preventive is worth
many pounds of cure" Instead Of
allowing the Child or Youth to
wander in foreign fields and be-
come a prodigal, to SOW wild oats
and to take a fling, later to he
converted and reclaimed for Christ
there is a definite trend toward
placing the Child in an enviches
Christian Environment in which
proper habits and attitudes to-
ward life and the world will be
developed. This is a Colossal Task
and there is an ever increasing
number Of educators who are say
ing, "That the task Is too large
for the Church alone, and that
the State and Church should sup
plement each other In making
available to the children and
Youth Of the Race the Religious
Experiences and Findings as well
as the Experiences and Findings
In other areas of life,
4 A Definite Effort Toward
Adult Christian Education
If such an environment as sug-
gested above Is TO be developed,
it must be done in the main by the
adults of the race. Much thought
and study has been given In an
effort to work out ways and means
to educate the adults and parents
Of the race. We are beginning to
appreciate the fact that adults can
learn. and If our children and
youths are to be properly guided
in their quest for truth, this gut
dance must be supplied by in
formed adults. Glasses in Adult
Education, Parents Meeting, Cir
culation Libraries for parents,
Adult Bible Glasses and Leader
ship Training Courses are some