The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-15

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ing enabling the student to reach
a wholly satisfying solution, :
Miss Weber declares.
That the system Miss Weber
mas evolved is working satisfao-
torlly is attested to by the fact
mat her current high school
classes contain students repre-
sentlng no less than IL denomina-
lions and 46 churches!
Among her older students, she
encourages liberal discussion,
stepping in with guiding hand
only when the meat of a subject
mas been exhausted, or when, as
ser. ously enthusiastic students
Will do, the discussion veers into
other fields.
AS might be expected, Miss
Weber has had some interesting
experiences with her students
since coming to Wilmington. One
She recalls with some amuse-
ment.
1t involved a rather shy high
school boy some years back. He
attended classes regularity, and
Tor awhile had little to say as dis
cusslon whirled around him. Yet,
Miss Weber observed, he was
studlous boy and one who gave
considerable extra time to Bible
studies. Gradually, she noticed,
his shyness disappeared, and like
swimmer trying a pool of cold
water toe-and-hand before the
plunge, he finally became one OF
the most laxative members OF
the class.
| The change in him stirred my
curlousity, so at the first oppor-
tunity I asked him privately what
accounted for it.
Well, you see, Miss Weber,
ne began at home I'm never al
lowed to say much when the fam
lly's around. I do lot of think
ing; I always have. But there
never seemed an opportunity to
talk much about what I was
thinking. It was the same way in
this class. I'd always wondered
lot about the Bible, but some
how l never had a chance to talk
with anyone about it. This class
finally gave me confidence to do
some talking of my own on sub
ject on which l had some definite
ideas. Well, once 1 got started
The teacher adds that the boy S
entire outlook on life changed.
He acquired self-confidence,
and that in turn reflected in ev-
cry phase of his school and home
life. His grades in other studies
went up. Why, I even heard he
asked girl to school dance!"
The High schools Bible study
classes are being taught largely
on a textbook Miss Weber pre-
pared few years ago. Her ex-
perience in interpreting the Book
to younger pupils, she says, has
prompted her to undertake what
in itself would be lifetime task
for most people: Preparation of
eight textbooks-one for each
year of grammar school-for chill
dren through the first eight years
of school.
Books No. l and No. 2 have been
completed and are being used
this year for instruction of first,
second, third and fourth grade
grammar school youngsters. Book
No. is being written, and the
others will come in the next two
OR three years. Miss Weber says.
The books are interesting, and
her formula is simple: all objec-
tive Bible lesson for each school
day of the year, each lesson being
prepared from the Scripture. A
bit of appropriate children's verse
precedes the immediate lesson.
An example of the method is
this lesson from Miss Weber
Grade One book:
Detectives:
A. To teach the child his ears
are Gods gift.
B. To lead the chill to learn to
listen for pleasant sounds.
c. To lead the child to appre-
ciate the sounds in our homes
that make for happiness.
D. To teach the child to be
thankful for his ears and for
pleasant sounds.
LESSON 1.
l. Title: Textbook of The Clock
2. Scripture: Matthew 10: 16b
But blessed are your ears, for
they hear
3. Poem:
The Old Kitchen Clock
Listen to the kitchen clock!
To Itself it ever talks,
From its place it never walks;
"Tick-tock-tick-tock
Tell me what it says.
From Child Craft Book of Verse
Author Ann Hawkshawe
God gave us our ears to hear.
| thank Him for ears that hear
lovely sounds. I like to hear the
birds sing. 1 like to hear the wind
blow. I'm glad I can hear the
"Patter, patter'' of the raindrops.
There are some sounds I like
to hear in my home, too. One of
them is the textbook of the clock.
1 like to watch the hands go
around the clock Sometimes
when I sit very still, I try to guess
what the old clock says. I won
der if it ever gets tired. Do you