| Show SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION notwithstanding the many other meetings held on monday feb ad that of the sunday school union in the fourteenth ward assembly y hall was fairly well attended representatives senta tives being present from nearly alithe all the schools of the city superintendent J C cutler presided opening prayer was offered by superintendent T C griggs sister bister heesch accompanied by the choir sang vales and little gracie freeze recited my Count country rys flag assistant superintendent J G kelson of the eleventh ward school gave an address on the subject eckof of sunday school work he thought thought that most of the work of the sunday schools devolved upon the teachers as they came in immediate contact with the children and thus exercised a more direct influence upon the scholar than did any of the officers of the school the speaker said that one of the most important points which the sunday school teacher should observe to ensure success is to obtain a knowledge of the disposition of the children under his care and adopt hie ble teaching and methods as much as possible to suit the capacity and disposition of each member of his class the second most important requisite was that the teacher should be fully prepared to instruct his class understanding the lesson well himself before he came before his class claas and last but not least all instruction st in the sunday school should be presented in a way to t make it I 1 interesting ng and attractive I 1 great god attend 11 f was excel bently sung by sister kose rose gushing wad and the choir vind and sister ster alice 41 a liddle next recited don dont donit it run in debt elder william bradford of the sunday school mission of this stake then spoke his subject was the grading of sunday schools he called attention to the excellent results which followed the change in teaching in one large class all the primary children in our sunday schools no one ode would deny the great advantages of this method over the old one now dow happily discarded of teaching small classes of children and confining the instruction almost entirely to the reading of a few verses by the members member of the class the present system of teaching the smaller children in one large primary clans clam and the teaching being done systematically was accomplishing much good the work done in the theological classes where principles and not books were taught was also accomplishing shing much good in giving the young men and women or of israel a thorough knowledge of the gospel thus the primary and theological classes were the pride of ourson our sunday schools but the intermediate classes were still in a more or lesi chaotic condition this was much to be regretted and should be early remedied by having the intermediate classes organized iced and conducted on the same plan as the mary and theological classes they should be combined and taught systematically with moral instruct bione tione and add less reading than it now practices if this was done the children would make steady progress ress from the infant department through every grade to the theological class the progress it is so much desired that our schools should make will never be attained till every department is organized and conducted similar to the present advanced methods of the primary and theological classes of our schools in the present disorganized condition of the intermediate department it was waa the exception and not the rule for a student to obtain a thorough and systematic knowledge of the principles of the gospel for this reason some of our most active primary teachers have expressed their regret at seeing their pupils promoted to some intermediate claw class as for the want of system and better organization they would not make so rapid progress as they had bad before done the speaker thought that if our schools were fully organized and each department was taught with more system and had a more direct object in view the frequent reviews which now have so little meaning would have an added attraction their object being to note the progress made by the students and aad to determine their proficiency preparatory for promotion parents parente also would be led to take a deeper interest in the sabbath school work aiding their children in their studies and encouraging more punctual and regular attendance the rhe point had been raised that this union of classes would be objectionable because it would do away with some of the teachers although it would make it possible to manage with fewer teachers yet it need not do away with any their labors being joined they would obtain better results from their combined efforts than could be possible otherwise even granting that all the teachers were equally capable thewalt the want of room was another obstacle to obtain the best beat results each department should have a separate room to meet in but the system could be made successful even in one room and the work could be done just as harmoniously as under the present method assistant general superintendent george goddard and stake superintendent john C cutler made a few remarks and the meeting adjourned for one mouth month after the benediction ene diction had been aronou pronounced need by elder S B R marks the singing exercises were capitally rendered by the eleventh ward sunday school choir under the direction of brother H A tuckett tt at the next meeting the twelfth ward school will furnish the music exercises and part of the gramme pro JOSEPH PARRY secretary |
