6. What kind of books should a teacher's library contain?
7. Suggest ways of creating missionary interest.
8. What banners and objects would be valuable?
9. Who should bring Bibles to the school?
10. What is the proper place for lesson helps on Sunday?
11. What are some of the things needed for hand-work in the school?
Lesson 3
The Sunday-school Organized
#29.# A Sunday-school is organized for work when (1) the official
positions are filled; (2) there are teachers for all the classes; (3)
the scholars are properly enrolled and classified; (4) and it has
intelligently set itself thoroughly to accomplish, in a definite way,
that for which a Sunday-school stands.
#30. Enrolment.#--The name of every member of the school should be
enrolled either in a book or by the card system. The enrolment should
show not only name and address, but date of entry, birthday, date of
promotion from one department to another, date of uniting with the
church, date and cause of leaving the school; date of death, if
necessary.
#31. Classification (or Grading).#--Classification consists in placing
the scholars in such departments and classes as will secure for them
and for the whole school the best results in the best manner. This
will require that the scholars be advanced from one department to
another at proper intervals, in order to meet their changing needs.
#32. Departments.#--Every Sunday-school should be divided into
departments. Three or four departments are possible in the smallest
schools, and more are desirable in larger ones. It is usually possible
to maintain the following departments in an ordinary school:
(1) _The Cradle Roll_, for children too small to attend the
regular sessions. These are usually under three years of age.
(2) _The Beginners_, for children from three to six.
(3) _The Primary_, for children from six to nine.
(4) _The Junior_, for children from nine to eleven or twelve.
(5) _The Intermediate_, for boys and girls from twelve to
fifteen or sixteen. (In some schools, a Senior Department,
coming between the Intermediate and the Adult, is
recognized.)
(6) _Adult_, for all over fifteen or sixteen.
(7) _The Home Department_, for those who cannot attend, but
who will study the lessons each week.
(8) _The Teacher-Training Department_, for those who are
preparing to become teachers.
In many schools of several hundre
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