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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 10, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 40.

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Educational Department

By Frederick Griggs

FREDERICK GRIGGS . . . General Secretary
W. B. HOWELL . . . Assistant Secretary

A Progressive Conference

BROTHER H. M. HIATT, educational superintendent of the Minnesota Conference, writes as follows with reference to his work:—
“When I came to Minnesota, there were only six schools. This was less than three years ago. We planned to build three new schoolhouses each year, and this goal has been reached. Duluth has just remodeled its building, so that it is virtually a new schoolroom. Minneapolis is laying the foundation of two new schoolrooms, modern in every way. Pequot and Hinckley are planning to build churches with schoolrooms amply equipped, and Owatonna may possibly build a new schoolroom this year. The churches at these places, with the exception of the one at Owatonna, have voted to carry out the program I have just stated. The schoolroom at Duluth has been so remodeled as scarcely to resemble a basement, and next year none of our other schools will be held in basements.”
“We are trying to equip our schools also with drinking fountains, globes, maps, and other modern appliances, as well as with decent furniture. This conference has twenty-five teachers listed for the summer school at Hutchinson.”
This is a very encouraging report. Our church schools should all be held in good rooms. They should have modern equipment, libraries, globes, maps, charts, and good furniture. The sanitary conditions of the school should be well looked after. Christian education stands for the complete development of man. God has given to us much light not only on his work, but upon proper living, healthwise and otherwise. We must be behind other schools in no respect, intellectually or physically, and above all, spiritually. We must educate ourselves to the highest ideals. Only thus can we hope to meet the standard of an ideal Christian education.
FREDERICK GRIGGS.