Educational Convention
By Wm. Covert
A TEACHERS' convention, presided over by Dr. L. A. Reed, was held at Bethel, Wis., June 1-8. Twenty-one teachers, besides the faculty of Bethel Academy, were present, and took part in discussing the topics which were considered. The following is a list of the questions which were studied:— The Hebrew Schools and the Light They Throw on Christian Education; The Tithe, Its Place and Significance; Signs of Reform in Popular Education; The Object of Education; Experiences in Teaching; The Parent and the School; The School and the Church; The Trend of Science and Education; The Support of Church-schools; Christianity versus Paganism. The following special topics were also considered:— Introductory Hour, Established Principles, History of Church-school Work, Industrial Work, What I Would Like to Know, Mistakes in Teaching, Health Principles in Teaching, Text-books Available and Needful, Nature Teaching, What I Want Considered, What Is Teaching? Object Lessons, Bible Teaching, The Time of School Sessions, What Would You Do? Discipline in the School, The School Garden, Nature Study, Health Movements, etc., What I Try to Do, The Good and Bad of Psychology, Music in the Schools, Lessons17from the Soil, Nature Study in Winter, Questions and Answers, The Use and Abuse of the Imagination, Methods in Teaching, Hints on Health, The Inspiration of the Work, What I Hope to Do. The occasion was so interesting and helpful that all who attended, voted in favor of repeating the effort next year.