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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Feb 22, 1906

Notes

By F. G.

THE announcement and program of the second biennial session of the Northern Union Conference, March 1-11, contains as a part of its institute work this topic, “How to Make the ‘Spiritual, Industrial, and Intellectual Work of Our Academies and Church-Schools a Success.” The discussion is to be led by C. L. Kendall and O. O. Bernstein.

Some months ago attention was called to the little pamphlet which was gotten out by our Mission Board relative to our missions. This pamphlet can be obtained by addressing the secretary of the General Conference, Elder W. A. Spicer, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. It is very suggestive and helpful for our teachers in their geography work. If it has not been obtained by any of our teachers, it will be profitable for them to get it to assist in their work.

At the Central Union Conference recently held, the following papers were presented on educational subjects: “Influences Which, if Allowed to Work, Will Kill the Church-School Movement in a Short Time,” by Prof. Floyd Bralliar; “What Should Be Done to Raise the Standard of Our Church-Schools,” by R. E. Huffman; “The Need of a Strong Corps of Teachers,” by Mary Zener. The session of the conference devoted to the educational work is reported to have been an interesting and profitable one. We hope to have full reports of the educational work taken up at all the union conferences which are being held this year.

At the meeting of the Atlantic Union Conference in November, it was voted to accept the offer of Elder S. N. Haskell

to issue a special educational number of the Bible Training School for the purpose of raising a students’ fund. Twenty thousand copies of this little magazine were authorized with the purpose of having the brethren and sisters throughout the union conference take these magazines and sell them, and turn the proceeds, which are seven cents a copy, into a fund for assisting young men and women in attending school. This would bring in about fourteen hundred dollars, which would be a very substantial help in the matter of enabling young men and women to attend our training-schools. The disposition of these magazines, which are only about three per member for the whole union conference, is not an irksome task if all are united in taking hold of the matter, and it would appear to be a suggestion which could be profitably followed in many of our union conferences.

We should be very glad to receive short articles upon practical phases of our school work from the teachers in all classes of our schools, for the Educational department of the REVIEW. We believe that there are many suggestions which teachers could make that would be of much help to others. Certainly if a teacher is successful in some particular phase of his work, and does not do all that he can to spread the knowledge of the successful methods which he employs, there is a lack of co-operation. Every progressive teacher is pleased to get the very best suggestions possible upon various phases of his work, and it would seem, if no one has suggestions to make, that there is a lack of progress in our work. We believe that our teachers in the training, intermediate, and church-school work as a whole are earnest, enthusiastic workers, and it would seem as if there might be many helpful suggestions to be offered from time to time concerning practical phases of the work. We hope to receive more of these. F. G.