SUMMER ASSEMBLY FOR TEACHERS.
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS have, as a denomination, committed themselves to a system of Christian education which, to fulfil its purpose, offers to every child a training which begins in infancy and continues until the individual is prepared to act a part in the evangelization of the world. So to educate the children, the youth, and men and women of greater maturity, requires an army of consecrated teachers. For the children alone, there should be at least one teacher in every church. Teachers for these schools—church-schools, intermediate industrial schools, and training schools or colleges—themselves require an education which will fit them for the positions to which they are called. In view of the present demands there has been added to the church organization within a year, a13new department—the Department of Education. This department is now devising plans for the thorough equipment of hundreds of teachers. The course of instruction offered in teachers' institutes and State normals can not be utilized; for instructors in Christian schools are called upon to deal with principles vitally different from those underlying public-school work. Moreover, with the Bible as a basis of all education, the methods employed by Christian teachers necessarily differ from those followed in the State schools. If, then, the church demands teachers who are missionaries, those who are competent to teach the children to become missionaries,—if this is the demand made by the church, some means must be provided for their training. This duty devolves upon the Department of Education, and as a means of discharging its duty toward the children, toward parents, and toward the men and women who are to fill the position of teachers, arrangements have been made to conduct a summer school at Berrien Springs, Mich., from June 12 to August 20. Summer schools have been held in past years, but in many respects the one for this season will surpass all others. Owing to the great demand for teachers, a general call is issued for people from all parts of the country to take the training offered at Berrien Springs. Because hundreds of teachers are needed in foreign countries, the Foreign Mission Board has offered to help bear the expense of the summer school. That body hopes to choose 100 persons for foreign work from the body of student teachers assembled at Berrien Springs this summer. It is because of the interest taken in the training of teachers by the Foreign Mission Board, the Lake Union Conference, and Emmanuel Missionary College, that students qualified to take the training of the summer are given free tuition, free rent, and board at the most reasonable rates, served on the European plan. This offer is not made to a promiscuous class of students. The work of the summer school is arranged to meet the demands of two classes of students. The first class is composed of teachers from State schools, teachers from Christian schools, and other persons having educational qualifications which would enable them to obtain a county certificate. The second class of students will be composed of individuals especially adapted to Christian business work. For such the course will be complete and thorough. This is the first effort that has been made to give a brief yet comprehensive course to men and women with the idea of fitting them speedily for actual business work as bookkeepers, business managers, stenographers, etc. Those classified in this department will be carefully selected. In fact, all who contemplate taking any work offered during the assembly are requested to make definite arrangements by correspondence with the president of Emmanuel Missionary College. The Announcement is an artistic 16-page pamphlet, full of information, which will be sent free upon request. Address— E. A. SUTHERLAND. Berrien Springs, Mich.