SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

Evening Post, Issue 88, 12 April 1924, Page 11

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION

,Th e animal .report of . -the Sunday School Union has just been; issued. Tho union now comprises 81-'schools'and 18 schools connected with ■the: extension .scheme. .•' . '" ;,..-: Thirty-five schools show'a'.gain' of 605 «cholars<. while 19 show a .Joss of 451' :this leaves a-;net gain of scholars' •The average.'attendance, 7i:43, is slight.iy better than-the previous" year and is considered-satisfactory..^ In the majority of..the-schools Bible Class members are! not now counted on the school roll. • . Owing to the generous contribution from the Bible Depot, Willis1 street the funds are in a healthy.■condition..There is a debit balance of £9 os lOd in the extension fund. ' •..'.'. The examination.,was''held as usual in July, and was .well supported. :by Hie schools. The-,pri'es;.w6n by the city and-suburban scholara were presented by His Excellency the.-.Governor-General, who gave an./.appreciative address to the :boys and.- girls1 'present.* ',_. Twelve .lectures on- "The' Art of Teaohmg" given .during ..the winter were not as-well-supported, as "could be wished. An' effort will .be .made to arrange a class under .the auspices of. the youth committees" of .'the churches and the union. . • : ■. . A. canvass of the 'city and suburbs for new scholars was arranged, but this is not yet completed. The committee in charge, of this comprised delegates from the union, from the Anglican Sunday School Association, and from the Salvation Army.. ■ • Diplomas of honour for long service were awarded to Miss Oldfield (28 years), Mrs. Callam (27 years)^ and Mr. Melhuish (28 years). The constitution of the union has been altered to allow of youth committees of the denominations having direct representation on the union. It-is hoped that these representatives will,be appointed at c an. early date, when closer co-opera-tion: between the denominations and tha union should result; Mr. G. A. T'roup and Miss Vida Johnson will represent the union at the World's .Sunday School Convention, to be held in Glasgow in June. - Thanks are recorded to the various churches for the usd of their rooms, and to the Press of Wellington for valuable" space to record the doings of the union.

Nearly sixty teachers have registered for the Sunday School Teachers' Convention, to be held at Feilding during Easter,. under the auspices of .the Snnday School-Union. Subjects to be discussed include "Child, Psychology," "The Art of Questioning," "The Religion of the Child," "The Spiritual Welfare of the Child," and others bearing on the teachers' work. Mr. T. H Gill M.A., LL.B., and Mr. Reid, 8.A., will give addresses. A paper prepared by the late Mr. F. D. Opie, of Palmerston No,rth, .will-also be read. A model lesKon is to be given to a class of primary scholars. The gathering will conclude with d garden party at Kowhai Park. Wellington delegates_ will leave here on Good Friday morning and return on Monday."