SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE

Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 30

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE

PRESBYTERIAN TEACHERS AT MILTON.

The annual country conference of Presbyterian Sundav school teachers and workers was held at Milton on Monday. There was a largo gathering of teachers from throughout the Clutha Presbytery, and fully 30 visitors made the journey by train from Dunedin. The speakers were all arranged for by the Dunedin Presbyterial Sabbath School Association. A strong local committee at Milton had made complete arrangements for the conduct of the conference, which was held in the Presbyterian Church, and for the entertainment of visitors. After the Rev. R. S. Orr had welcomed visiting delegates, the Rev. J. C. Jamieson o-avc an address on “ How to Deal with Sunday School Children in the Early Teens.” This was followed by addresses by Mr H. Fawcett (Knox Church School) and Mr G. W. Charrington (St. Leonards). At midday about 100 delegates sat down in the adjoining schoolroom to luncheon provided by Milton teachers and friends. The conference resumed at 2.30 p.m., when Miss Dick, of First Church, gave a demonstration of a primary superintendent’s weekly meeting with her training class. She had the assistance of a dozen Milton and Dunedin young ladies who formed her class. The demonstration served to convey much information about the most approved methods of primary teaching. Cordial votes of thanks were exchanged between visitors who had provided the syllabus and the local workers who had entertained them, and several speakers testified to the pleasure and benefit they had received from the conference.