TEA CHER'S MEETING"

Monday, April 14, 1919,

DISCUSSION

Mrs. Croft: Has the committee a report to make on the

Summer School?

Mr. Lynch: We have outlined a program which we would

like to submit to those present to see if it meets with your

approval.

SUNDAY MONDAY

9:45 Sunday School 11;QG Lecture 3:00 Concentration Class 8:00 Lecture

10:30 Cady Lessons 12:00 Silence 2:30 Prosperity 4:00 Mind training

TUESDAY

10:30 Basic Principles 12:00 Silence 2:30 Bible Interpretation 4:00 Concentration

THURSDAY Same as Tuesday

WEDNESDAY

1^:30 Cady Lessons 12:00 Silence 2:30 Prosperity 4:00 Mind Training 7:30 Way of Silence 8:00 Healing Meeting

FRIDAY Same as Monday

SATURDAY

10:30 Basic Principles 12:00 Sileruse 2:30 Bible Interpretation

The Noon Silence would be enlarged upon and made a

special feature during this Course.

Lowell Fillmore: This would give each teacher six

lessons in his or her course - three lessons a week. It seems

to me that this is all that could be handled in a two week's

course profitably. The schedule Is so arranged that each teacher

would be giving a lesson every other day.

Mf.Hoscheur: I find I forgot to hand in any subjjeot, but

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I am willing to teach anything the committee may decide upon.

If they find that a course of public speaking would be helpful,

I am willing to give that, or anything else along another line.

Mrs. O'Neill: Mr. Hoscheur speaks of not having submitted

any list, but we have him in mind for the Mind Training Class,

if this meets with his approval.

Lowell: Unless this plan meets with serious objection,

I would suggest that we decide now just what two weeks we will

conduct this course, and also give an outline of the subject,

days, hours, etc. so that an outline can be given in the next

number of UNITY. Most of the teachers seem to think July would

be the best month for this work - we would like an expression

from the rest of you.

Mrs. Croft: Then will we have this Summer School the

first two weeks in July?

Mrs. Palmer: I move that this summer school be held the

first two weeks in July, (motion seconded - remarks:)

Mr. Lynch: It seems to me the first two weeks in July

would be a little early, as vacations are not in full swing be­

fore the middle or the last of July.

Lowell: What months are supposed to be vacation months -

July and August?

Mr. Hoscheur: The first two weeks in July compose the

harvest season, and of course no country people could come,

for this is a very busy time for the farmer. I believe August

would be a better month than July.

Miss Mingle: Teachers are usually just finishing up their

work the latter part of June, and the first of July would be too

soon for them to get over the stress of their school work and take

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up another line of study. The last two weeks/would be better

than the first two,for them.

Mr. Whitney: It has just occured to me that this might

be a suggestion which would influence the time of beginning the

Summer School - it could be announced in the May and June numbers

of Unity, and if not held until the last two weeks in July we

would have the benefit of an additional month's advertising,

for the July number could carry an advertisement also.

Mrs. Case: I have thought on account of the schools be­

ing closed for so long in the winter, they might remain open

a little later this year, and for that reason a later date might

suit the teachers better.

Lowell Fillmore: It seems that the majority are in favor

of a later date, and if so I think we need feel no hesitancy in

voting down the motion now before us, and having another motion

for a later date.

Miss Mingle: The idea Mr. Whitney suggests is very good,

for to have an advertisement in the July number would give us

an added advantage.

Mrs. Croft: Are you ready for the question- etc. Motion lost.

Mrs. Palmer: I move that our Summer School begin the

third week in July, (Seconded. Carried)

Mrs. Croft: There are many different ideas as to the

days the classes shall be conducted. I believe that if we

could condense the time and leave Saturday open, it would be

better. Students who come here to study would like perhaps

to have one day for other things which they may have to do.

Speaking for myself, I have my time fully occupied for five and

one half days, and Saturday afternoon is the only time I have to

get ready fcr Sunday, and I feel that I would like to have that

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time free.

Lowell Fillmore: Some one has mentioned that strangers

coming in from out of town, wnat to find something going on on

Saturday aa well as the other days. Of course those of you who

meet and talk with the people would know pretty well what there

ideas would be about this - whether or not they would like to

attend classes on Saturday. Another thing: this schedule

should be arranged for presentation to the student so he could

select the classes he wanted to attend, and then be sure to go

all the way through the class, or term.

Mrs. Croft: If people come here for a Summer School,

many of them will of course be here on Saturday, but we have

a regular Saturday afternoon class which they could attend.

Lowell Fillmore: The teacher for Saturday would only have

to remain two Saturdays, and she could have another day off in

its stead. Would any teacher be unwilling to remain on Saturday

afternoon?

Mrs. Croft: I would prefer to have my class in the morning,

for although this would only be two Saturdays, I will doubtless

be remaining later in the evenings for this two weeks, and I feel

that I need the time on Saturday afternoon to get ready for Sunday.

Mrs. Newman: I would make a motion that this program be

left in the hands of the committee, who will consult with the

teachers, and make the final decision. (Seconded. Remarks:)

Mr. Hoscheur: Does that mean that we adopt the program

already given, subject to any change that may be necessary?

Mrs. Newman: It seems to me that the committee could

consult with the teachers and make more satisfactory arrange­

ments than we could, in discussing the matter here.

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Mrs. Croft: K-has been suggested that a choice of classes

be given the students - will this committee then be the one to

register the students, that they may make no choice except upon

the approval of the committee?

Lowell Fillmore: I think if we let it be understood(and

have the cards ready ) that students are to attend only such

classes as they are registered in, and let the teachers keep a

copy of their cards, it would work out all right.

Mrs. Croft: We have tried that, but people will go here

and there, and come into classes where they don't belong, and

wont register, etc. etc. We need a plan outlined which will

handle this.

Mrs. Newman: I think we will find that when people come

here to take a course of lessons, they will want to attend every

class, and I don't believe any way of registering them will help

it.

Mr. Hoscheur: It might be handled the way it is handled

in other schools - that is, give the student a registratidn

card and have that card called for when he enters the class.

If he does not possess one, then he must either get it or he

does not belong in that class. We must affirm Divine Order in

this matter, and conduct the thing along orderly lines in ac­

cordance with our affirmations. People should be shown that they

must com e to the proper committee and enter the classes in the

required way. We want to please and satisfy people, but we want

aiso to have an orderly arrangement about things. Perhaps too,

some of those who come here to study will want to know whether

they are getting credit for the work they do in this school -

that is whether the credits thefe- get here will apply on their

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lessons in the Correspondence School. Many who come here will

be connected with some Center, or will want to go to other

Centers, and would like credit for the work they do here, or

a letter specifying what amount of work they have completed

here, etc. Then too, it might be helpful to keep on file in

this School a note of what they have done in this Summer School.

Lowell Fillmore: I believe Mr. Hoscheur's suggestion would

round up and complete the plan we tried before - that of keeping

track of the students. If the teachers could have cards and

check over the students in each class, and require every one to

present a card before entering the class, it would be a big help.

This would help them to see that they should be registered in

the regular way, or they would be an outsider to the class.

Mr. Whitney: We might, on the Monday morning the classes

begin, have a mass meeting of the students and explain all this

to them, so that each one would have his name put on the registra­

tion books in the proper way.

Mrs. Newman: A possible solution of the matter of credits

has just occurred to me. We might have a list of fifty or one

hundred sjuestions prepared by the teachers on their work, and

have these questions answered in order to secure credits. This

might work out in some way x in connection with certificates

which could be presented to those completing a course.

Lowell: This is not exactly in the line we have been dis­

cussing but I would like to say that the oo-operative thought

we are holding now ("In our unity of purpose we are guided by

Divine Wisdom, and prospered by Infinite Love.) Is working

splendidly. The collections at the regular Sunday service is in­

creasing. Yesterday we had a noted speaker from another city,

and beside the speaker's offering there was an envelope collection

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of #40.

Mr. Ingraham: All these matters seem to have been pretty

well considered, and now I have in mind something which I be­

lieve will benefit the members of this body, as well as the

student in the field. I know most of us aspire to become workers

in the Field Lecture Department, and are interested in its pro­

gress. We haee, in this department, prepared a Study Class Plan

and in connection with Mrs. Palmer I have been getting out a list

of questions on Lessons in Truth which I believe is going to be

of special benefit to the student. Now my idea is that we should

prepare a similar set of questions on Christian Healing, and if

we could go over the matter carefully and prayerfully every Mon­

day evening, and consider the most vital parts of thi3 book, and

evolve together a set of questions on each lesson, we would be

accomplishing something worth while. We would not only be bring­

ing ourselves closer together, but we would be helping study

classes all over the United States.

Mrs. Croft: Would these questions differ from those all

ready prepared by Mr • Fillmore?

Mr. Ingraham: I would suggest that we go into detail in

each lesson, and prepare,say twenty questions on each lesson.

We could thereby work out a plan that would help students to

study for themselves. It would greatly help us, and also the

student in the matter of systematic study. The study now in

the field is more or less "hit or miss,'* and they need something

definite to work on.

Mrs. Croft: This is a very good suggestion, and I am sure all

the teachers would be willing to help carry It out, but as it is

now time for adjournment, we will go into that more fully another

time.