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Vol. XXXVI, No. 20 Oshawa, Ontario September 20, 1967 Another first . . . Nation-Wide Teachers' Convention (Mrs.) W. E. KUESTER, Canadian Union Press Secretary
Another first was initiated in the history of Seventh-day Wells presiding, the first session opened Sunday evening Adventist progress in Canada when a nation-wide teachers' with Elder J. W. Bothe extending a welcome on the part convention was held on the campus of Kingsway College of the Canadian Union, and Elder P. W. Manuel welcom- in Oshawa, August 20-24. ing the visitors to the Kingsway College campus. In attendance were teachers and principals from Can- ada's 44 elementary and secondary schools, from the shores Keynote Address of Newfoundland to the coastline of British Columbia. In his keynote address Dr. Akers declared: "This genera- Teachers from the various conferences number as fol- tion is something special. There has been a sobriety de- lows: British Columbia, 33 ; Alberta, 18 ; Manitoba-Sas- tected among youth of today which was not character- katchewan, 7 ; Maritime, 4 ; Ontario-Quebec, 18; New- istic of the youth in my generation." foundland, 17. Referring to the assembly line type of large bureaucratic Director for the conference was Elder M. E. Erickson, institutions he stated, "Educators today are discovering recently-elected secretary for the educational department the need of intimacy, the warmth of a flesh-and-blood of the Canadian Union. Speakers and counsellors included teacher who loves her pupils. A great school is nothing Elder I. V. Stonebrook of the General Conference Depart- more than a great soul with a group of children." ment of Education ; Dr. G. H. Akers, Dr. Ruth Murdoch, He set the atmosphere of the convention when he as- and Dr. W. G. C. Murdoch, all from Andrews University; serted, "We are not here just as a professional meeting, Elder L.E. Smart, formerly of the Canadian Union and but to learn more of our high calling as a teacher." now educational secretary of the Atlantic Union ; Elder J. W. Bothe and Elder C. Klam of the Canadian Union; Instruction Elder P. W. Manuel, president of Kingsway College ; Elder Sectional meetings were held, with the teachers divided F. B. Wells, formerly of the Canadian Union and now con- so as to receive the maximum of personal help. Such topics tinuing upper graduate studies at Andrews University: as Classroom Control, Effective Christian Teaching, Hall- Elder A. E. Millner, former church administrator ; and marks of Quality Instruction, and Elementary Guidance the educational secretaries of the Canadian conferences. were discussed. General session lectures included such top- Following the registration of teachers with Mrs. F. B. ics as Providing for Emotional Needs of Children, Chris-
Elder M. E. Erickson (seated), educational secretary for the Canadian Mrs. F. B. Wells, office secretary for the Cana- Union, looks over the teachers' convention brochure with Dr. Ruth dian Union Educational Department, registered Murdoch and (left to right) Elder L. E. Smart, Dr. G. H. Akers, and the teachers as they arrived. Dr. I. V. Stonebrook.
tian Discipline, The Teacher's Responsibility for Character and in turn lighting the candles of each teacher. Building, Formulating Behavioral Objectives, etc. As the approximately 100 candles lighted the darkened auditorium Dr. Stonebrook declared in his closing remarks Farewells and Awards that it was an impressive sight with the lights of the teach- At a group dinner Elder and Mrs. F. B. Wells were guests ers signifying the rededication of their lives as teachers of of honour. Speeches of tribute were given commemorating God, to be like the Master Teacher. He stated that the the eight years Elder Wells has served as educational lights of the candles represented the light in each teacher's secretary for the Canadian Union. Gifts of appreciation heart, and he admonished them that these lights shine were presented by Elder J. W. Wilson on behalf of the through to the children, with each light a beacon to guide conference educational secretaries and by J. B. Curtis of boys and girls in the pathway of Christian living. Vancouver on behalf of the teachers of Canada. On Wednesday morning the teachers left Oshawa by Service pins were also presented to the teachers who chartered bus for a two-day visit to the government build- have taught for five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and thirty years. ings in Ottawa, and to Expo '67 in Montreal. Mrs. Hazel Janes of St. John's, Newfoundland, holds the Theme of the convention was Christ Above All, with the record of having taught thirty-six years. theme song having the same title. From the book Educa- tion, page 81, came a statement, reproduced in the conven- Consecration tion brochure, "Christ's teaching . . . embraced the world. On the closing evening a candle-light consecration serv- Never can there be a circumstance of life, a crisis in ice was held, with the guest speakers and educational human experience, which has not been anticipated in His superintendents of the conferences receiving their lights, teaching, and for which its principles have not a lesson."
Instruction staff of the General Conference, Andrews University, and Canadian Union, with educational secretaries of the Canadian confer- ences (in front) hold candles aloft from which teachers in turn lighted Teachers were divided into sectional classes so as to receive more indi- their candles to signify rededication of their lives to be like the Master vidualized instruction. Here Elder G. H. Akers of Andrews University Teacher. teaches one of the classes.
On behalf of the Canadian teachers, J. B. Curtis of Vancouver presented ;. %--• _ Elder Wells with a gift of unserialled Centennial bills, and Elder J. W. Wilson of the Ontario-Quebec Conference gave him a desk pen set from The Oxford University Press was one of a number of publishers who the educational superintendents of the Canadian conferences. Left to furnished displays of books for the teachers' convention. Dr. G. H. Akers right: J. W. Wilson, J. B. Curtis, Mrs. Wells, Elder Wells, and M. E. of Andrews University (left centre) looks over the Oxford University Erickson. Press display with some of the teachers.
Official Organ of the CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE of Seventh-day Adventists, Carl Klam, Editor; Pearl I. Browning, Associate Editor. President, J. W. Bothe; Secretary-treasurer, Carl Klam. Canadian Union Departmental Secretaries: Publishing, 0. A. Botimer; Sabbath School and Lay Activities, W. E. Kuester; Missionary Volunteer, Educational and Temperance, M. E. Erickson; Public Affairs, D. L. Michael; Medical, E. A. Crawford, M.D. Issued biweekly. Subscription price $2.00 a year. Authorized as MESSENGER second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash. Printed by Maracle Press Limited, Oshawa, Ont.