H 1*1.1 Bulletin of Hamline University UNIVERSITY OF ILLIH S LIBRARY FEB 5 1921 Religious Leadership NOVEMBER, 1920 VOL. X No. 4 Courses Preparing for Religious Leadership Introduction The urgent demand for efficient leaders in religious and social work as shown by the Centenary Life Service Re- quirements of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the new demand for teachers for week-day religious instruction will tax the resources of the colleges for years to come. Our own Church is calling for 13,000 full-time workers and 40,000 lay workers to meet its Centenary program. According to the Survey of the Department of Life Service of the Joint Cen- tenary Commission these 53,000 trained workers are needed as follows: 1. For the Board of Foreign Missions, 1,250. 2. For the Board of Home Missions, 1,420. 3. For the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 500. 4. For the Woman's Home Missionary Society, 500. 5. For Colleges and Special Training Schools, 230. 6. As Directors of Religious Education, Social Workers, and Pastor's Assistants, 1,700. 7. For the Ministry, 7,400. 8. For lay service in local churches, 40,000. It is to meet our share of this responsibility lhat the De- partments of Biblical Literature, Sociology and Rural Leader- ship, and Religious Education are being developed. We recognize that, in a real sense, all true education is religious, and hence all the courses offered in this institu- tion have a direct religious bearing on life. The regular courses also in Biblical Literature as con- ducted by Dr. Charles Horswell are so strong and founda- tional and so well established as to need no further emphasis here. The special announcement of the following courses is therefore to be understood only as a statement of those courses offered in our curriculum that are especially designed to develop not only individual power and social adjustment but also the technique required for the most efficient Chris- tian leadership. The Department of Sociology and Rural Leadership Albert Z. Mann, Professor 1. ACADEMIC COURSES. 1920-1921. SEMESTER I— 21 General Sociology Social Evolution 37 Rural Sociology 33 Community Analysis and Programs SEMESTER II— 22 General Sociology 38 34 Social Technology Rural Institutions and Leadership Recreation and Commun- ity Club Activities 1921-1922 SEMESTER I— 21 General Sociology Social Evolution 31 Social Psychology 39 Rural Economics 33a Rural Communities ) 33b Urban Communities ( Sociology and Demog- raphy 35 Social Aspects of Relig- ion SEMESTER II— 22 General Sociology Social Technology 32 Modern Social Problems 40 Rural Social Organiza- tion 34a Rural Communities ) 34b Urban Communities \ Surveys and Programs 36 Sociology of Education Required for Major: Courses 21, 22, 31, 32, and two other courses outlined above. THREE Extension Program of the Rural Leader- ship Department I. EXTENSION COURSES, Including 1. Reading Course Assignments. 2. Field Assignments, Community survey, Parish pro- gram building, Evangelism, Finances, Publicity, Recrea- tion, Religious Education, etc. 3. Summer Short Courses offered by University and Board of Home Missions co-operating in a Summer- School for Rural Pastors. 4. Correspondence and visitation by Director of the Department. 5. Details as to College and Graduate credit will be sent on request to the Director. II. CO-ORDINATION WITH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, with view to 1. Offering a well-balanced course in Rural Leadership. 2. Recruiting and training Students for Christian Life Service. 3. Assisting in program of Agricultural College Church (St. Anthony Park) and in other religious activi- ties of the College and Farm School. III. CO-OPERATION WITH MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA CONFERENCES, through 1. District Superintendents. Assisting through District Conferences, District Rural Societies, Institutes, Group Meetings, etc. 2. The Rural Life Commissions of the two Conferences. Outlining programs, making investigations, arranging exhibits, etc. 3. The pastors and local parishes. Assisting by cor- respondence and visitation in local programs, surveys, conferences, etc. (This will be done on invitation only, except on the initiative and under the direction of the Rural Department of the Board of Home Missions) IV. SURVEYS, MAPPING AND STATISTICS Maps of the eight Districts of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Minnesota and a number of counties and com- munities will be made this year with a view to allocat- ing denominational responsibility, more adequately re- parishing the state and rendering more efficient pastoral and religious educational service. Special studies are under way in the Northern lumber regions, the Iron Range, and in several small cities and rural sections of the State offering problems of unusual importance for immediate investigation. V. ESTABLISHMENT OF MINNESOTA RURAL METHO- DIST HEADQUARTERS, including 1. Rural Life Library and Laboratory, with facilities for map and chart making, mailing, study, etc., for stu- dents and visiting pastors. 2. Clearing house of Rural Church and Rural Life Infor- mation for the State. At the service of District Superin- tendents, Denominational Boards, Pastors, Leaders, etc. 3. Depository for charts, slides, bulletins, etc., and Direc- tory for church and co-operative organization. Purpose and Support. This Department is made possible through the co-opera- tion of Hamline University and the Rural Department of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Its purpose is to offer efficient train- ing for Rural Leadership in Christian Life Service and to develop better rural life and Institutions through the church. The aim of the Department of Sociology and Rural Leadership is to correlate the Academic and the Extension interests in such a program as will serve not only the cultural demands of the students but also the service demands of the communities from which they come and into which they go. Suggestions as to the improvement of the Extension Program of the Department will be gladly received at any time. Address all inquiries or communications to Albert Z. Mann, Director Department of Rural Leadership, Hamline University, St. Paul. Minimum Requirements Recognized* summary for Rural Leadership standardized by the National Committee on Country Life and approved by the Rural Department of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episco- pal Church for Colleges and Universities co-operating in Rural Leadership Training. Subject Semesters General Sociology 2 General Economics 2 Rural Sociology 1 Rural Economics 1 Rural Institutions — Leadership 1 Community Surveys — Programs 1 Religious Education 2 Agriculture — Farm Practice 2 History of Religion 2 Public Speaking 1 English — Sermon or Publicity 1 Public Health 1 Hygiene 1 Journalism or Publicity 1 Rural Politics 1 Social Psychology 1 Bible — All that can be secured. These courses are provided through the co-operation of this Department with other Departments of the University and by special arrangement with the State Agricultural Col- lege. The Department of Religious Education Cecil D. Smith, Assistant Professor ACADEMIC COURSES 21. History of Religious Education. Rise of the movement; develop- ment of organizations; problems of the field. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Offered second semester 1920-21 and first semester 1921-22. 22. Principles of Religious Education. Consideration of the principles un- derlying religious education and their application to problems of the field. Prerequisite, Course 21. Offered second semester 1921-22. 23. Organization and Methods for the Young People's Divi- sion of the Church School. Significance and characteristics of adolescence; rise of the young people's movement; evaluation of organiza- tions and methods: correlation and unification of agen- cies; the four-fold program; problems. Practical work required. Offered first semester 1921-22. 24. Worship and Music in the Church and School. Principles and methods of worship; hymnology, choirs, pageantry; use of extra Biblical materials. Offered second semester 1921-22. 26. World Conditions and Christianity. A brief survey of conditions at Home and Abroad as re- vealed by the Interchurch World Survey. Study of the missionary fields and their challenging needs. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors. Offered second semester, 1920-21. 31, 32. Organization and Administration of Religious Educa- tion. The organization, administration, and curriculum of the local Church School and of the Religious Week- day School. Offered first and second semesters 1921-22. Open to Juniors and Seniors who have taken Courses 21 and 22. SEVEN Extension Program COURSES In addition to the above courses offered in the Uni- versity, the fol- lowing courses are being offered, 1920-21, meeting once a week, without academic credit, with stu- dents enrolled: HAML1NE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH C. D. Smith, Director of Religious Education I. At Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church School. 1. The Meaning of Faith. A course in the fundamentals of Christian faith. Open to Juniors and Seniors. Text: Fosdick; Meaning of Faith. 2. Christian Teachings on Social and Economic Prob- lems. Text: Robinson. Open to Freshman and Sophomore men. 3. "Talks to Girls." Open to Freshman and Sophomore girls. II. Under Auspices of the Y. M. C. A. 1. The American Christian Citizenship Training Pro- gram. For leaders of boys. One hour of instruction, and two hours of practical work each week. III. Under auspices of Y. W. C. A. 1. Story-telling. 2. Girl Scout Leadership. CENTRAL PARK METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Offering a Laboratory for Social Service. Located "Down-town" in St. Paul. Affiliation with Churches Hamline's ideal location, midway between the Twin Cities, affords for the students abundant opportunity to hear the best religious messages, observe successful church methods, and participate in their activities. Official relationship has been established with Hamline and Central Park Methodist Epis- copal Churches. Hamline Church, facing the Campus, offers a demonstration center and laboratory for methods in relig- ious education for a suburban church. Central Park Church, situated in a settlement district, with a constituency of many nationalities and a varied program of Good Will industries, community classes, and other social service activities, affords an ideal laboratory for study of, and participation in, the solution of the problems of a "down-town" church. Exten- sion courses are arranged with these institutions and oppor- tunity is offered students in the Departments of Religious Education and Sociology to do practical work in connection with these and other Twin City churches. Rural parishes contiguous to the Cities, Student charges, and Centenary pro- jects in the two conferences of the State offer ample oppor- tunity for laboratory study in rural religious problems and leadership. Wells Social Center WELLS, MINNESOTA A typical Map and Projecl of the Rural Leadership Department LURA ♦MINN r e esota u« ^ M d3 n (ibex 0A«PtB I ;As r R.C. roN "T«W« 'r P/' 1DV, &E k WAL NUT LAKE j^: • w EHfRALO BRUSH \ ^^ fJSTEK k_ d a e he| A NL li 0-,k WALTE RS. CLASS IN "RURAL CHURCH METHODS", HAMLINE SUMMER SCHOOL, 1920 The Summer School For the past two years Hamline University in co-opera- tion with the Rural Department of the Board of Home Mis- sions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church has promoted successful Summer Schools for Rural Pastors and a new vision of service has been imparted to those who attended, resulting in a broader and more effective ministry. The Summer Courses this year will be offered June 13th to July 2nd with a strong faculty, new courses and a four year curriculum adapted to meet the needs not only of the rural pastors in a broader way than heretofore but also of the undergraduates in the conference course of study. Larger opportunity is also offered to those in post-graduate standing who desire to continue systematic courses of study. Details of the Summer Session will be announced later with particulars regarding faculty, curriculum, entertainment, scholarships, etc. Pastors will be invited to bring their wives and special courses will be offered in church work with women and girls. Suggestions as to the improvement of the School will be welcomed. Address suggestions or inquiries to Albert Z. Mann, Dean Summer School, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA 3 0112 105628793 The Bulletin of Hamline University is published by the University and issued four times a year, in January, March, May and November, with occasional supplements. Editor — Thomas P. Beyer Assistant Editors — A. T. Adams and R. A. Johnsoi Entered as second class mail matter in the Postoffice at St. Paul, Min- nesota, under the Act of August 24, 1912.