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 “The Greeley Plan” 
 
 MARCH, 1915 
 
 
Bulletin of the State Teachers College of Colorado 
 Series XIV March, 1915 Number 7 
 
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 A Bulletin Concerning 
 
 Religius and Moral Education 
 
 “The Greeley Plan” 
 
 BY 
 
 ETHAN ALLEN CROSS, Ph.M., 
 Professor of Literature and English, and 
 Director of Bible Study. 
 
 GREELEY, COLORADO 
 
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 Introductory Statement 
 
 The State Teachers College of Colorado conducts courses in 
 non-residence under two somewhat distinct plans — the Individual 
 Correspondence Plan, and the Group Plan. The courses in Bible 
 Study ar arranged for the Group Plan, and credit is granted for 
 work done in this course in the same way that credit is granted 
 for work done in any other study. Interest has been shown all 
 over the country in this work to such an extent that it has be- 
 come necessary to set forth in print and in detail the plan of 
 conducting these courses. This material might just as wel hav 
 been included in the College Non-Resident Bulletin, but since it 
 has some special features which need a fuller explanation than 
 space in that Bulletin would hav permitted, and since this in- 
 formation is calld for by many who ar not interested in other 
 group-study courses, this work has been put into this form — a 
 Bulletin independent of the regular Non-Resident Bulletin, but 
 in a sense a supplement to it. 
 
 The Plan and the Law. — The State Teachers College of Colo- 
 rado has for a long time been thoroly alive to the need for some- 
 thing more systematic and effectiv in Religius and Moral Educa- 
 tion than has yet been offerd in the public scools or in the Sun- 
 day scools. It is wel aware of the fact that as a state educa- 
 tional institution it cannot with propriety offer courses in re- 
 ligion; for it is next to impossible for even the broadest minded 
 religionist to giv such courses of instruction free from the touch 
 of personal or denominational coloring. 
 
 Nor does the college wish to ignore or evade the legal re- 
 striction regarding the expenditure of state money for any form 
 of religius instruction. It was this desire to comply with both 
 the letter and the spirit of the law and at the same time to pro- 
 vide adequate religius and moral training for its students, them- 
 selvs preparing to be teachers of children, that moved the college 
 four years ago to try as an experiment what has now become 
 known all over the country as “The Greeley Plan for Religius 
 and Moral Instruction in State Institutions.” 
 
 The Fundamental Idea. — The State Teachers College fre- 
 quently is requested to accept work done in other institutions 
 of lerning, in other scools, and in private study, and to allow the 
 
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 credit granted for such work to be applied toward making up 
 the total requirement for graduation. It has never been par- 
 ticular about the name or kind of institution from which such 
 work is brought, but it has been careful to inquire into the 
 quality and quantity of the work presented. It sees no reason 
 why credit should not be granted to a student who, in another 
 college, has had a course in Biblical literature or history. Nor 
 does it see why such credit should depend upon the kind of scool 
 from which it comes. To put the same idea positivly, if the col- 
 lege receivs an application for credit for work done elsewhere, 
 in college, scool, Sunday scool, or in private study, it carefully 
 inquires about the QUALITY of the work, bases its judgment on 
 the criterion of scolarship alone, and grants or refuses credit as 
 the case deservs. 
 
 The History of the Plan 
 
 Four years ago the Young Women’s Christian Association, 
 a strong organization in the scool, was conducting Bible classes 
 of small groups of students. These classes appeald only to those 
 affiliated with the evangelical churches. They were viewd with 
 disapproval by other denominations, and, in fact, receivd but 
 half-harted support from the local churches with which these 
 students were associated. The ministers complained that stu- 
 dents who should attend their churches and Sunday scqpls felt 
 that their religius obligations had been met if they had attended 
 the weekly devotional meeting of the Young Women’s Christian 
 Association and the study group to which they betongd. The 
 students had but little to do with the local churches. What they 
 got in their study-groups was not an intellectual foundation for 
 faith, but merely personal application of religius precept — good 
 enuf so far as it goes but insufficient for one who is seeking to 
 become an educated person in an intellectual age. 
 
 The dissatisfaction of the local ministers with the plan be- 
 came acute. Certain of the denominations objected to the exclu- 
 sion of their adherents from activ membership in the Young 
 Women’s Christian Association. And then necessity found the 
 way out. One of the most scolarly of the local ministers, Mr. 
 DeWitt D. Forward, a man of knoledge, of insight, and of great 
 enthusiasm — conferd with the President of the Advisory Board of 
 
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 the Young Women’s Christian Association, and after going into 
 the matter thoroly, they made a report to the President of the 
 College, asking that arrangements be made for conducting Bible 
 study groups in the churches of the city and granting credit for 
 the work in the same manner that credit was being granted for 
 other non-resident work. 
 
 The President accepted the recommendation and askt the 
 director of non-resident work to confer with a committee com- 
 posed of the President of the Advisory Board, and the Student 
 President of the Young Women’s Christian Association, and 
 representativs of the local ministers’ organization to work out 
 the plan in detail. 
 
 Originally the ministers of the Baptist, Methodist, Congre- 
 gational, and Roman Catholic churches were members of the 
 committee. 
 
 The report that they made to the President coverd five 
 details of organization: The Course of Study, the Text-books 
 to be Used, the Appointment of Teachers, the Organization of 
 Classes, and the Method of Granting Credit for the Work. In 
 the test of actual practis a few changes were found to be de- 
 sirable; but in the main the plan in use at present is identical 
 with that originally proposed. 
 
 The credit for the erly success of this work is largely due to 
 the enthusiasm, clear vision, and patience of the Reverend De- 
 Witt D. Forward, Mrs. May Miller Cross, and Mrs. Ethel Dullam 
 Knowles, who launched the movement and saw it thru its erly 
 struggles. The two ladies were during the first two years of 
 trial successivly President of the Advisory Board of the Young 
 Women’s Christian Association. Credit must be given also to 
 Mrs. Anna Hileman Hugh, Bible Study Chairman of the Christian 
 Association’s Advisory Board, for the practical direction of the 
 work in the Association; the Reverend Father Andrew B. Casey, 
 for his intelligent and persistent support of the movement, and 
 the winning of the approval of the authorities of the Roman 
 Catholic church in the Colorado diocese. 
 
 The College Director of Bible Study for the first year was 
 E. A. Cross, Professor of Literature and English. Then the work 
 was directed until the present year by the Professor of Education, 
 Dr. Irving E. Miller, now connected with the University of 
 Rochester. 
 
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 The Plan in Detail 
 
 The Course of Study. — In the Teachers College students ar 
 accepted for entrance whose preparation has coverd the usual 
 four-year course in a reputable high scool or the equivalent of 
 that. The college course designd to prepare teachers for ele- 
 mentary scool positions is two years in length. Since most of 
 our students go out to teach at the end of this course of two 
 years, the plan provided for the foundations of a knowledge of 
 Biblical history and literature to be establisht in the work of two 
 years. The committee was painfully aware of the lack of in- 
 formation about the contents of the Bible which is caracteristic 
 of most yung people of our time They said, then, that the two- 
 years’ course should aim to giv the student, not a detaild, but 
 a comprehensiv study of the story of the Hebrew people, legen- 
 dary and historical; of the growth of their religius ideas; and of 
 the life and teachings of Jesus. It recommended that a compre- 
 hensiv, consecutiv study of the books of the Old Testament 
 should be the work of the first year, and that the life and teach- 
 ings of Jesus should be taken up in the second. 
 
 This recommendation was adopted and has been adhered to 
 from the beginning. Some supplementary lessons having to do 
 with teaching methods in the Sunday scools ar given in some 
 of the classes at the option of the teacher. 
 
 The work for the third and fourth years, designd for students 
 who remain in the college for the A.B. degree, and for prepara- 
 tion for positions as supervisors, principals, and teachers of high 
 scool subjects, covers in a more detaild way some particular 
 period of Biblical history, with emfasis upon the social and 
 ethical significance of the book studied. This work is given in 
 only one or two of the churches, and then only when there is a 
 number of third or fourth year students, who hav had the work 
 of the first two years, large enuf to warrant the organization of 
 such classes. These courses ar outlined more fully in a later 
 section of this Bulletin. 
 
 Text-Books. — No one text-book is required. The committee 
 originally recommended a book for each year as a guide to the 
 student in his study of the actual text-book, the Bible. This 
 recommendation is stil made. It is understood by all, however, 
 
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 that this is only a recommendation. If the teacher in any one 
 of the churches prefers a hook other than the one named by the 
 committee, the book is submitted to the College Director of Bible 
 Study for his approval, and being found acceptable, is used in 
 that clas as a substitute for the recommended book. 
 
 For the first year, the Old Testament studies, the committee 
 recommends, Georgia L. Chamberlain’s “An Introduction to the 
 Bible for Teachers of Children,” or Chamberlain’s’ “The Hebrew 
 Prophets.” These books ar to be supplemented by such others 
 as Professor Kent’s “Historical Bible,” Cornill’s “History of the 
 People of Israel,” Cornill’s “Prophets of Israel,” and for special 
 topics by “The Encyclopaedia Britannica,” “The Catholic Ency- 
 clopaedia,” “The Jewish Encyclopaedia,” and Hasting’s “Diction- 
 ary of the Bible.” 
 
 For the second year, the New Testament studies, Burgess’ 
 “Life of Christ,” has been used for some years, and Kent’s “The 
 Life and Teachings of Jesus’” at other times. Classes in the 
 Roman Catholic church hav used Abbe Fouard’s “The Life of 
 Christ,” and Pope’s “The Prophets of Israel.” Some variations 
 in text-books from time to time hav been authorized for the 
 classes in the Episcopal church and others. 
 
 Teachers. — The succes of this work depends almost entirely 
 upon the quality of the teaching. The college is very careful in 
 the selection of persons not members of its regular faculty to 
 conduct its work in non-resident groups. It is especially careful 
 in selecting teachers for its groups in Bible study. The teachers 
 ar nominated by the superintendents of the Sunday scools. They 
 must then be approved by the College Director of Bible Study 
 before the work of the clas wil be accepted for credit. The 
 college insists upon the teachers having a good general educa- 
 tion, usually indicated by a college degree. Besides this the 
 teacher must hav special preparation for teaching the Bible, and 
 personal fitnes for this kind of work. In the nine Greeley 
 churches now supporting these classes all the teachers hav had 
 their training in a college or a theological seminary, all but one ar 
 graduates, and four out of the nine ar Masters of Arts or Philoso- 
 phy. Every one of the nine meets the requirements of personal 
 fitnes and special preparation for teaching the Bible. 
 
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 Classes. — When the students ar enrolld in the college, the 
 Director of Bible Study asks for their church membership or 
 church preference. A list of students preferring a certain church 
 is sent to the pastor of the church. These ar then invited by 
 the pastor to join the Bible study clas in that church and to 
 take the work either for credit or without, as the student desires. 
 Persons not enrolld in the college may take the work in these 
 classes without credit; or if they desire the college credit, they 
 may enroll as non-resident students. 
 
 Credit. — The regular work for a student in the college is 60 
 term hours per year — 20 hours a term of twelve weeks. Bible 
 study for the full year of 36 weeks is given four term hours of 
 credit. This is equivalent to one-fifteenth of the whole year’s 
 work, and may be taken in addition to the twenty term hours 
 required of the resident student. To ern this credit of four term 
 hours the student must attend a minimum of twenty-eight lessons 
 of forty-five minutes each extending thruout the year. 
 
 The college reservs the right to set a final examination upon 
 the year’s work, but usually the student is askt to present his 
 clas note-book and a short thesis covering some piece of inde- 
 pendent study at the end of each twelv-week term. These ar 
 first read and approved by the teacher of the clas and then 
 submitted to the college director for his approval. Work of an 
 inferior quality is not accepted. The amount and the quality of 
 this work compares very favorably with that of any department 
 in the college. 
 
 The Succes of the Plan 
 
 From the beginning the plan has been a succes. In the first 
 year about a hundred and fifty students enrolld in the classes, 
 and about one-third of these took the work for credit. There 
 has been no great wave of enthusiasm folloed by a deadly falling 
 off; but insted, a helthy increase in numbers and efficiency from 
 year to year. This year there ar vigorous classes in nine 
 churches in Greeley — the Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Congre- 
 gational, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, United Presbyterian, 
 Unitarian, Episcopal, and Desciples of Christ. The total num- 
 ber enrolld is 271, more than fifty per cent, of the students en- 
 
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 rolld in the college. One hundred and forty-five of these ar 
 taking the work for college credit. 
 
 The plan meets with the approval of all the protestant 
 churches of the city, and of the Roman Catholic and Unitarian 
 bodies. The plan has been presented to eminent teachers of the 
 Jewish faith and has been commended by them. On the legal 
 side it has been declared within the law, for no public money is 
 spent to support the work, and none of the teaching is done 
 within the college walls. In accepting the work for credit the 
 college treats courses in Bible study just as it does courses in 
 mathematics or domestic sience — accepting or rejecting the stu- 
 dent’s work as it is found academically satisfactory or unsatis- 
 factory. 
 
 Thus far the college has not thought fit to extend this non- 
 resident course to other cities than Greeley. So long as the plan 
 is an experiment the authorities wish to keep the work under 
 the personal supervision of the director, who serves without 
 remuneration, and does this work in addition to that which is 
 regularly his as the head of the literary department of the col- 
 lege. This must be so to comply with the law. Any extension 
 of the course to take in other cities would make the supervision 
 les effectiv, or necessitate the employment of a supervisor — an 
 impossibility under the law. 
 
 The Present Organization 
 
 1914-1915 
 
 For the year 1914 and 1915 the joint committee on course of 
 study is composed of the f olloing persons : 
 
 Representativs of the churches: 
 
 Reverend Franklin J. Estabrook, of the First Congrega- 
 tional Church, Chairman. 
 
 Reverend Father Andrew B. Casey, of Saint Peter’s 
 Roman Catholic Church. 
 
 Reverend William D. Whan, of the First Baptist Church. 
 
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 Representativs of the Young Women’s Christian Association: 
 Mrs. Edwin W. Knowles. 
 
 Mrs. David Douglas Hugh. 
 
 Representativs of the College: 
 
 Professor James Harvey Hays, Dean of the College and 
 Director of Non-Resident Work. 
 
 Professor Ethan Allen Cross, Director of Bible Study. 
 
 Classes in Greeley Churches. — Classes ar at present organ- 
 ized in the folloing churches: 
 
 Baptist Mrs. J. W. Church, A.M., Teacher 
 
 Congregational Mr. E. A. Cross, Ph.M., Teacher 
 
 Desciples of Christ Miss Linnie D. Coil, A.B., Teacher 
 
 Protestant Episcopal Mrs. Charles Seem, A.M., Teacher 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Mr. George W. Finley, B.S., Teacher 
 
 Roman Catholic Father Andrew B. Casey, Teacher 
 
 Presbyterian Rev. J. W. Finley, A.B., Teacher 
 
 United Presbyterian Mrs. H. M. Bull, Teacher 
 
 Unitarian Rev. John C. Mitchell, B.D., Teacher 
 
 The directions belo ar the regulations sent out to the teach- 
 ers to govern the work of the year: 
 
 Course of Study. — Theme of the year’s work: “The Old 
 Testament.” Text-books suggested: Chamberlain, “The He- 
 brew Prophets”; or Chamberlain, “Introduction to the Bible for 
 Teachers of Children.” The Catholic Clas wil use the Catholic 
 Encyclopedia; and Pope, “Introduction to the Study of the Old 
 Testament.” Other text-books acceptable to the committee in 
 point of scolarship may be arranged for, but the course of study 
 for credit must be as outlined in this circular. In addition to the 
 main text, it is expected that some supplementary text on Bible 
 History wil be used, such as Cornill, “History of Israel,” one vol. ; 
 or Kent, “History of the Hebrew People,” three vols.; or some 
 other modern standard text-book representing the results of the 
 best recent scholarship. Every student wil be required to read 
 selected portions of the Old Testament, which illustrate the de- 
 velopment of Hebrew life and faith. 
 
 Supplementary Material: The College library contains the 
 folloing books, among others, which ar available for supplemen- 
 
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 tary reading on the course: Hastings, Encyclopedia of Religion 
 and Ethics; Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible; The Jewish Ency- 
 clopedia; The Catholic Encyclopedia; The Encyclopedia Brit- 
 annica; Moulton, Modern Reader’s Bible; Smith, G. A., History 
 and Geografy of the Holy Land; Wallis, Sociological Study of 
 the Bible; Mitchell, Ethics of the Old Testament; Dewey and 
 Tufts, Ethics, ch. 6, The Hebrew Moral Development; Abbott, 
 Life and Literature of the Old Testament; Moulton, Literary 
 Study of the Bible; Vernon, Relativ Value of the Old Testament; 
 Kent, Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament; Kent, 
 History of the Bible; Cornill, The Prophets of Israel. 
 
 Credits. — Four hours credit (the equivalent of one clas recit- 
 ing four times a week for one term) ar allowed for three terms 
 of work. This credit may be ernd in addition to the regular 
 twenty hours each term. Bible Study credit wil be recorded on 
 the books of the College only upon completion of the work of the 
 year, and must be the practical equivalent hour for hour of resi- 
 dent work done at the College. 
 
 Requirements for the Erning of Credit. — 1. Reading of the 
 Scripture assignments. 2. Satisfactory study of text-books and 
 reference material. 3. Presentation at the close of each term 
 of a note-book on lessons and requird reading. 4. Preparation 
 every term of a short essay on some vital topic of the course 
 suggested or previously approved by the teacher. 5. Thirty 
 lessons of approximately forty-five minutes each, with certified 
 attendance of twenty-eight as a minimum. 
 
 Regulations. — 1. Term reports of the grade of work done by 
 every student enrolld for credit must be presented to the Direc- 
 tor. This report shall include also the filing with the Director 
 of the teacher’s certificate of attendance and the requird note- 
 books and essays graded by the teacher that they may be subject 
 to the inspection of the committee and final approval by the 
 Director. 
 
 2. Essays and note-books should be filed with the Director 
 not later than the opening of the term immediately folloing that 
 in which the work was done, except in the spring term, when they 
 must be put on file not later than two weeks before the close of 
 that term. Keep loose-leaf note-books. 
 
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 3. Once every term at the call of the Director there shall 
 be a meeting of all the teachers of the Bible classes for consul- 
 tation with one another and with the committee in charge of 
 the work. 
 
 4. Clas lists of all students enrolld for credit must be filed 
 with the Director upon his request erly in each term. 
 
 Recommendations. — The committee recommends that every 
 clas elect a President and Secretary and such committees as may 
 be helpful in making the work of the Bible classes most efficient 
 from every point of view. The Presidents of the classes besides 
 performing the customary duties of their offis may serve as the 
 official media between their classes and the Director in many 
 matters of necessary routine. 
 
 Privileges. — College students may enroll for credit in these 
 classes without payment of any additional fee. The classes ar 
 all open alike on a non-credit basis either to students of the 
 college or patrons of the various churches without payment of a 
 fee. Members of these classes not enrolld at the college who 
 may desire credit for their work should make arrangement for 
 the same with Dean Hays in advance, or not later than the end 
 of the first term of work. 
 
 The Course of Study 
 
 FIRST YEAR 
 
 The Old Testament: 
 
 The History of the Hebrew people. 
 
 The growth of the Hebrew religius ideas and ideals, 
 traced thru Hebrew legends, stories, history, and 
 finally in the sayings of the prophets. 
 
 SECOND YEAR 
 
 The Life of Christ: 
 
 The events in the life of Jesus. 
 
 How, when, and where Jesus lived. 
 
 How Jesus worked and what he taught. 
 
 The extended influence of the teachings and examples 
 of Jesus. 
 
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 THIRD YEAR 
 
 A detaild study of some faze of the Old or New Testament, 
 such as the Acts of the Apostles, and a study of methods of teach- 
 ing applicable to religius education. 
 
 FOURTH YEAR 
 
 A detaild study of some book or group of books of the Old 
 or New Testament not previously coverd in the third year. 
 Teaching methods. 
 
 NOTE. — It wil be observd that it is the purpose of the work 
 of the first two years to acquaint the students with the contents 
 of the Bible. No detaild study of a particular section of it, such 
 as is attempted in the third and fourth years, can be very suc- 
 cessful unles the student has alredy a larger stock of Biblical 
 information than the average beginner possesses. After the 
 foundation is laid in the first two years, the student is redy for 
 a more careful study of any faze of the literature or history of 
 the Bible that the third or fourth year groups may take up. 
 
 The Plan Adapted to High Scools 
 
 A committee composed of members of the Colorado State 
 Sunday Scool Association and the State Teachers’ Association 
 has made an adaptation of this plan to meet the needs of high 
 scools. This plan to giv high scool credit for Bible study done 
 in the Sunday scools of the varius towns and cities was taken 
 up by a number of the high scools last September (1914). The 
 folloing extracts from the Teachers’ Handbook of the Colorado 
 Plan of Bible Study for Colleges and High Scools, and a Bible 
 Study Syllabus for the High Scool Students, wil explain this 
 extension of “The Greeley Plan.” A large part of the labor of 
 preparing this course of study for high scools and securing its 
 adoption in Colorado has fallen to the Reverend Dr. W. A. 
 Phillips, President of Westminster College, Denver, Colorado. 
 
 The plan provides that there shal be a four years’ electiv 
 course of Bible study for high scool students, which shal be 
 adapted to the unfolding life of the pupils, and correlated with 
 the Curriculum of the high scools. These courses of study ar 
 
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 to be given by the respectiv churches, Hebrew, Catholic and 
 Protestant alike, at the Sunday scool hour if possible, under the 
 instruction of qualified teachers. The pupils successfully com- 
 pleting the course of study shal receiv academic credit for work 
 done. 
 
 Within the Law. — The plan is clearly within the law. No 
 state or public scool bilding is used for religius instruction. No 
 state funds ar used. No religius instruction is given by public 
 scool teachers during scool hours. The work is conducted in the 
 respectiv churches during Sunday scool hours under competent 
 teachers and is recognized for credit by the high scools of the 
 state. Bach denomination, each sect, is therefore privileged to 
 impart instruction to its own children and according to its own 
 canons of interpretation. 
 
 The Plan in Detail. — This plan necessitates the standardiza- 
 tion of our Sunday scools. If the pupils ar to receiv academic 
 credit for work done in the Sunday scools, these scools must con- 
 form to academic standards of education. The standards of the 
 North Central Association of colleges and secondary scools hav 
 been accepted by educators and Sunday scool workers of Colo- 
 rado as the only adequate standard of efficiency for the Sunday 
 scool. 
 
 Requirements for Teachers. — The teachers of these high 
 scool Bible study classes shal conform to the recognized stan- 
 dard, namely: “The minimum scolastic attainment of high 
 scool teachers shal be equivalent to graduation from a college 
 belonging to the North Central Association of colleges and 
 secondary scools, including special training in the subjects they 
 teach.” 
 
 Requirements for the State Sunday Scool Association. — The 
 
 State Sunday Scool Association should maintain and conduct an- 
 nually graded training scools for Sunday scool teachers, in order 
 that the teachers of these high scool classes may be given special 
 training in the subjects they ar to teach. Alredy thru the keen 
 foresight and wise provision of former General Secretary, Rev. 
 John C. Carman, such scools hav been organized thruout the 
 state. The response to this program for Religius Education was 
 
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 evidenced in the fact that last year over seven hundred men and 
 women were enlisted in these graded training scools. 
 
 Requirements for Pupils. — Pupils desiring to do work in 
 these Bible study classes should be eligible to membership in an 
 accredited high scool, and should expect to conform to all high 
 scool requirements concerning attendance, deportment, general 
 attitude and caracter of work done. 
 
 Requirements for Sunday Scools. — Church scools should pro- 
 vide the clas with a separate room, freedom from interruption for 
 at least forty-five minutes, desks or table room sufficient for each 
 pupil to work conveniently, a black-board, maps of the ancient 
 world, Palestine and the Roman Empire at the time of Christ, a 
 Bible dictionary, and such reference works as those suggested by 
 the committees on Bible study and recommended by the church 
 authorities. A studius atmosphere must be maintained thruout 
 the forty-five minutes. 
 
 Requirements for Credit. — (a) The unit of credit shal be 
 that prescribed in the standards of the North Central Associa- 
 tion, to wit: forty recitations of forty-five minutes each in the 
 clear, each year for a period of four years. There should be a 
 minimum of one hour of study on each assignd lesson. Frac- 
 tional credits may be allowd on the same basis. 
 
 (b) In estimating the work done by the pupil the recitations 
 and either note-book or thesis work, at the discretion of the 
 teacher, shal count one-half and the examination or thesis re- 
 quird by the state examiner shal count one-half. The passing 
 mark shal be the same as in the local high scool. 
 
 Requirements for State Examinations. — (a) The committees 
 on Bible study for high scools from the State Teachers’ Associa- 
 tion and the State Sunday Scool Association shal constitute the 
 State Committee of Examiners. 
 
 This committee shal hav general charge of all Bible study 
 work done for academic credit in the Sunday scools and churches 
 of the state; prescribe all necessary rules relating to study, reci- 
 tation, note-books, thesis, and written examinations; prepare 
 questions (if found helpful) for the use of teachers in the 
 examinations; and grade all papers, appointing such help as may 
 be needed. 
 
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 Each paper or note-book submitted for credit shal be accom- 
 panied by a fee of twenty-five cents paid by the corresponding 
 Sunday scool, and by a ritten endorsement of the riter from the 
 teacher in charge, or from the superintendent or pastor. All 
 papers, note-books, and teachers’ endorsements, shal be sub- 
 mitted anonymously to the examiners; that is, the names, ad- 
 dresses, and church connections of the riters must either be 
 erased or effectivly coverd, each paper being then known by 
 number only. 
 
 (b) In any case of uncertainty or dissatisfaction, appeal 
 may be taken to the Committee of Examiners who shal decide 
 any question at issue according to the customary requirements of 
 the local high scool. 
 
 Courses of Study. — There shal be courses of Bible study pre- 
 pared by the joint committees from the State Teachers’ Associa- 
 tion and the State Sunday Scool Association, embracing histori- 
 cal, biografical, social and literary studies of the Bible on a basis 
 sufficiently liberal to meet the approval of the varius religius 
 faiths interested in such courses of Bible study, great care being 
 taken to avoid interpretativ features. 
 
 The folloing courses of Bible study hav been proposed by 
 the joint committee: 
 
 COURSE I. 
 
 Heroes and Leaders of Israel. 
 
 COURSE II. 
 
 1st Semester. The Friends and Folloers of Jesus. 
 2nd Semester. Jesus. 
 
 COURSE III. 
 
 1st Semester. Bible History. 
 
 2nd Semester. Biblical Literature. 
 
 COURSE IV. 
 
 Social Institutions, or a course on the Fundamental Christian 
 Doctrines of the Bible, and Social Application of Bible Teachings. 
 
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 The details of the courses, methods of teaching, aims of the 
 study, etc., may be had by addressing The State Sunday Scool 
 Association of Colorado, 312 Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colo- 
 rado. 
 
 Conclusion 
 
 In the foregoing pages an attempt has been made to set 
 forth the principles and working details of the “Greeley Plan of 
 Bible Study for College Credit,” and of its adaptation to the use 
 of public high scools of the state of Colorado. Correspondence 
 is invited concerning any matter which the bulletin has not 
 made clear. 
 
 Address 
 
 THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, 
 
 Greeley, Colorado. 
 
3 0112 
 
 15736158 
 
 The State Teachers College 
 
 Greeley, Colorado 
 
 ZACHARIAH ZENOPHON SNYDER, PH. D. 
 
 PRESIDENT 
 
 Students May Take Work 
 
 In residence. 
 
 By individual correspondence. 
 
 In non-resident groups. 
 
 Colleges 
 
 Junior College, two years. 
 
 Senior College, two years, the A.B. Degree. 
 Graduate College, the A.M. Degree.