Normal Practice in Religious Instruction (April 1, 1916)

This lantern slide lists the number students who participated in religious instruction while attending the International YMCA College (now Springfield College). As of April 1, 1916, Springfield College had one hundred and fifty-nine students teaching Sunday School and Bible Class, seven students “regularly” preaching, six students performing deputation work, and ten students leading teacher training classes. Eight students were directors of social centers, eighteen students lead boy scout troops, and twenty-seven students lead boy scout clubs. Finally, Springfield College had 106 students teaching Sunday School classes for boys ages nine to twenty. These classes had eight hundred and forty-four boys enrolled and a seventy percent attendance rate. This may have been used in conjunction with a similar lantern slide, LS-02-33, as a promotional tool for recruiting students or investors.Glass is cracked; Text on border reads, "YMCA College Normal Practices 61.