2. There is no use in trying to organize a Boys' Department, where there is no adequate meeting place. The value of a Boys' Department lies almost entirely in the unity produced by the worship of the opening and closing services and the discussion of departmental common affairs. 3. The Department cannot take the place of the Organized Class. Where it does, it is temporary, hurrah-in-character, inefficient and harmful. The Sunday school is educational in purpose. The Boys' Department must be likewise. 4. Nothing should be advocated or promoted in the Boys' Department that is not in accord with the Sunday school and Denominational policy. The Boys' Department is part of the Church. _Class Organization_ The classes of the teen years should all be organized before any scheme for department organization is put in use. The Organized Class is based on the so-called "gang instinct," and is the unit of all organization. _Departmental Progressive Steps_ The steps in organizing a Teen Age Boys' or Secondary Division Department should be: 1. Appointment of Teen Age Superintendent. 2. Every class organized according to Denominational and International Standard. 3. Two-session-a-week classes--Sunday and week-day. 4. Trained teachers. 5. Departmental organization. =Departmental Equipment= _Separate Rooms_ There should be separate assembly rooms or divisions for these departments where they meet apart from each other. There should also be separate rooms or screened-off places for the classes to meet. _Equipment_ The outfit for the department and classes should include Bibles, tables, blackboards, charts, pictures, maps--including maps for mission study, also relief maps, mission curios, etc. _Promotions_ Much should be made of promotions to and from the grades within the department. A certificate or diploma recognizing regular work should be granted on Promotion Day. Special work done is recognized by placing a seal upon the certificate. Promotion exercises should include some statement of the work accomplished. _Sunday School Spirit_ In order to maintain a genuine spirit of Sunday school unity it is desirable to have the whole school meet together from time to time for the common tie and uplift of worship in the mass. The exercises of festival occasions also help to bring this about, and the common gatherings, regular or special, of the school, tend to magnify the united leadership of officers and teachers. These should never interfere with the work of instruction, the main objective of the school, but should supplement it. Departments should be made to feel their partnership in the Sunday school enterprise, and this may be brought about by the reading of the departmental and school minutes in each department. Continued emphasis should be placed on the oneness of the school--"All one body, we." Thus we may hope for Christian comradeship and loyalty. BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BOYS' DEPARTMENT