In the first place, the Sunday-school as a whole makes a great
difference to the girl in her teens. She likes enthusiasm, the
impression that the school is popular with its students, that
indefinite atmosphere which makes her know that pupils and teachers
alike enjoy the hour and come because they want to. A superintendent
who is popular with young people, who is thoroughly likable, is almost
indispensable in the teen age. The Sunday-school choir with
fortnightly rehearsals, if impossible to meet oftener, is a great
help, and after a year or two of training will do splendid work. I
have in mind a school where the organized choir meets only once a
month. The music for the next few Sundays is practised; those who are
to be soloists or those to sing the duets are chosen; light
refreshments are served by the committee from the choir, and a most
enjoyable evening spent. The regular attendance of the choir at
Sunday-school has been remarkable, and a number of new members gained.
The same methods can be used with a Sunday-school orchestra when there
are enough members who play the various instruments.
The girl in her teens enjoys and responds to the well-arranged program
when the prayers, the responses and the whole order of service are
dignified and impressive. Just watch the college girl and her younger
sister in the preparatory school at chapel and you can read her
response in her face. She enjoys variety, too, and the program which
remains in use so long that after three years’ absence she can come
back and go through it exactly as it was when she left, is not the
kind likely to appeal to her.
We have seen in our previous studies that the girl in her teens is in
love with real life. She likes people, and the Sunday-school lesson
must discuss real people and present problems if it is to deeply
interest her.
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