mars.--The Reptile Book ($4.00).

Fowler.--Starting in Life ($1.50).

Gibson.--Camping for Boys ($1.00).

Hasluck.--Bent Iron Work (.50).

--Clay Modeling (.50).

--Photography (.50).

--Taxidermy (.50).

Job.--How to Study Birds ($1.50).

Kenealy.--Boat Sailing ($1.00).

Lynch.--American Red Cross First Aid ($1.00).

Parsons.--How to Know the Ferns ($1.50).

Pyle.--Story of King Arthur and His Knights ($2.00).

Reed.--Bird Guide. In 2 volumes. (Vol I, $1.00, Vol. II,.75).

Reed.--Flower Guide (.50).

Scout Master's Handbook (.60).

Seton.--Book of Woodcraft ($1.75).

----Forester's Manual ($1.00).

Seven Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Make ($1.00).

Warman.--Physical Training Simplified (.10).

White.--How to Make Baskets ($1.00).

XI

THE BOYS' DEPARTMENT IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL[6]

The Boys' Department in the Sunday school is the grouping together of
organized classes for the sake of unity and team work among the
adolescent boys. Investigation proves that boys work together best when
separated from men, women and girls. The Boys' Department contemplates a
change from the usual organization in the Sunday school, in that the
classes of boys between twelve and twenty years of age shall meet as a
separate department of the school and have their own closing and opening
services, and the natural activities that would spring from a separate
departmental life. The underlying idea of the Boys' Department is to
make the boys feel that they are a real part of the Sunday school, with
a real purpose and actual activities. Where it has been tried, not only
has the attendance been increased, but the enrollment in the department
has been doubled and trebled. The department also presents an
opportunity of interesting boys in all forms of church life through the
committee work which the department inaugurates. The criticism that the
Boys' Department may become a junior church is not borne out by the
experience of the men who have tried it. On the other hand, the
testimony is that the Boys' Department has increased the attendance at
the morning and evening services of the church, and has created a
general interest and enthusiasm for the entire church life. The Boys'
Department is not urged on any basis of sex segregation, although a good
many educators are urging the segregation of the sexes in public
education. The underlying idea of the Department is to group the boys
together for team work and coo