work are the same, the problems and details of the classes are sometimes different.  The department superintendent should have special charge of his department and be responsible for building it up; also for department teachers’ meetings, and should be personally acquainted with every scholar.  The department secretary should keep an alphabetical and birthday card index of scholars; send welcome letters to new scholars; provide the superintendent with a list of new scholars, that they may be properly presented to the department; send lists of absentees to teachers; keep a record of correlated work accomplished by scholars, quarterly lesson examinations, etc.

Teen Age Department

In some schools the custom is to combine the Intermediate and Senior Departments into one and to regard the years, 13 to 20, as a series of eight grades.  Several large schools are enthusiastic about this plan, and as the worship requirements are much the same in the teen years the Opening and Closing Services are acceptable to all grades.  This arrangement also is adaptable to limited equipment, and affords a certain amount of hero-worship to the younger boy on account of the older boy being present.  It also offers the older boy a field of service through helpfulness to the younger members of the department.  In some schools this adaptation is known as the High School Department.

Boys’ Departments

During the last few years separate Boys’ Departments have come into favor with some Sunday school workers.  These departments should not be attempted, however, until every class is organized (see chapter on The Organized Sunday school Bible Class), and there is efficient leadership to guide them.  A premature start may be ineffective and prejudice parents and boys.

=The Departmental Committees=

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee has direct oversight of the general affairs of the department and acts officially between sessions on matters needing prompt attention.  It is made up of the officers, general superintendent of the school, the pastor of the church, and the president and teacher of each class.

Inter-Class Committee

The Inter-Class Committee has the direction and supervision, through sub-committees, of all the activities of the department, such as: 

Athletics
Outings
Camping
Socials
Entertainments
Lectures
Library
Vocational Talks
Practical Talks
Congress or Senate Debates
Current Topics
Practical Citizenship
Service Councils
Degrees and Initiations
Employment Bureau
Home Cooperation
School Cooperation

Committee on Sunday school Life

This Committee has a twofold function, the planning of the department program for general school festivals and matters of general school business.  The diagram shows the activities of this committee.