A SUNDAY BOYS' OUTDOOR CLUB 



By CHAS. W. FINLEY and OTIS W. CALDWELL, University of Chicago 



[Editor's Note: This account of a Sunday morning outdoor boys' 

 club conducted in Chicago, IlL, by Dr. Otis W. Caldwell, assisted by C. 

 W. Finley, is reprinted from the Hyde Park (Chicago) Baptist church 

 paper for September, 1909. The Sunday School of this church takes a 

 summer vacation, and this class work was done during the vacation 

 period.] 



At the close of the year's Sunday-school work, it was de- 

 cided to arrange a Sunday Boys' Club for the pupils in certain 

 classes. Consequently the assistance of Mr. C. W. Finley was 



secured and upon the closing day of the Sunday-school an an- 

 nouncement was made to the boys. It was hoped that the 

 boys might have wholesome and instructive contact with na- 

 ture under competent direction to the end that real appreciation 

 and interest might be further enhanced. It was in no sense 

 our purpose to use nature as a basis for sermonettes to the boys, 

 but to extend natural interests, develop appreciation and enjoy- 

 ment, through knowledge of the wonders and truths of nature,, 

 and to widen the horizon for nature interests in the meaning 

 of things that are about us. 



It was intended that the boy's conduct while upon the trips 

 should be such as should be expected on Sunday or any other 

 day. 



