it shall be the duty of the Bishops at their next semiannual meeting to fill such vacancy.

§ 2. The Senate shall determine and at least quadrennially revise the minimum equivalents of academic work to be required for promotion to the Baccalaureate degrees in the educational institutions of the Church. The curricula thus determined shall provide for the historical and literary study of the Bible in the vernacular. In general, the Senate shall have authority to protect the educational standards of our Church.

§ 3. At the written request of the President and Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Education, or at the written request of any three of its own members, the Senate shall investigate the scholastic requirements and methods of any designated institution claiming to be under the patronage of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and shall report to the Board of Education its decision as to whether the requirements and methods of said institution are such as to justify its official recognition by the authorities of the Church. Such decision shall govern thereafter the action of the Board of Education.

§ 4. The Senate shall report at least quadrennially to the Board of Education its requirements and decisions, and on the basis of these the Board of Education shall in its official lists and in its administration classify the educational institutions of the Church, whatever their legal or self-chosen names may be.

V. District Superintendents

468, § 1. It shall be the duty of each District Superintendent to bring the subject of education

before the fourth Quarterly Conference of each Pastoral Charge within his District, and the Quarterly Conference shall appoint a Committee on Education, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven persons, of which Committee the Pastor shall be Chairman. This Committee shall aid the Pastor in canvassing the Charge for the purpose of stimulating interest in the higher education of our youth, by distributing the catalogues and circulars of the secondary schools, colleges, universities, and theological institutions of the Church, and by seeking to secure the attendance of our young people upon these institutions.

§ 2. The District Superintendent at the fourth Quarterly Conference of each Pastoral Charge shall inquire:

(1) Has the Sermon on Education been preached during the year, when, and by whom?

(2) Has the canvass for education been made, and the collection for Education been taken? Has Children's Day been observed, and have its collections been taken as required by the Discipline? How much was contributed for each of these purposes?

(3) What students within the Pastoral Charge are attending any secondary school, college, university, or theological school?

(4) What young people within the Pastoral Charge should attend our schools and colleges in the near future? Have their names been sent to the educational institutions supported by the Conference?

§ 3. The District Superintendent shall forward the names secured as provided in § 2 (4) to the authorities in charge of the educational institution supported by the Annual Conference.

VI. Pastors

¶ 469, § 1. It shall be the duty of every Pastor to take one public collection annually in each Society in aid of the general work of education. Of the money so received, eighty per cent shall be paid to such institutions or to such auxiliaries of the Board of Education as the Annual Conference may direct, and twenty per cent shall be paid to the Board of Education. The moneys received by the Board of Education from this collection shall constitute a fund for the aid of institutions, which fund shall be administered by the Board of Education under such rules as it may adopt; provided, however, that all moneys received from the said public collections shall be entered in a separate account on the books of the Board of Education, and shall be used only for educational purposes in connection with our schools of learning in the United States.

§ 2. In the distribution of this fund the Board of Education shall give consideration by way of special appropriations to institutions during the period of endowment or building campaigns, and shall be authorized to pay over the twenty per cent received from the public educational collection, or so much of it as may be deemed advisable to institutions which are dependent upon exceptionally large Conference collections.

¶ 470. It shall be the duty of every Pastor to cause every Sunday School under his Charge to observe the second Sunday in June, or such other Sunday as may be more convenient, as Children's Day, and upon said day, as part of the service, he shall take a collection to be devoted to the Sunday School Children's Fund.

The Pastor shall forward the collection aforesaid directly to the Secretary of the Board of Education, and report the same to his Annual Conference under the head of "Children's Fund."

471. The Treasurer of each Annual Conference at the close of each Conference session shall report to the Board of Education the amount of all moneys raised for educational purposes and the objects to which they have been applied.

CHAPTER IX

BOARD OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS

I. Incorporation

¶472, § 1. For the moral and religious instruction of our children, and for the promotion of Bible knowledge among all our people, there shall be a Board of Sunday Schools, duly incorporated according to the laws of the State of Illinois, and having its headquarters in the city of Chicago. The said Board shall have general oversight of all the Sunday School interests of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the General Conference from time to time may prescribe.

§ 2. The Board of Sunday Schools shall be composed of the Corresponding Secretary of said Board and the Editor of Sunday School Publications, who shall be ex officio members thereof; three effective Bishops, one member from each General Conference

District, who shall reside therein, and a sufficient number of members at large to make up the number of twenty-nine as the entire membership of said Board. There shall be both lay and clerical members, such as are expert in Sunday School work. All the members of said Board except the two ex officio members shall be elected by the General Conference upon nomination of the Board of Bishops.

§ 3. It shall be the duty of said Board to found Sunday Schools in needy neighborhoods; to contribute to the support of Sunday Schools requiring assistance; to educate the Church in all phases of Sunday School work, constantly endeavoring to raise ideals and improve methods; to determine the Sunday School curriculum, including the courses for teacher training; and, in general, to give impulse and direction to the study of the Bible in the Church. It shall also be the duty of said Board, after consultation with the Editor of Sunday School Publications, to recommend to the Book Committee the kind and character of literature, requisites, supplies, etc., needed for use in our Sunday Schools; and the Publishing Agents shall provide and publish such literature, requisites, and supplies as, in the judgment of the Book Committee, the best interests of the Church may demand. It shall also be the duty of said Board to promote such organizations of men as the organized Bible classes, Brotherhoods, and kindred organizations.

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§ 4. It shall be the duty of the Board of Sunday Schools to revise annually its list of members. case any member representing a General Conference District remove therefrom, it shall declare his office vacant, and in case any member be inattentive to the