They had been urged to show in their own lives, in school,
in their social relations, the characteristics they learned each Sunday
should belong, not only to every Christian but to every girl. Then their
teacher began to make the suggestions definite, getting as many as she
could from the girls themselves. They were asked to increase the
membership of their club, attend and take part in young peoples' socials
from which their "set" had held aloof, join in the work of the Girls'
Guild, to which they had given a little money but nothing else. These
things were hard for some of them. At first they were not able to do
them naturally and easily and they found the friendship and confidence
of the other girls hard to gain. But they had come to the conclusion in
class that these things were right and the enthusiasm and approval of
their teacher over the attempts they were making spurred them on. Then
they began to make discoveries. They found out what interesting girls
there were outside their "set." They found they had exaggerated their
own importance. They began to enjoy the good times of the young people
in the church societies and to want a real part in them. The change in
the spirit and life of that class, even in a year, was wonderful. At the
end of the second year with that teacher the spirit of the young people
in that cosmopolitan church had entirely changed.
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