Hays, Leopold Mozart2015-02-022015-02-0219541954b14655184https://hdl.handle.net/2144/10426Thesis (Ph.D.)—Boston UniversityThe purpose of this study is to write a history of Methodist youth institutes, to trace the major trends in the development of its leadership training program, to point out the relatedness of the institute program to the local church youth program, and to evaluate these trends by certain criteria drawn from the progressive movement in religious education. [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictions.Thesis/Dissertation