Kansas City National Training School - Shield Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Tfiatnrg :mil Brurlnpmrnt nf lt. GI. . EV. Sv. 'JON after deaconess work became an accepted thing in the Methodist Church, with schools at San FranC1SCO and Washington, D. C., the Woman's Home MISSIOUZTY S0- ciety began thinking about a school in the Middle WGS-t, to train young women for this work. At the same t1me,,DI'- J- W- Alderman was dreaming of such a school in Kansas City, Kans. He took the matter up with Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robinson, be- fore the General Conference in 1896. As-a result, ,what Was known as the Fisk Deaconess Home and Bible 'Training School was started, with Miss Mary Pegram as Superintendent. Miss Henrietta Bancroft, as Secretary of Deaconess Work, was a very helpful factor in the growth of the school. The Purpose of the school was to give deaconess training to the nurses at Bethany Hospital, but as others wished to attend, they were admitted. Real school work began in January, 1900, in a house near Bethany Hospital. There were two students and two faculty members, Rev. Christian Reisner, D.D. and'Prof. W. W. Wallace. In the early spring of the opening year, MISS Pegrapn was taken seriously ill and Miss Winifred Spauldmglwas 21PP01Y1ted to take her place. The next fall, school opened in a larger building at 726 Washington Avenue. In 1901, the school was again moved to larl2'f-II' quartersg this time to 608 Everett Avenue. This year the first class of two members was graduated and the enrollment had Jumped from three to fifteen. n The name of the institution was changed in 1902, to Fisk National Training School. In November of that year, Miss Spaulding resigned to take up similar work am0H5r the native girls of Manila in the Philippines and Miss Anna Neiderheiser was then chosen as President. It became very apparent that the work WO11ld continue to increase and it was decided to erect a permanent Home in either of the t'wo cities, which would donate land for the purpose. In less than a month after the decision, two beuutlful sites were offered-one acre in Kansas.C1ty, Kansas, by Dr. J. W. Alder- many the other, ten acres ln Kansas City, Missouri, by Mr. C. E. Schoellkopf. With a thought of future needs in mind, the ten acre tract was accepted. Fisk Hall was erected in 1904 at a cost of 316,000 and the school was moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where it is now located on thc corner of East 15th St. and Denver Avenue. It was thought best that the name of the Institution designate the location, so it was changed to Kansas City National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries. The Alumnae Association, ever working for the betterment of the Alma Mater, planned, in 1908 to launch a paper in the interest of the school. In October of the same year, the first copy of the The Kansas City Deaconess was issued. The school was growing so fast, that Fisk Hall was no longer large enough and a small gymnasium building was erect- ed at a cost of S3,000. Praying, planning and working for an- other building began almost immediately, but it was not until 1913 that Schoellkopf Hall was completed and ready for occu- pancy. This building was erected at a cost of S80,000. A school is hardly a school these days without an Annual, so thought the class of 1915, and the result was the first issue of The Shield. A Kindergarten Course had been added to the curriculum and the first diploma from the department was given in 1915. The school continued to grow and advance in its undertak- ing and by 1918, it was necessary to change the curriculum from a two to a three year icourse. . The buildings were again inadequate and praying, planning and working had begun anew f0l' aYl0th6l' lame building, to add to the efficiency of the work.. Plans were drawn up last year for the new building, which will cost at least S100,000, and the raising of funds was actively begun. They are rapidly being pushed to completion, that work on the erection of the build- ing may begin early in the SDFIHSI- It is hoped that a part of it can be used at the opening of school next fall. The present enrollment of the school is eighty-nine. Young women from all parts of the United States, who are interested in equiping themselves for better Christian service, are writ- Ing for information.. So we are assured of a still larger en- rollment for the coming school year. This is but a bare outline of the material growth of an institution in which God has ever been leading into broader fields of usefulness. from year to year. Parc 17 D

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