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

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systematic development of the body, outdoor sports and games. Educational Gymnastics: One hour, with daily practice, two semesters. A course in physical training of children and young people, a graded course in calisthenics, practice in conducting classes. Organized Play: One hour, with daily practice, two semes- ters. A study of playground equipment and management, com- munity recreation, folk games, their advantages and disad- vantages, nursery and kindergarten games, graded games: practice in conducting classes. Recreational Leadership: One hour, one semester. This course is designed to acquaint the pupil with COYIUYIUH- ity recreational activities and their possibilities in Christian- izing a neighborhood. The organization of forums, com- munity clubs, community recreation, camping PRTUGS, fresh- air camps, indoor and outdoor pageantry, the.Chr1st1an worker's relation to government recreational activities and city associations will be discussed. Opportunlty f0I' Drac- tice will be given as far as possible. A. IX. HOME ECONOMICS Selection and Preparation of Foods: Two hours, one semes- ter. ' Principles underlying selection and preparation of foods, their history, manufacture, cost and economic value, home preservation of food supply through cannlng, d1'Ylnlr, pre- serving, pickling, etc. Special attention given to the attain- ment of accuracy and skill in manipulation. Lecture, refer- ence, notebook and laboratory. Diatetics and Table Service: Two hours, one semester. Food requirements of the individual in healthiand disease, principles of nutrition, menu making, preparation and serv- ing meals, using various forms of service, school lunch and cafeteria service. Lecture, reference, notebook and labora- tory. Prerequisite selection and preparation of foods. Institutional Management: One hour, two semesters. Administration of home, organization of daily house work schedule, calculation of household budget: marketing, and planning dietaries, compiling files of recipes for large quan- tity cooking, with cost and food values. Domestic Art: Two hours, two semesters, A course in the fundamentals of sewing and their application to simple garments and household equipment. It includes a study of plans for settlement ClaSSeS- Lecture and labor- atory. Dressmaking Course: Elective. Special arrangements made for this work when students de- sire to prepare for missionary teachers, Practical Housekeeping: One hour, six days a week, both semesters, each year. A course in the care of the home, the best methods, material and equipment. Laboratory and occasional lectures. 'A. X. HOME NURSING AND HYGIENE Practical Nursing! One hour, one semester. A course In the Symptems, causes and transmission of com- mon diSe21SeS9 personal hygiene, home care of the sick. Text-book, lecture and class discussions, with practical dem- onstration. First Aid: One hour, eight Weeks. A. course in first aid and emergency care of wounds, burns, shocks, poisons, and obstetrical cases. Lectures, class room discussions, and practice in bandaging. Eugenics and Social Hygiene: U Course of ten lectures, Presenting' a subject vital to all who expect to be strong leaders of young life. Medical Lectures: A , , Occasional lectures on childrens diseases, nerve and skin disorders, and tuberculosis. A. XI. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Phonetics: One hour, One Semester- A foundation course for the study of foreign languages, for workeither at home or abroad. Spanish or Italian: U . Direct method, comblnegi With a thorough study of the essen- tials of grammar, reading, conversation, composition, spec- ial practice in Bible reading and in singing. Opportunity will be given to work among Mexicans or Italians. Other Modern Languages: 'Iahese will be taught when the demand is sufficient to form c asses. ' Pune 47

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and the agencies laboring for their correction, such as- the Board of Public Welfare, Juvenile Court, Humane Society, Municipal Farm, Women's Reformatory, Kansas State Pen- itentiary, Jewish Educational Institute, Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Public Schools, Hospitals, Clinics, Milk Stat1onS, Provident Association, Parental Homes for Boys and Girls, Boys' and Girls' Hotels, Homes for the Aged, Kansas State Institute for the Blind, Kansas City School of Civics, offices of Foreign Consuls. Visiting Nurses' Association, factory and industrial communities. This investigation is supplemented by extensive collateral reading, class discussion and term papers. Community Survey: Three hours, two semesters. . A study of Kansas City and vicinity from the standP0mt of the church, noting particularly those conditions in whose correction the church should take a leading part either alone or in co-operation with other agencies: also the means by which much co-operation may be brought about. S0me of the agencies studied are: Kansas City Sunday SCh00l ASSO- ciationg Slavonic, Italian and Mexican Missions, Settlements: large factory and industrial communities: Y. W- C- A- HC- tivities, Church Federation, Institutional Church? and down town community churches. Students are assigned. for the year to different churches through whose community prob- lems they are brought to see the opportunity and obliga- tion of the modern socialized church. Friendly Visiting: One hour, one semester. . Social diagnosis of problems affecting the family group, such as poverty, unemployment, ignorance, housing condi- tions, the saloon, child labor, lack of Wh01eS0m9 ,I'eCreati0r1- Study of social agencies for the relief and rehabilitation of the family. Making and filing of case records. Practice work and class conferences. Settlement Work: One hour, one semester. A study of the Christian Social Center in its relation to the spiritual, social and economic needs of the community. It includes a study of Community Surveys, Day Nurseries, Mothers' Meetings, Home Economics for Women and Girls: Club Work for all ages, Medical 'Work. Americanization classes, recreation, fresh air work, Daily Vacation Bible School, etc. Lectures, research, visitation and investiga- tion of local agencies, and laboratory work in local Settle- ments and similar institutions: notebooks and supplemental reading. Paze -as ' . Club Work: One hour, one semester. Boy Scout and Campfire Girl methodsg camp-craft and club management. Lecture and laboratory. A. VII. MUSIC Sight Singing and Ear Training: One hour, one semester. 1. , Elementary harmony beginning with scales, intervals and triads. Singing at sight in one, two and three-part melodies. . Juvenile Music: One hour, one semester. A study of music best adapted for use with children in church kindergarten, Sunday School and Junior League. A careful study of directing and using ch1ldren's choirs. The care of the chi1d's voice is discussed. Musical Appreciation: One hour, one semester I A study of the great masters and of the different forms of musical composition. Biographies of modern artists. A study of musical instruments and a visit to some large pipe- organ in the city. Practical Music: One hour, one semester. Drill is given in ear training, beating time, and in starting songs without an instrument. Special attention is given to building programs suitable to every department of church work. Hymnology: One hour, one semester. History and development of hymn tunes, noting the charac- teristics of each nation as it influences the music. History of the Methodist Hymnal. Interpretation and stories of hymns and a study of how to use the hymnal in all forms of church services. Chorus Conducting: One hour, one semester. A practical training in directing choruses, choirs and glee clubs. A study in leading congregational singing: choir or- ganization and conduct. Every one has practice in conduct- mg before the class. A thorough study of the use of the Hymnal in regular and special services, grouping of hymns around Scripture texts, thus forming outlines for the study of the Hymnal with the Bible. Voice: Private lessons in voice will be arranged for. Piano: Piano lessons may be arranged for at the office. A. VIII. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND RECREATION . Correctional Gymnastics: One hour, with daily practice, two semesters. . A A course in correct sitting, walking and Standing, and the

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4. 5. l. 2. Advanced Composition and Rhetoric! Practical training in the art of writing? Cletailed study of .the sentence. Assignment for themes on subjects of practical value, varied enough to include almost every type of writing. Work on the Shield will be credited on this course. Literature: I An appreciation of the best in English and American prose and poetry. A.-XII. BUSINESS TRAINING Business Methods: One hour, one semester. , This course includes business correspondenceg accounting, banking methodsg keeping of records, filing systemS5 and banking courtesy. Any student desiring it may have a short course in book- keeping, stenography or typing, through the courtesy of the Huff School of Expert Business Training. A. XIII. GENERAL LECTURES AND TALKS . During the year many men and women of prominence and leadership visit the Training School, bringing messaEeS Of OUT student body on a wide range of vital subjects. It has been their privilege to hear the following: W. Miss Ruby Sia, of Woman's College, Foochow, China. Mrs. D. B. Street, Gen. Sec. of Deaconess Work of the H. M. S., Wash., D. C. Mrs. J. H. Freeman, Sec. Bureau of Spanish Work in South- west, W. H. M. S., Prospect, Ohio. Rev. Robert G. Boville, National Director of Daily Vacation Bible Schools. Chu PIIKG Rev. W. Riley Nelson, Sedalia, Mo. Miss Muriel Day, College Field Secretary, W. H. M. S. Miss Bessie Archer, Field Secretary, W. H. M. S. Rlev. T. W. Jeffrey, D. D., Independence Avenue M. E. rc . Rev. Fletcher Homan, D. D., Trinity M. E. Church. Rev. Christian F. Reisner, D. D., New York City. Dr. C. B. Miller, Springfield, Mo. Rev. W. E. Brown, Independence, Mo. Rev. J. C. Duplantis, Siloam Springs, Ark. Rev. W. S. Abernethy, D. D., First Baptist Church. Bishop Earl Cranston, D. D., and wife. Bishop Adna IW. Leonard, D. D., and wife. Bishop Francis J. McConnell, D. D., and wife. Bishop Thomas Nicholson, D. D. 48 , - Bishop Charles B. Mitchell, D. D. Bishop John W. Hamilton, D. D. Bishop William Burt, D. D. Bishop Wm. F. Bishop Wilson Bishop Wm. O. Bishop Wilbur Bishop Wm. F. Bishop Joseph Anderson, D. D. S. Lewis, D. D. Shepard, D. D. P. Thirkield, D. D. Oldham, D. D. C. Hartzell, D. D. Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, D. D. ' Rev Rev Rev Rev William Wirt King, D. D., Kansas City, Mo., District. Fred M. Bailey, M. A., Kansas City, Kans. District. Z Joseph M. M. Gray, D. D., Scranton, Pa. y R. M. Peters, Kansas City, Mo. Rev Harry C. Rogers, D. D., Linwood Blvd. Presbyterian Church. Rev. Frank Herron Smith, D. D., of Japan. Mr. Nat. Spencer, Sec. of the Citizen's League. f Rev. W. R. McCormack, D. D., Personal Evangelism, Spring- ield, Mo. Rev. O. Leonard Jones, Rural Work, Baldwin, Kansas. Rev. J. W. Kensit, Kansas City, Mo. v Dr. Clarence True Wilson, D. D., B0a1'd Of Temperance, Pro- hlbition and Public Morals. Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf, D. D., Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Myron C. Settle, Gen. Sec., Kansas City Sunday School Association. Mr. James L. Gillham, Chief Probation Officer. Mrs. S. C. Edwards, Swope Settlement. Rev. Eli P. Anderson, D. D., Kansas City, Mo. Dr. W. C. Hanson, D. D., Board of Sunday Schools. Rev. H. B. Foster, Carthage District. Mr. W. W. Whitson, Provident Association. Dr. Vernon M. McCombs, Latin-American Mission, Calif. Rev. T. D. Frye, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. John P. White, National Board of Public Welfare. Rev. Rev. Society. Rev. Rev. Rev. cate. Mr. G. Franklin Ream, D. D., Kansas City, Kans. C. L. Hicklin, Missionary of the American Bible U. S. Brown, Panama. J. Arthur Edwards, D. D., Minneapolis, Minn. C. B. Spencer, D. D., Editor Central Christian Advo- Purd Wright, Head Librarian, Kansas City, Mo.