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

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has been made, it seems a fitting time, then, to offer all that we have to Him, and ask for His all-sufficient grace and power, to meet the opportunities that may come to us. This is indeed a glorious hour! The Saturday evening prayer service is cherished by all those who have felt its influence and have gone out to larger fields of service. We often receive their requests, asking us to remember them in our prayers at this time. We cannot say too much about the devotional life of our school. It is that which deepens our spiritual life and makes us one in spirit and purpose. Aa Mr lliiatrn in at wrist atrh Speak I ICKITY, tick, tick, tick! I am a little wrist watch, may I tell you of the day's work at C. N.' T. S. as I see and hear it? Ding-aling-a-ling, d1ng-a- ling-a-ling! Wake up, Roomie, wake up, the rising bell is ringing and you know we are both waiting on tables for two weeks. We do not want to be late to breakfast. What! O dear, I slept so soundly it seems the night has just begung but I must hurry to be ready when the 6:30 bell rings for breakfast. All the time those girls are getting ready for breakfast my hands are turning and soon I say 6:30. Ding-a-ling-a-ling! They are ready, but before hurrying down to the dining room, they raise their windows to let in the fresh morning air. Now breakfast is soon over and rooms are being cleaned, halls are being swept and dishes being Washed, The girl to whom I belong does not have morning housework, so she is going for a walk and, of course, I go too. Ding-a-ling-a-ling! It is 8:15 and quiet hour. One of the girls is reading aloud, a part of the 10th Chapter of John, then each one prays for the things which are on her heart and both remember the new building. ' We are golng to chapel now and will sing the beau- tiful hymns from the .Methodist Hymnal. A Junior girl is leading the service this morning. She is read- ing fI'01'I1 the 14th Chapter of John and the thought of her lesson is Jesus' answer to Philip, He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. All the girls I know here are trying to show the Father through their lives. That is why they come to the Training School. Nine o'clock! How eagerly they go to classes! Homiletics, History of Education and Child Study. Those who do not have classes this hour study in their rooms or in the library. The hour passesiall too soon for them and new some are going to Life of Paul, Church History and Psychology and others to the library. This hour, t00, PaSSeS QI-1iCk1y, and now it is time for Juvenile Music, Theology and Kindergarten Hand- work. My! It rnust be nearly noon! So many savory odors coming from the kitchen! Yes, there is the warning bell for dinner. See the girls all rush to the Palte 55

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Gbnr Evuntinnal Eife I HE devotional life of our school is a vital part of our training. One need not be a member of our family long, to know what it means to the life of each girl and the place it has in the service which we are rendering to God. It enables each one to carry 1n- to her work, the spirit of Christ, and give to others the desire for a real fellowship with the Master. That we might be strengthened and better pre- pared for the tasks of each new day, fifteen ff1iY1UlJ9S are set apart each morning, for quiet meditation and prayer, in our own rooms. This quiet time comes .lust before the chapel service, and prepares our hearts t0 receive the message given there. Our chapel is indeed a beautiful place. .Stained glass windows soften the light as it shines 1n from God's out-of-doors, shedding a warm glow Over the en- tire room. Flowers or plants are always there, brlllglllg a message of God's gifts to us. Upon entering, one is immediately impressed by the atmosphere of quietness and peace, conducive to worship and Praise.. It seems the most fitting time to have our worshlp, JUS13 b6f0I'e taking up the study and work of the day- The lesson is given by one of the students and occasionally by a deaconess or some special speaker from the outside. Inspired by the heartfelt singing and practical mes- sage, we go forth with a determination to make that day count for God. At the close of the day, following the evening meal, we have our family worship. After singing a fa- miliar hymn, we kneel, while two or three voice our prayer to God. These are wonderful moments. The Page 54 greater part of the day is spent, and we feel the need of talking over with the Father, our failures, our de- sires, our accomplishments and the many other things which are on our hearts. Besides our private devotions and family worship, there are our weekly class prayer meetings which are held in the girls' rooms, on an evening which is most convenient for the members. The half hour between 5:00 and 5:30 is given to this. These prayer meetings add to the class spirit and draw the girls nearer to each other and to Christ, as nothing else can. Those who do mission work among the Mexicans, hold a special prayer meeting every week. They see and feel the need of the work so greatly and know that much is accomplished by the power of God, through Prayer. They are not only living the commandment, Freely ye have received, freely give, but are also re- membering God's promise, And all things, whatso- ever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. The promise is being fulfilled and they have the as- surance that there is power in prayer. But that to which the whole family looks forward, more than anything else, is the Saturday evening Prayer meeting. At 7:30, we assemble in the chapel. Miss Neiderheiser usually conducts this service. It is an hour when all feel free to praise God and worship as the Spirit leads. The testimonies given, always prove to be just what we are needing most. After the tasks of the week have been completed and our preparation for the work of the Lord's Day

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mail box and see how happy they are as they get their letters from home. The dinner bell has rung and they finish reading their letters as they go to the dining room. No wonder the girls look so well. I wish you could see those tables! Such good meals as they do have: it's a balanced menu, too, and what a variety! Meal- time is always a time of happy fellowship together. I believe those girls really like to wash dishes. They are good make-believes, if they do not thoroughly enjoy it. From dinner until 2:00 o'clock is a happy time fOr all. There goes a group of girls to Jackson, 110 the Sub-station Post Office: there are others taking a hlke- Here is a group of Seniors in our room. What are they making? Oh, to be sure, collars and cuffs and ties! I should have known without even seeing them. One of the girls in our room is taking the Kinder- garten Course. She does practice work in the Public School and is gone all afternoon. But the girl to whom I belong spends the afternoon from 2:00 until 5:00 studying. She stops studying at 5:00, though, for it is mail time again. This time she receives a letter from her Queen Esther Circle at home saying they are sending a barrel of fruit to K. C. N. T. S. She spends the next half-hour writing to them. Her letter was so interesting, I wouldn't be surprised if those girls all want, to come here to school. Supper-time and every one hungry! They w0n't be, though, in forty-five minutes. Now they are plag- ing their chairs in a circle around the room for family prayers. Some one asks to sing, Take Time to be Holy. After this a number lead in definite prayers of thankfulness to the Heavenly Father for leading them to this home and school and for the privilege of Page 56 working for Him. They pray for the girls who have been here, for those who will come, and also remember the loved ones atxhome. The sunset is beautiful tonight. Many of the girls are watching it, talking of the Great Artist and ex- pressing a desire that their lives may speak as beau- tifully for Him as does all nature. The tennis court is in use tonight, as it always is in good weather. Some of the girls are good players, too. They are having an exciting set as I point to 7:00 o'clock, but they must quit for they know they must study their Psychology for tomorrow and find out what Martin Luther, Zwingli and Calvin are doing in Church History. So they study until 9:30. I continue my tickity-tick-tick-tick and, as I point to 10:00, off goes the light because they never stay up later than 10:00 HJ Good-night, Room-mate. Good-night, I am so glad you are my room-mate! Hasn't this been a good day ? . To this they both agree, but they say this every nlght, for they are all busy, happy days. Oh, Room-mate, do you know tomorrow is Wed- nesday and I have about ten calls to make in the after- noon ? Yes, and Thursday, we are going to have a lec- ture on Campfire work. I wonder what we will do in the parlor Friday night? Well, whatever it is, we are sure to have a good time. Then Saturday night-and prayer-meeting! How time flies! But we must go to sleep. .Tickity-tick-tick-tick! I am so glad I am here fOr If I were not, how would those girls ever get to meals and classes on time? Tickity-tick-tick-tick.