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

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cfm M. iq. at s. at ic. oi. .at s. llmiirrra President--Miss Galliers. Vice-President-Miss Miller. Recording Secretary-Miss Berdine. Corresponding Secretary-Miss Neiderheiser. Treasurer-Miss Tice. Secretary of Mite-Box Work-Miss Swartz. . Secretary of Young Peoples' Work-Miss Minme Smith. Secretary of Temperance-Miss Hobbs. Secretary of Literature-Miss Tibbets. Secretary of Systematic Beneficence-Miss Lyon. Secretary of Reading Circle-Miss Reid. Secretary of Mission Supplies-Miss Hunt. Secretary of Evangelism-Miss Long. Secretary of Deaconess Work--Miss Bahnson. , Do you mean to tell me that you don't like Mis- sionary Meetings? Oh well, I'll forgive you for I used to feel like that myself, but since I came to K. C. N. T. S. I have changed my mind. Nothing is dull here and certainly not our auxiliary meetings, which are held once each month. At the first meeting last October We received twenty-seven new members. Of course, the Freshman did not know much about the work of the Society, so Miss Garretson gave a review of the different fields helped by our auxiliary. Some of these fields are: Alaska, the Mexican Mission work in Kansas City, the Daily Vacation Bible School, Epworth Home in St. Louis, the work at Albuquerque, New Mexico, and many others. Do we give money? Of course we do. Last year we went over the top on our 31,000 pledge and found Palo 58 we had a total of S107626. This so inspired us that we immediately made our pledge for the new year 351,200 We were each given a mite-box and, of course, wondered how we could earn money to fill it while here in school. But our worries were soon ended and the perplexing question answered-by our Bulletin Board. Every day we received a new idea by such startling notices, as the following, placed there by ambitious mite-box money earners: Special sale of Larkin Goods, northwest corner Fourth and Schoellkopff' Stockings darned, five cents a small hole. Hair shampooed and finger nails manicured. Typewriter for rent-ten cents an hour. and many others, supplying urgent needs. Oh no, we do not reach our goal by this work alone-added to it

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must be faith and prayer, for the love of Christ con- straineth us. I must tell you now about our other meetings. The book we studied this year was The Church and the Community. That may sound dry but if you could see some of the ways it was presented you would Join a study class at your first opportunity. The chaDte1fS on Community Life and Co-operation were given 1n reviews. That on Economic Factors was presented by means of a play in two acts, dramatizing, A Church Americanization Class and A Street in front of the Church of All Nations. At another meeting we learned how we could help to make our community better, by four scenes, show- ing a Woman's Club of a fashionable Churchrwhlch was wholly disinterested in all missionary activity, its members thinking principally of society and self. Through their pastor's efforts they became interested in one of the city missions and because of this new 1n- terest the whole organization was changed and Vltal- ized. The daughter of one of the leading members consecrated her life to Christ for service. Perhaps our most impressive progfam WHS the pantomine which presented the chapter on. Homes and Housing. The first scene pictured an Ideal home. Grouped around the library table were the father with his evening paperg the mother and the eldest daughter with their sewing, and a younger girl with her school books. Love's Old Sweet Song and Home, Sweet Home were softly played during the scene and, as the tune changed to Sweet Hour of Prayer, all laid aside their work and father took up the Bible for the family worship. The second scene showed a family in the tenement district of the city where all were com- pelled to live in one poorly lighted and ventilated room and work beyond their strength for a living-a house, not a home. The mother stood over a, washtub hard at work while four little girls were making flower bouquets to sell. The door opened and admitted the two older daughters coming from the factory tired and hopeless from the struggle. The scene itself was ren- dered more effective by a solo, Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life. That which makes our missionary programs a suc- cess is the hearty C0-Operation of the students and faculty who are always ready and willing to give their thought, time and talents unreservedly to render them really helpful and inspiring. You have changed your mind about liking mis- sionary meetings? I thought you would. Just re- member next year when you plan to visit me to be sure and stay for one of our Friday night meetings. ,,ll.., Always live up to yo-ur'ideals. You're the best Christian some one may ever know. , A heart that's hid in God tells its great secret without the spoken word.' -,.i .i He who would be greatly. generous must train himself long and tenaciously, without much attention to momentary calls. The plan of the Great Teacher, by which he took thirty years for acquisition and three for bestowal, is not unwise, provided that we too can Say, 'For their sakes I sanctify myself! Labor is the house that love lives in. . Pg 59