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

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THE LOST MITE BOXES. CTune-Old Oaken Bucket.J How dear to my heart are those little Mite boxes, Those pasteboard Mite boxes they gave us last fall. So carefully we've kept them, so choice we've been of them We scarcely can tell where we put them at all. We've hunted all over from garret to cellar, In boxes, in corners, in closet and hall 'Where could we have hidden those little Mite boxes Those pasteboard Mite boxes they gave us last fall? They asked for our dimes, for our nickles, our pennies, The wee bits of money we scarcely would miss. We surely expected to fill to o'erflowing Those little Mite boxes, Oh long! long e'er this! The people are dying, t'hey're groping in darkness They cry Come and Help us to one and to all? But what shall we do, and Oh, where can we find them? Those pasteboard Mite boxes they gave us 121St fall- At last we have found them, those little Mite boxes, In the depths of the dresser drawer tucked out of siirht, Buried deep under gloves, laces, ribbons and feathers Oh! hidden in corners as dark as the night. Oh! had we but put them where we could have seen them We'd had them choked full as likely as not. We wanted to fill them when last fall we took them But laid them away and just simply f0I'fr0t. Today is the day to make good resolutions, Each day is a day to begin life anew. Let all be resolved that henceforth and forever Those little Mite boxes shall be kept in full view. We'll save every dime and we'll save every penny, We will try and remember the needy each day. We'll not only pray but those little Mite boxes Shall be filled to o'erflowing by this time next May. Page 60 ' SOMETHING TO WONDER ABOUT. Where library books keep themselves? Who leaves the laundry door unlocked? Who turns .on the light on third floor Fisk, in the middle of the night? Why the Kansans met in third class room so quiet- ly after supper on January 27th? How long Miss Oltmanns would keep a vow? Why Miss Garretson missed church one Sunday morning? Why we can study so well in the library? Why the lights are always out at ten? Why Miss Neiderheiser didn't offer Miss Olt- manns some dried beef, on Christmas Eve? What size shoes is Miss Smith going to buy, that she has to have a sale to make room for them? Why Millie Haines went walking with her room- mate? When taking temperatures, which end of the ther- mometer do you put in your mouth? QAsk Miss Long, she has tried both ends.J Why does Miss Baker attend Staff meetings? Why is it necessary to return thanks twice before supper? fAsk Miss Banman.J Will Hazel Stephenson ever grow up? IS Miss Baab listening? Civilization rests upon dedicated lives which ac- knowledge obligation, not to themselves or .to other single persons, but to the community, to science, to art, to a cause.

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Athlriirn Oh say, but that bunch of girls over there at the Kansas City National Training School have lots of pep! remarked one Kensington School boy to another. Let me tell you some of the things I saw and what my sister told me. She goes there, you know, and thinks its fine. Well, 0116 day in September right after school began, when I was coming home from school, there .was a whole bunch out on the tennis court doing exeI'C1SeS- My sister was with them. She's a freshman, YOU know. Why there must have been about thirtyior more and they took all kinds of exercises-walkmg like soldiers, running and keeping step. Then, when they got through with that they began playing 2 game -volley ball I guess is the name. My sister told me that God gave us our bodies to take care of and that the best way to keep them 111 good running order was to take exercise, play games and go on hikes to the woods and a whole lot of stuff like that. ' Almost every day, on my way home, I see a whole bunch of girls out there in their uniforms playing for all they're worth and having Just the best time. My, but I sure do like to watch them! Oh, they do a lot more things! One day the freshman girls went out in the woods. They came back with lots of colored leaves and nuts and .lust bubbling over with laughter. Say, Jim, let me tell you about some of the match games K. C. N. T. S. played. They were with another Page 62 school called Scarritt Bible Training School. CIt's funny how I can remember those long names.J A whole bunch of teachers and girls came over to K. C. N. T. S. and looked all over the building and.said it would be a fine thing when they got their new build- ing, with room enough for a dandy big gym. Oh, I guess it will be bigger than Kensington Gym ! They have so many girls now, it seems as if that building is just running over with them. Well, as I was saying, after the visitors got through looking and visiting with each other, they went out on the tennis court and then the fun began. I'll tell you about those two games. I saw them. I was standing there and yelling for the big tall girl who stood next to the net on our side. She was my sister. CI call it our side because we kind of belong to them and they kind of belong to us.J But first they had a game of tennis. Both sides were fast Players but Scarritt got them that time. Do you think our side put on a long face and wanted to quit? Not much! They were all ready when it came to volley ball. Then's the time I yelled and we beat them. Hip, hlpl Then both teams felt good because you see they both beat. But I missed the best part of the fun. What do you think? They went into the dining room and had something good to eat before the Scarritt bunch went home. Oh my, I wish I could have been in on that too! Let's sit down here awhile in the sun and I'll tell you some more things. You can see the whole Train- ing School from here. There's the tennis court and just beyond it are the buildings. Right about here