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

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Stands a little Italian church Which performs its mission well, Every Sunday morning, a jolly little band, Go the three Italian helpers with shopping bag i You see they're earnest workers By the material they take along. So the shopping bag is an essential part Of these busy workers strong. Nor among the needs of the city Is the Parental Home forsaken. For two girls teach in the Sunday School there The child life to awaken. In churches, Leagues and Sunday Schools With a city's crying need, The girls are ever pressing on, With Christ their guide indeed. On every Wednesday afternoon, The noted calling day The girls make friendly visits, And help show folks the Way. Sometimes they help with canvass calls And have a jolly day, For you never know who'll come to the door Or what they are going to say. Faithfully every afternoon the Kindergartners To teach in the city's public schools, That they the way might know. That they might better understand The little child to teach, And might be ready at the call And longing hearts might reach. 51 hand. 80, With lessons in the morning, And then their teaching too The Kindergartner's day is full, For there is much to do. Along with the rest of the practical work Comes Religious Education, A thing that's needed very much, The bulwark of a nation. Four girls teach, each twice a week For love can find a way, And much can be done for others In just one fleeting day. Sunday School, Epworth League, Kindergartens too, Calling, Nurseries, Night School work And other things they C10- High School Leagues, Junior Leagues, Religious Edu- cation l With these and all their own school work, Where's time for recreation? Yet they go to concerts, and lectures that are good And have the very best of 'CIHIGS As all hard workers should. For those who work with a purpose And keep that purp0S6 true, D There's plenty of time for enjoyment andifun When the work for others is through. 1- Miss Cleland CFirst class in Hebrew Historyjz Is this supposed to be Hebrew History ? Miss Garretson Qvery emphaticallyj: This is Hebrew History. PK 69

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Cinifa 0911111 E HERE are two spots in Kansas City that are very dear to us girls who taught in the Daily Vacation Bible School last summer. We learned to love God's little ones so much while working in Grace church district and Sheffield mission that we wished D. V. B. S. might have lasted all summer lnstead of six short weeks. The children who came to us were of several na- tionalities, Jews, Poles, Mexicans, Greelfs and others. We learned as we worked in these two districts during the last school year, that during the summer most- of our children were running about the streets, getting into mischief and doing nothing of value to themselves or anyone else. In many of the homes both parents worked all day, or the mother had so much to do, because of the large number in the family, she was unable to give her children the proper care during the summer. It was evident that they had few .advantages and we longed to bring Christ and new ideals to the homes, through the children. Each morning, as we alighted from the 'street car, there was a merry band of youngsters awaiting us. At first their clothing, faces and hands were very dirty, but after the story of the Pig Brother and other habit talks on Cleanliness, the change was almost miraculous. Can you imagine a group of boys who were afraid of a ball and girls who thought dolls were images? It was our joy to show these children how to play Catch Ball, Circle Ball and Base ball. Playing with one an- other was heretofore almost unthought of, but through match games, races, circle games and kindergarten games, it was not long .until they showed a real desire to play, and 21 10Vif1g, klfldly spirit toward one another. The Bible story period came after the play hour, and it was not unusual for the teacher to hear this question asked, When we goin' to have our story ? It was surprising to see how well they remembered their Bible verses for each week, and with what eager- ness they would try to illustrate the story, by clay modeling, handwork, blocks and dramatization Q but their best illustrations were their own lives. Did anyone ever tell you that children didn't like to sing in the D. V. B. S.? We most certainly could have proved to you that that statement was not true. The boys always wanted to start us off with the Wake Up Song or Onward Christian Soldiers , while the girls would usually choose God is Everywhere , but the song they all loved the best was Jesus Loves Me. Instead of hearing them sing the popular music, as we passed their homes, we would often hear these new songs they had learned at.D. V. B. S. i Did it pay us to take just a little more time and effort to teach these songs? Perhaps we can say that the handwork had the most immediate results. The miniature houses and furniture made by the boys, the bedding, rugs and curtains made by the girls, brought many changes to the homes. Coat hangers and tooth brush holders be- came greatly desired. A very interesting time ensued one morning after the tooth brush holders were fin- Page 71