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

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ished. Each child was given a tooth brush and the drill began in earnest with more or less awkwardness, but nevertheless, the teeth were cleaned. Each week there was planned something extra. Once it was a trip to the museumg another time a treat of pop corn and cookies and for many this was the first time they had ever sat down to a table to eat. Then came the big treat at the end. First, there was the long car ride with a great many exclamations of Oh I and, This is going to be my house when I get big- Then the trip through the park with its long stretches of green grass, many large trees and beautiful flowers, all of which were new to the children. The Zoo was a place of wonderment to them. This outing ended with a big dinner, which was ravenously devoured. D. V. B. S. comes in mid-summer with all its heat, but, because it is a Bible school and we are bringing to God's little ones helpful things of every day living, it is easy to forget the heat, and we will be glad when Vacation Days come again. -1-T- WHAT WOULD K. C. N. T. S. D0 WITHOUT Vera Krepps singing in the hall? Esther Baab's giggle? Vera Cleland's Lectures on Christian Science? Mary Greenawalt's Naps in class ? Eliza's good biscuits? Laura Galliers' patches? The Senior Quartette? Mae Greer's noise? Miss Mary F. Smith's So-Lows? Miss Hanson's pep? Miss Cowles' gingerbread? Miss Oltmanns' basket of rags? Edna Rhodes' adjectives? Ruth McDonald's smiles? A REST DAY? Our breadmakers? Mr. Span's faithfulness? Mrs. Carter: Can you write five hundred or a thousand words on the Sunday Newspaper? Miss Hill: Yes, if the margin will hold it. Pge 72 Dr. Jeffrey Cwinding watch! Miss Wallace: I never saw anybody wind a watch like that. Dr. Jeffrey: How do they do it? Miss Wallace: With a crank. Dr, Jeffrey: Do you want to wind it? Suggested-that the -cracks in the elevator be made smaller, so that Miss McCulloch may not lose her possessions. Miss Garretson Cin Biblical Introduction class, just before testb : Miss Hedman, will you return Thanks ? . Miss Pike Cin class in Astronomyl : Miss Swartz, W111 YOu please describe Saturn. Miss Swartz: It's color is large and pale. A seven year old boy telling his father of his visit to the Training School said: The d1n1ng room is like a hotel, and Daddy! I was the only man there.

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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

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inane.-sm--swf-M-lM.,.,,,iy Rf W' ki ..,4,L.. wk-Eng iirliginun I hnmiinn Aw, come on an' go with us. We're goin' to start at 4:00-right after school. You can get over to Bancroft in time if you'll hurry. ' No, if I did that I'd have to miss Church School -that doesn't close until 4:15 and .besides that I am to beat the triangle tomorrow. Miss Garretson, the lady that wears a black dress with a little white on it-I 'bout forgot what they call her-Oh, yes! a dea- coness-well, she Said I Could, and I must be there. This was Joh31'S emphatic refusal to a pressing invitation from Dick, a sixth grade boy of Bancroft School, to join the members of Dicks gang on a hike the next afternoon. John was from the same grade in Horace Mann School and was most fortunate in being one of the pupils in Kansas City's first Week- Day School of Religious Education. lxZ7l