The Kansas City Deaconess (Kansas City, Mo.), 1932-04-01

              "The passion for souls possessed by the fathers 
must bemanifested in Christian education in the 
form of passion to create Christian personality." 

VOL. XXIV KANSAS CITY, MO., APRIL, 1932 No. 4 
 
GOD'S TREASURES 

Whenever God doth let us see His treasures,
His lovely treasures that He holds so dear--
Perhaps a flower, perhaps a radiant sunset,
Perhaps a streamlet, sparkling and clear--
Whenever God doth let us see His treasures, 
'Tis then we feel that He is near.

Whenever God doth let us serve and help Him,
By bringing love into our lives anew, 
A friendly word, an understanding handclasp, 
A loyal heart that holds love so true--
Whenever God doth let us serve and help Him, 
'Tis then we know what love may do.
--Clara Louise Kessler. 

2 THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS
The Kansas City Deaconess
Published Monthly in the interest of the Kansas
City National Training School of the
Woman's Home Missionary society.
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KANSAS CITY, MO., APRIL, 1932
EDITORIAL
COMMENCEMENT.
Commencement Week at the Kansas City Na-
tional Training School promises to be a very happy
occasion. The dates are May 20-26.
The Commencement service will be held at Trinity
Church, with Rev. W. E. Lowther, D.D., pastor
of First Church, Lincoln, Neb., as the speaker. Dr. 
Lowther is a new man in the Middle West, coming to
Lincoln from Newark, N. J. Before going to Newark
he had a long pastorate at Morgantown, W. Va.
Kansas City and vicinity will be glad to hear Dr.
Lowther. Date: Thursday, May 24, 8:00 P. M.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will be preached by
Rev. I. M. Hargett, D.D., at Linwood Boulevard
Methodist Church, Sunday morning, May 22. The
Annual Sermon, in Bancroft Chapel, Sunday evening,
will be by Rev. George A. Fowler.
The Class Day speaker is Rev. D. E. Fields of
Pleasant Hill, Mo.
Among others who will speak and participate
in services of the week are Rev. Frank Lee Roberts,
D.D., the new pastor at Grand Avenue Temple; Dr.
J. W. R. Sumwalt of Broadway Church ; Dr. Wilbur N. Mason, superintendent of Bethany Hospital; Rev.
Kans.
H. O. Holter, pastor of Grace Church, Kansas City,
READING COURSE.
Have you sent in your Reading Course report?
Don't neglect to do so. Report all your reading of
books or magazines; concerts or lectures attended,
conventions, conferences, etc.; travel, with places
visited. Make special mention of unusually helpful
or interesting books. Be sure to have your report I Wilson.
in by May first. Send to the chairman, Miss Edith
Wilson.

WILLIAM A. QUAYLE DAY. 
When William A. Quayle Day became an annual 
event in the life of K. C. N. T. S. it was sponsored 
by the Freshman Class. Such changes have come 
about that there is no longer a Freshman Class, as 
the Training School course is now three years, be-
ginning with the Sophomore year. Thus this Arbor 
Day, named in memory of our good friend Bishop 
Quayle, comes under the sponsorship of the Train-
ing School. It is still celebrated the Monday fol-
lowing Easter. 
At 2:30 P. M. the Training School family gath-
ered on the campus to the west and with songs and 
happy fellowship planted a concolor fir and a weep- 
ing birch, both replacing class trees which had fallen 
by the way. 
At 4 o'clock the children from the Kensington 
public school, many of whom are in the Week Day 
Church School, together with their principal and 
several of the teachers, came over for a Washington 
Memorial Tree Planting. This was in charge of the principal of the Week Day Church School, Miss Corinne Clough. The children, led by Miss Hess, their music director, sang "Fairest Lord I Jesus," "George Washington," and "America." A reading, "Trees," was given by Miss Mary F. Smith, of the Training School faculty. A responsive reading, "What Do We Do When We Plant a Tree?" was very effectively given, followed by the planting of an elm tree. The service closed with the following benediction: "May the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the God of the trees which watch and guard over us in their beauty and strength, grant us an abiding love of these, His holy folk, and a lasting desire to keep His world ever beautiful. Amen." In the evening the Training School had open house for the friends and neighbors in the com-
munity. About one hundred responded to the invitation sent out by the boys and girls of the Week Day 
Church School. After a social time, with music, in 
the parlor, opportunity was given to be shown 
through the buildings. At 8:45 all gathered in the 
chapel for a friendly discussion of neighborhood 
problems. This resulted in the appointment of sev-
eral committees and the establishment of a neigh-
borhood feeling of fellowship and interest which 
everyone feels will result in much good, especially 
for the children of this community. 
On the morning of April 13, Dr. Neiderheiser, 
accompanied by Kathleen Bell, Thelma Fields, Ro-
berta Ross and Elizabeth Colton, of the student body, 
drove to Topeka, Kans. The girls furnished the mu-
sic and Dr. Neiderheiser spoke on the Training 
School at First Church, Trinity and Lowman. They 
took lunch with the First Church women. It was a 
very pleasant and profitable day. 
A Rose Banquet for the Queen Esthers of the 
Kansas City, Mo., District, was held at the Training 
School the evening of March 18. Over one hundred 
were in attendance. Music was furnished by the A 
Cappella Choir of the Training School. The address 
of the evening was given by Mrs. W. C. Hanson, on 
the present day situation and responsibility of Chris-
tian young people regarding Prohibition. 

THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 3 
A UNIQUE GAME OF BASEBALL.
The April meeting of the K. C. N. T. S. Auxiliary
of the Woman's Home Missionary Society was held
in the parlor on the evening of the first. The busi-ness
of the evening was the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:
President Ada Payne
Vice-Preside- nt Henrietta Jones
Corresponding Secretary. Anna Neiderheiser
Recording Secretary Dorotha Dickerson
Treasurer Laura Price
Mite Box Secretary Ruth Fricke
Membership Chairman Edith Curl
Missionary Education Golden Mills
Missionary Supplies Mildred Williams
p Deaconess Work Helen Kribbs
Christian Citizenship Martha Jean Pearson I Young People's Work Mary Elizabeth Smith
Spiritual Life Beulah Hill
After the election a, Missionary Party was held.
Pictures of different W. H. M. S. institutions had
been cut in two and the halves were distributed to
the members, who found the other half and the two
pooled their knowledge of the institution pictured.
A poster picturing the fields to which our pledge
goes, with the amount apportioned to each, was
scanned by all. Then each one wrote the name and
amount of as many as they could remember on a
slip of paper.
Following this came the "Ball Game." First the
Juniors and Seniors lined up. Instead of a ball to
bat the players had "W. H. M. S. questions to an-swer,
taking a base if successful, and moving up as
others came on. The Juniors, as winners, then
played the Deaconesses, who won.
Refreshments were served in the Missionary Li-brary.
A HELPFUL DAY
April ninth was perfect as a picnic day and the
K. C. N. T. S. family made good use of it out in
Swope Park. Some went out early and had every-thing
in readiness, keeping our place at the shelter
house and enjoying themselves near at hand. Other
groups came at different times, but very few were
late to dinner and all did full justice to it. Taking
with them a lunch with the evening in mind, many I groups scattered over the wide expanse of the park,
spending the hours of the sunny afternoon in long
walks, playing tennis, bird hunting, visiting the zoo,
or just drinking in the sunshine and fresh air.
The Vesper Service in the chapel at seven o'clock
was a time of rich and heart-to-hea-rt fellowship and
drawing nearer to God.
Perhaps none of the happy days which our fam-ily
have spent together in God's oukof-door-s ever
meant more in recreation and soul enrichment than
this one.
I Mrs. L. M. Potts of Carthage, Mo., secretary of I the Western Training School Bureau, made K. C. N.
T. S. a visit March 16-1- 9. The morning of the 18th I she led our chapel service, bringing a most helpful
and interesting lesson from the story of Christ and I Zacheus on the Value of Curiosity.
I 9
SOPHOMORE DAY. I
The Sophomore Class of the Kansas City National I
Training School is sponsor for the Good Friday serv-- I ices held at the school, beginning with the Sacra- - I mental Services Thursday evening. I The theme for the services this year was: Re- - I membering that He leads the way, we may go forth I in His strength. "Remembering," the Sacramental I Service, was conducted by Rev. S. L. Buckner, D.D., I superintendent of the Kansas City, Kans., District, I with music by the A Cappella Choir. I "He Leads the Way" was the theme for the early I morning service on Friday. The Sophomore Class, I all in white, standing in the form of an inclined cross, I brought the message of His leadership In the Phys- - m
ical Life, In the Mental Life, In the Social Life, In I the Spiritual Life. I "We May Go Forth" : At 9 :45, Rev. C. E. Shike,
instructor in the Life and Teachings of Jesus, as- - I sisted by the class, who gave the Scripture appro-- I priate for the hour, led all hearts in a meditation I upon the meaning and avail of Christ's sacrifice and I our responsibility in going forth to make Him known.
"In His Strength": A Bible play, of Peter's re- -
morse and restoration. This was given at 8 :00 P. M. H
Friday. H
Friday evening the class were in charge of the H
very delightful dinner served to the family. H
On the morning of April 6 Miss Orivia Proctor H
spoke at the chapel service on the Trials and Tri- - H
umphs of Missionary Service in West China. With H glowing face and happy voice she told how what H
seemed at first a calamity was being used of God for H
the opening of doors into more far-reachin- g, more
vital work, not only with the school children but with
the Christian homes as well. Since religion cannot
be taught in the schools, classes are being held in
the churches with gratifying attendance; and the
parents, with instruction, are having family worship
and giving more attention to the religious instruc-tio- n
of their children. High school students are
asking for Bible instruction.
Miss Edith E. Lowry, of the Interdenominational
Council of Women for Home Missions, New York
City, was our guest on April 18. Miss Lowry came
to arrange for a worker for the White County Com-muni- ty
Center for Strawberry Pickers, at Judsonia,
Ark. It is estimated that 15,000 people will gather
in that center during the strawberry season. The
group of workers will consist of a religious education
worker, a nurse and a kindergartner. Miss Gladys
Pautz, '15, will be the religious education worker.
This is the first effort that has been made in the
Arkansas strawberry fields and we are very happy
indeed that we are to have a part in it. We trust
that this is only the beginning of the work that our
W. H. M. S. will sponsor.
The W. H. M. S. of the Kansas City, Kans., Dis-tric- t,
held their annual meeting in Central Avenue
Church, Kansas City, Kans., on April 4. Dr. Neider-heis- er
presented K. C. N. T. S. at the morning ses- -
EASTER CALLS.
For weeks I had been wanting to go with Jose-fin- a
Garcia, a Junior at K. C. N. T. S., on Sunday
morning as she made her Home Department calls in
the Mexican homes in Sheffield. Having a Sunday
school class of my own in a downtown church com-plicated
the matter, but finding that on Easter Sun-day
Miss Garcia would be delayed in starting on
her round, I felt the time had come. So, after teach-ing
my class I hastened out to Sheffield and met her
in the first home on her list.
The baby in this home is soon to be baptized
by a Methodist preacher, with the daughter of an-other
of our ministers as God-mothe- r. After friend-ly
salutations we went on to the next place, as the
lesson had been given before I arrived. I Two families are touched through this home, with
occasional visitors. Quietly seated, with expectant
faces, the adults listened as Miss Garcia read the
Easter lesson and together we sang a gospel hymn.
She gave a simple, direct Easter message, read a
helpful poem and closed with a prayer. In this
home we found little Juanita, afflicted with myxe-dema,
whose slow smile and timid but interested
glances revealed the progress that had been made
in this child of six who now is beginning to act as a
three-year-o- ld should. With some suggestions and
admonitions and good wishes, we went on across the
railroad to the Sanchez home. A group of three
families live near each other and the Sunday morn-ing
service is held in each home by turns, the others
gathering in.
Everything was in readiness and the welcome was
unmistakable. Here several entered into the singing
and the response to the Easter message shown m
I the lightened faces. Various problems were brought
I up, advice was given and it was plain to be seen that
I Miss Garcia was a welcome and respected friend.
I All the homes were clean and the children, also,
I were clean and courteous. It is surprising how clean
I dire poverty can keep when there is the desire!
I One family, receiving help from the Provident As-- I
sociation, said they would be willing to take less
food if necessary if they might only have some soap !
In the next home the daughter, her husband and
four little childen live in one part of the house, whib
the mother and her little motherless grand-daught- er
occupy the other side. Mr. Bustamente, father of
the little tots, has been out of work for months.
They are so grateful for everything that is done for
them, and he is eager to be of help to the Mission
folk to show their appreciation.
Sorrow had entered this house the week before, II as Mrs. Bustamente's step-fath- er had been killed by
falling into a well he was digging. His wife has
for years looked to the Mission for comfort and help
in the many trials and sorrows that have come into
her life. She came in for the Easter service, with
face shining through her tears, and drank in the
words of comfort and strength, Christ's message of
life and love and consolation. Truly God brought
these hearts His own message through His word and
through prayer that Easter morning.
Our farthest call took us to the home of an elder-ly
couple. The house was spotlessly clean and in
perfect order. Sunshine streamed in across the neat II
linoleum. Pretty cushions lay on the chairs. Eagerly I
they both listened as we sang and as the message I
was given. As they do not themselves read, even 1
in Spanish, Miss Garcia always reads them a story I
in addition to the lesson from the Bible. Sometimes I
she feels called upon to give the man a temperance I
lecture and other good advice, while his wife nods I
and gesticulates in approbation and assent. I
Not only on Easter Sunday are these calls made. I
Each Sunday morning finds Miss Garcia, with Bible I and hymn book and other helpful material, going I from home to home, suiting the message to the need I as she has come to know it. Admonishing, encour- - I aging, explaining, interpreting to these her fellow I citizens in a strange land the people and customs '
among which they find themselves. Illness often . I means a hospital experience, of which they are .1
afraid, or a trip to the clinic which they have not I understood. An explanation in their own tongue, a I promise to go with them ; a sense of love and fellow- - I ship, how much they mean!
There is hope that a service may later be held I at the Mission on Sunday with a message in Spanish. I These contacts in the homes, the confidence and in- - I terest inspired and fostered, are laying a founda-- I tion the value of which will be more and more ap- - I parent as time passes. Many of the children from I these homes now attend Sunday school. Some of the I parents come on Wednesday nights to the Commun- - I ity Night gathering. Who can tell what the future B
holds? Who can tell what seed is being sown or I what the harvest will be? H
THE DISCIPLE I
I could not leave thee, Christ! For when I tried I To leave Thee for alluring ways aside I From Thine own way, Thy power withheld me, kept H
My feet from wandering too far, inept H
And aimless, down a dwindling path that led H
Through mazed confusion to the house of dread. H
I could not leave Thee, Christ! For when I yearned H
With passionate intensity and burned H
With fiery torment to assuage my thirst H
For freedom by a turbid stream that burst H
In gushing torrents from a naked hill H
Thou ledst me back to waters deep and still. H
I could not leave Thee, Christ! For when I sought H
To fling aside Thy counsel, when I thought H
That in my crazy freedom I should find H
Pome way of life for body, soul and mind H
Better than Thou didst teach, I heard Thee say, H
"Come back to me, for thou hast lost thy way." H
I would not leave Thee, Christ ! For I am lame H
From wandering, and the consuming flame H
Of Passion has gone out and left my soul H
A smouldering ember, and the criss-crosse- d scroll
Of life ends as it started with the line, H
"I cannot leave Thee, Christ! For I am thine." H
Dwight Bradley H
in "The Christian Century." HI
THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 5 I
GLEANINGS.
So many, many happy, inspiring, heartening let-ters
have come in recently from our graduates that
we want to share some of their joy in service with
others. They have come from North, South, East
and West, from many different lines of service.
Service with Christ brings joy and satisfaction!
"We had blessed Easter and Holy Week services.
On Good Friday we had an hour's service at noon. . .
Eight ministers took part, one of them colored ; and
the captain of the Salvation Army. We were united
in the service of a common Lord, with utter disre-gard
to creed, color or symbolism. It was good for
all of us."
"The needs of the community are so very press--I
ing that it would not be difficult to become discour-- I
aged; but the strength and love of Christ and the
I cheer of the little ones with whom I work mean
I much."
I "There are limitless opportunities in my field."
I "We who live in the slums of the cities surely
learn how the 'other half exist. There has been no
depression in our numbers attending the Community
Center. We cannot take all who want to come.
It is hard to turn children away, but we would rather
take what we are able to care for than to have so
many we can't teach as we should. Our Nursery
School is limited to 20 and there is always a wait-ing
list. Garment making is the one big drawing
card. Beginning with Junior High the girls are
taught to cut dresses. Both girls' and boys' clubs
are full, and we are kept busy trying to give projects
which are worth while and in reach of our small Ir budget We have 51 per cent Italian; 24 per cent
American; 15 per cent Polish; 5 per cent Jewish;
and 5 per cent Greek, Ukranian, Austrian, etc. In
all classes our enrollment is 794. Our average at-tendance
is remarkable."
"There is a great financial depression on our
field but the work is just booming. Easter Sunday
in spite of the rain our church was packed and 27
people joined the church. Two or three years ago
80 or 90 in the service would have been pretty good;
Sunday there were more than 200."
"Our work gets better all the time. I never saw
a finer group of little folk than we have in our
kindergarten at present. All our children are mak-ing
normal gain in weight and height this year ex-cept
a very few. We have been very careful and
faithful in our calling and work in the homes and
have two very fine nurses who with us.
One is Chinese and very fine. She works so faith-fully,
and sees that the children have nrnner rrmrH- -
cal care and that the homes are cleaned up. Most
fl of our older girls in the Home are going to be bap--
tized and join the church Sunday morning. We
are much in prayer for them, for we realize that
theirs is not an easy life because of the influences
which they have to draw them away. . . .The Chinese
children are so shy and will not do anything until
they get well acquainted."
"This has been a very wonderful year in His
service. Through Him I have been able to accom-plis- h
many things for the Kingdom. . . .1 have two H handwork classes of boys and girls in the first, sec- - H ond and third grades, with an enrollment of 70. H This month I organized a class for Sunday afternoon.
It has grown out of a great need in the lives of the I girls twelve, thirteen and fourteen years of age. We H
are studying the book "Living at Our Best." Five H
of the eight in this class come from the Children's H
Home nearby and are from broken homes. It is my H
aim to help them to understand life and fit them- - H
selves into their surroundings. .. .All the children H
in this Home except a few older boys are in our H
classes. I enjoy the work with the young people H
of the church very much also .... If folk are not born H
into the Kingdom our work is all in vain. I try to H
make that the aim of all my work." H "I am in the nursery. We have an average of H nearly fifty youngsters a day, five days in the week. H They begin coming at 6:30 m the morning and the
last one leaves at six in the evening. Of course they
all go to school, which gives us two rests during
the day. They represent about thirty nationalities,
but are strangely alike for all that. We have chapel
from eight to eight-thirt- y, just before they leave for
school. They all eat dinner here and some of them
their breakfast. They are about evenly divided be-twe- en
Catholic and Protestant."
"It seems to me that this year the Training School
has been in my thoughts and on my heart more than
ordinarily. Because of this and because I am not
in active service, perhaps, I have been praying for
all of you more than usual. Sometimes when we are
in active work we are so busy doing it that our
minds, hearts and prayers are in that particular
work and we do not think so constantly about those
at the home base, even though our love and interest
are always there. But now it seems to me that this
is the one way in which I can serve, by praying for
you at K. C. N. T. S. and for others in the service.
And I do believe more and more in prayer and the
fact that 'Prayer Changes Things.' I find Jesus
Christ sufficient in all of life's experiences and I
only long to help others to that experience."
"Our work is going nicely at the Church of All
Nations. The clinic is swamped. I have had more
and better attendance at the kindergarten than ever
before. Now the average is over fifty a day, two
sessions. I am the only teacher, and prefer no
I feel it makes it necessary for the children
to help themselves more. We had a lovely Easter.
A little Japanese girl joined the church, who first
entered the nursery when it was opened, about the
time I came here six years ago. Now she is in Junior
League and the Junior Department in Sunday school.
So many of our children move away that it is a
real joy when one stays with us a few years." :H
"We have learned something new about patriot-is- m.
We have learned to stand and uncover when
the national anthem is played or when the flag goes
by. But we have learned also that patriotism con-cer- ns
itself just as much with the making of better
homes, with better farming, with the largest pos-sib- le
performance of the duties of citizenship, as it
concerns itself with the killing of enemies. We have
learned unselfishness; we have learned to share
what we have with those who have not. We have
learned that the Almighty Dollar we've been
charged with chasing is in reality the Almighty's
Dollar, and that we will give it up when the call is
heard."
!
& THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS I
OBEDIENCE TO LAW IS A TEST OF
Under this title
CITIZENSHIP
the Citizens League Bulletin of
Kansas City, Mo., prints an article which we esteem
of such value that we quote it entire in order that it
may have an even greater range of publicity:
Obedience to Law Is a Test of Citizenship I "The very idea of the power and the right of the
people to establish government presupposes the duty
of every individual to obey the established govern-ment.
George Washington.
"Notwithstanding the fundamental principle of
obedience to law pronounced by the Father of his
Country and repeatedly urged by foremost Amer-ican
citizens without regard to political faith, there
has developed among some of our citizens an amaz- -
disrespect and even defiance for the laws of our
"This indifference to authority is revealed not
in minor crimes, but in banditry, in bombings,
kidnappings and in murders. So far has this
for law developed, that noted public
advise American citizens to flout the law they
not like.
"Occasional minor infractions of law by
are not so serious as organized opposition to
Persons who dislike any particular law Imgwell within their rights in attempting by
established legal procedure to secure its
but the advocacy of disobedience to law is
the pale of good citizenship.
Law Violation Recommended
"At a recent meeting held in Kansas City,
Darrow is reported by the 'Star' to have said :
believe in the sanctity of laws ... I don't
the breaking of the prohibition law leads to
violation of other laws ... So far the best way
found (to get rid of prohibition) is to keep on
and I've done my part.'
At the same meeting Matthew Woll, vice-pres-ide- nt
of the American Federation of Labor, said:
'Human society has made most of its progress not
within the law but outside it. If people had stayed
within the written law we would all still be slaves.
. . . The labor movement is largely a result of disre-gar-d
and opposition to certain laws.'
"The bulletin does not believe that Mr. Woll ex-pres-the
opinion of a majority of the members of
the American Federation of Labor. Defiance to the
enforcement of law is rebellion to the authority of
our government. It is an attack on government
itself. It is seeing 'red.' It should have the condem-- H
nation of all good citizens.
Disloyal Leadership H "How many opponents of prohibition wish to H follow such leadership as was presented at the re- - H cent liquor meeting in Convention Hall? These lead- - H ers were more outspoken than ordinary anti-proh- i- H bitionists. But they have revealed the settled policy H of the liquor business. One of the present day argu- - H ments for the repeal of prohibition is that we may
H have obedience to law. Since when has the liquor
H business been law abiding? When we had saloons
H there were not only innumerable speakeasies but on I the part of the liquor trade there was wholesale vio- -
lation of law. Canada furnishes additional illustra- - I tions that the liquor business and law violations go I hand in hand. I "Concerning this evil spirit of law defiance let I us ponder over the advice of Abraham Lincoln : I " 'Let every American, every lover of liberty, I every well-wish- er to his posterity, swear by the blood I of the revolution never to violate in the least particu- - I lar the laws of the country, and never to tolerate I their violation by others. As the patriots of '76 did H
to the support of the Declaration of Independence, H
so to the support of the Constitution and the laws I let every American pledge his life, his property and H
his sacred honor. Let every man remember that to H
violate the law is to trample on the blood of his H
father, and to tear the charter of his own and his H
children's liberty.' " .1
PAGEANTS AND PLAYS. I The Kansas City National Training School has H
produced a number of pageants and plays, which H
they will be glad to share with others. H
"The Overcoming Power." iJ Scenes before and after Pentecost 25c each H
"West Indies vs. Conquistadores."
From the study book 25c each H
"The Fulfillment."
The true vision of service 25c each H "The Second Mile."
A Historical Pageant of Deaconess Work 25c each
"Where Are the Nine?"
Showing the need for workers 10c each
"The Master's Touch."
"Conflict Between Health and Disease."
Each 5c
"The World's Contribution to America's Christmas."
"The Challenge of the Cross." H
Can also be obtained here at 25c each
TO THE GENEVA CONFERENCE H
Ruth Street H
And who is my enemy? 'Tis not the brown man
Who brings fresh fruit and gay blossoms;
Nor the yellow man with manners calm and cordial;
Nor the blackman's melodies of patience and peace.
Harmonies from Beethoven transcend political lines;
The appeal of England's Shakespeare is universal ;
Russia gives to the world the gentle Tolstoy.
And who is my enemy? iH It is the common enemy of all mankind: -
Crime that endangers my property, lies wait for the
innocent child,
Vice that lurking disease, and threatening ignorance. jH
These are the hostile powers of all the world;
These are my enemies.
0 humanity, my brother men!
Trivial are the things that divide us,
Momentous the forces that unite.
There is so little between us,
And so much around us,
Are we not petty and stupid and blind
To point guns at each other,
When urgent is the need for all our skills,
To overcome our deadly, common foes?
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THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 7 I 1 "-- ---
SOME OBSERVATIONS.
"What has seemed to you your largest oppor-tunity
in your service as a deaconess?" asked Dr.
Neiderhciser, the other morning of Gladys Pautz,
'15, who was sitting in Miss Pike's office visiting
and hemstitching collars and cuffs. "Talk the mat-ter
over and let me have the result."
After a few moments of thought, Miss Pautz
said: "A deaconess has always been a teacher.
Whatever her line of service, that function is upper-mos- t.
Even in her calling she is able to give defi-nite
information about the church and to teach
Christ; to make contact with the boys and girls and
lay the foundation principles of Christian living.
Then there are the shut-in- s. I tried to reach
them all once a month and some of them oftener.
Often one would say, "It was about time you were
coming; we were talking about you today." It has
meant a lot to be expected. Sometimes there was
not a word about Christian living; but they needed
a bright spot and they knew that I was coming as
a representative of Jesus Christ.
So many opportunities as a teacher have come
to me in public addresses, on missionary topics, con-cerning
my work, giving opportunities for
in service. Frequently I have been asked, by
preachers as well as laymen, to tell what a deacon-ess
is and what her work is. Bpworth League groups
and Sunday school classes have provided manv such
openings.
When I was working in Bingham Canyon there
was an uncouth, unattractive boy who took a fancy
to the deaconess. Often he was a trial, and some-tim- es
I had to tell him I was busy. But his daily
1 question was, "Any errands to run? Any chores H to be done?" I talked to him seriously about his H smoking cigarettes. He was in my whittling club. H One day he sat down in front of me as we sat at H the low table and said, "I had' a real victory today. H Teacher accused me of doing something I didn't do. H You know what a temper I have well, I thought of H you and that you wouldn't want me to give the H teacher any sass, so I held my tongue I nearly H broke my teeth out doing it, but I did!"
H In one of our club meetings we were talking
about prayer, what it means to pray; different kinds H of prayer, but that if we came in the right spirit
H the Father would answer according to His will. One
H' big, strong boy got down on his knees and thanked
God that there was a deaconess who would put up
H with them and who was teaching them about Jesus
Christ. Then he prayed that Conference would send
H her back again. I There is always an opportunity in calling. You
B never know what condition or need you will find I when you ring the door bell. Frequently the dea- - I coness is the safety valve. But lots of times there I are happy, joyful times that are shared with you. I Mothers like to talk over the problems concerning I their children, especially if you have contact with I them through the church. I After all, the biggest opportunity has been with I the boys and girls.
M. P.
"EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENTS TODAY." I
May I call the atention of graduates and friends I of our school who are interested in religious educa- - I tion as a powerful force in the establishment of the I Kingdom of God on earth, to a recent book which I treats this subject in a masterly way: "Educational I Movements of Today," by Walter Albion Squires, I 1)I
This is "an attempt to define, analyze, and evnlu- - I ate some of the educational tendencies of today as I they exist in the schools of the church and the schools I of the state with a view to discovering their signifi- - I cance for morality and religion." I The chapters on "An Anti-Religio- us Invasion of I Higher Education," "The Specific Task of Religious
Education" and "The Supremacy of Jesus" will be I found to be especially valuable to all who wish to H
understand the religious education situation of the H present and its possibilities for the immediate future. H
This book is published by the Board of Christian I Publication of the Presbyterian Church of the U. S. H
A. Its price is $1.25. Religious leaders of children H
and youth and others responsible for the educational H
work of the church can scarcely afford to neglect H a careful perusal of this timely volume. H ALETTA M. GARRETSON.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL. I It is impossible to say at any time whether seed
that is sown and apparently dies may not rather
simply be dormant.
Possibly twenty years ago some literature from
the Kansas City National Training School was sent
to a young woman in northern Missouri, who had
thought of entering training for Christian service.
She did not do so, however, but was married and a
number of years later died. In looking over some
of her letters and papers, a niece about ten years
old found this literature, among which was a pic-tu- re
which held her attention, that of a deaconess 'H standing talking to a woman outside the door of a
shack which served as a home. To the child this
picture presented the need of folks, and she never
forgot it. The years passed, the child grew up, be-ca-a
teacher, then came to K. C. N. T. S. and
graduates as a member of the Class of 1932.
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ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OFFICERS. fl
President Aletta M. Garretson
Vice-Preside- nt Grace Hutcheson
Recording Secretary. Grace Vause jH Corresponding Secretary. May Faulkner 'H Treasurer Minnie Pike
Treasurer Love Gift Anna Neiderheiser
Historian Bertha Cowles
Editor K. C. Deaconess Anna Neiderheiser
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Mrs. A. J. Scnifi
PERSONALS.
of Cleveland, Ohio, registered
March 30.
Miss Sarah P. Taylor is helping in evangelistic
services at Bassett, Neb.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Steinberg of Tulsa, Okla.,
called at the Training School, March 12.
April 10, May Faulkner concluded a two-wee- k's
engagement at our church in Caldwell, Kans.
Mrs. Besse Tavenner Huggins of Coffeyville,
Kans., was a guest at K. C. N. T. S. on April 4.
Mrs. Margaret Ferguson, of Portland, Ore., was
the guest of Mabel Aspden of our Sophomore Class,
March G. I Ada Duhigg of our Senior Class had as her guest
on April 2 and 3 Miss Amber L. Van of Dakota
Wesleyan, Mitchell, S. D.
Mrs. Bertha Griffitts Taylor, '12, was elected
and ordained elder at the recent session of the
Kansas Conference.
Charlotte Glover and Lois Corson, students in
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., visited Beatrice
Greene, '33, March 4-- 6.
Mrs. Douglas V. Magers, of Joplin, Mo., our own
Margaret Lawyer, '27, made her Alma Mater a
happy visit on April 16.
Miss Muriel Day, secretary of Education, Per-sonnel
and Student Work with the W. H. M. S.,
visited K. C. N. T. S. March 30.
Miss May Trimble, '09, was dinner guest at her
Alma Mater on Sunday. Anril 3. Miss Trimble is
at her home in Sterling, Kans., for a rest.
March 17 we had a visit from Maye Parker, '24,
of Oronogo, Mo., and Miss Orivia Proctor, missionary
on furlough from Tzechow, Schwan, West China.
Miss Ruth McDonald, formerly a K. C. N. T. S.
student, who has been nursing in the hospital at
Abilene, Kans., called to see her friends on April 7.
On March 25 Mr. and Mrs. Ganfield and daugh-ter
Faye drove over from Jamesport, Mo., and
brought the Training School family a case of eggs.
Elizabeth Brown, deaconess in charge of our
Sheffield Neighborhood Center, addressed the united
group of Girl Reserves at East High School, March
Miss Lois Packer of Overland Park, Kans., called
March 28 to see her cousin, Grace Alice Parker, '14, I who is taking post graduate work this year at K. C.
Dr. Neiderheiser, with Ada Duhigg and Kathleen
Bell, of the Senior Class, represented K. C. N. T. S.
at the District W. H. M. S. meeting at Central Ave-nue,
Kansas City, Kans., April 4.
Mrs. Mildred Smith Crannell, '25, with her four-year-o- ld
daughters, Betty and Barbara, came up
Sunday afternoon, April 3, from Ottawa and were
over night guests at the Training School.
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Myrna Luechauer, '26, was united in marriage on I
March 16 to Mr. Joy Ralph Gray. Their home is in I
San Francisco, California. The best wishes of their I
K. C. N. T. S. friends go with them into the new life. 1
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. E. Mitchell and little daugh- - I
ter, Lois Louise, accompanied by Mr. Mitchell's I mother, drove up from Emporia, Kans., and visited I Mrs. Mitchell's sister, Elizabeth Brown, on April 11. I
It was indeed a treat to have even a short call on jjfl
April 4 from Miss Letah Doyle, '17, home on fur--
lough from Sonapat, Punjab, India. We rejoice that
she expects to be with us for Commencement Week. I
Rev. and Mrs. William Hastie and Mrs. J. L. I McCoy of our church at Coffeyville, Kans., were
over night guests at K. C. N. T. S. April 4, 5, attend- - I ing the District meeting of the W. II. M. S. in Kan- - I sas City, Kans. ; I Eureath White of our Senior Class has had two I little visits with her father, Rev. J. P. White, within H
the past month. Mr. White is superintendent of the H
Methodist Children's Home in Newton, Kans., and H
his travels have brought him this way. H
Mary Harrison, '11, spent the day, March 15, H
with her Training School friends. She was called
from her work in Cleveland, Ohio, to her home in H
Leavenworth, Kans., by the illness of her mother; H
but has resumed her work in Cleveland. H
Rev. and Mrs. 0. L. Sample, from Valley Falls, H
Kansas, drove over to the Training School on April H
15, bringing with them a case of eggs. It was a H
pleasure to have even a brief visit from these long- - H
time friends. And the gift from our Valley Falls H
friends was greatly appreciated. H
Elizabeth Hartman of our Religious Education H Department spoke at the Methodist Church in Rose-dal- e,
Kans., the evening of March 13. Corinne
Clough, also of the Religious Education Department,
spoke at Metropolitan Avenue M. E. Church, Kansas
City, Kans., at the morning service, on the 13th.
March 19 brought to us two of our graduates
for a brief visit. Elizabeth McLaughlin, '30, from
Bingham Canyon, Utah; and Neoma Harris, '27,
from Arma, Kans. After a visit with the home folk
at Blue Mound, Kans., following her mother's death,
Miss McLaughlin has gone back to Bingham Canyon.
Reorganization of the work on the Crawford County
Missions has given Miss Harris opportunity for a
much needed rest at her home in Cuba, Kans.
On Easter Sunday Eunice Britt addressed the
Girl Reserves of Kansas City, Kans., at the Y. M.
C. A. building. Miss Britt has attended the District
W. H. M. S. meetings of the Kansas Conference at
Emporia and Parsons, Kans., where she also ad-dress- ed
the Queen Esther Rally. April 3rd she spoke
at Coffeyville and Edna, Kans. April 6th she repre-sente- d
us at the W. H. M. S. District meeting at
Savannah, Mo. Her other Sunday dates have been
Admire, Miller and Willis, Kans.
LOYALTY ROLL.
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