The Kansas City Deaconess (Kansas City, Mo.), 1938-05-01

              Alumnae Issue 
VOLUME XXX KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, MAY 1938 NO. 5 
A PRAYER 
My Father: 
In this new day of life which thou dost trust to me, 
I cannot help but touch some other lives. 
I cannot know their inner longings, griefs or joys; 
I cannot see how I might help them best. 
But thou, my Father, knowest each of these-- 
Thy children all are they. 
Teach me today, my Father, 
Just the Words to speak, the gentle, loving act to do,
That I may cheer and help and lift 
The heart that needs. 
I would be helpful, Father, through this day-- 
Not cold or careless, thoughtless or unkind. 
* * * * * *
All this I dare to ask, my Father, 
Because of Him whose days were filled with love, 
Whose every act was gentle, thoughtful, kind-- 
Jesus, Thy Son, my Saviour and my Friend. 
Amen. 
CHARLES A. BOYD

Kansas City, Missouri, May 1938
EDITORIAL 
EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!
You have been generous and thoughtful, but we still
need a large number of cases of eggs if we have sufficient
in storage for winter use.
We have many barrels of empty glass jars which
we shall be happy to send out in the coming weeks and months that you may have them as you can vegetables
and fruit.
Thank you
A MINISTRY OF LOVE
Much space is given in this issue of the Kansas City
Deaconess to excerpts from a few of the many spontaneous
friendly letters received during the past few weeks from graduates scattered all over the United States. Including this
year's class 660 have been graduated and many more have
been with us for different periods of time through the years.
Their work is varied and meaningful and we rejoice in
their ministry of love.
NEWS!
In response to the urgent demand from directors of Verse
Speaking Groups, the 1938 Choric Speaking Class of K. C.
N. T. S under the direction of Miss A. Louise Sumwalt, has
compiled a booklet of poems for younger children.
This cleverly illustrated booklet has classified sections for
Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary, and Junior Age groups,
These sections, in turn, contain Humorous, Character Building, Patriotic, and Religious poetry. The poetry has been arranged for group speaking after experimentation by the class.
If you are undertaking the work of Verse Speaking, in
club groups, Sunday Schools, class room, or for any occasion,
you will find this booklet, "Choric Speaking in Christian
Education", a valuable aid. It sells for only 25 cents, and
may be obtained by writing the school office.
Have you sent us your dollar for a Shield? 
Don't neglect this opportunity for joy and inspiration. 
Mr. E. R. Adams of the Department of Teacher Training, Missouri State Board of Public Schools, called 
briefly at the Training School April 20. 
On April 26 fifty-five members of the Kansas City District Executive of the Woman's Home Missionary Society 
took lunch with the Training School family. The afternoon 
program in Bancroft Chapel was furnished by the Training 
School. We, are happy to have this closer fellowship with our 
district leaders. 
Our prayer meeting service, April 23, was addressed by Dr. and Mrs. John N. Hollister of India. They expect to 
sail July 6 on the Queen Mary, returning to their field, 
where they will be engaged in rural work. Their address for 
the coming term will be Bijnor, which is down on the plains. 
Miss Irene, the older daughter, will remain to complete her 
work at Park College. The younger daughter, Elsie, who is 
with them, will complete her high school work in Landour, 
India. Mrs. Hollister was graduated from K. C. N. T. S. in
1926 as Ruth Larson. 
National Music Week was observed at the Training 
School by a delightful service of vocal and instrumental music at the chapel hour, May 5. 
Miss May Trimble, '09, field representative for the
Strawbridgc Boys' Home. Sykesville, Maryland, showed moving
pictures of the boys and their various activities at the 
chapel hour, April 21. There are fifty boys in the Home, 
and judging by the pictures they are a very happy, busy group. 
Miss Sally Chesser, '37, deaconess, has been transferred
from Woodlawn Church, Chicago, to Christ Church, 
Detroit, Michigan, where she began parish work May 1. 
ONE HAPPY DAY IN APRIL I It was a perfect day from beginning to end I'm 
speaking of April 30, the day of the annual school picnic at
Swope Park. 
At breakfast we heard some inquiries concerning opinions 
on the weather for it had rained a little during the night. But 
all such questions were soon hushed, for by that time the 
sun was expressing promise of a beautiful day. And it was 
surprising how quickly the housework was completed so as 
to give time for picnic preparations. 
Eleven o'clock classes were dismissed entirely, and ten 
o'clock classes closed about twenty minutes early. Some 
who happened to have no morning classes had gone to the 
park early in order to make the acquaintance of some of our 
feathered friends. By eleven o'clock, two thirds of the family 
was standing on the corner waiting for the street car. From the very beginning everyone was set for a good time. 
Thoughts of approaching joys of the day smoothed out the 
rough places in the long street car ride. 
Upon reaching the shelter house, we found indications 
that dinner would soon be served. But, there was yet time 
to try out the swings, teeters and trapeze first. But when 
the call for dinner came we lost no time ,in getting there and, HH
as we did so, Miss Ellen Smith entrapped the happy expres- - HHj
sions of our countenances in her movie camera.
When dinner was over and all had packed their even- - HHJ
ing lunches the members of the group were seen going off 'H
in nil directions, each intent upon seeking out her own choice
of diversion. And how quickly the afternoon slipped by.
Here where God's gifts of sun, trees, grass, sky, water and
animals arc so much in evidence, wc couldn't help but come
( a little nearer to Him and feel more distinctly the touch of
His hand and know that He is surely the giver of all gooJ
Wc came home with muscles a bit tired, skin a little more
red, and clothes bearing a faint scent of earth and grass,
but with a keener joy and appreciation and a greater faith in
our hearts. If When wc assembled in the unlightcd chapel for prayer
v meeting, wc were privileged to watch the stained glass windows
as the light outside became dimmer and dimmer. The ser-vice
was entirely spontaneous, growing out of the happy ex-periences
of the day.
After Miss Ncidcrheiscr closed the service with prayer,
light was supplied and the Shield was prcscntd by Kathryn
Estcrlinc, its able editor. And so, with the whole family
1 searching out the contents of the Shield, one happy day was
brought to an end.
JANE L. WILSON, '38
"FAMILY PICNIC"
The poem bearing this title expresses so thoroughly the
spkil of our own happy "family" picnic that wc can easily
overlook differences in detail.
. Wc arc bound together by tics no less enduring than
the tics of blood relationship for Christian fellowship has ever
i been the badge of true disciplcship, the golden thread "that
I binds all hearts in One."
Brief respite from the crowded days of the closing weeks I of schoo) the "family picnic" is an annual festival of joy
when each in her own way holds communion with Nature in
all her varied forms and with the God who wrought such
beauty and such strength.
Perhaps, too, the realization that in a very short while
we should take our several ways, never to meet as a group
again until wc join in the great eternal reunion, made the
fellowship all the sweeter and brought to the lovely vesper
service a touch of not common in our usual
gatherings. M. F. s.
FAMILY PICNIC
i
BY VIVIAN MOFFITT
Wt! The early summer night was calm and fair,
fcl And in the park the oak tree towered above,
As we, close held by bonds of human love
blood relationship, were gathered there.
Free were our hearts that night; we were prepared
To smile upon the people who were small
Among our group; or, laughing, to recall
Some joy that we in other years had shared.
I. Love lifted up our spirits, and we bore
Lightly within our minds the heavy load
Of knowledge that a long and winding road
Would lie between us in a few days more.
The things of God are not all grave and grim;
When filled with loving thoughts, his people meet
Where hills and trees with restfulness are sweet,
Joy is prayer and laughter is a hymn.
And though the evening hours were lightly spent,
Who knows what tender feeling there might be,
That entered in beneath our gayety,
And made that supper like a sacrament?
"MON-DA- Y VS. MAY-DAY- " I
Why did the Junior Class President ask me, a Senior, I to write on their May-Day- ? Was it because I spent the I afternoon of our Swopc Park picnic with the Junior Class, I and might have some inside information about their May I Queen? Nope! That's not it! They were cither so very
careful not to let any of their secrets on Mon-Da- y May-Da- y I leak out, or I was so unconscious to anything but God's I beautiful, awakening out of doors that when the day closed I I left as ignorant as I came. Therefore I, a complete out- - I sidcr, shall try to tell you what "made the wheels go 'round" I for the 1939 Class on May 2, 1938.
The wheels began to turn in the morning. I was grad- - H
ually awakened by music "the time for singing of birds had H
come" God's little feathered creatures were singing their H
Praise-Praye- rs before the business of the day's work com- - H
menccd. In the freshness of the morning I began to think of H
plans for May 2, 1938 as "Mon-Day- "; Room-mal- e and I H
were to "clean house". Wc were both to have an hour of H
household assignment; I was to have Senior play practice, H
Banquet at 6:30, dishes afterwards, and typing to do in H
preparation for a Tuesday's class. H
My thoughts were suddenly arrested by more music
but it did not come from the trees this time, instead it came
through the trees from the campus below. I was reminded
that May 2, 1938 was no ordinary day. The Juniors were fl
telling us in song that it was "May-Day- ". At breakfast wc
had a lovely May pole in the center of each tabic. So there
is to be a May pole dance again this year. But what is
the theme? Maybe our pansy invitations attached to each
streamer of the pretty orange and white pole has a suggestion.
Spring friends. Spring faces, Spring flowers! Wc can only
wait until evening for suicty. All day while wc Mon-workc- d,
and Mon-studie- d, and Mon-playc- d wc questioned: "Who
i3 to be the May Queen?" "What is the class gift?" Wc
had all kinds of answers. Every girl in the class was cd
of being the Queen at one time or another. Some one
said she would wear a pink dress. And as to the class gift
wc received a wide variety of suggestions: an escalator, a
diving board, an hour-stretch- . Some were more serious
and suggested "a picture of John Wesley".
Only Juniors were goint; in and out of the dining room
that afternoon. They wouldn't let mc in to get the soiled
tablecloths to send to Gilpatrick's Laundry. Had to ask Miss
Ollmanns. the Junior class Snonscr. to brine them out into
the
6:30 arrived. The "No sign was taken
down. We entered the banquet room and there right in
the middle of the floor was not a May pole at all but an
old stump! On it sat a figure who was none
oilier than Old Man Winter, himself, (or should I say 'her-self- ?)
Reminded me of a book I read in my high school
days "If Winter Comes Will Spring Be Long Behind". So
the May Queen is Spring herself! A little spring fairy ed
and took Old Man Winter from the stump-thron- e.
Vivian Unruh, in a pink dress, and. amidst the approving and
devoted smiles of her class, was led to take up the relinquished
throne. One of the Queen's class mates later said, "It just
couldn't be anybody else. She is the happiest, most
and most beautiful girl in our class. Vivian just
had to be our Queen."
After we feasted and paid tribute to the Queen of May,
and praised the spirit of joy, and new life, and Spring, we
were led to our reception hall to receive the gift. A voice was J
heard, "My years' of service are over, I have seen girls
come and go. I have seen girls receive their appointments,
I have distributed Iierature to many, I am ready to give my J
M ' post lo another, ." The Juniors moved, and there behind
'l them was a beautiful hand carved table which had come all the
I way across the ocean from Belgium to its new place of service
j in our school.
The spirit of May-Da- y had won over the spirit of
' Mon-Da- y. As tired heads retired for rest, instead of visions
, of institutional X soap, brooms, buckets, dust rags, and
sweepers, were pleasant memories of songs, smiles, friends,
i and the Everlasting and Evcrwarming Love that holds us
j togthcr as one big, happy family of God's children.
t'J LEIGH KEMP '38
H THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY
M May springtime blossomtime growthtimc lovclytimc I
I What a month it is to stimulate thoughts of happiness, dreams
of achievement, memories of past blessings, and faith in future
'
hopes. It is a month, too, of inspiring celebrations:
May Day gay festival of youth and beauty and nature
appreciation, instinct with merriment and pageantry, radiant
) with joy. It is the very symbol of No
' wonder the Child Welfare groups chose this day as "Child
'
i Health Day". No other day of all the year could so f it
tingly epitomize the exuberance of physical well-bein- g, no
)' other could so aptly challenge thoughtful people to st- -r
.
cm-- r
phasis upon health as this spring day.
' Please God, Communism with its bloody riots, its in- -
citings to selfish strife for theoretical "rights", can never
more than slightly dim the joy and the glamour of the day.
! Come, ye youthful-hearte- d of the world, come celebrate this
day in the spirit of Flora and Hygcia, and of Him who
, said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me''. Let
j i flowers, not bayonets, be the symbol of the Day. Crown
' youth hopeful and enthusiastic, as Queen of the Day.
Mother's Day day of heart-stirrin- g memories, of warm
appreciations, of kindly ministrations a day that arouses in
us our finest and deepest emotions and confirms our belief in
immortality. It is a day to be shared by all, regardless of
age, race, or station in life. It is fitting that it should share
in this month of radiant new life and that it should be cele-brated
near the middle of the month, thus linking together the
j first and the last days which symbolize youth and old age.
I. Commencement the pivot upon which swings the mighty
, door leading from school days in which character foundations
' have been laid and skills acquired into that more rigorous,
more exacting world of work. It is a day pregnant W1'th
unborn hopes and dreams which later may develop into plans
and achievements vigorous enough to transform a world.
How fitting that the round of Commencements should begin
in this vital month of May.
i Memorial Day claiming our thoughts during the clos- -
' ing hours of the month calls us to pay tribute to the staunch,
I stark heroism of those who gave their all in loyal devotion to
i their patriotic ideals through a means which we trust will
l soon be out-mod- war. Taking the sword to settle dif- -
ferences of opinion and of principle, they perish by the sword.
j We honor their devotion and lament the occasion that gave it
exercise.
j Flowers, songs, diplomas, flags, and martial music how
they fill the month with sublimating thoughts!
Hail, thou merry month of May I We thank thee for
stirring us out of the hum-dru- m drabness of the common-place
and for keeping us aware of life's richer values.
M. F. S.
AFTER TWENTY YEARS
It was with deep gratitude and eager anticipation that
I answered Miss Ncidciheiscr's letter, saying that I would
return to the Training School to teach. I was happy to re-turn
for spiritual refreshment and for new ideas and methods,
as well as happy to render whatever service I could. Shortly
before I arrived, the fear gripped me suppose the Training
School had changed? Suppose it was not as fine as I had
thought it was? And in the short time which was left I
tried to reorganize my thinking and to prepare for any changes
which might have taken place knowing, of course, that
chances do come. I realized, too. that voulh was not the f
same as it was twenty years ago, and that, possibly, the re- - I ligious experience needed and nurtured in America might not
be the same as that which we fostered among our young wo- -
men in China going out into Christian service. I Was I disappointed in the Training School? I should I say not! I am proud of its progress, its improvement, of its
t J keeping apace with the religious needs of the day. I have
been away for nearly twenty years and, of course, have ideal-- I ized the place which had meant so much to me in my religious
experience and preparation for Christian service. And after
being here for a semester, I am more enthusiastic than ever I and more deeply confirmed that here is a school which really I prepares one theoretically and practically for work in and I through the church.
The equipment is much better than when we were in
school the Kansas building adds so much with its splendid I classrooms, its gymnasium, practice rooms, Home Economics I and Handcraft departments I well remember our liny gym- - I nasium and our poorly lighted handcraft room in Fisk base- - I ment! The grounds are Iovlier with the wall, the open fire- - I place for picnics, and the rose arbor. And the curriculum is I so much broader and there are so many more interesting courses jfl
and there is still a strong emphasis on high scholastic stand- -
ing. There is also the same emphasis on a deep religious ex- - fl
pcriencc and an adequate spiritual preparation to meet the I challenges of today. There is a fine family spirit and a deep, I helpful fellowship among students and faculty a sense of H
belonging to each other and interested in each other's prob- - H
lems and joys. The girls are capable, efficient, alert and fl
eager to be ready for the work which awaits them. They
still enjoy good times and the holidays are much more festive
than when we were here; but they are, also, just as sincere in H
their work and have many more opportunities for the develop- - H
ment of initiative, individual talents and independent thinking. V
We have every right lo be proud of our Alma Mater and I I feel that the training here is of the very best and does fit one JH
to answer the Master's command, "Feed My lambs . . . fl My sheep".
ELLEN SMITH, '20
O GOD, OUR FATHER I
What have we in heaven or earth but Thee ?
Yet, not as an external possession do we desire Thee.
Come not in condescension from above:
Come not in glory and power from without: H
Come not as a belief to be comprehended:
Come not as a wave of emotion, to felt and forgotten (H
But come as the indwelling spirit within our souls,
Transforming them into thine own divine nature,
Creating in them thine own joyful and loving will.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
I THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 5 I
P, NOTES FROM FAR AND NEAR
I J Wc hnvc had a good year at Brewster Hospital and
J are looking forward to Commencement time in May. Then
l (I ln J.unc ''lc Florida State Medical Association (Colored) is
j'V meeting at Brewster, with a clinic in connection with the Mcdi- -
I cal Association meeting. There will be at least a hundred
V" doctors, and interesting cases will be brought in from all over
J the state. Wc are looking forward to a great time.
I j I have just returned from our Annual Conference at
Eustis. Last Sunday afternoon (April 24) I was consc- -
,.j crated as deaconess in the Methodist Church.
( ft .MARY ANDERSON. 35
j Brewster Hospital, Jacksonville, Fin.
I Ever since I was a student in the Training School I
have been interested in Negro children, and now that the way
jj has opened for me to work with them I find I am always
'i happiest when I am where they arc. On Wednesday evenings
I assist Miss Dccl in the Game Room, where the children arc
all colored.
One part of my work here that I like immensely is the
' Thrift Shop. It is very interesting to put the articles away
- as they come in and then to put them out for sale. People
come in to buy with the soles off their shoes and in rags.
' Yesterday a little girl found a pair of shoes that would fit
her, but they were marked 15c and she had only 10c so we
sold them to her.
I feel that the effort and energy that I am spending here
i are accomplishing more now than any place else I could be.
NEVA CARDEN. '28
Philadelphia Deaconess Home Settle-ment
, My vacation will be in June. I have been invited to at
tend the School of Missions at Winona Lake, Ind., and as
that is close to my home I hope to go there the third week in
June . . . The Gulfside Institute at Waveland, Miss.,
is the first week in July and Dr. Echols has asked me to
teach a class. Gulfside is a grand place for an Institute.
Thirty-fiv- e young people attended last year. I do wish more
of the Negro young people could go.
Right after the Gulfside Institute Dr. Echols is coming to
Baldwin to hold a district institute. We like to have it at
our church because our children get the benefit of it.
In August I'll be boys' matron here at the Home,
because Mrs. Reed will be on her vacation.
DOROTHY STRINE, '35, Deaconess
' Kindcrgartncr at Sager-Brow- n Homo
Negro Children, Baldwin, Bfor We have some indications that the cause of Christ goes
forward in Utah this year. The whole temper and spirit of
our people seems more hopeful and aggressive. More new
disciples are being won than for a number of years. Easter
was a time of genuine thanks to God for many of our pastors
and their people. The contagion of such stirrings of new life
cannot but affect those places where things still go slowly.
How we long for enough leaders of the right sort!
Requests for D. V. C. S. work have come too thick
' and fast for me to care for them. However, the Board of
Home Missions and the W. H. M. S., realizing that I am
not triplets, have come nobly to the rescue. A faculty member
of the Presbyterian College, who happens to be a Baptist,
will assist me in work among the Methodists for two months
this summer. Miss Knerr, of Ogden, is also helping out in
an extra community. All in all a total of some fifteen two- -
weeks Daily Vacation Church Schools will be held in Utah
Mission during the 1938 season. It is utterly thrilling to
think of the opportunity to touch so many of our youth for
God as will soon be flocking to us.
The Board of Education of our Church recently listed my
name among the regular Conference Directors of the Church
. . . Mrs. Day generously speaks of it as a recogni-tion
of what our people and I have been able to accomplish
together.
NELLE WRIGHT, '31, Deaconess
Director of Religious Education in
the Utah Mission Conference
This has been a very busy year. The library work has I increased noticeably . . . We arc now closing some of I our activities of the fall and winter and beginning to prepare I for D. V. C. S. and Camp work. The Boys' Bible Club I would like to continue during the summer, but I'm not sure I I could do it justice with every thing else I have to do. I The first of February wc began working with a group I of Junior High School young people. They arc now the I Sunday morning choir. Wc also have a trio from the group I who sing well together. I I have been made so happy as I have noted the prog- - I rcss some of our young people have made in Christian living; I and to have them occasionally remind me that I had some I little part makes me exceedingly happy, and yet mighty humble I to think that God chose me to help them . . . Trans- - I formed lives and true friends arc a marvelous compensation I I ETHEL LEHN. '32, Deaconess
Wall Street Mission, Sioux City, In. H
I have had charge of two Bible Schools again this win- - H
ter; and have had three worship periods and five classes,
which have kept me quite busy. I am mite box secretary in H
our W. H. M. S. auxiliary; and some organization is always H
asking me to lead devotions. So I have about all I can get H
done beside running the house, keeping a boarder, and keep- - H
ing up with my teacher sister! H
GRACE ALICE PACKER, '14
Wichita, Kansas. H
There were nine babies and small children baptized H
Easter Sunday morning, and fourteen older ones, including two H
Sunday school teachers whose children were joining. Twenty- - H
one on confession of faith and six by certificate. Also, three H
pieviously baptized children coming from elsewhere were placed H
on the preparatory roll. Friday evening we held the Com- - H
munion Service, in which everyone participated. Many of H
the twenty-on- e were from our Sunday school younger group. H
In June wc plan for another baptismal and reception service, H
and I hope our young folks will come then. They are de-- H
cidedly under conviction. H
SARAH P. TAYLOR, '11, Deaconess
Rock Springs, Wyoming. H
We began our Easter services with a sunrise meeting at
which fifty-si- x were present. Fifty of them stayed for break-fas- t.
Two of our young women gave a dramatization of a
scene which might have taken place on the first Easter morn- - H
ing. We gave "The Challenge of the Cross" in the evening, H
using several of our young people. All the services of the
day were well attended.
CLARA SETCHELL BAINBRIDGE, '19 H
Wife of the pastor at Cimarron, N. M. H
THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS
The Easter night service was the closing, or, rather, the
Commencement Service of our evangelistic campaign, which
biought our poplc lo a "Search for the Will of God." One
hundred thirty-seve- n came forward for n new or first time sur-render;
and many others were stirred anew. We realized
more than ever that wc arc just beginning.
Tonight after the Sunday school board meeting wc held
the first mid-wee- k prayer service for some seven years, and I it was a glorious experience for all of us.
I have a Junior Preparatory Membership Class of about
twenty-fiv- e. There are some of college and high school age
who will meet with me at other limes. Wc shall have a nice
sized group of college young people for Associate Member-ship.
The college group has prayer meeting three afternoons
a week. Oh, but they arc a fine group I
SARA GENE HOFFMAN, '3G,
Deaconess. Cnrbondnlc, III.
were very busy in the prc-East- cr days and as a
had one of the most joyous Eastcrs that I have
privileged to enjoy. For twelve weeks preceding
I met the children of the primary and junior
each Thursday evening in an instruction class. From
which had an average attendance of thirty-fiv- e,
baptized and four more joined with them to come
membership in the church.
Monday night of Holy Week a group of our high
women, with one older person, under my
"The Challenge of the Cross." IWclast week in February we organized a junior choir,
the Mendelssohn Choir. They sang once in March,
Palm Sunday. At the Easter sun-ris- e service
made their first appearance in their new white
their place in the choir loft with lighted candles,
Holy, Holy.' Then they sang a children's
anthem, "He is Risen, He is Risen". It was very
and heart-touchin- g.
work includes that of financial secretary and office
Then there is always calling to do; and I attend
that are a part of the church program. In
of the pastor several weeks ago I had two
one Sunday evening service; a radio devotional
broadcast; and the writing of the weekly bulletin. In general, H I do those things that come in the program of the pastor's
H assistant. Much joy is mine in this service.
BLENDA KUHLMANN, '35 H Great Bend, Kansas
M We have a Sunday school of over one hundred; an Ep- -
worth League of about twenty-thre- e; a Junior League of about
twenty; an orchestra and a young people's and an adult choir.
We use the young people's choir entirely in the evening ser-vice.
Our Ladies' Aid Society is a going concern.
Many denominations are represented in our congregation. I Really we are a small community church.
We have great times with our children and young people.
Wherever I go here on West Side I am always hearing,
someone.
"Hello, Miss Rayson," or "Hello, preacher lady," from
BEULAH RAYSON, '11, Deaconess
Pastor of West Side Church, Great
Falls, Montana.
II """
j You would enjoy my young people. I have an hour of
V play and a half hour of hymn singing with them each Thurs- -
I day. There are fifty enrolled in the group. When one
realizes that our church is situated in one of Kalamazoo's
delinquent areas it means much to have so many coming lo I
the church for recreation. About twenty of this group attend I
League on Sunday. I
The community is the least church conscious of any I I
have ever been in. I have been taking a more or less active I
part in the Community Club, the P. T. A. and the Mother's I
Club, so that the folks arc becoming acquainted with the I church in that way. I I am responsible for Story Hour for the primary group; I Junior League; Prayer Meeting; Adult Sunday School Class; I young people's recreation hour, and League. Wc have added M
an adult recreation hour for once a month; then there is H
Ladies' Aid twice a month and the church calling. Mrs. ' I Edith Server Timmcrman, '34, has joined our Ladies' Aid H
and is a great help. She is going to help me with my vaca-- H
lion school. H
MILDRED HEWES, '20, Deaconess
Knlamnzoo, Mich. HI Since last July I have had the Child Welfare work in H Wright County, Minnesota. I have always loved rural work,
and I like to pioneer. The work is very satisfying . . . fl
Child Welfare here is rather an extensive field. It includes WM
supervision of dependent, neglected and all feeble-minde- d
children. I have to investigate and supervise boarding homes,
free placements, and cases pending adoption. Wc have super
vision of all unmarried mothers and their children. Wc also f
have to investigate and make plans for admission to the State '
Schools for the Blind and the Deaf and the State Hospital
for Crippled Children. 'H Last fall wc added aid to dependent children in their jH own homes. Wc arc dying to do more intensive case work
with these families than with our regular relief cases. I
have help with these cases; but I try to do all the child wel- -
fare cases myself except some of the simpler problems. When
there is a child welfare problem or a case of fccblc-mindednc- ss
in a family I handle the whole case, which often includes
direct relief, W. P. A., Old Age Assistance, or Soldier Wei-far- e.
All together I have about three times as much as I can
handle.
AMY E. BOOBAIl, '25, Deaconess
On May 26 I attend my first session of the Confer- -
ence Board of Education, having been elected to membership jH last September. On May 27 I am to assist Dr. Lindhorst in
a "Materials Conference" for Boone District.
We had a very happy and profitable Easter Season
with the Wesley Church young people this year. We con- - il centrated all our efforts on the first Youth Comradeship Week 'll observed here in many a year, and the young people assumed jJ a magnificent share of the responsibility, so that it was all
so much more meaningful to them. A very nice class of 'H children was received into preparatory membership, as well as
a group of six girls in their last year in junior high school. I H
continue to be delighted with my opportunities for service here. H
CAROLYN HAFFNER, '33 'M Director of Religious Education, H
Wesley M. E. Church, Dcs H
Moines, Iowa.
Last fall I wrote you of my work as librarian in the H
Hospital of the Good Samaritan (Episcopal). The work H
increased until in January I found myself in a five day, forty-- H
five hour a week job, instead of three days as before. The H
work has gone beautifully. One cause for my great pleasure
i that in talking with the patients about the books I have
opportunity to do some missionary work. In fact, I believe J
ID I
IH' THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS 7 I
there is as much opportunity for missionary work in the li- -
I brary of a hospital as there is for many church workers.
V EDITH GLAKY, 15
7 Los Angeles, Calif.
This year I have been doing church school work in Wind-sor
Locks, Conn.; and also at Warburton Chapel in the
Italian section of Hartford. This has all been work with
younger children; so next year I am planning to do some
teaching with young people at Trinity Episcopal, where they
'. have a very excellent director and supervisor.
BEATRICE GREENE, '33, Deacon-ess
In Hnrtford School of Religious
Education, Hnrtford, Conn.
I am enjoying my work very much. In fact, I hate to
leave the floor even after spending eight hours on duty.
Things are so interesting I seem to be afraid I'll miss somthing.
Today I went back to see a spinal puncture. Nursing is a
., profession that certainly challenges all who have the privilege
. of entering it. I never dreamed it would hold the intellectual
challenges that it brings to one.
GOLDEN ETHYLEN MILLS, '3--
In nurse training, Bctliesdn Hospital,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Since last I wrote I have completed six months work at
I the New York School of Social Work; have had six weeks as
temporary intake worker at the Family Service Society of
Yonkers, N. Y. ; and since January I have been on the staff
of the Department of Welfare Home Relief, working at a
district office located in the center of Harlem, and am en-joying
the experience. October will again find me in school,
finishing up my training in psychiatric social work, which
I enjoy so much.
MARGARET KELLY GATZ. '28
New York City.
Last night my husband and I went riding to see the
lighted cross on the summit of Punchbowl Mountain. Honolulu
has the tradition of placing a white cross on the summit of
this mountain about three days before Easter. It is beautifully
lighted in the evenings for the whole city to behold. It is
truly a magnificent and inspirational sight. One and all I, Catholics, Buddhists, Mormons, Christians and others look
H' upon the cross with deep reverence, even if some may not
U, know its full meaning. All I can think of when I see the
K Cross is the limitless word Love love and more love I For
H this rich and eternal meaning of the Cross I am indebted to I you and K. C. N. T. S. I am grateful.
FLORA CHO KANG, '27
Wahiawa, Oahu, T. H.
HI Two weeks previous to Easter we had special evangel- -
II istic services in our church. Three days each week we had
HI meetings for our children after school. We had very definite I results with the children. They were so open-hearte- d and I responsive and eager to be Christians. One girl in the fourtli
B grade was very definitely converted. She came to me after
H one of the meetings, asking, "How do you give your heart to I Jesus? I want to be a Christian. What do you have to do
II to become a Christian?" I explained it to her the best I I could. She sat with me during the evening service and I
V told her she need not wait, that she could be a Christian right
m now by just telling Jesus she came to be His very own, now.
Then as we sang "Take my life . . ."I suggested that she
Hi
watch the words carefully, for that was what it meant to be I a Christian. She came to the children's meeting the next day I and gave her testimony, but before she told us she asked, I "How do you know when Jesus has come?" My pastor ex- - I plained that He would slip into her heart a happy, peaceful I feeling like she had when she did something nice for her I mother. The night before, after going home from the meet- - I ing, she had knelt by her bed to pray, telling Jesus that she I wanted to be a Christian now, that she gave Him her life, I her hands, her feet, her cars, and eyes and lips she held I nothing back. Then she said she cried, thinking maybe Jesus I wasn't going to let her be a Christian. Then He must have I come, for He slipped a happy feeling into her heart and I she wanted to smile at everyone she saw. The next day I when she came she said, "Now since I'm a Christian, can I I join the church?" She has put first things first and is so I beautifully changed. H
NELLIE SCHWAB, '28, Deaconess,
Bridgeport, Ohio.
GOOD FELLOWSHIP I
Several years ago a great longing came to my heart and H
I had the joy of witnessing its fulfillment on May 4 of this H
year, when our three student teaching field groups for our H
Early Childhood Education Department held a joint festival H
as the closing feature of the year. It has been our custom to H
have separate annual closing picnics, usually on the Training H
School campus; but such a fine feeling of inter-raci- al good H
will has developed that we felt the time had come to have H
them all in one celebration. H
The kindergarten and nursery school at Argentine is the
oldest of these student teaching fields, established in 1923.
The children from there and two assistant teachers (all Mexi-ca- n)
were here under the sponsorship of their original
Miss Catherine Ferguson.
The Sheffield nursery school was organized in 1926 as a fl
part of the work of the Sheffield Neighborhood Center. The
children and members of the Mothers' Club were sponsored
by their head worker, Miss Gladys Hobbs. These folk are
Mexican, Greek, Polish and American.
The last of our nursery schools to be established was
Bruce, in 1932, in connection with a nearby Negro public
school, both mothers and children attended from there.
With three races and four nationalities represented in the
attendance there was a very happy fellowship. A downpour of
rain prevented a picnic on the campus, but the class rooms and H
gymnasium served instead. H
Miss Vivian Unruh, one of the nursery school teachers,
presented a most interesting program of music and story, ed
by Miss Christina Hulburd and Miss Annie Golley.
During the program the children had a rollicking good time
playing in the gymnasium. Refreshments were served as the
children sat in a circle surrounded by their mothers and teach-- IH
ers, wearing most attractive crepe paper caps as a surprise to iH their mothers.
The climax of the afternoon was a moving picture of the
activities of the three groups in their regular sessions. These
pictures were taken by Miss Ellen Smith, '20, now a member
of our faculty, for sixteen years missionary in China. This H
too, was the fulfillment of the longing of years.
GRACE HUTCHESON
Supervisor of student teaching Early H
Childhood Education Dept. of
E. C N. T. S.
8 THE KANSAS CITY DEACONESS
H HERE AND THERE
Miss Pearl M. Eddy spent April 26 May 8 attend-in- g
District W. H. M. S. meetings in the Illinois Conference
and a large Queen Esther Rally nt Springfield, III.
Miss Eunice Brill attended the Parsons District V. H.
M. S. Convention at Independence, Kansas, May 2, that of
the Topcka District, at Mayctta, Kansas, May 5; spent May
8 on the Tocka District with the district superintendent, Dr.
W. R. McCormack; addressed the First Church, Topcka,
W. H. M. S., May II.
Miss Louise Sumwalt sang several numbers at the Jack-so- n
County Parental Home for Girls, the evening of April 24;
spoke and sang at the meeting of the Oakhurst Senior League,
May 8.
Miss Martha M. Hanson spoke at the Lcnton Tea, First
Church, Fort Scott, Kansas, April 19; and gave the Thank
Offering address for the W. H. M. S. at Knob Noster, Mo., H May I.
May 4, Miss Grace Hutcheson discussed The Use and
Care of Materials in the Beginners Department, at the State
1 Convention. On May 5 Miss Hutcheson had charge of the
Conference on Worship in the Vacation Church School.
Misses Elizabeth Hartman, Dale C. Kcelcr and Louise Dut-clic- r,
also assisted in the Vacation Church School Section at H the State Convention for Workers in Church and Other Char-act- cr
Building Agencies.
Miss Dale C. Kcelcr addressed the Epworlh League of
Independence Avenue M. E. Church, April 17. H Miss Ellen Smith of our faculty has been busy with H speaking engagements as follows: Atchison, Kansas, W. F.
M. S.. April 21; Country Club W. F. M. S., a talk on H Buddhism, Confusianism and Taoism; W. F. M. S. Thank H Offering address, First Church Leavenworth, Kansas, and Ep-- H
worth League and evening service, Atchison, Kansas, May 1 ; H W. F. M. S. Annual Luncheon, Indiana Avenue, May 3 ; H Business and Professional Women's Missionary Society and
Weslyan Service Guild, Grand Avenue Church; W. F. M. S.,
Bonner Springs, Kansas, May 1 1 ; W. F. M. S. Thank Offer-- H
ing address, Metropolitan Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas,
May 15.
I PERSONALS
Mrs. Gertrude Buich, EI Dorado, Kansas, and Mrs.
Carrie Baird, Newton, Kansas, were guests of Miss Louise
KJ Dutcher, '38, over Easter.
Miss Martha Whiteley of Algiers, North Africa, was an
Easter guest at K. C. N. T. S. Miss Whiteley is soon to
, return to her field.
Mrs. D. J. Klingensmith, wife of the superintendent of
the Methodist Mission on the Ponca Indian Reservation,
IM Oklahoma, called at the Training School April 21, bringing
a good report of their work.
The Holcomb Club of Baldwin, Kansas, was represent-ed
by ten of their members, most of whom are teachers, at an
all-da- y visit with the Training School family, Saturday, April
23. Those who came were: Misses Floy Liston, Lucy E.
I Gordon, Ethel Watkins, Catherine Van Keuren, Anne Stewart,
t Carrie Adams, Anna E. Lewis. Frances E. Bailey, Florence
' H. Strong, and Mrs. Jessie K. Fenton.
I Miss Bessie Bohn, R. N., of the S. B. A. Hospital, To- -
I peka, Kansas, was week-en- d guest of her sister, Katherine
J Bohn, '39, while in the city to attend the National Nurses'
Convention.
I
Miss Florence Boles, R. N., and Miss Helen Zcnkovich,
R. N., both of Sioux City, Iowa, attending the Nurses Con-vention,
called at K. C. N. T. S. on April 26. Miss Zen- -
kovich brought greetings from her sister, Anna Zcnkovich, '34,
who is at home between appointments.
Miss Ruth Reynolds, R. N. and Beulah Magruder,
R. N. '28, both from Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo., visited i
K. C. N. T. S April 29 while in the city for the Nurses
Convention. j
Miss Janet R. Lowe, freshman at Park College, visited
the Training School May 2. Miss Lowe's mother is corrcs- - ' J
ponding secretary of the North Dakota Conference W. H. I I
M. S. I
Miss Ruth Murrcll, R. N '15, has been in and out at I
her Alma Mater and was with us for the May Day festival, I
May 2. I
Miss Lydia Sain, Chanutc, Kansas, was week-en- d guest v I
at the Training School over May I. 'I
Miss Elsie Miller, '21, religious education director from I
Wichita, Kansas, attended the May Day festival May 2, and ' I
remained over night. Miss Miller assisted in the Kansas Con- - I
vention of the Council of Religious Education, held in Kan- - I
sas City, Kansas. I
Mrs. Laura Braghetta Porrctti, '19, of Brcen Acres, I Parkville, Mo., visited her Alma Mater on April 26. I
Miss Betty Knostman of Wamego, Kansas, spent the I Easter holiday with Miss Katherine Bohn, '39, at K. C. N. I
Rev. H. E. Straw and wife, of Havensville, Kansas, and I Miss Beatrice McKee, '18, of Cleveland, Ohio, drove down I from Havensville and called at the Training School May 3. il Miss McKee is spending her vacation with the home folk. i H
May 6-- 8 Miss Grace A. Vause of our office, had as H
her guests her mother and youngest sister, from Pittsburgh, fl
Pa., Mrs. Annie Vause and Miss Ellamae Vause. They fl
were enroute to Los Angeles, California, to join the two young- - fl
cr brothers, Herbert and Howard.
Miss June Beam, Lewistown, Montana, or Midland Lol- - JBH
lege, Fremont, Neb., was the guest of her friend Esther Mc-- 'M
Gaughey, '38, at the Training School, April 28. Miss Beam VJ
is a member of the Midland College A Cappella Choir, which VJ
sang in Kansas City at the Lutheran Church. VJ
Miss Goldie Cowman, R. N., '23, spent the week-en- d H
of May I at her Alma Mater. After several years as nurse H
with the West Side Community House, Cleveland, Ohio, H
Miss Cowman has gone to Chicago for a four months post- - H
graduate course in obstetrics at the Lying-i- n Hospital. She H
has been visiting the home folk at Logan, Kansas. H
Miss Ruth Danner, missionary on furlough from Peiping, H
China, was the guest of Miss Ellen Smith of our faculty, H April 27. M
Out of the city guests who have registered: Mrs. Paul
D. Cook, Denver, Colo.; Lydia C. Weisser, California, Mo.; KVM
Mrs. W. O. Hillman and Mrs. A. S. Crawford, St. Paul,
Minn.; Ruth Powell, Fulton. Mo.
Miss Virginia Robb of our Sophomore Class was called
to her home in Detroit on April 16 by the death of her sister,
who had been ill for some time. The sympathy of her friends
is with her and the family in this loss.
The 1938 "Shield" is now ready for you. It's
message calls you to go Forward with us in love
and service. VMH