, 1888-08-03
THE PICNIC.
A Grand Time at the Fair Grounds
Yesterday.
The Children of the Mission School
Turn Out.
Something About the School and Its
History.

The children of the NJ. E. mission Sun
day school enjoyed themselves hugely
yesterday and went on a picnic excursion
to the territorial fair grounds, not a great
ways out to be sure, but then it answered
the purpose for which it was gotten up, it
being to give the scholars a day of recrea-
ton and a good dinner. Superintendent
HANNA was the originator of the affair
and furnished the transportation princi-
pally at his own expense. Rev. ID. l..
RAIDER and a number of others belonging
to the Methodist Episcopal church as
sisted in various ways and the ladies of
that church furnished the dinner, which
was a magnificent one.
The children OF the school and others
were taken in wagons from the ~headquar-
tiers Of the mission in the Wyoming block
early in the forenoon, and they did not
return to the city until late at night.
Fortunately the weather was very good,
and at the picnic grounds all those in
attendance enjoyed themselves in various
ways too numerous to mention. Many of
the little folks belonging to this school
had no enjoyed the opportunity of get
ting out Of the city or of having even a
short ride before for many a long month,
and the occasion was a great treat to
them. Sad as it is to relate, it might be
said that some OF them do not often have
the opportunity of partaking of such a
dinner as they got at the fair grounds
yesterday.
The mission Sunday school was started
last October with about seven or eight
scholars, and now, including the officers
and teachers, there are fiftY-four of them
all told. The school waG started under
the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and the pastor and leading mem
bers of that congregation are entitled to
much credit for the good work they have
done.
The officers Of this prosperous school
are at present: Peter HANNA, superin-
tendent; Mrs. j. A. Rishel, assistant
superintendent; Ora Cowhick, secretary
and treasurer; Sanford Thommasson,
librarian; NJ. Rouleau, organist, and the
teachers are the Misses Ollie and Minnie
Bouvee, Miss Eugene RAIDER, Il. r. Evans,
R. B. Durbin and V. Rapp.
Some OF those who are now teachers in
this school, and others who formerly off
ciated in that capacity, had a hard time
of it for awhile in getting their scholars
to take much interest in the Institution,
but faithful work, and above all by dem
onstrating to the little folks that they
took a friendly interest in their welfare,
a great deal was accomplished.
Among the teachers who had hard work
To do was Miss Eva B. Morrow, a young
lady of exceptional purity Of life and
nobleness of character, who left Chey-
emit some weeks ago for the Pacific coast.
Miss Morrow took 50 much interest in the
welfare of the members of her class that
they all came to regard her as their best
friend. Several of the west end kids
who were formerly very wild, experienced
a great reformation under her charge, and
continue right along in well doing even
now that she is gone. On one occasion a
scholar belonging to her class got into
some trouble and was locked up in the
calaboose, but as soon as Miss Morrow
heard of it she went straight to the city
hall and secured his release, and on an
other occasion when she considered that
one of her class had been misrepresented
through the papers, she went and de-
manded that the mistake should be cor
rected.
Miss Lolita Bryan, daughter Of Col.
Bryan, also taught in the mission school
for a considerable time, and this young
lady also did a large amount of good
work, and the present corps of teachers
are doing a noble or grander work in this
school than was ever done in a mission
school in this country before.