New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-07
VACATION SCHOOL WORK.
Roptist Mission Society to DO ,fhat
Ctr Lcares UndOfle.

o Interested in work among children OF inc
- c,asres will be glad to hear thaL a"housN
=, Roard Of Education viii he unabie 10 Cd ga
=, ,.acation schools. from lack OF hecessii' 49,
- work will be undertaken by tc ~" "
" Ts-tfst Mission Society. under the aole super
- - me Rey Robert q. Bovie, through whose
.,oa the society became interested IN H. ON
- these schools have been established il We
r., side and The Bronx, and VIII oe oIii-',is
led on July g. and VIII be continued ""ilS
mill the last OF August -
-, 12o,,IIle is tho superintendent, and ". -
I'm secretary. Under them is a corps Of care
IN, selected teachers, men and women, repre-
ting students and graduates Of the leaolhs MI
-sitias Of the country. Mr.. Bowie s'"d last
.ott that the principal requirements IN TIE seec-
.son Of these teachers were that they shoud be
'-.uectllal. hard working interested in the Work,
s o,+vardlv as well as inwardly capable Of
srq living examples to the children. in all. eigh-
zen men ard twenty-sI women were selected
Tbev will 20 paid by the society Cor their services
Although the schools are TO be under the auspices
NJ the Baptist society It is intended that they shaH
a no way be dcnominaJional. and viii merely seek
an their Bible course to Instruct the children IN TIE
pnle stories giving them the fundamental ele-
Tnents Of the Christian religion There VIII also
he courses in musical manual. scientific ard phys-
cal training
The classes viii merely be divided according to
.sxas The schools VIII be composed OF children
gtr,g from nine to fourteen years Of age. al
enough IN some Of the schools theFe will bo kinder
.orten classes The sessions will last from 9:So 10
r.2o m The first hour will be spent In a de-
ottonal service consisting Of simple prayer, cato
cbising and the singing OF hymns The second hour
MI he devoted to Bible study, the stories drama
,,uod nv the children themselves. The third and
,ast bour will he occupied with industrial training
csuetbenics games and vocal training. The indus
,r,al training will consist of basket and hammock
making for the boys and sewing for the girls.
M referring to the work Mr. Boville said last
night:
am delighted with the progress which We have
made and exnect that Will attain spiend!d re-
suits II has been my desire TO organize Such a
ss1en, Of schools ever since entered the society,
ana I found the opportunity when II was uhueT-
STOOD that the Board of Education would be IN
ahla 20 support vacation schools TINS summer our
aim IS TO keep the children of the street ana away
from its Influences in the mornings OF the puD!lc
school vacation; employ their ht-CS Win user
rary. "a give to them TWO hours Of happy associa-
lion with Young men and women from our colleges
mo have had a larger share OF the opportunities
If move cultured life and To get them interested
in The Bible through fOTceful representation or
its stories and By letting the children dram3tlze
fbero 10 make them their own teachers. We have
Ire hearty concurrence Of the ChiidrenS parents
and have received from many Of them letters
thanking Us for continuing The work which the city
could not afford. We expect 70 have an average
attendance Of from nine hundred to a thOuSan
children while IL all viii enroll about four
thousand.