The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-19
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Quincy School Pupils to Demon
strate Reading Lesson.
For Miss Amburgh at State
Teachers Institute.
AT HER OWN REQUEST.
Because She Was Pleased With
Work of Children.
Rev. Cole Advocates Gymnasium
in Church Basement.
AT HER OWN REQUEST.

The primary room OIL lhe N3uiASS
school. taught by Miss Maude Sproat'
has received an invitation from Miss
Della Van Amburgh, a primary teach-
err of Kansas City, Mo-, and author OF
''First Days il Reading" to be her
class in the model recitation reading
which is to be given at the First M. E.
church, Sixth and Harrison streets, at
D. m. tomorrow in connection with
the State Teachers association The
convention opened here this morning.
Miss Amburgh visited Miss Sproats
room last Friday and was SO pleased
with the work of the pupils that she
wished them to take part in her dem
b onstration. She mentioned this in her
letter to the pupils, which Is as fol-
lows:
my Dear Little Glass: I am sure
that you will not be surprised to re-
ceive a letter from Miss Van Am
burgh. DO you know that am COM
ing to see you again Thursday?
81 saw you doing such lovely work
for Miss Sproat the day that l visited
your school that 1 think that l want
YOU myself, so I am coming again ana
Thursday you are to be my own little
class fust for one little lesson L am
sure that we shall have a fine time to-
gether and I know that we shall nave
nice lesson.
Thursday I want each one of you to
bring something to me. I am sure that
every one can find it, if you will try
just q, little.
First, 1 want you to think about
the orchard. Think what kind of trees
grow in the orchard. You know that
maple trees and the oak trees and the
elm, and the ash, and the birch, and
all of the nut trees do not grow in the
orchard, don't you? I am sure that
fT~pn in
II am sure that you can tell Miss
Sproat the names of several orchard
trees What are they?
''Now, will each one Of you bring to
me when you come to see me on
Thursday a little branch of leaves
from one orchard tree? I am sure
that you will. and we shall see how
many orchard trees We know now
when the blossoms and the fruit are
all gone.
81 hope that you are being every
day as good and as happy little chill
dren as you were the day that 1 Wis
tied you. I am sure that you are do
ing every day something to help Miss
Sproat, for I think that you have a
very dear teacher. Don't you?
Remembering that YOU are to be
my little class just for one little half
hour Thursday, 1 am wishing you a
very, very happy day.
Every truly your friend.
sd. VAN AMBURGH."
Miss Van Amburgh's text is used in
Miss Sproat's room. The latter will
conduct model recitation in music at
the First NJ. E. church at 2:30 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Rev. W. I. Cole, pastor of the North
Side Baptist church, believes in the
establishing of boys gymnasium and
reading room in the basement of the
church if finances would permit He
says he is not thinking of running
opposition to the Y. M. c. A. work
on the South side, but that he feels
such an innovation would help inter-
est the young people in the church
locally. The plan has been tried in
eastern churches with great success.
AS far as can be learned it has not
been introduced in any of the To-
peka churches.
The idea is to provide a place where
the young people could meet for a
social time, and have an opportunity
to develop their mental, spiritual and
body, according to those interested in
the matter. The subject came up
while Rev. Mr.. Cole was talking this
morning about the all day conserva-
ton meeting which is to be held at
the church Sunday, October %. The
regular Sunday school and preaching
services will be held in the morning
and evening. In the afternoon a SER
les Of meetings will be held at the last
OF which chlldren'S meeting is SEIZED
uIed. The topic "Our Work and Our
Outlook is among those to be discuss
ed.
In speaking of the theme. Rev Mr..
Cole said:
at have urged our young people
that they should cultivate a Christian
sociability. There is danger of cold
ness spring up in a church when the
boys and girls divide into c1iques OF
md for i l.
to bring them together
while I do not wish to run oppo-
sition to the Y. NJ. c. A, I believe q
gymnasium and reading room in the
basement of the church you'd be g
strong magnet to interest the younger
element in church work. I believe ir
the spfritualizing of the social man an6
to begin in this work with boys an6
girls.
"A gymnasium, bath room and read.
ing room in connection with the
church might do much to accomplish
this work. OF course there is the Y
NJ. c. A. and the Y. w. c. A, which
are doing a splendid work in thi!
line. in a general way. but for oul
church specifically, I think that tn,
plan might work wonders. 1t has il
eastern churches where it has beer
tried. I would like to see the ides
carried out if the funds would permit.
Rev. w. I. Cole, came here last No
vember from Excelsior Springs, Mo
He is broad minded and energetic
keeping fully abreast of the times.
Notes and Personals.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Wolf have re
turned from a six weeks visit in Cali
fornia, Oregon and Colorado, Utah AM
other western states. While ava
they attended the services in the Nor
mon tabernacle at Salt Lake Utah an
saw the homes of the wives of Brigham
Young, the late Mormon leader. MI
Wolf says that the house of the frs
wife of Young wasn't much but tn
home of his favorite wife. Amelia wa
very pretentious. And the moral is
If you are a Mormon wife, be the fav
orite one.
rrlas Merr,, Matrons will meet tomor