The Daily Missoulian., 1910-01-31
MISS LOUISE STORK|
VISITS 01Y
HEAD or oEAcoMEse ecHooL IN
HELENA SPEAKS IN MIS-
souLA cHURcNes.

A large congregation was at the
morning service Of III. Methodist
Episcopal church yesterday to listen to
Miss Louise Stork. superintendent Of
the Montana Deaconcss school, Q
boarding school for young children,
located three miles from Helena. Miss
Stork spoke to the congregation on
the school. It's purpose, requirements
and needs and received hearty con-,
gratulations after her lecture. A fine
Offering was taken up and will be
donated to the school, which Is un-
der the direction of the Methodist
church. Miss StOrk also spoke to the
Sunday school children Of the Baptist
church and to the congregation Of Tho
Presbyterian church at the evening
services.
The Montana Deaconass school Is
intended as a place where may be sent
children from the ages Of 5 to "A
years, whose parents may wish them
to receive an education as far as the
high school. according to Miss Stork.
on account Of the sparsely settled con-
dition Of the country. many homes are
far from any public school and par
cnts are forced to send their children
away from home to secure an cduca-
tion. Then there are the orphan chill
dren whose guardians desire "a home
school for them. II Is the aim OF the
Deaconess school to supply this need:
to give the child all the training OF
home while receiving an education.
The school campus consists of II
acres. affording ample room for out
door sports OF all kinds. swings. turn
ing pole and field for basketball. The
building is of brick and granite and
contains IS rooms. including bedrooms,
recitation rooms. parlors. dining room.
chapel and bathrooms supplied with
hot and cold water. The building
was formerly used by the Montana
Wesleyan university.
Each child IL expected to spend at
least one hour each day In household.
work. They must care for their own
room and help in the general work
of the home according to the age and
ability. The expense of the schooling
ID thus made less and the student feels
that he Is helping 70 earn his own
way. The discipline is firm but kind
and only such as Is necessary for the
comfort of an institutional family
Obedience. self-controt, order. punctu-
ality. and courtesy ars insisted upon
and every means available are used
to secure these primal factors lin the
development of true manhood and
womanhoOd 4
The De0concsses are an order OF the
Methodist Episcopal church and as
such their work is largely caused by
devotion to children They Give their
services to this work without salary.
Which accounts for the low cost or
keeping children In the home. Fro,i,
the superintendent down, the women
IN charge OF the school are members
OF the order. The following women
are At the school: Mis- Louise Stork,
superintendent: Miss l. Fell, principal:
Misses Nellie Rouse and Leone Rice.
teachers: Miss Hattie Kissell, house
mother for the boys: Miss Sarah
simmons. house mother for the girls.
Miss Fell. the principal. Is also the
Bible teacher at Montana WESLEYAN
university The duties Of the house
mothers are to have charge of the
children out of school hours. They
attend to the behavidf OF the chill
drei. their clothing aud punishment.
acting much the same as the real
mothers would. Twenty zone children
are at present enrolled at the school.
Win several more coming. The school
WAS opened only last September and
has already made itself prominent.
1t has the entirc support Of the Prot
estant churches, since il Is the only
one Of Its kind in the northwest. /,
y kept UP largely by subscription.
Tue school is in need of funds with
which to carry on the. good work and
yesterdays offering i'd the Methodist
church was fully Appreciated.
Miss Stork will spend today with
personal friends In Mlssoula, and will
then return to the home.