The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-05-19

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they were ready. We anticipate all
the enrollments we can take care Of
almost from the very start.
! Deaconesses.
Thousands Of Churches for white
! people employ woman to visit the
sick, take care Of the poor sick, ones,
seek out new comers and invite them
into the church and Sunday School,
to look after delinquent attendants
at church and Sunday School and in
various other ways assist the pastor
in Gods work. The work is new
among colored protestants; Roman
Catholics, however, have found use
for several thousand colored nuns.
rms opens up promising field.
There are many very large churches
Ffor colored people where one or
more deaconesses could be employed
with profit to the work.
| Imagine a church trying to find
one educated for this line of work
lThere are none. But we hope in
time to- be able to supply churches
with this class of workers. Our
prediction Is that urgent calls will
| come In faster than We can prepare
the candidates. The idea IS new and
our fear is that few applicants for
TINS course Of study will, present
themselves. Perhaps, churches will
elect and support a student with
such help as we can render on the
condition that the young woman
when she graduates will be employed
by such church for three years after
graduation. The work Is needed and
the duties are not unpleasant to one
trained into the work.
Settlement Workers.
This form of community work has
resulted in making some Of the
wretched unhealthy slums in the
great cities bloom like we'll kept
garden. These workers have tauebt
foreigners who have come from
worse slums, in Europe knowing ap-
parently nothing about civilized
manners or customs, to be neat house
keepers, to use cooking utensils and
taught them how to cook a square
meal at small cost They have been
Taught that a. daily bath is neces-
sary to cleanliness and health. This
loea struck CONSERVATION at first in
to the hearts f those who only knew
that wash should be given at birth
and death only or at most in ex-
ceptonal cases once year. These
workers taught the community how
to keep the yards free from litter
and to keep pillows from a broken
window and to alleviate the unheal-
thy. eyesoce of the thing they knew.
eA re- efffr4eyvs
ed at public. a&penae; or by some
organized society. Civil Improve
ment societies have been especially
active. In some cases Women's Clubs
have taken the matter in hand. AS
long as there are quarters in on"
cities and towns Of either white or
black or yellow people which offend
me eye or nose Of passers by there
Will be work for settlement laborarx
1t offers really attractive field and
at present there are practically no
such cOlored workers. There is no
by us will find steady employment.
We expect to have in our faculty
people who are trained experts who
cap teach Just how to go about this
work so IS to not offend the sensi-
tive and to create a real sentim cnt
Tor the clean, tidy, healthy environ
ment The training is n0t only in
tlfe line Of suitable instruction but
requires the cultivation of an amount
nj tact and good sense beyunrf- that
required in almost any other bene-
Vo,cnt calling. Our School in this
lily will be most carefully planned
ard equipped.
Jayme,l, Courses
iu1 days School work iG an import
ali; lart o. Church activities. Thc,a
are many who would prepare them
selves to do better work if they could
Go so at little expense. We have the
facility for taking care Of this mat
ter through the media Of three grand
DIVISIONS of our work. Any Of the
Bible courses would be specially use
ful to any Sunday School work along
several lines in direct Sunday School
methods, etc. makes this most use
ful and practical course for all lay
men. This course may be taken
through correspondence, or by at
tendance at the Summer School or
Training School.
Y. NJ. &. A. and Y. w. G. A.
Great difficulty Is now exDerien-
ced In finding colored men and wom-
en- properly trained as secretaries Of
associations. The work is necessar-
!ly interdenominational. Solid Bible
knowledge is an absolute necessity.
! The secretary needs have an execu-