The Washington bee., 1911-11-04
WOMAN'S TRAINING SCHOOL.
Work Has Begun-Opening Day.
Speeches by Well Known Minis
teTS.

The National Training School fOr
Women and Girls. located at Lincoln
Heights. Washington. d. c.. begun its
third session on Monday, October O,
with an enrolment Of women and
girls that completely taxed the ca
pacity of the two buildings, and
made it necessary for the President
to rent another whole building in the
neighborhood. Students are coming
from everywhere. In the short time
that this school has been in opera
ton, it has been far-reaching in its
work of training the women and girls
Of the race. and there are now thirty
one States and three foreign cOun-
tries represented in the enrolment.
The opening exercises, which were
held at $50 P. NJ, were presided
over by Miss Mamie H. Burroughs,
A. NJ, president In her remarks
Miss Bourroughs gave a brief outline
of the work and the achievements OF
the institution during the past two
years, as well as a plan of the work
to be accomplished during this school
year. One of the principles advocated
by this young woman and which was
fOrcibly brought out at this time was
BE prepared; opportunity may come
but it comes to the prepared individ-
ual We have too many makeshifts
now; the demand is for thoroughly
trained workmen in all avenues OF
| life
! A letter from the Woman's Ameri-
can Baptist Home Mission Society
of which Mrs Katheryne S. Westfall
! is secretary, was read, stating that
three thousand five hundred dollars is
available from the society with which
to build, the much-needed and much
talked-of Model Home in memory
of the late Secretary of the Woman:
American Baptist Home Mission So
ciety, Miss Mary c. Burdette Thi:
colonial model home will be erected
soon. Plans have been submitted
| The donors only ask that the cOloreC
women properly furnish and equiv
the building, Enthusiasm ran higl
when the announcement OF this gIt
was made 1t was evident that other.
Twill be inspired to give largely.
! Special addresses were delivered by
Rev Walter H. Brooks. D. D., OF
How a student may make the year
resultful;" Rev. ]. Milton Waldron
The trained Christian worker as ;
factor in our church work" Mrs. Ju
liza Mason Layton, The conduct o
students in public places Rev. L. G
Jordan, D, D., THE need of trained
workers to supplant the make-shifts,
and the speaking was closed by Rev
j. Gray, of Baltimore, Md, who made
some very timely remarks.
At the close Of the exercises, man,
lpledged to help in a very materla
way, and pledges were received 10
lmoney toward the erection Of tn
girls dormitory, the foundation o
which is now being laid, while other
ip1edged to furnish rooms in the ney
building and still others are making
la substantial donation OF came
goods to the institution on OCtObe
Goth, which has been designated a
Grocery Day
The District Board, under the di
rection of Mrs Emma Lewis Cabar
Iiss, the local churches, and the ladie
of the Calvary Baptist Churc
(white), Washington, D. c., as we
as friends throughout the country
are uniting in the effort to max
Grocery Day" blessing in materia
things.
Friends were present from Pennsy
vania. Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland an
1.-THE District of Columbia