The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-01
Topeka Training school win
Open Monday Night.
Prominent Speakers Have Been
Booked for Lectures.
|SUPT. 4. B. WILSON IS At HEAD
School Started Last February
-Enrollment 444.
Sessions viii Be Held in First
Presbyterian Church.

The Topeka Training school for
Sunday School Workers win begin the
1914-191s season next Monday night
at the First Presbyterian church. At
1870 O'Clock w. Edward Raffety, pro-
fessor of sociology and religious ped
agogy at the Kansas City Baptist
theological seminary. win speak on
THE Sunday School That Makes
Good" This will be followed by the
regular departmental sessions.
The purpose OF the school is to Of
fer a thorough preparation for super
intendents and other executive officer 8
of the Sunday schools and Cor active
teachers in all the grades and for
those who expect to become teachers.
Seventeen sessions of the school were
held last winter and spring. and the
enthusiasm of the student body and
the large attendance. inspired the pro-
moters of the plan to widen the scope
of the school and to enlarge its course
of study. The enrolment last spring
was 444.
October to May.
The sessions will be held every lion
closing May "a, except that no sessions
will be held December Fl and IS. The
meeting will be from 1890 to 8 o'c1Oc;S
and will be held in the First Presby-
terrain church. Sixty-three volumes OF
books have been placed ON the shelves
of the City library and two sets of
sixty volumes have been pro-
vided by the Kansas travelling library.
that may be used by the students.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby all students who desire will
receive recognition by the Information
al Sunday School association and also
automatically by their own d=nom ina
ton. The standards for each c3urst
are such as to meet the requirements
for such recognition.
SDeCial Lecturers.
Among the speakers who will give
lectures at the training school dur
ing the first semester are: DIR. Henry
c. Culbertson, president of Emporia
college: Mr.. David H. Owen, state BIZ
BILE school superintendent of the Chris
of the Bible chair of the Christian
church. University of Kansas; the
Rev. Mr.. Stanton Olinger. dean of the
Bible chair of the Presbyterian
church, University Of Kansas. and DR..
Arthur Henderson of the First Con-
gregationa1 church, Topeka.
DIR. Estey's Idea.
DR. S. S. Estey Of the First Pres
byterian church of Topeka wrote an
article for a religious publication
some ten years ago, setting forth a
plan for a training school. and since
then the idea has been growing. until
1t has resulted in the establishment
of some of these schools. Kansas Is
the third state to put the plan in OPP
Grafton, though it should have been
the first. Two of the far western
states preceded Kansas in getting the
schools started.
Wilson at Head.
H. B. Wilson. superintendent of. city
schools, is director of the training
school, and H. T: Chase. assistant di-
doctor. Departmental heads are:
Beginners department, Miss Lulu Nc
Kee; primary, Mrs. D. o. Coe: junior.
A. J.. McAllister; intermediate. Miss
Laura L. Ewing; senior, Mrs. Roy b.
Guild; adult, the Rev. Robert Gordon;
organization and management, ]. HI.
Engle. general secretary Kansas Sun
day School association: normal train
ing, Mrs. George H. Whitcomb; Bible
study, Miss Marguerite Dice and A.
M. Thoroman. secretary state school
book commission.
Mrs. S. S. Estey is chairman of the
executive committee and Mrs. q. ID.
Gray is treasurer. The recorder Is A.
A. Knapp E1on S. Clark Is chorister.
Members of executive committee:
Mrs S. S. Estey. Miss Marguerite Dice,
A. D. Gray, H. B. Wilson, H. r. Chase.
H. w. Bomgardner, c. c. Nicholson,
R. H. Weeks, Rev. Robert Gordon.
Rev. J. A. Renwfck.
The members of the faculty VIII
meet for conference at the Y. w. C. A.
building at o'clock Friday evening.
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