Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-21
TRAINING SCHOOL OPENS
At FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Ninth Annual Session for Sunday
School Workers Starts
Tomorrow.
is STRONG ONE
Specialists In Respective Depart
mcnts Will BE i'm Charge-CiasscS
VIII Continue Each Day Through
Next Week.

The Ninth Annual Training School
for Sunday school and Baptist Young
Peoples Union workers will be held at
the First Baptist Church. commencing
tomorrow afternoon and continuing
through the following Sunday.
The training school is held under the
Joint auspices OF the Baptist Sunday
School Association and the Richmond
Baptist Young Peoples Union Associa-
ton. of which Frank Il. Crump and
Harrison Saunders are presidents. re-
Spcctively.
The training school will be attended
By hundreds of officers. teachers and
scholars in the various Baptist Sunday
schools. as we'll as many from the Sun
day schools of other denominations in
Richmond.
The faculty is n strong one, being
composed of the following specialists
in their respective departments: Pro-
fessor John II. Sampcy. ID. D., LII. D.,
of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. Louisville. Ky, and II lead
ing member of the international les
son committees; Richard y. Wyche.
president Of the National story Tcllcrs'
League. New York City; Professor l..
T. Leavcll field secretary Of the Bap-
fist Sunday School Board Nashville,
Tenn: Miss Lillian s. Forbes. clcmcn-
tary worker. Alabama state Sunday
School Board. Brmineham: Rev.
Thomas j. Watts. Sunday school and
Baptist Young Peoples Union sccre
,ary. Baptist Convention of South Caro-
lima. Columbia; Professor Il. l.. Gaines.
chair of mathematics. Richmond Col
lcgc: Harrison Saunders. president of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union AS
ISOLATION of Richmond: Rev. Joseph T.
Watts. Sunday school secretary Of the
Baptist State Mission BOARD of Nir-
ginia, Richmond
DIR SAMPEY SFEAIIS
At OPENING SESSION
The opening session will be hi at
, o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
main auditorium of the First Church.
This meeting will be addressed by Dr.
Sampey. and Mr. Wyche will tell one
of his stories for the benefit OF old
and young alike. Children are invited
10 attend this meeting.
The regular conferences and classes
will he held each day from 80 to $3.50
o'clock in the various classrooms and
auditoriums Of the First Church
The schedule for the first week day
is as follows:
$40 L. M.-"rhe Home Department Of
the sunday school" Miss Forbes
100 p M.-"Story Hour" Mr. Rich
ard r Wychc.
5;15 =. M.-Normal manual. Division
IL. Rev. r. j. Watts; normal manual
seven laws of teaching. Professor Il. l..
Gaines: monuments and the old Testa-
meat, Professor j. II. Sampcy; elcmen-
tary work, Miss Forbes.
6:l5 T. M-Lunch. Conference Of
general and departmental officers, led
by Secretary Joseph r. Watts.
1:l5 +. M.-Normal manual. Division
l.. Rev. Joseph T. Watts: normal man
ual. Division Ill, Professor l.. T. Lea
we'll: seven laws of teaching. Professor
II. lc Gaines; art Of story telling. Rich
ard I. Wychc: senior Baptist Young
Peoples Union work. Rev. Thomas j.
Watts: junior Baptist Young Peoples
Union work. Harrison Saunders
SIZE T. M--I.ccturc. THE Gospel Of
John Or. John r. Sampcy.
This schedule will bc observed all
during the week 10 Friday. inclusive.
rho closing exercises Of the school
Will be held on sunday afternoon, DC
tobcr 30. AT o'clock. at which time
diplomas, certificates and seals will bc
awarded. Christian workers OF all de-
nominations are cordially invited to
attend the sessions
The school Will be under the dircc-
tion of Rev. Joseph r. Watts, of the
Baptist State Mission Board.