The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-21
TRAINING SCHOOL
WILL Open SUNDAY
Ninth Annual Session Under Auspices
of. Baptist Sunday School
Association.
MANY POPULAR FEATURES
Many Prominent Workers VIII Be
Engag ed-More Than Two Thou
sand Graduates of Course in Vir-
ginia.

The ninth annual training school,
held under the auspices of the Bap-
fist Sunday School Association OF
Richmond and vicinity. will open in
. the First Baptist Church Sunday after
noon. October %. This training school
has made splendid record as COM
pared with similar training schools
held in the largest cities OF the South.
In fact, it has come to be considered
the leading training school in the
Southern Baptist Convenn,u.
When this work began there were
not more than a half dozen normal
graduates in Richmond. and not more
than twenty-five in the entire State
Now there are 400 graduates IN the
f]rst standard course in Richmond and
more than 2,0o0 in the State, while q
large number have completed ad-
vanced courses and hold what are
called red and blue seals. There are
thrty-six blue seal graduates (eight
I books in Richmond and several have
done the post graduate work.
The faculty OF the training school
for this session Is one OF the strong
est ever present and Is as follows:
~
professor in the Southern Baptist
Seminary, Louisville. Ky: Mr. r. r.
Wyche. president OF the National
StoryTellers League, and author OF
STORY Telling" New York: Prof. r
f. Gaines. Lit. D.. of the chair OF
mathematics. Richmond College, Ricn-
! mond; Miss Lillian s. Forbes. ele-
mentary and home department spe-
cialist OF the Ala bama state Mission
Board. Birmingham, Ala. Rev Thos.
J. Watts. Sunday School and B. Y.
p. U. secretary of South Carolina
Baptist State Mission Board. Column
bia. S. C. Prof. l. r. Leavell, field
secretary of the Baptist Sunday Schoo!
Board. Nashville. Tenn; Mr. Harrison
Saunders, president OF the Il. Y, 7.
L. Association OF Richmond. Va: Rev.
Joseph r Watts, Sunday School secre-
tary OF the Baptist State Mission
Board OF Virginia. Richmond. Va.
Popular Features
The general public will DO. greatly
Interested In the two features OF the
training school:
! The frst being tho story Hour" at
400 p NJ. In charge OF Mr.. Richard
T. Wyche Mr. Wyche IS story
teller OF great ability and is popular
In classic and folk story as we'll as In
Bible stories
The second feature Is the work to
he done at sis +. NJ. daily by Prof.
John n, Sampey, Beginning Janu-
AIRY /. the Uniform Lesson Series for
, ak months Will he taken from the
Gospel Of John. and these lectures
Will be an Introduction and general
Interpretation o. ehe book In most
attractive way
The textbook courses will be given
as follows
$50 T. M.--Home Department OF
the sunday School Instructor. Miss
L;ijtan s. Forbes.
SIS +. NJ. CD-Normai Manual
First Standard Course. Division II
Instructor. Rev. Thos. J Watts. being
a treatment or the pupil and his needs
Yin the various grades o. The Sunday
School
az Normal ManuaI-Divisson III
Instructor. Prof l. 2. Leaven; beinS
h!rd's-eye view OF the Old and New
Testamsnts
80 The Seven Laws ot Teaching
Instructor. Prof. r, f Gaines; being
4 study in the principles OF teaching.
"a Elementary Work beginners
primary. tuniorl Instructor, Miss
Lillian 8. Forbes: being a daily con-
ference on the problemh OF the chill
dren's grades in the Sunday School.
5, The Monuments and the Old
-Snmnev--t,atrr.y r,nr..r-a rI1,a.a r,+,-sa
covering nrst- elias. course n, study
In archaeology
71s p M-NornnI M,r,a,
Division instructor Rev rosanh r
Watts. heinz traatme,, ~ c,raay
srhoo, orvan,z,+ior mannver,ant ga
teaching
7.1sP M-fA Normal naru,,
Division III feontinuedl r,strurtor
Prof. 7. p I@aveu
! "A, Seven Laws ~ Teacbtr1 tcon.
f,nued, Instructor proy :, II
c.t,es
:. T. ..s +: $s, a Ssai