The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-21
REVISE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Cooperation of Parents Is Sought In
Making School Of Greater Value In
the Home Planning Big Rally
for Next Sunday

One of the most novel advertising
campaigns ever staged in Kenosha,
was started yesterday by the Park
Avenue church school, when fifty-fve
people in groups of twos and threes,
started out to make personal calls on
over three hundred and fifty homes of
old and present attendants of this
highly organized religious school. The
occasion of this visitation is the
annual rally day to be held next Sun
day. On, that day special services
will be held and grand start made
on the new school year. The program
is not complete as yet, but it is report
ed that some of the most prominent
men of the city will speak. 1t is
planned to have there every present
and past member of the school, who
can possibly make arrangements to at
tend, and it is to obtain that object
that this extensive advertising cam
paign has been arranged.
S. d. Maddox, superintendent of
the school, asked for fifteen volunteers
to make calls on every enrolled mem
Der, with the result that fifty-fve re-
ported for work yesterday afternoon,
and every one was used They were
organized into groups, and each group
assigned to twenty or thirty calls all
in the same district of the city.
Shortly after dinner they started out
from the church armed with printed
invitations urging those called on to be
sure and attend next Sunday and if
possible come regularly to the school
each Sunday throughout the COM
ing year.
They backed up their printed invi-
tations with personal ones and de-
scribed fully what kind of work and
study this well known Sunday school
is doing, and before leaving asked per-
mission to place on the wall just inside
of the front door little yellow card
printed in red ink, as reminder of the
coming rally day. These little yellow
posters carried various inscriptions,
such as cru be There "Sure I'm
Coming" etc.
In all three hundred and fifty-two
homes were called on, representing well
over one thousand members Of the
school. The visitors completely covered
the city and went as far as three and
four miles into the country. These
distant calls were arranged for those
who had automobiles, so that the
ground could be covered quickly.
In addition to this about two thous-
and Of the small yellow cards had holes
punched in them and strings attached
so they can be worn during the week
by all the junior members. These were
given out yesterday, and today. Boys
are to be seen everywhere with a lit
tie yellow ticket dangling from his coat
lapel, or possibly his cap, arm or
bicycle, while one lad was seen going
along Main street with one fastened
to each leg.
Rev. Peter F. Stair, pastor of the
Park Avenue church, when seen this
morning, stated that they we're plan
ming several new features for the Sun
day school work for 5he coming year
and saw no reason why the attendance
should not be increased by at least
twenty-five per cent. eve are now
organized on the plan of what is known
in religious work as sChurel \
School, = he said, !sbut we hope td
improve and extend our organization
each year. Our biggest difficulty now
is to secure competent teachers, as our
attendance is increasing faster than we
can train proper instructors. Of course
we make practice of placing only
well trained teachers in charge of
classes. To overcome this shortage we
are improving, starting with the new
year, our complete teachers training
class under the direction of Mrs. Stair.
who has spent many years preparing
for just such work This class will
meet every Monday night for the study
of Bible history, Jewish customs, reli-
gious creeds, the life of Christ, and so
forth. Last year we had over fifty
regular attendants, but this year we
plan to extend.
Then there will be monthly depart
mental meeting of all teachers and de-
partment superintendent to review
the work accomplished and discuss any
difficulties, or changes that need be
made. Then there is a special new
social program laid out for the com
ing year, which is a great deal more
comprehensive than anything we have
ever attempted in the past, and we ex-
pect every member of our school to
take part in this. But our main aim
is to have our work so organized that
we can take the child in the kindergar-
ten, or really in the Grade Roll De-
partment, and bring him through the