The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-10-23
INNING SCHOOL HAS
lUSP|C|0US OPENING
- Baptist Church Filled For FIRST
lecture by DIR. John r.
S Sampey.
EILYSON OFFERS MEDAL
~ Cumpetition Based ON DIR. sam
u naYss Lectures on Gospel of Johh
n Announcesl--Iarge Enrolment
81 H0r the Course.

1Qp the Course.
The training school for sunday
N9chool and r. y. p. L. workers open
"a yesterday afternoon with mass
q nnoeting held in the auditorium Of the
8I1rst Baptist Church. The attendance
fArnn large enough to I'll the main
4 h0dy of the great building and Wa
4 Gomposed principally Of sunday SFhoN1
&o10cers and teachers. representing th's
ktWonty five Baptist sunday SCHOOLS al
Nj 11chmoDd.
4 0ecretary Joseph T. Watts called
attention to the courses Of study IN
alluded In the Sunday school beard $
aSutem. pointing out that thirty seven
Dorsons in Richmond had completed
u the full course of eight hooks, ana
4 were therefore on the 'hlue roll Of
the Southern Baptist Convention
These are Rev. G. r. ArenaalA MISS
\ Virginia Bates, Mrs. J. W Rims, rev
III w. Camuack Mrs r. T. Cnle, II.
a. rrostick. Mrs H a, Frosrick, Miss
Agnes d. Gibson, Mrs. Jennie Gibbon,
4 kiss Fssie Henson. II T Hunter, Rev,
j. r. johnson, Miss !. s. Jennings,
Mias Alberta Jones. Miss Nora F.
LAPrade. Miss Anna j Minor, Mrs.
Evelyn Num-. Mrs w. +. pickles, Mrs.
u. s. Perdue. Mrs. r. 7. Parrish, Miss
4 Virginia Payne, George + Reynolds,
Mrs. IT. H Richardson, efffss Eva
! Saunders Rev, r. r. smith, l. G.
smith, Mrs H W Tenn Iemap, Otis
J. Thompson. Miss Alice ". Taylor.
Misa Eliza Turner, Miss Irene Walton.
Miss Lille Vaughan. Miss EAssette
weis.ger. Rev. f. j. Wright, Mrs, II.
L. williams, Rev. Joseph r. Watts
The Blue Seal graduates win follow
DR.. John r. Sampey this week in tho
study OF a textbook The Monuments
and the Old Testament" by Prof /.
NJ Price. A large number enrolled
Tor this work yesterday afternoon.
The class il open to others who may
desire TO take the course. whether
normal graduates or not.
Gold Medal Offered.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellvson will present
q woid medal next Sunday afternoon
TO the person presenting the most sat
taGActory paper on the Gospel of John,
according to the lectures 10 he given
BY DR. SAnpey this week. These lee
&ures will be given in the auditorium
% the church at S:Is + NJ. daily.
on the following subjects:
1. '"The Early Ministry OF Jesus"
.. Jesus and His Adversartee."
:. Jesus and His Friends"
!. Tine ParGnR Message.
8. Seeming Defeat Transformed
Into Victory"
The opportunity to win the medal
- open to officers, teachers and stu~
dents In the Baptist Sunday Schools
Of the city. the preachers only being
Sxciuded from competition.
DR.. Sampey gave an Introductory
address Sunday afternoon. in which,
among other things, he presented the
character OF the Apostle J~hn. with
some of the traditional stories con-
earning that beloved disciple. He
dealt only with those features which
could not be covered in the five formal
lectures OF the series.
Richard r Wyche. president Of the
Naional Story-Tellers' League, charm
"a tho large audience with his pre-
sanitation of Jesus calming the storm
on the Sea of Galilee. and the heal
lng of the demoniac. Mr., Wyche Is a
master OF the art of storytelling, and
his work in Richmond viii he Of great
4 value to Sunday School teachers, o.
pecially those who have to do with
children. Each afternoon at 4:2o
h o'clock he will tell story, and each
4 evening at 7:15 he will conduct class
In the art of storytelling,
Tho enrolment for the first day wa.
highly sattsfactory-in fact. n WAS the
largest first day enrolment IN the his
\ tory OF the training school. There Is
every prospect OF this being the largest
" training school ever held in Richmond.
Professor +. F., Leavell. Miss Lillian
d Forbes and Rev. Thomas j. Watts,
members OF the faculty will reach
I Rl0hmond today IN tima for their
4 opening work this afternoon.
Textbook Courses.
III The text books TO be followed are:
& The Monuments and the Old Tesla
4 ment price,.
The New Normal Manual (First
n Deandard Course).
The Seven Laws of Teaching (Greg-
orzl.
The Primary Department (Archi-
ajd).
Ths Junior Department tMoKin-
The Home Department Of the Sun
Day school fForbes)
Tho New r. Y. P. e. Manual T4eav-
o1I).
Tho Junior B. Y. p. L, Manual
n xx0s).
"a schedule For Today's Sessions.
4 $3.50 p. M-Homs Department
h 1EaEhods. Miss Forbex
$50 p M--Story Hour Mr. Rich
n1d r. wyche.
G:IB p. M.-Corma1 c1asses In FIVE
MA0partm ents.
s:I5 P. M.-Lunch and officers
7:15 P. M--Normal classes in SIX
4:15 r. Mcclure. THE Early
III 0nigtry of Jesus" DIR. John r. Sam
Students are urged 10 bring their
Niles or the Gospel OF John.
Chrfstian workers Of all denomfna-
Rms are cordially invited 10 attend
#4he training school
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