The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-28
topeka The HOST
Sunday School Delegates, 200
Strong, Here May 1, 2, 8.
Fifty-Second Annual Conven-
ton State Association.
A MONSTER PAGEANT PLANNED
Five Hundred Children in Scene
at City Auditorium.
DIR. Sheldon and Rev. e. J. KuIp
Speakers on Program.
A MONSTER PAGEANT PLANNED

Topeka will play host to more than
1000 delegates to the Kansas Sunday
School association which will meet
here May 1, and for their fifty
second annual convention. Houses will
be thrown open to the visitors, en-
tertainments will be given by local
organizations, by individuals and by
public institutions. The churches, too,
and their members will entertain the
guests. Church workers and lecturers
from all over the country will meet
here to address the conference. At
least this is the plan of the local COM
mittee which is in charge of the ar
engagements, consisting of r. M. Nc
Entire, chairman.
The feature of the local entertain
ment will be an original pageant,
THE Cycle of the Seasons-A Pageant
of Life" written by Miss Mildred
Hazelrigg, supervisor of music of the
public schools, in honor of the con-
vention. More than 500 pupils of the
grade schools and of the junior high
given at the city auditorium.
The theme of the pageant is the
worship of God in Nature. Three hum
dred children will be in costume rep
resenting the different seasons of the
year with all their splendor and joy
BUSINESS Two nuuuTeu HlOTe Will lOi III
la chorus. singing the songs of the
seasons.
Winter Opens Pageant.
Winter will open the pageant with
the months, elements and Nature, all
in costume. Christmas carols ann
winter winds will all be tableaued by
pupils of Lowman Hill and Harrison
schools. Then comes Spring with its
lively songs and lighter air. Flowers,
the Gentle Breeze and Raindrops will
be expressed by the pupils of Clay
school. Following is the Summer.
with July, the patriotic month, the
feature of the season, in tableau of
the pupils of Central Park and Clay
schools. An immense American flag
will be unfurled and patriotic anthems
caroled by the young singers. Six lit
tie boys, dressed in sailor suits, will
represent the Raindrops. The fourth
part of the pageant will be a tableal
of Autumn done by pupils of PotW1n
and Harrison schools.
A religious vein will be struck thru
the entire performance. Starting with
the Christmas spirit and the crucifix-
ion, followed by the Resurrection of
Spring" Then comes Summer with
the joyous blessings and the pageant
ends with the Autumn and the
Thanksgiving for the bountiful har
vest of the Summer.
Sheldon Will Speak.
Dr. Charles NJ. Sheldon and Rev.
E. J. Kulp are among the speakers
on the program. Others who will ad-
dress the convention are Miss Mar
garet Slattery. of Boston; William A.
Brown, Mrs. Maud Junkin Baldwin
and Mrs. w. H. Dietz, of Boston; DR..
H. E. Tralle, of Kansas City, and H.
w. Mauer, of Ohio.
Headquarters for the meetings will
be opened at the First Baptist church.
Morning and evening sessions will be
held in the city auditorium and the
afternoon programs will be given in
three sections. The elementary class
es will meet in the First Presbyterian
church, the secondary classes, in the
First Methodist and the adult classes
in the First Baptist church. These
divisional meetings will be held stimuli
taneously.
Registration of the delegates will
be in charge of George E. Dough-
erty. He will also have charge of the
assignments of the representatives. A
fee of 81 will be charged for the en-
tire program and a fee of rs cents
for the school pageant alone.