Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-29
$4,000 Pupils Attend Sunday School in
Modern Classroom of 200 Churches
Under Especially Trained Teachers

imaginative age. At 9 years the
memory work begins. In the inter-
mediate and senior departments the
international lessons are used, while
the primary departments conforms
its work to special Lutheran
course.
The boys classes are taught by
men. A mems class is taught by
Rev. Mr.. Baltzly. More than 100
men who attended the class are now
in service. w. D. horton is super
intendent of the school and is as
sisted by Albert Hedelund and G.
Seaberg. Miss Edith Tegtmeyer has
charge of the primary department.
The Lutheran Young People," a
16-page pamphlet, is distributed
weekly. There are about 5000
Lutheran Sabbath school scholars in
Omaha.
Long Perfect Attendance.
Miss Augusta Kruse of the school
up to a week ago Sunday had not
missed attending for II years. An
attack Of influenza prevented her be-
ing present on that day.
The First Presbyterian school is
fortunate in being able to have the
most modern quarters in this part
of the country. One wing of the
new building is devoted to the
school. On the main floor is large
assembly room on each side of
which are six small classhooms d.
vided by folding wooden partitions.
On the second floor are rooms for
classes of older persons. In the
basement is the primary department,
forced there by the Red Cross work.
ers who are using their rooms for
workrooms, The very small chill
dren are separated from those a
dr. or so older. They are grouped
around tables in two large rooms
and have their assembly separate
from the older pupils. The primary
department has its own piano.
Pianos Aid Singing.
A woman's class has a beautifully
furnished room with a grand piano
In it. The school has large troop
OF Boy Scouts who have "a study
room to themselves and gymna-
SUM. The school has 400 pupils and
Is teachers. F. E. Clark is superin-
tendent. The Grace Chapel Sunday
school at Sixth and Williams is sup
ported by the school. A Home de-
partment for shut-ins is maintained.
Lesson books are sent to the men,
bers quarterly. The school has /
orchestra led by Mrs. Zabriskie, the
organist.
The First Methodist church is an
other Omaha institution having
modern Sunday school. The chill
dren after completing the junior
course are taken into the church
on Children's day.
Humor in Class Room.
Although the teaching of Gods
work is essentially a serious mat
ter, yet occasionally humorous Incl
dents arise. At the First Baptist
Church Rev. DeLarme was explain
ing publication by holding up a
bottle of clear water, blackening it
and then purifying it. When he first
held bottle of clear water in his
hand and asked the name of its con-
tents, one member of the primary
class cried out Castor oil"
At the Temple Israel Sunday
school child in a lower class was
asked the name of the first Jew.
Abraham Lincoln" was the answer
II, rcciting the story of Cain and
Abel another child quoted Cain as
saying, Am my brothers book
keeper" The Temple Israel school
has library for the pupils and en-
ploys Jewish public school teachers
as instructors.
Thus, while Omaha boasts of its |
churches it may also point with
pride to its numerous and modern
religious schools.