Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-16


/ are now ending their third week The
course is half over, and II the children
/ learn az much the remaining weeks
as they have 80 far. they viii 80 out
from the schools with well stocked
minds. This week a representative of
/ Every Evening visited two scso0ls
/ in remote sections of the city for the
/ purpose Of comparison and contrast.
I The Daily Vacation Bible School ia
connection with tho mission at Asbury
NJ u. Church. at Third and walnut
streets, Is a small school. whore two
/ Instructors are working under the
/ tremendous handicap Of lack ~ funds
and insufficient cooperation IN the
/ neighborhoOd Yet Mrs. Frances T..
Mccoy and Miss Viola Downs, teach
ers, are happy n their work, snd 80 II
every barefoot boy and girl who ar
/ tends. The day the representative
Of. Every Evening called there was
( small attendance because ~ rain, but
the singing Of Jesus Loves Ne" and
other old fashioned hymns could
scarcely be invaied In volume Of las
Its sound. After a brief prayer, the
children put on a glove" repeating
as they stroked each finger. Do unto
-+eiherg as ye would that they should do
unto you Mrs. Mccoy announced
that at the end II five weeks they
lwould have 4 picnic. what IS the main
/ thing you want for the picnicy' che
asked Plenty b eat" clamored
Ifrecltled face Fred and all agreed that.
after all ~the eats. make the picnic.
Mrs. mccoy took the older children
/ upstairs and gave them a quick in-
torestiug drill in the hooks u the Old
Testament. Several boys reclted the
entire list from Genesis to Maiachai
without stumbling II you think that
ia an easy performance, just try recit-
ing them. taking into consideration
that two weeks ago these children
rFnew none II the names Other
memory tests came when each child
svas given three cards bearing names
III old Testament books and was re-
lduircd to turn them over NJ Mrs Mc-
Coy il order Then the children rested
the various Beatitudes or "Blesseds
az they recalled them. They also
guessed the names on cards hidden ~
the leaders hand, the boys always
ichoosing the long. sonorous names q
The Minor Prophets.
After 4 little excerise with rope
duoits. the lesson hour came. when
bible stories and other tales were told
The haudwork consists mainly a maxi
ing cardboard bokiets and boxes, 10r
lack of funds limits resources.
Meanwhile Miss Downs had the lit
tie ones down stairs. They were learn
ing the Bible alphabet, which the older
children could recite 50 glibly. The
. leader held up a letter and they
rasponded with Bible verse comnenc-
/ ing with that letter. The little chill
dren were also learning the Lord
r PRAYER ana Vow Lay Me- many
, for the arst time. Most of these chill
, dren wers foreigners. Games, stories
and songs kept them happy and busl
until dismissal time.
AZ The Italian Mission.
, Another day the Italian Presbyter
ian Mission. Seventh and du Pom
streets. was visited. The older chill
dren met together for assembly. Aftei
a few hymns they recited The Shep-
herd Psalm" and Gods Ten Laws.
ReverentIy bowling their heads, they
recited a thank you prayer. The
superintendent. Miss Martha 4. Alex
lander. reviewed the laws Of citizen
ship. health. seIf-control. self-respect
reliability. and took up the new law
for the day. kindness. emphasizing Il
by poems, scripture verses. and stor-
les.
The children next were divided into
Iclasses. Miss Alexander had the Older
bows. ana girls, Miss Jennie Riley. the
Younger girls. and Miss Edith Ebbi-
son. the younger boys. II was inter-