The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-17
SCHOOL OF MISSIONS
BEGINS 1922 SESSIONS
Evidence Already Of Keen Rivalry In
Race for Largest Attend
ance Record.


Last Sunday evening witnessed the
opening of the School of Missions in
the Second Congregational and Bap-
tist Churches. The sessions in these
churches will continue unit December
g. The Methodists will hold their ses-
sions OH Thursday evenings, begin
ming October 19 and continuing until
| November 23
The session at the Second Congre-
gational Church began at s: 80 p. m.
with light lunch served by the
Ladies' Aid society All six o'clock
there was a general assembly in the
chapel for devotional exercises. 1t is
already evident that there is going to
be some excellent work in the musical
line by Mr.. and Mrs. Sleeper, not only
in the School OF Missions, but also
in other departments OF the church.
At about 6:2O the study classes met.
The two adult classes were under the
direction bf p. T. H. Peryon and DR.,
L. H. RoiF respectively Mr.. Pierson
teaching f"Building with India and
DR.. Ross The Trend of the Races.
The young people studied India on
the March," with Miss Jean Niles sub
sttuting for Miss Anna Rogers as
teacher The Intermediates took up
The Vanguard of Race" with Miss
Daisy p Rudd. Earl ~ Tara!dsen In.
structed the Juniors with the textbook
The Wonderland Of India" and Miss
jeanette Perkins taught the primary
and beginners departments in THE
Ret of the Family" There was no
special feature afterwards, as the Con
| gregationalists. Baptists. and Metho
dists met in a union service at the
Baptist church.
The Baptist session did not begin
until 900 p. m. The program was
practically the same as that of the
Congregational church, the general as
iembly at $50, then the study classes
1t GAO, the ses 5ion ending about Z: 80
| in order to join the union service.
About the same courses OF study
were taken up as in the Congregation
al church l. f. Munger and Mrs
Harry s. Moses taking the adult class
49, Rev. w G. Towart the young peo
pie, Miss Elsie White and Miss Mabe
White the Intermediates. and Mis-,
Ruth Harris, Mrs Waldo White ant
Miss F. Moore the juniors. The pri
mary and beginners studied with Mis-.
Florence Walbridge. Mrs. Sidney Ed
son and Mrs Il. C. Whitaker. Tn,
Baptists fell twenty.one below tn,
Congregationallsts in attendance, tn,
former having an even one hundred
and the latter one hundred twenty-one
<een rivalry in attendance Is expected
between the two churches.
After the school sessions the thre,
organizations met in the Baptls
hurch to hear an address given b,
)r Joseph Taylor of Union College
Jhingtu, China, who gave a most In
teresting and enlightening lecture OF
The Strength and Weakness OF CHI
na." He said that although China |
bankrupt financially, she has grea
potential strength In her position o
he earth, and has rich soil and pre-
ductive mines, th,'e being enough cot
IN Shantung to last the world thoi
sand years. Christian education
e needed to bring out the ability of tn
ace as only one in one hundred ca
5 read or write. Ignorance and supe
y stition must be entirely wiped OF
md the Gospel of Christ brought |
n before China can take her plac
= among the nations Of the world.
o The Methodists will follow nearl
the same program as the other churcl
es their session being from $3.50 to S:4
}. m, and their faculty consisting ,
Prof, ID. w McClelland, Prof. l.. !
} Orr, Miss Jean Niles, Miss Amy
)utler, Mrs. James Martin and Mis-
Nice Fuller The special feature
their first session will be a stereopl
l. 'con lecture.