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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1923

Page

8

A Chosen Leader and Land in Abraham's Call

International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham discusses Genesis 12 1 to 25 10 focusing on Abraham as a chosen leader and the land promised. It highlights divine prompting rather than human striving, lists virtues and failures, key life events, and outlines teaching notes for Sunday schools.

Abraham God Father of Nations Sarah Canaan Bethel Egypt Lot Melchizedek Isaac Machpelah Rebkah

Black Oak School Program Marks Rural Education Meeting

Black Oak No 6 parents and children praised district leadership and Miss De Jong for strong school progress. County Superintendent Erma L Krout urged community help to enhance education. The rural meeting featured a booklet program with songs readings and dialogues by grades four to eight.

Toots Makes a Match and Other Recitations Recited

A school program features Mabel De Jong and Pearl De Jong in recitations such as Toorts Makes a Match and A Cure for the Neural Pupil Dialogue. Six pupils perform The Empty House and The Banner Bet Made with Bernice Van Maanen Jornelius Van Dooren and Rose Mila Fleck among the vocal pieces. The Community Quartet and solo acts by James Van Doren and others accompany the event with C H Bogaard president and L R Bleck treasurer listed alongside county superintendent Erma L Krout. Refreshments are planned after the program.

Mabel de Jong eSanett Pearl de Jong Gia Tina van Teukelom Grace de Jong Bernice van Maanen Jornelius van Dooren Rose Mila Fleck James van Doren Community Quartet Pane C.H. Bogaard L. R. Bleck Wand Drill Erma L. Krout Ounty

The Queer Logic of Hiring a Teacher and a Preacher

A school board hires a teacher and pays a sizable salary to begin classes, but no pupils arrive. the teacher is told it is his job to attract students. A servant finds meals ignored as the family says it is up to her to persuade them to eat, since they supply the house and food. A church hires a preacher, pays a salary, and not many attend, yet it is claimed the preacher must attract congregants.

Isaac God Abraham Micah Basil King Ruskin Treasury Abedefghijkimn William E. Chalmers Religious Education Northern Baptist Donation Chalmers Victor N. Witter Miss Brockway Jesus J. la Grove Expositor

Eliot School of Jamaica Plain Chosen as Oldest in U S

Walter K. Putney identifies the Eliot School in Jamaica Plain Boston as the oldest in the United States, founded in 1676 by Rev John Eliot. The narrative traces its growth, land gifts, and the 1831 rebuilt schoolhouse now housing manual training classes and a history of trustees and city cooperation.

United States Walter K. Putney Jamaica Plain Boston Mass Eliot John Eliot Jamaica Pond Road Fliot

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