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| Janus, God of Doorways |
The General Conference of 1912 made it the duty of the Board of Sunday Schools to determine the curriculum for Methodist Sunday schools. In harmony with that action the Board created a "Standing Committee on Lesson Courses." The publishing agents, representatives of the Editorial Office, the chairman of the Lesson Course Committee and the corresponding secretary of the Board met on November 20, 1913, to consider lesson courses. They passed the following resolution:
In view of the fact that the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has made it the duty of the Board of Sunday Schools to determine the lesson courses for our denomination, and since that Board is engaged in the preparation of such courses, it is the sense of the representatives that at the conclusion of the preparation of the present cycle of uniform lessons (1912-1917) the Methodist Church should assume full responsibility for the preparation of lesson courses to be used in its Sunday Schools.
Concerning the future policy of our denomination, we express the desire and purpose to cooperate, so far as practicable, with all evangelical denominational agencies engaged in the preparation of lesson courses to the end that a curriculum may be created that will fully meet the demand for lessons in harmony with the progress being made in the field of religious education, especially as illustrated in the spirit of interdenominational cooperation expressed in the organization of the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Denominations, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and other representative movements.These passages were taken from a website called Forgotten Books. The book is The History of the Sunday School Movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Addie Grace Wardle, published in 1918. But such educational oversight continues today, as you can see at the official website for the Methodist Church's General Board of Discipleship.
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| Bluebird of Happiness Postcard from 1919 - for sale on Etsy last year |
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| 11 Spruce Street, Schenectady |
Brief Synopsis
The men in the 308th Regiment's 77th Division, have been drafted from diverse ethnic, economic, and social groups in New York. Two men are fighting Chinatown tongs, one is a burglar, another is a wealthy merchant's son in love with his father's stenographer, who dreams of becoming the greatest movie actress, another is a private in love with the merchant's ward, and finally there is "the Kicker," who finds fault with everything. After training in Yaphank and in France, the 463 men advance under the command of Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey into the "Pocket" of the Argonne Forest, to help break down the supposedly impregnable German defense. Cut off from Allied troops and supplies, and surrounded by the enemy, the Division, nicknamed "The Lost Battalion," withstands six days without food or water. When the German commander asks for their surrender, Whittlesey replies, "Tell them to go to hell!" The Chinese rivals fight bravely side-by-side, while the burglar dies heroically. After their rescue, the survivors are given a parade in New York, and are reunited with their families and sweethearts.
The Mountebanks performed in Hanna Hall for a number of years, and students took play production classes through the English Department. When Washburn Hall was slated for demolition in the early 1960s to make room for expansion of Schaffer Library, the theater moved to the now-vacated Nott Memorial, and a new era of theater began at Union.
So first let's dispense with the background. Taberski, who was born on March 15, 1889, exhibited very early in his life a seriousness of purpose beyond that of most other boys. He began shooting pool at age 13 in his hometown of Amsterdam, New York, and by age 16 was already the Central New York champion. Taberski also drove a milk cart during these early years, and then built upon that 3 a.m. -to-noon job to create his own grocery business. At age 22 Taberski sold his business for $10,000, a princely sum, and invested in poolrooms. By 1916 he owned three of them.
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| Frank Taberski at work |
Apparently, one of the pool halls Frank built was in Schenectady. According to the Schenectady Historical Society's Grems-Doolittle Library Collection blog,As Mr. Dyer states,
From September of 1916 until January of 1918 [Taberski] was unbeatable. Taberski won the national championship during his first year as a professional - an unprecedented feat - and then emerged victorious in nine successive challenge matches. But he was undone by his own slowness. Fed up with Taberski's style of play, tournament promoters in 1918 began enforcing time limits. By speeding up the game, they slowed Taberski's rush to greatness - and ushered in the era of Greenleaf.
In the late 1920s, he opened his own bowling alley and pool hall at the intersection of Broadway and State Street in Schenectady. The building stood for forty years before burning down in the 1960s. Frank married a woman from Poland named Loretta, and together they had three sons. Taberski died on October 23, 1941 at the age of fifty-two.In 1920, Frank Taberski lived at 25 Bridge Street and is listed in the 1920 census as being a Merchant at a Pool Place. He was married by then to Loretta; they had two sons, Frank Jr. and Harold.
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| Merlin Finch's Neighborhood |
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| 411 (left) and 413 Mumford Street |
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| Washington Irving School |
