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Removing Hats in Sunday School

Joseph W. Summerhays, Of the Deseret Sunday School Union Board

1905 April General Conference·Deseret Sunday School Union·1905-04-09

The question I have been asked to answer is: "Is it a requirement from the general board or from the Church that all ladies remove their hats in Sunday schools?"

The position of the Church upon this matter I am not prepared to state, but it is not a requirement of the Sunday school board; but it is a recommendation of that board. The board recommends that in Sunday school the ladies remove their hats. But, in this connection, we wish to say to the brethren of the superintendencies, that you should adopt some means of taking care of the hats of the little ladies, so that when they remove them from their heads they are not compelled to retain them in their hands, which induces a temptation to twist them all out of shape and destroy them. They are too hard to get; that is, I find it so. But we do recommend where that is possible, that the sisters in Sunday school remove their hats and keep them off until after the benediction, as we trust you will tonight.

Cite this talkJoseph W. Summerhays, "Removing Hats in Sunday School," 1905 April General Conference, Deseret Sunday School Union (1905-04-09). Pulpit Vault, 1905-04-summerhays-sunday-school-instructions. Authoritative print text from archive.org.Pulpit Vault, edition of 23 September 2026 (commit 4bdc6ac627).
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