Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-14

Sd. These officers shall constitute Board
Of Management to arrange for appropriate
exercises ct the Monthly Concerts, for keep
/ ing proper records, and in connection with
the superintendents Of the several schools,
shall constitute an Executive Committee 20
| transact such business as shall legitimately
/ concern the schools. Any meeting Of the
/ Executive Committee may be called by or
der Of the Board Of Officers, notice being
given by the Secretary. Those persons
| present at any such meeting shall conslitute
| a quorum, provided there be not less than
i've Superintendents.
4th. This Constitution may be amended
by majority vote ol superintendents and
Teachers at any annual meeting when the
officers are elected.
D. A. Shepard was appointed President !;
G. W. Whitney Vice President Charles
Dock'tsder Secretary ,'snd James T. Sterling
Treasurer.
Mr.. Hoyt then invoked the Divine bless
ing, AFTER which Mr.. Thomas Maynard ad-
dressed the meeting on his plans for fur
nishing the Sunday Schools Of the Union
with new and desirable music. In January,
1860, Mr.. Maynard died. Though but a
short time in Cleveland, he became bright
informing Star" Of hope and Joy to our Sun
day Schools. The little hymn book "Echo,"
compiled in part by him and finished by
Miss ]. W. Sampson, and furnished at cost
to the Uuion by Mr.. T. P. Handy, has mads
the memory of Mr.. Maynard dear to us all.
The annual report Of the Secretary at the
close Of 1860, showed fourteen Protestant
Sunday Schools located in the four Wards of
the city west OF the Cuyahoga river.
A tabular statement of the following facts
here follows:
Number Of teachers In the Il schools .... 1888
do scholars do do l l442
Scholars attending more than one school,. 10
do over IS years of age.............--. 90
Number Of conversions reported. ...-.. ..... 2s
do library books. POPS
Papers distributed monthly. 72s
The report of the Sunday Schools of the
Union located in Brooklyn, southward of the
city, showed:
Total number OF eachers........---.--..-... 4s
do do scholars. ................. 949
Scholars over IS years OF age................ q
Total number Of library books .......---.. $50 |
Papers distributed monthly SEQ
The report concludes as follows:
AT the Annual Meeting before referred to, |
the same Board Of officers of the Association |
we're reelected.
Hon. Elisha Taylor, the Pioneer of Sab.
bath Schools in Cleveland, died on the |
l4Lh of April, 1851, aged rs years. After
planting the first Sabbath School tree, Mr.. |
Taylor lived forty years TO see more than
orty branches spreading over Cleveland
md vicinity.
The Annual Report for the yerr 1851 was
hen read by the Secretary, from which we
make the following extracts:
"There are of different Protestant names
ifty schools.
Total No. OF teachers in these...----..-.....s ss4
do G'A' DO that ~ attend or more ;oic $3.50
making about Z, 800 children and youth in
ur Sunday Schools. In localities where
chOlars attending moro than one school
works an injury, the Committee have
hOught the evil may be rsmedied by uni
ormity in the hour of meeting.
'Of the number Of schools (5O) there arc
wenty-one Mission. Fourteen of these are
ustained by churches, and seven on the
JniOn principle.
at has been proposed that in January,
Ipril, July and October we change these
oncerts to a Teachers Association Meeting
or prayer and conference, and the discus
ion Of topics, &C., relating to the general
7elfare of our Sunday Schools"
Upon this proposition and that of the
committee in relation to uniformity in
he hour of meeting, a very general discus
ion was ELECTED. The one for a change o.
be concerts to a Teachers Association Meet
ng was adopted; the other was referred to
ae officers of the Union, with instructions
o ascertain as to the practicability eff the
proposed measure, and report at the next
quarterly meeting.
An election for officers of the Union wss
hen had, and resulted in & reelection of
he old officers, whose names appear above.
Benediction was pronounced by Rev. Will
lam Day, and the meeting adjourned, hav-
ng gone through more business than at any
,yeyious meeting.