Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-16
The snbbatii-SchOOl Of the Rev.
mr.. Cords Church. Montpelier.

Last Sabbath evening occurred the annua
concert Of the bhatf School connected With
the Congregational Society in this village
The occasion was an interesting one, and the
Village Hall was crowded. Col. Ii. d. Hop
kins, who has been superintendent Of the
school for four years, read an interesting and
tnely written report, the following abstract
Of which copy from U'aifon's Daily:
Of the twenty-one teachers In the school
four years sg i've only are now similarly
Employed anu eleven ouly are In the school
Oh sIaes u Twelve young then In the
school. only one remains, and uore than one
hall have ietG town. Out OF number of l64
young porsons aEd children then IN the school
more Than one half have .eft, twenty having
left the town, ami SIX have died tt ose VITO
haze removed fCA she town re scattered
from the Atlantic 10 the Mississippi jan,
1866. theirs were twenty-five teachers ana
classes there now twenty live classes in
success siul operation. The whole number OF
scholars EOw IN the school, exclusive of tso
adult Classes, 245 ; inclusive Of thess two
adull classes, 276. With the exception OF
1868, tie attendancs the past year has ex-
c-eded mat Of any year since the organic atom
O. the school, the average attend ,ucs being
l1S; the average Tor 1865 was 14S-iha two
classes oi adults nos beIng here Included q
dccsease OF only i've IN The average attendance
nc 1868 notwithstanding the "a u blisnment
OF TWO Othtr CHURCHES N town, each with
thar Sabbath-SchOols, which have drawn
largely ON this school, wnich should be re-
Inc mberei Ia making d comparison of the
nun bers attending tae school the past year
With hat OF tha Year 1868. Fifteen members
OF the school have, during the past year, unit
ed with the COngrega tIOual church, and two
with other denominations. Ii is significant
Tact tbat during the past four years all who
have united Win th,s church by profession OF
faith have, with twJ Exceptions, been con
II CT, q WI Il the SIbbAtl school. The deaths
this year III the SCHOOL have been more numer-
Gus than Tor several Years, five In all old
man, bowed with age, and long time wait
ing b. JOTdan's banks to receive The 81 mmons
-iather GOss, as he vas famIilaIly known,
no helped ~ lay the foundations OF this
fchoOi, and for forty years was one of
teachers, ana 10 h Ut his life It's devoted
friend Ihe otbeIs were foar young ladies,
wh" vent forth, as IL We e, Two and two III
June, Mary Pyck a. X K Genie IN Seq
temotr, A FORA NIsJn and Amer Taylor.
Alr- Hopkins has made n.ost valuable and
successful suHerln ndent, and the success of
the school ls IN no small 1eg:ee attributable
" Hioi. AAie tAoilS IOf It's growth ana LOT
It's Improvement have been uDre hitting. lie
has spared himself no labor which would
tend To he welfare OF the school either in
number character, And he has labored to
most excellent purpose.
The annual meeting for the ch dice of Off
eeIs ior the errient year was held Monday
evening, and the following p:rsons were unan-
iInousiy chosen
I'D. Hopkins, Superintende y. E. Bry-
an, Assistant Superintendent Peter NJ ,tcbell,
l. brarIan Manlon KlnsoD, Assis-an Libra
rian /; N. X. Brown, Secretary; q. W. StorIs
Treasurer
Mr.. H"IkIDs expressed strong desire to
be relieved from any longer service as super
intendent, but the meeting vas earnest 10 its