The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-11-02
CLASS COMMITTEE.

Increase by transfer this year. .......... 224.76
Present amount of fund ................ $4,000
EDWARD A. MOVES, Treasurer.
CLASS COMMITTEE.
The attendance has been constant, and
Monday evening sociables have been held.
Lectures have been given to the pupils by
Dr.. Thomas Hill and DIR. Warren. A class
in Natural History has been formed. The
list of names of the volunteer teachers fol-
lows: The Misses Sparrow, N. S. Daveis,
A. E. Dayeis, Allen, Barnard, Littlefeld,
Perry, Pierce, Rogers, Hay, Forde, Phil
brick, Fox, Mrs. Perkins, Messrs. Rice,
Yorke, Guptill, Bradbury, Flagg, Allen.
Cobb, Morse and Stockwell.
LIBRARY.
The number of books in the reading room
is 1116, seventy books having been added
during the year. Harper's, Century, Scienti-
Nicholas, Unitarian Review, PREss, Argus,
Advertiser, Transcript and Christian Regis
ter have been subscribed for. Last winter
the reading room was open on Sunday after
moons, and pupils were glad to spend quiet
knowledged with thanks from Mr.. Geo. II.
Starr, Miss Stevens, Mrs. I'll. t. Preble, Mrs.
j. T. Gilman, Mr.. augustus Cummings, and
the Unitarian W0men's Auxiliary Society.
A. DALTON, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON ROOMS
During the summer our landlord has had
the stairway leading from the street painted,
thus giving the entrance a much neater APP
pearance. During the week of the G. A. r.
encampment, our rooms were all given up to
the accommodation of visiting posts and
other organizations and liberal sum was
given by them to the janitor for his extra
service during that time. The Deaf Mute
School may need more room later and this
committee recommends that all facilities be
furnished them that may prove consistent
with the efficient working of our own insti-
tuition. The Band of Mercy or Fraternity
Junior has occupied our rooms Saturday
night of each week and so numerous is the
attendance that increased space is necessary
for them. A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Anderson, Harrington, Jordan and the chair
man of this committee, thoroughly consider
means at hand to give them the required ac-
commodation. In their opinion the most
feasible plan is to put the attic loft in good
order and adapt it to the wants of the band,
at an estimated expense of about $3.50. Ii
more room is desired, for this purpose, than
attic loft in the northerly store adjoining
could be rented for $50 a year and an en-
trance made to it from cur premises. The
work of gathering these children from the
promising one and in sour opinion the
Fraternity should stand ready to assist in
every possible way The Fraternity extends
its cordial thanks to the following persons
and firms for their generous donations:
Messrs. Rounds & Sons, II cords of wood;
Randall & MeAllister, 2tons of coal; Sargent
& Dennison, 2 tons of coal; c. III. QBrion,
ton of coal; Maine Saving Bank, United
States atlas; VIM. Senter, repairs to clock in
reading room 7. G. Jersey, bagatelle board !;
d. White & Sons, brushes.
SIDNEY w. THAXTER, Chairman.
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS.
We have at present 115 members paying
So, eight members paying So, and eight men,
bers 81. During the year one life member
and two on our active list have died.
A. E. STORER, Chairman.
GYMNASIUM.
The number of pupils entered is 65; aver
age attendance, %; number of sessions, So.
James Dickson taught for while. in this
department, after the Mccarthy brothers left
for one pair of dumb bells, and Mr.. Pickett
for q reduction on canvas work.
CARPENTRY.
There was no class in carpentry last win
ter. The window frames made by former
class were sold and the amount realized
handed to the treasurer, as follows:
Two frames to G. W. Sylvester, and So do
Five saw horses sold at rooms. ............ 1.25
s42.o5
Mrs. GEO. S. HUNT, for the Committee.
FRATERNITY PRIMARY.
There were so many applicants for adj
mission to this department that it was found
necessary, for lack of room, to limit the
held each Saturday, and amusement and in
struction mingled by the teachers in charge.
We would mention especially here the kind
ness of the late Mr. Edward A. Jordan in
teaching the boys to sing. 1t is proposed to
hold two meetings. weekly during the coming
winter, and donations of toys, games, books,
magazines, etc, will be acceptable. The
committee in charge of this department is
as follows: Gen. S. J. Anderson, Col. E. G.
harrington, Misses A. M. Allen, A. Z.
Daveis, C. l.. Barnard, G. Fox, M. S. Daveis.
MABEL S. DAWES, Chairman.
After the reading of the reports, the chair
man introduced as the first speaker of the
evening Rev. DR.. Hill, who based his re-
marks on the parable of the judgment, con-
tanned in the 25th chapter of Matthew. He
said that they who fed the hungry, clothed
the naked and cared for the sick were the
ones who were to be blessed, because it is
self-evident that conscientious discharge OF
the duties of man towards man necessarily
implies a fulflment of mans duty to God.
DIR. Hill spoke highly of the devotion of the
ladies who leave comfortable homes to spend
their evenings in the work of the Fraternity,
and mentioned the good accomplished by
giving mechanical training to the boys of the
street.
Gen. s. J. Anderson was next introduced
and delivered a stirring appeal for the
Fraternity. He alluded eloquently to the
good to be accomplished by it and asked
if, as matter ofImere business, while taxes
are yearly being levied to maintain the
prisons, jails, and reform schools OF our
country, it would not be well Ito maintain
and perpetuate this organization for effecting
a; good work among the boys. Is it not
better to crush the viper OF crime while
young than to build a restraining circle OF
prisons and reformatory institutions around
il after it has attained a growth which rem
ders it's extirpation impossible?
The next speaker was the Rev. MI. Dalton.
Mr.. Dalton referred to the growing 1eellng
of brotherhood among men and said that in
to raise the unfortunate among
our people, the moral elevation can best be
effected by first ameliorating the outward
and this good work should De
begun while the people whose betterment IS
sought are young In the reports read by
Mr.. Jordan, Mr.. Dalton said there were one
or two points which he wished to mention.
First of these was the report on the library.
The speaker urged the Importance OF provi
ding reading for the boys, many lad having
taken his first step towards success through
the influence of the books which he read.
Edison the greatest electrician in the world,
was first attracted to the science by reading
a book on the subject which he took up by
accident in Chicago library. The education
Of bows in the mechanic arts is thing which
IS growing to be of vital Importance. While
mr. country leads many of the nations in
regard to the political rights OF her cltizens'
foreign skilled labor occupies the best places