Evening star., 1894-03-24

an active Sunday school worker. Mr. Prem
tiss Is hlling chair in liutgsrs College
The growth of Calvary school, while al
ways hea}thS- and-Isig OF ous, - has had its
greatest development during the past five
years. Ordinarily in churcnes the older
members do not take an active interest in
sunday school work, and too many think
that they are too old 20 attend; leaving the
important work to young AMI often mex
perienced persons. In Calvary it Is differ
ent.
None Too Old.
The pastor himself takes a lively interest
In every branch of church work. and he
feels that the work of the sunday school
is of the greatest Importance. Under the
direction of wise officers, who called
the pastor into their councils, the best
working talent of the church became In
terested In the school. and it's growth was
assured. The spirit which has brought 1t
TO Its present position was at work years
ago, and early as 1887 1t began to te
apparent that the school would before long
outsrow its place of meeting This feeling
grew rapidly, and the pastor and officers
began to cast about for d solution of the
problem which confronted them. The rnGm-
oers present at the opening CT the school
year In the autumn of 1855 crowded the
lecture room. and relief of some kind was
Imperative. the first primary department.
was crowded into one of the church parlors
the second primary into the other and the
main school in the lecture room; all of
the rooms were overfiow.ag
The pastor proposed the organiZat ton of
an adult department to occupy The audi
ence room of the church and thus relieve
the overcrowded rooms on the tlrst floor
1t was departure, and while there
was no pronounced opposition, III there
never Is to n measure proposed by the pas
tor yet there were many who were by
no means certain OF even moderate success
and some predicted failure because of di-
vided interests. They thought the few
classes going upstairs would leave the low
er room too much crippled to 10 good work
and would themselves not have sufficient
force to attract and bring together enough
to make a strong department. The senti-
ment. however, in favor Of the new de-
parture prevailed, and steps were taken
to put the plan into operation. Conse-
quently, on the first Sunday In February,
1850, the adult department was organized.
with membership of about 100. and Mr.
Edward Earl assistant superintendent,
was placed In charge. leaving Mr.. II. H.
Kimball in charge of what was then called
the intermediate department aad Miss
Sadie E. White in charge of the primary
rooms. with assistants in each.
Four Great Departments.
The superintendent had charge Of the
entire school. 1t was only few weeks
until the wisdom of the departure was man
ifest. The adult school began to develop
great activity and increased rapidly In en-
rollment and attendance. The junior
school was equally active, and the places
left vacant by the adult classes We're soon
filled by new scholars brought in later.
The reorganization of the school became
necessary, and was effected as follows;
The primary department.. the intermediate.
the Junior and the adult While the ar
rangement Of the school work was not en-
tirely satisfactory, yet, up to about two
years ago, there had not been much
thought of additional room, as II was sup
posed by using the audience room Of the
church ample provision had been made for
the future.
1t became evident. however, during the
year 1892 that for the school 10 do more
effective work 1t would be a necessity for
greater accommoda tions. and accommoda-
ticns which would be more modern The