Evening star., 1896-01-02
A YEARS WORK.

Review Made Last Night at q Meet
ing MT Calvary Church.
Members Of the congregation Of Calvary
Baptist Church held a reception in the Sun
day school house yesterday from 8 to 5
O'Clock, followed by a supper, and in the
evening reports were received from the
various departments of work. The rooms
of the building were beautifully decorated,
and the various organizations In the church
received In the different class rooms in the
Sunday school house. An orchestra was
present and furnished the music.
After supper In the dining room the con-
gresatton reassembled in the large auditor
1um, DR.. Greene and the heads of the sew
eral departments being seated on the plat
form Reports of the progress of the work
during the year were received from Miss
Kate s. White, superintendent of kinder
garten work; Miss Lydia E. Marshall, super
intendent of the primary school; Mrs. Ed
ward Mower of the intermediate depart
men.; m II. II. kimball of the junior. and J.
~. Buzzell of the adult department. p H.
BrIstoW. the general superintendent of the
school, followed with a resume of the whole
work. He said there are now in the school
tnlrty-nve ofncers, eighty-ffve teachers and
ed to 5000.
G.. H. Judd represented the work in Me-
mortal Chapel, Rev. Mr.. Outwater at Ken
dali and s. I. Smith the Chinese school,
Inc Work among the ladies was recounted
In three-minute talks by Mrs S. H, Greene.
for the Social Circle; Miss Mary A. Brown.
Tor the Home Mission Circle; Mrs. E. w.
Bliss for the Foreign Mission Circle, and
larry.
The three Christian Endeavor societies
were reported by Miss Matte Bartlett of the
Senior Society. Miss Pauline Wise Of the
a rTp1n dSofn
Junior. Miss Anna ]. Bell, secretary Of the
Ieacners' Bible Club made report from
that organization, which is practically the
teachers meeting of the Sunday school,
me average attendance of the past six
months has been fifty, and the largest at
tendance December 49, when 100 were pres
ent. e. B. Curtfss spoke for the board Of
deacons. John H.. Olcott for the trustees,
and s. w. Woodward for the Church Ex-
tension Association. Mr.. Woodward's report
showed that in three years, by the efforts of
his committee, Sunday school house, cost
ing $lOOO0, had been built; a home for Ken
call Chapel had been purchased for $4,000,
and improvements to the amount of $4O, 900
mad been made on the church edifice; total
sum OF $15o,OOO raised and expended by the
committee.
resume of the entire work for the year
was made by Dr. Greene in a short address,
IN which he related the progress made in
every department of work. The member
ship Of the church Is now 1,439, and there
are more than 200 members of the Sunday
schools, including the Chinese department
He said that few years ago the current ex-
penses of the church amounted to s4,7OO,
while last year $1,000 was expended. In
acdition to this. the church subscribed $1,000
for benevolences, and S27OOO for imnrove-
ments. The Christian Endeavor societies.
he said, had raised and paid into the treas
ury over $1,000. He said he thought the
showing was splendid one, and expressed
great hopes for the future.
DIR. T.. Whitman of
bian University, followed with a short ad-
dress. Music was furnished during the
evening by Prof B. Frank Gebest, Mrs. C..
3. Rheem, Melville Hensey and Miss Matte
Bartlett.