Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-24
Meeting Of the sunday school Assoc
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The annual meeting Of the Rockingham
town Sunday school association was held
in the Baptist church last Sunday evening
After devotional services, the reports Of the
secretary and treasurer were read. follow
ed by the reports Of the various Sunday
schools in the association. Cambridgeport
was not represented. The Saxtons River
Congregational school reports member
ship Of 49,, with thriving class Of %
young men. The Baptist school in the
same place was not reported. The Law
rence's Mills mission Sunday school has
members from every family in community
Rockingham has an average attendance Of
10. The Methodist school has 226 mem
beers, with an average attendance Of So
The membership Of the Congregational
school Is Z0j, average attendance 100.07:
Baptist, membership III, average atten-
dance 100. nominating committee com
posed Of +. +. Ramsay, +. G. Falrbank
and n. G.. Williams brought in the follow
ing list Of officers: President, Prof. Homer
G. Bristol Of Vermont Academy; vice
presidents, n. G.. Williams, +. +. Ramsay,
j. o. Spring, F. b. Locke, c. A. Spauld-
ing, f. G. Osgood, F. g. Day; secretary
TO be appointed by the president; treasurer,
Il. G. Fairbank. AT the close of the ser
vice Prof. Bristol appointed f. G. Day,
secretary.
In opening the discussion on 'New
methods and Improvements in Sunday
school work" Prof. Bristol said he thought
the Sunday school should bellrun more
nearly on the principles Of the day school.
Care ought TO be given to the various de-
vices used as In the common school. He
vocated the plan Of the home department,
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devices.
e.. w. Osgood spoke next, and urged
that as new ideas and devices were brought
forward, our schools should show great
progress One Of the best Of the new
methods Is the graded system, as 1t is used
In the public schools. The pupils should
be permitted to advance. Teachers do not
put the life and study into 1t that they do
Into other branches Of study This is the
great fault. The study Of the pupils should
be /, graded; 2, progressive; 3, systematic;
a, comprehensive. N. g. Williams closed
the discussion with few well chosen words
In comment upon the methods suggested
G. W. Osgood speaks before the Young
Mems Christian association at St, Johns
bury Sunday afternoon.
Il. M Barlow Of the firm of Farrar g.
Barlow, advertising agents, Burlington,
was In town the first of the week.
special communion service Is TO be
held at Emmanuel church Saturday morn
Ing at 1890, celebrating the conversion of
St. Paul.
second raid within a few weeks at
Towns hotel was ordered by States Attor-
ney Fits Saturday, no liquors being found,
the same result as before.
Miss Charlotte NJ. Day pleasantly enter
tanned party of about 20 of her young
friends last Saturday, It being the occasion
Of her sixteenth birthday.
The ladies' union Of the Conversational
church held their monthly supper in the
vestry last evening, preceded by bust
ness meeting in the parlors.
A party of six or eight local Knights
Templar went to BratteboTo Monday night
to meeting of Beauseant commandery,
returning or the night train.
o. II. KnowltOn transferred the lease of
the Commercial house Saturday TO G. l.. |
Forbes Of Athol, who took possession that |
day. Mr.. Knowlton is undecided as TO |
his future movements as yet.
At the annual meeting of the Keene Gas
Light company Saturday George M. Ross
dent. Mr. ROssman is well known here as |
a former manager of the telephone ex-
change.
Mrs. s. W. Wilder spent some days the
early part of the week in Boston, She at
tended banquet of the class of '04, Brad |
ford academy, at The Thorndlke Wednes- |
day evening. This was the class in which |
Mrs. Wilder graduated from the academy.
The winter meeting of the Connecticut
river valley medical association was held |
In banquet hall Tuesday afternoon, calling
together about 40 of the leading practltion.
ers Of this vicinity. The dinner was at
the Commercial house. Drs. Gale, Holton
and Miller Of Brattleboro were among the
number.
A. II. Fisher is TO have near nelghbors
from Bellows Falls at his Florida home