Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-10-20
STATE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
STATISTICS OF ENROLMENT
AND EXPENDITURES.
Total of GIT Schools with Member
ship Of 4e,s28-Net Deficit Of $254.15
Receipts for Year s2,s33.24-other
Reports.

| Two hundred and fifty delegates
were present. besides many visitors,
at the second days session of the
Vermont Sunday school convention at
St Johnsbury Wednesday, oct. Is.
The morning session opened with
short song service conducted by +. o.
Merrifield OF Grafton followed by brief
reports from county presidents of the
work In the l6 organizations. Mrs
Mary Foster Bryner of Peoria. ILL.,,
| followed with practical talk on I'm
provement of Organized Work, illus
trated by the blackboard. Rev. +. r.
Morris of Bennington conducted
brief devotional service ON the theme,
Devotional Study of the Word. The
closing address of the morning was
by Rev. Frank L. Masseck. pastor OF
the Universalist church al Brattle-
boro. upon Making Good Citizens of
Boys. About 80 of the students at st.
Johnsbury academy came In TO hear
this address and later Mr.. Masseck
gave an address at the academy.
The afternoon session opened with
report from Rev. r. j. Barton, the
teacher training secretary OF the asso-
ciation He announced that five per-
sons had completed the first years
course in teacher training and were
entitled to their diplomas. These
were then presented TO Rev r. M.
Fuller. r. j. Christie and NJ. Ethel
Christie of Craftsbury, Mary X, FAR
banks of Greensboro and Alice r. Ba-
con of Bradford.
The Self-Trained Teacher was the
subject of an address by Rev. Allen
C, Ferrin of Springfield. The report
of the treasurer, Fl. \. Siayton,
showed a net deficit of $254.15. The
receipts for the year We're $2,S33.24
and the expenditures $2,4S9.10. As the
organization was s7SS in debt. the
cash on hand does not offset the in
debtedness but leaves the deficit re-
ported.
The report of Field Secretary Full
Ter covered the work of the year In
the e77 schools in the state. OF this
number only Sos reported and the STA
tistics from these are as follows:
Membership of cradle roll. 2,i4O, as
against 1878 last year: membership
of home department, i,S19, as against
4.645 last year; children in schools
between the ages of and Is, lib
from is to A. 5,0S4: church members
in the Sunday schools. 1908, admit
ted TO churches from the Sunday
school membership, 1888; total en-
rollment. 49,S2S
Mr.. E'uller's personal statistics
by team 1886 by rail. visited 300
schools. written 2,210 letters and at
tended numerous county conventions
and other important meetings. he
spoke encouragingly of the extension
fund by which the work could be bet
ter prosecuted. Pledges had been Sc
cured from 1894 people and s2Os44i
had been secured. He said the pub
lication of the Herald had been re-
sumed and 1t now had circulation OF
1852 copies and was on a paying ba-
sis He recommended that its sub
scripton price be raised from 10 to
25 cents a year so as to bring more
money into the treasury He reported
that each of the IA counties had now
their own organizations and tnat
Windsor and Orange counties each
had two In many places throughout
the state TOWNSHIP organizations had
also been perfected. He reported q
steady growth in the home depart
ment, which now numbered 4,S1O with
112 schools yet to be heard from.
The evening session was largely at
tended. w. ~ Hartshorn of Boston.
chairman of the international COM
mittee was the first speaker and he
was followed by Mrs. Bryner, one of
the international field workers. VINO
gave graphic report of the work in
the great field.
The convention adopted series OF
resolutions including one dealing with
the liquor question, which was as fol-
lows:
Resolved. That we urge on our
lawmakers an opportunity for pop
ular vote upon the question of the re-
peal of our present igh-license- To-
cal-option law and the adoption OF
wise prohibitory law"