The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-09
FREE KINDERGARTEN.
ADMIRABLE WORK SUCCESS
 FULLY CARRIED ON.

FULLY CARRIED ON.
 Doings at the Annual Meeting-Grati-
 flying Report of Work of the Year
 The Full List of the Officers Elected.
 The annual meeting of the Elm City Free Kindergarten association was held Wednesday afternoon in the chapel of Center church on Temple street. The election of officers for the year was held and resulted in the choice of the fol- lowing: - President, Miss Emily H. Whitney; vice presidents Mrs. L. H. Englisa1 Miss Elsie Carman, Mrs. o. G. Ram say; recording secretary, Miss Laura Sargent; corresponding secretary, Miss Coy; treasurer, R. w. Chapman; au- ditor, H. G. Newton; Mrs. Fred Adler Mrs. Walter Camp, Mrs. George L. Dickerman, Mrs. A. H. Graves, Miss Florence Hall, Mrs. H. B. Learned, Mrs. F. l.. Leighton, Mrs. M. H. Marlin, Mrs. Charles G. Morris, Mrs. Wolcott Newberry, Mrs. Frederick Stanley Root, Mrs. I. M. Ullman. Miss M K, Webb, Miss Cora Wetmore.
 There will be a special meeting at Center church chapel on Friday, April 6, at 1:3O, to ratify the amended con stitution.
 PRESIDENTS REPORT OF ELM
 CITY FREE KINDERGARTEN.
 Thee last annual meeting of the Elm City Free Kindergarten association was held on January 31, 1902, and the board of managers was practically reorganiz- ed. The former board of managers, consisting of both men and women had been very hard to assemble. Some of the committees did not meet and had no reports to give and it was suggest ed that the board of managers for the coming year should be made up ex- clusively of women in the hope that they might have more time to give to the work. D. A. Alden consented to re- main as treasurer and Henry c. New ton agreed to continue to act as au- ditor This new board of managers had it's first meeting on February ', 1902, and were confronted with the problem of three schools to run, a bal ance of $41.22 in the treasury and an | indebtedness of $45O to be paid off. It was found that of the scanty funds re- ceived quite a considerable sum had been paid annually to the person col- ] lecting the subscriptions and it was de- | cided that an effort must be made to l find volunteer collectors. This was done l accordingly and the result was very | gratifying. The managers agreed that the association must cut down its work to the size of it's income and it was de- cideo to give up the Lloyd and Ferry street schools at the end of the school l year and maintain only the school at | Welcome hall, until the funds of the association should justify opening another. The board of education, great ly to the relief of the managers, as- stunned the Lloyd street school and a Kindergarten has been carried on there by the city ever since. A small pam phlet giving an account of the work of the association was printed and scar- tered broadcast with the hope of inter- esting more people in the kindergar- | tens.
 The new school year opened more hopefully than the one before with all l debts paid, a slight balance in the treasury and one very good and four ishing school at Welcome hall under Miss Bullard and Miss Lambert. Later in the autumn sale of toys was held at the Lawn club bringing In $266.2S.
 In February, 1903 the plan of collect ing the annual subscriptions by means of volunteer collectors was again tried, though this time it did not prove so successful it was much more difficult to find young ladies willing to under- take the work. With the money col- ledted by their efforts, however, and that raised by play which Miss Mar t ian Campbell was good enough to get up for the benefit of the association, the managers felt justified in opening a new school notwithstanding the fact that bill was unexpectedly received from Welcome hall for $420, While the managers were under the erroneous impression that the rooms were given rent free as they had been during the year when the present board of man. agers took charge.
 Both Lowell house and Leila day nur- sery offered rooms rent free for the new school and after consideration the latter offer was accepted and school was started there in September, 1903 with Miss Lambert at its head and Miss Thoma sas assistant. The man. agers of Welcome hall also generously offered the association their fine rooms rent free for the next year. which lIh- eral hospitality has been enjoyed ever since.
 In the autumn of 1904 the two schools were running, one of fifty children al Welcome hall under Miss Bullard with Miss Lum as assistant, another at the Leila day nursery in the charge of Miss Lambert with Miss Thomas as assist ant and an enrolment of forty-five children.
 A lecture on "Parsifal' was given by inc associatiin in December bringing in $228.
 In February 1904, the beginning Q! the fiscal year new plan for collecting the annual subscriptions twas tried, 8 ,eafet or circular was sent out, with q short account of the work and with the amount of the last subscription