Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-23
WILLIMANTIc cAMPeRoUNp.
Sunday School Day With inspiring
Addresses-No Quorum. So Officers
of Women's Societies Hold Over.

Monday was Sunday School day at
the camp, with forenoon and afternoon
sessions 1t was termed an Institute
convention. The leaders were Rev.
G. B. Gilbert of Middletown, Oscar A.
Phelps of Hartford and Rev. J. w. Rae
general secretary Connecticut Sunday
School association. Mr.. Phelps in a
very interesting manner presented
Sunday school york, giving especial
attention to Lesson Preparation and
Presentation.
Secretary Rae introduced Rev. G. B.
Gilbert 5 the man who had been do
ing things" in his Sunday school. Mr..
Gilbert took up The Boy Problem. How
are we to get the boys2 he asked. Well.
we may have to upset tradition and
get down to natural tendencies in boys
who are in early, adolescence from 10
to is. Let us not try to make the
boy fit ths school. but the school fit
the boy.
If the boys want to sit in the back
seat and don't want to sing, all right.
Get a man teacher for them. We must
consider their physical growth at that
energetic restless. self-asserting.
fighting, altruistic, seX-repellant hero
ic, humorous, giggling, irreverent. He
recommended the Berachah class to
satisfy the gang spirit Keep the boys
busy.
He then spoke of middle adolescence,
the age of Imagination romance, eth
les. sex attraction Conscience and
cr1tlclSn1- a woman teacher VIII do
here for boys at that age fall in
love with womanhood. Fathers should
teach their boys about themselves, at
these periods of their life.
Mr.. Rae, who was the presiding off,
GER, made brief closing remarks
Afternoon Session.
At 2 p. m. Mr. Gilbert showed the
way of illustrat ting the lesson by tell
ing stories. Every story has a be-
ginning (have it shorD; events (zeep
Showing the moraD; the end Every
brief). Preparation in story telling
needs four things-aim or purpose.
careful analysis, familiarity in express
eraI books. For various ages he
grouped stories as follows: Up to ten
years of age, tell stories about chill
dren animals, fairy tables, myth and
age tell legends, IA bles, allegories BIZ
Ography history. hero tales; from
fourteen to eighteen years, love sto-
ries, altruistic stories.
After an Offering was taken Mr..
Phelps spoke Of The Point of Contact
| in Teaching. The teacher must be
prepared, have some art In teaching.
| good place to teach in and some
body to teach This is not all, how
ever Congeniality must be between
| pupil and teacher.
Mr. Rae closed with a talk upon the
organized work in the state, illustrat
cut. There are "a directors on the
state Sunday school board.
Business Meeting.
/ At the Mantle house at p. m. Mon
| day the Woman's Home Missionary
society had its annual meeting. As
| there was not a. quorum present the
same officers hold over till next year,
viz: President, Mrs. Jane Z. Read;
vice president, Mrs. H M. Randall;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs r. N.
Stanley; collector, Mrs. Cunningham
The Sunday collection was reported
| 500
The next hour the woman's For
eign Missionary society met and were
| likewise without a quorum The Off
GERS holding over are Mrs. Costello
Lippitt president; recording secretary.
Mrs. ]. n. Currier; corresponding
secretary Mrs. Julia Reynolds; treas
urer, Mrs E. Z. Colver. A letter was
received from Mrs Betsey Capron of
Mansfield 81 years old, sending her
annual fee. In all $107 was raised by
| this auxiliary of the w. +. M. S. last
year.
At p. m the regular weekly meet
| ing of the Ladies' Improvements asso-
| citation was held. Treasurer Mrs.
| George Smith reported 1884 raised the
| past year. Mrs-S. A. Prentice of New
London reported carrying the flower
tic and finding the elderly lady com
| Portable. All auction Of articles left
| over from the bazaar followed.
/ Rev. S M Beale of Vernon and Mrs.
Beale are at the Moosup cottage
Among the arrivals Monday were
/ Rev Ernest G. Wesley of Providence
and Rev. Charles H. Van Natter Of