The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22

Among all the boys organizations In the city of Birmingham. few have been inaugurated under such favorable CIT cumstances and with such fine spirit as the Junior Brotherhood of the First Pres- : byterian Sunday School.
 With 50 members at the very beginning, and the determination to do things, with ! as fine a corps of officers as was ever elected, these young men have become all active part of the Sunday school and are bringing many boys into contact witn the bright side of religion.
 The Brotherhood is the natural out growth of an active intermediate depart .ment in the school. which. under the guidance of Superintendent F. w. Dixon, has within four months, more than : doubled in size. Two classes, the Pres byterian Buddies and the Scouts were or ganized in September, with men teachers 5 In charge.
 The history of the Buddies is typical Of both classes These boys took as their model the Clean Life Class of the First Methodist church. Seven fellows met one night and elected officers, Alex Hafer president: Frank Nelson, secretary, and John D. Chichester treasurer The next Sunday the little group visited the Clean Life Class and proceeded to appropriate all the good ideas they could find. The president presided at tlfe meetings, the silent prayer was used, the boys them selves took part in teaching the lesson, and an exciting contest was begun
 Outside activities quickly followed; football team took the field; there were hikes over the mountain, camp fires and a,possum hunts, an athletic meet, Hal slowe'en party, cave hunt. The boys took part in the Christmas entertainment, 30 of them wlistling silent Night and { doing it we'll On Thanksgiving they gave their first big dinner, with about 40 boys attending, and began their secret order features. The present officers Of the class are Henry Beatty president; John D. Chichester, vice president; George Tate, Secretary; Holmead Chichester. treasurer.
 Tn order to concentrate their energies. these four active classes, all directed by men teachers, decided to bind them selves together in a Junior Brotherhood, which now cares for all the social, ath- letic and other activities of the depart ment, leaving more time in the class room for the study of the lesson and per sonal work ssaasa
 The Brotherhood meets during the b minutes between Sunday school and church every Sunday morning. On Jan uary 1 the idea was presented and the boys grasped it eagerly On January 5 they elected officers and on Friday Jan- uary IS, they met at night for the first time The officers were formally in- stalled by LeRoy Holt, the head of the intermediate. department, Superintendent Dixon and Miss Minnie Kennedy. of the Birmingham Sunday School association making short talks Miss Kennedy took occasion to congratulate the fellows on their motto, which is We KnoW No Limit" and upon their colors, royal blue and white, symbolic of loyalty and puri- ty. There followed some initiation work which will probably be remembered by the two candidates but is not for publi- cation. es'' z The principal feature of the Brotherhood will be a contest in which all four classes will participate. Three points will be given for the class with the smallest per cent of members absent, two points to the class with the next smallest per cent Of members absent, one point to the class with the largest average collection, one point to the class with the largest num- Der of officers present, and one point for a new member. Boys will be placed in the classes exactly according to age this being made easy by the close connection in the social life of the Brotherhood The Brotherhood pin can only be worn by Rows who have attended three months without missing, though they are allowed to send a substitute, if absence is neces- sary
 The officers who have taken hold with an ability that assures success are Harry Sterling. president Chester odom, first vice president; Fred Anderson, second vice president; Henry Beatty, secretary, and Donald Thornbury. treasurer. Two basketball teams are in the field, played yesterday, and will enter the Sunday School league.
 Plans for the spring include an ath- letic meet, and camp in the summer.
 These are but the outside features. Ii is the hope of those interested that the Brotherhood will get deep into the lives of the boys, increasing the spirit of help fulness and Christian living.