The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-26
BIBLE STUDENTS
ACCORDED HOMORS
Local Y. M. c. A. Contest
ants Placed on the Inter-
national Honor Roll.

Progress made in the work of the
Boys Bible classes of the Richmond
Young Mems Christian association is
reflected in the notice sent Boys Sec
retary Herbert Pettijohn that the Rich
mond institution had been placed on
the honor roll again this year for
high grade work done by the boys in
Bible study. The examination papers
sent to the international committee at
New York. graded high above the To-
cal Bible classes. The Richmond as.
sociation was one of the ten which
were placed on the honor roll More
than 200 associations competed.
The names Of the boys who secured
certificates are Herbert Adams, Eu-
gene Bowman, Brandon Griffiths, Sill
% Horn, Daniel Thompson, BENJAMIN
Harris. John Miller, Clifford Moss,
Guy Del. Clarence Porter, Leslie Sin.
ex, Robert Smith. Edmund Sudhoff,
John Van Horn, William Weed, Wilbur
Ball, Kirk BLY,. Charles Curtis, Philip
Edgerton, Glenn Ferguson, Clarence
Holy, William Huber, Logan Keeler,
Alfred Laning, Russell Moss, Horace
Parker. Clifford Plummer, Carl Sper-
ling. Alfred Sudhoff, Robert Weed,
Eugene Quigg and Edgar Lawrence.
The last named youth secured two d.
plomas, signifying that his work was
of high standard.
A Large Membership.
From q very small enrolment, the
Bible classes of the local association
have grown to a large membership,
184 boys having attended the class
meeting during the last winter. AL
most every member took an active
part In the classes, which were organ
lied into ten groupes.
These facts are due largely, Mr.. Pet
tijohn believes, to the fact that more
employed and working youths have
been encouraged to take up the work
|0f the association. Secretary Petit
john is working INCREASINGLY in the ef-
fort to get shop boys and other en-
ployed boys to join the Bible classes
aud he believes that the coming win
ter will prove more than. ever that this
work brings good results.
The class of boys who are obliged
to work In the shops and factories is
the class which needs the. Y. NJ. C. A.
and the Bible classes" declares Mr..
Pettijohn. Il have done a great deal
lof street work and am sure that
my efforts have not been without the
disired results because the member
ship Of the Bible classes has grown
with leaps and bounds and next year
will bring in additional members.
"The home environment of the en-
ployed boys is not usually of the best
kind and they need some place to
spend their time in good healthful en-
joyment. OF course, the Y. NJ. c. A.
Is for everyone but this class of boys,
OF which am speaking, have a ten
dency to believe that If they are not
wearing white collar and their cloth
es are not quite as good as those worn
by others, that they have no right to
the privileges of the association"
| Banners will be awarded at the an
nual banquet of the boys Bible class
es in October. The Iriquois class
which had the best total attendance
for last year, the T. I. class which had
the highest average attendance of the
number enrolled, and the II. B. E.
class which had the highest average
on the examination for certificates will
! be awarded banners at that time.