Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-09
County Sunday School Conference
Annual Gathering Held Central Baptist Church-In-
teresting Addresses and Election Of Officers

President James L. Case presided
at the second annual session of the
New London County Sunday School
association. which opened in the chap
ell of the Central Baptist church at
IL o'clock Saturday morning. with a
short devotional service conducted by
the pastor of the church, Rev. P. c.
Wright. George A. Turner led the
singing and Miss Hamilton was at
the piano. Several verses from ST.
Paul were read and prayer and hymns
followed
The report of Secretary Henry d.
Johnson was read and President Case
gave the report OF Treasurer A, F.
Eafnshaw of Mystic, whoch showed
expenses of over 500, with receipts of
$25e. OF the $500 pledged to the state
organization. only about $3.50 has been
secured leaving as much to be re-
eeived before the meeting of the state
association in Bridgeport on Novem-
Der l. An interesting report by Miss
Jennie f. Congdon of this city, super
lntendent of the elementary grades,
showed 232 teachers in the territory
of the society, with 1000 pupils.
are four supplementary teachers and
16 using blaclSboards. The above re-
ports We're accepted
Shepard B. Palmer gave a short adj
dress of welcome saying that he was
pleased to see that those present had
doing something. He hoped that the
church which was at the disposal of
the delegates would impress them in
such a way that they would wish to
assemble there again.
The intermediate Boy.
The Intermediate Boy was the sub
ject upon which Evan F. Kullgren of
Hartford addressed the delegates. His
subject, he said, was a large one. to
treat, having many different sides.
The intermediate boy gives the teach
er much opportunity for work He
spoke of the many societies for boys
and mentioned four principles upon
which their education may be based.
He spoke at some length on the value
means. The manner in which the will
of the boy is developed exerts a great
influence upon his future growth. The
teacher should guide the boy tact
fully, and in such a way that the boy
does not realize that he is being guild
ed. The boy has not the power to
guide himself and needs the guidance
of suitable teacher. The public
schools are just beginning to realize
the value of manual training. In
place of the long string Of don'ts which
are presented to the boy the teach
er should substitute something for him
to do. In many cases insufficient time
is devoted to the guidance of the boy.
The speaker favored the organization
of boys classes with games to inter-
est them, although the games should
not be used to draw the boys into the
societies Spend more time on the
boys. help them not on Sunday only,
| but through the week as well, and they
will be better boys.
The Model Sunday School.
Rev. Isaac B. Burgess of Providence.
r. T., a teacher-training superinten-
i dent for several years, spoke on The
| Model Sunday School and his remarks
were heard with interest. What is
| the model Sunday school, and how can
| it be secured?' John Wanamaker and
| Frank Brown We're teachers of large
| classes. There is a real danger in
putting before the child that the OBJ
iect of the Sunday school is to feed
| the church. Is the object to study the
| Bible? The speaker thought that this
was not the primary object of the
Sunday school. The real object of the
| school is to promote Christian char
acter. He spoke of the different kinds
of schools and said that many forgot
| the true object. The Sunday school
is for the individual pupil. How many
schools have the card record system
i as they have in the public schools :?
How many follow their scholars? How