Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
FRIGHTENED FROM WESTERLY HOUSE
Burglar Who Entered Home of Herbert F. Clark Left With out Booty-Fnst of Social and Educational Meetings Held at West Broad Street Schoohouse- se-Rev Charles H. Ever Dead-CoIumbus Day Observance.

The first of series of social and educational meetings of parents, teach CTS and pupils was held Friday eve ming at the West Broad street school house, and was attended by pupils or the seventh and eighth grades, ana about fifty of their parents, some or the teachers of the school, prlnclpals of. other schools and special teacners'
 The object of the meeting was to use the school plant for a social by those naturally interested, and to fa- rniliarize parents with the work ot the schools.
 During the first part of the evening the lheglilar cooking lesson or the eighth grade girls was given in the Kitchen. which. adjoins the assembly hall. The subject was creamed pota- toes and much interest was shown by visitors in the work of the class.
 The cooking instruction in the Ston- inKton town schools is carried on in xhis building by Miss Mathilda flaw kins. q graduate of Pratt institute, who also conducts the high school lunch room at the borough and teach e sewing in the schools In the cooking classes there are pupils from West Broad street school the high school. the borough grammar school, MyBLlC duQ OlQ 0uy6blC.
 After the cooking lesson was well along a short programme was given, consisting of folk dances by pupils, nhonograph selections, and talks by Principal G. R. Thompson and Dr. W. H. Perry. superintendent of schools. Principal Thompson referred briefly to the work of the year and outlined a plan for a parents association. Su- perintendent Perry talked about the old and the new in schools, discuss ing the new subjects introduced and showing that by actual tests upon the same question papers it has been prov en that the work in the fundamental subjects Is today not only equal to but better than that of fifty years ago.
 The photograph selections illustrated . part of the work in school music, . course in musical appreciation given by the principal consisting of pho- nograph selection, sometimes two, given each day at the opening exer- cises, with comment as to authorship, style of composition, personality of the composer and other pertinent facts. The records Friday evening included: Spring Voices, waltz, by Strauss, pian- Cforte record by Gruenfeld; Traumerei, echumann, violin record by Miecha Elman: La donna mobile (Rigoletto) Verdi; tenor solo by Florencio Con- stantius; Battleship Connecticut march by victor's military band.
 The folk dances were Norwegian dances by girls of the seventh and eighth grades. to piano music by Flor ence Watrous of the eighth grade.
 At the conclusion of the programme Eight refreshments were served by pupils, directed by Miss Hawkins and Miss Susie J. McMahon, teacher of the eighth grade. The gathering dis persed about ten o'clock, many ex- pressions of approval being given by parents of the plan of using the school building outside of the regular ses- sions for occasional social and educa- tional purposes.
 Rev. Charles H. Ewer, Protestant chaplain of the state institutions at Cranston, past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, depart ment of Rhode Island, died just before midnight Thursday at the Rhode Is- illness as the result of hemorrhage. He has been a minister of the Metho- dist Episcopal church for forty three years. He was assigned to Mantle, Conn, in 1879, where he remained two years and secured the erection of a new parsonage. He was assigned to the state institutions seven years ago
 Rev. MT. Ewer was born in Boston Feb. 10, 1S46, and when eight years of age, removed with his parents to Hartford. When seventeen years old he became so thoroughly imbued with patriotism that he decided to risk his life in defence of the union. The age limit being eighteen. he, like many