Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-28
COLCHESTER
Boys Club Holds Second Annual Ban- notwithstanding Reports Read Speakers of the Evening.

At the Colchester Boys club We'd nesday evening its second annual ban quet was held. Tables were set for 50, including members and guests Prof. R. 4. Moore, the president of the di- rectors fthe club, acted as toast master. Hon. Hamilton Wallis, treas urer of the club was the first speaker and he impressed upon the boys the work that Dr. Cragin was doing here for the boys of Colchester; that he was once a boy here with the opportuni- ties that boys have and that now he is 9 doctor in New York city. Every boy here has just the chances that he helps to make and it is up to each boy to work hard and success will come to him.
 Rev. H. A. Blake. the next speaker, put the boys in good humor with a few stories that all boys like. speak ing of the good work that the club was doing here and wound up by having the boys give three cheers for the director of the club which were given with a will
 Among the guests were a number of former members of the club now at college who told of some of the things that the club had done for them. They were Edward Carrier of Middlebury Vt. college, Edward Kelley of Holy Cross college, James Case of Storrs Agricultural college The banquet was brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the ladies who served the boys. The following reports were read by the chairnen of the different com mittees:
 Secretary of the treasury: Total en- rolInent for the year S7 dues collected by the months as follows: September $3.35; October, $3.55; November, S2.15; December, S2.55; January, S2.S0; Feb ruary, $1.S5; March S2.S5; total $19.10.
 Secretary of the gymnasium: An ex- as a general windup of the work of the past months. Four basketball games have been played resulting as follows: Feb. 2S, East Hampton 27 90, Jewett City IS: March If, Boys club 40. East Hampton P: March 21, Boys club 40, Taftville F.
 Secretary of industry: A club of old CT boys was formed about Jan 1st with 8 membership Of B. Altogether five meetings were held. The Boy Scouts have an enrolment of 2S and have held meetings. Fifteen hikes have been held the longest being 10 Gardner's Lake The Story club had an enrolment of 20 and helt three meetings The. Manual Training class has fl enrolled, 21 lessons were given, Electrical club has been formed who have started out with a telegraph line connected between two rooms in the club.
 Secretary of the interior: Game con- tests in ping pong, checkers and 4 ball pool have been run for the younger and older boys. magazines have been given the club which have been put in the reading room. Three bound books were given the club by MT. H. Irving Hancock of Philadelphia, who formerly lived here.
 Secretary of social affairs: Begin ming with the organization of the club for older boys there were started a series of sociaIs and practical talks which consisted of the following: Feb. 18th a Lincoln social with E. T. Bun van as the speaker, some of the fel- lows giving incidents in the life of Lincoln Feb. 26th, social run by the Washington party with Rev. H. A. Blake as the speaker using for his subject the first part of his bicycle trip in Europe. Following these two events there was printed a card bear ing a list of good things coming for March and part of April the first two illustrated lectures were held at Ba.- con Academy and were very well at tended by the members of the club. They were on the Philippine islands and the Mississippi valley and south ern states, March 18th MT. Blake gave the second part of his bicycIe trip in Europe. On the 21st was held the gymnastic exhibition with 8 very good attendance considering the weather. On the 18th came the second annual banquet. March 29th, comes a kite flying contest Campers night comes on the End of April. On the 9th of April some views on an interesting subject will be shown with a mirror scope.