Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-14

rising vote of appreciation of his service. which was heartily accorded. All who had worked to make this hour possible either as individus1ss or or ganixations. were accorded their mead of praise and, the pness came m Tor The BusIe Song followed, delight fully rendered by the church guar tette, consisting of Miss Elsie D.
 Brand, soprano; Miss Louis J. Ear ton, alto; Arthur R. Blackledge, tenor and Charles H. Caswell. bass and di- H. Caswen The services of the quar- tette were given for the evening. Financial Side.
 The financial secretary's report was given by Charles F. Risedorf, who stated that there were 502 pledges and 16 special contributors, out or khe SOP. 4eO were paid in full, in part, brought in sis, ,2s244 ranging from s, 900 to 20 cents, and the sum of $56423 from the special contributors, making total of s16,786.67. Prac- ! tically all of this sum was taken In after April l. 1913, when the sum was This report was followed by that of | the treasurer, Fred D. Jordan, showing the amount received from the financial secretary and the various Items or CAp6IlS6 QlSDQIS6u, With Sls<So nhAho some cents yet in the bank. There are. perhaps. bills to the extent of $500 yet to be paid. Handing Over the Keys. The formal transfer of the building was made by George 8. Taylor of the building committee and the keys re- ceived by Walter. B. Knight of the Ecclesiastical society.
 A motion. made by E. Frank Bug bee and unanimously carried. was to the effect that the secretary core spend with Mrs. Holland, regretting her inability to,tbe present, and again thanking her for the generous gift which made the building possible. The main address of the evening was delivered by Professor William E. Bailey Ph. D., of Yale university, and was preceded by Annie Laurie" " beautifully rendered by the quartette. "Rockin' Time" concluded the exer- l cises after Professor Bailey,s address. Prof Bailey was introduced as one who "has the social vision of the l church of today" and lived up to the 1 introduction in an address upon so- cial problems interesting and highly l instructive.
 ! So far the community has taken practically no part, he said, in how 1 people spend their leisure. What tells I the character of a person is the man ner in which he or she spends her lei 1 sure. If it is spent right, he. goes ahead. if wrong, he goes behind. | Over 10 per cent of the population of the Sunday school is engaged in 1 the occupation of amusing the rest Of us. and thus giving pleasure has been cemmerciaiized. The result is great | nifty should begin to concern itself | with how leisure time is spent. ] The appeal I wish to leave with you
 is to socialize your lives, to touch the note personal service, to enlarge your ! vision and put your life on higher plane.
 Those in Charge.
 1 The committees in charge of the l building of the home and the dedica- 1 tion were as follows: Finance commit tee, E. Frank Bugbee. James F. Bath. Jay NJ. Shepard, Charles F. Risedorf, ] building committee. Frank Larrabee. George F. Taylor, Walter B. Knight; committee on the opening. Arthur C. Everest Miss Louise Holt. Mrs. Frank
 Mrs. George $. Elliott, Mrs. George
 Burnham. Mrs. W. B. Knight. Miss 1 Edith Ticknor, Mrs. A. R, .Burnham,
 Mrs. E. H. Richmond. Mrs. George Spencer, Mrs. Seth Billings. Mrs. 0. B.
 Clark, Mrs. Frank Deming. Mrs. Ciar-
 Mrs. Edward F. Ellsworth, Mrs. Charles
 R. Utley, Miss Kate Stillman. Miss l Fanny Bishop, Mrs. A. V. Segar, Mrs l John Gager.
 Description of the Building.
 l The church house is of brick con- l struction, substantial and of fine ap- l pearance, with two stories and 8 base
 ment. It is connected with the church ! building proper by a ramp leading to ] the left of the side entrance hall: The main entrance is approached by i a short flight of steps and porch lead {! ing into the vestibule. At the left ot the vestfbule is the front descent to l the basement floor, and on the right 6 1 telephone booth and ticket window, tc 1 be used for affairs at which admission 1 is charged. 1 Main Assembly Room for Over 300. l The main assembly room. with a ca capity of over 900 people. opens direct
 l ly frsm the vestibnle. It is well adapt