Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-08
DELEGATES FROM 52 SCHOOLS
Attended Annual Meeting of County Sunday School Conven ton at First Baptist Church-Presdent Henry D. John son Reelected = Officers Associated With Him Also Chosen Agan-Miss Ellen Colt Reported Information al Convention at Chicago

being made for the big convention to be held at Meriden on Nov. 4. and 5, and urged the delegates to see to IL that their schools were represented at the gathering.
 The Connecticut State Sunday
 School Convention is the annual inter
 denominational gathering of sunday
 school workers. It is designed to rep resent all the Sunday schools or the
 state. =
 Every school is entitled to two off,
 cial delegates in addition to its pastor and superintendent, who are ex-omclo delegates. Last year was the first time that the institute section Of the con vention was introduced. This feature proved so satisfactory that it has notj only been retained but the plan will be enlarged. There will be ten sessions
 of nine periods each. The institute
 will occupy the forenoon of each day,
 beginning at g o'clock. There will be the usual denominational conferences, |
 when the delegates of each denomina-
 ton may get together for the discus
 sion of problems peculiar to their par ticular work and to plan how best to
 attain their denominational standard l
 of efficiency. There will be Is addresses before the
 main convention, 80 half hour lectures | in the institute section, IT open con-
 ferences and the Sunday school pa geant. It will not lack inspiration and yet it will be severely educational
 and practical Special attention will be given to the rural school and work \ with the immigrant.
 There will be six Bible periods in i the convention, one each morning and afternoon. The Rev. Floyd w. Tom kins, D.. D., rector of Holy Trinity, Episcopal church, Philadelphia. will
 have charge of this work. His sub- Hope; i. Courage; 5, Patience; S., Fellowship. Doubtless no other man m l this country is so peculiarly fitted to
 conduct the devotions of a convention
 as is Dr. Tomkins.
 | Arrangements are being made for a | supper for "the old guard of Con- necticut Sunday school workers Thurs | day evening, Nov. Q. Only. those who have been continuously in service for 20 years or more are eligible. There will be four or five after dinner speeches and general social time. Mir. Lawrance will be the guest of honor. Thomas l.. Norton will act as toast master.
 T On the County Work.
 The next business was the hearing of the reports of the county work. Miss Anna H. Thresher the treasurer, pre- Sented her report The balance at the last annual meeting was $S.06. During
 the year there was received from ln-
 dividuals the sum of s2S6 from Sun
 day schools in the county S463.3S and from miscellaneous sources $40.61, and , contributions to the debt reduction
 fund amounted to s111 A detailed ac- count of the expenses was given by 7 Miss Thresher. Miss Colt req the secretary's report 5 on the meeting held at New. London last spring and Miss Colt also, report 5 ed on the teacher training work done l in the last six months. There are now P 13 teacher training classes in the coun- 7 ty, and several more are planned for. : The teacher training is an important ) division of the associations work. VI Mrs. F. F. Richards reported for the
 home department. She said the home r department belongs to all Rges and I not, as commonly supposed. to the ei- . derly people. The thought of the home al department is for others," and the e aim until all are reached."' Mrs r Richards said that A of the 113 @ schools in the association now have
 home departments. which sohws an d increase over last year.
 r As Miss Jennie L. Congdon, the ele-
 mentary superintendent, was unable t. h be present, her report was read by
 Mrs. Arthur M. Brown of Jewett City
 The report covered 75 of the II;
 schools and showed that these schools e had 317 elementary teachers and a to- '. tai of 2,6SS children in the elementary e departments. Twenty-one of the n schools have all three departments ana a 56 have at least one department. e Standing of the Districts. = President H. D. Johnson in reportinE tt read the requirements of the associa- " ton and then gave the standing of tho n five districts in the county to date e When a district reaches the maximum s number of points. 12. it is classed z !. front line district, and if it has pofnt n or over it is a banner district.
 e The standing of the districts fol s lows: District No. 1, S points: No. .- 12 points; No. 3, g points; No. 4, 1. e points; No. 3, 10 points.
 1T The county standard is similar to tn ,e district standard and at the presen h time New London county has Il points e to it's credit. Two additional homo e departments will give the county tn ,s necessary point to make it g. front lin, ,e county. It was announced that botl IS of these home departments are to. b, e organized shortly.
 h President Johnson Reelected. o. The nominating committee, James L n Case, James c. Macpherson, H. W j. Gallup of Norwich and Miss Ellen Coi IS and Richard W. Mansfield of New Lon n, don, announced that they had renomi sr mated all of the old officers with tn, g. exception of the secretary, who de Us clined nomination, and they were re " elected The. secretary's office is to b. It left in the hands of the executive com d mittee. The officers reelected for tn ,- coming year follow: President, H. r (Continued on page seven.) ,at