The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
UPLIFTING CONVENTION.
Continued from Page l.

#S1JO44. The banner for the best home
Christian school in South Vernon. The
report of the recording secretary showed
IS schools in the county, there being two
new schools this year, one in the Waite
district in Brattleboro and one in Rock
ingham village There are 33S officers,
433 teachers, 1904 pupils and 4,275
members for the county There are 3S
cradle rolls with a membership of 661
and "a home departments One hundred
and seven have been added to the churches
| from the schools, which is the smallest
number in four years.
/ Resolutions were adopted thanking the
churches of West Brattleboro for their
/ hospitality and the workers from outside
for their help and endorsing and COM
mending the work of temperance and of
teacher training. A resolution was adopt
ed later expressing the appreciation of
the county for the eight years of faithful
| and efficient service of w. H. Farr of
| Bellows Falls, secretary and treasurer.
t,dr. Farr has been untiring in his efforts
to advance the Sunday school work of
the county, and the association regrets
:. that he felt it necessary to resign. His
influence and interest, however, will still
be felt.
5 In the evening Rev. A. w. Bailey gave
: another strong address using as his theme
a sign seen on a Massachusetts boulevard
/ School Ahead, Use Care" He spoke OF
s this and the other sign which is becoming
) so common, Safety First, and of the eff
forts which are made today to safeguard
life and health. BY developing a strong
moral and spiritual life we shall be pre-
venting disease. We can do this in the
second place by curing the diseases that
have already gotten their hold. The
words of Mr. Vanderbilt to his valet
! when the Lusitania was torpedoed have
! been flashed around the world, Come, lie
us save the kiddies." Let us as Sunda.
: school teachers save the kiddies. We ma,
? not be called upon to lay down our lives
;, Pbut it is our work to do as Sunday schoo
= teachers
! The new county president, W E
= Glynn of Saxtons River, spoke briefly
: saying he had two things in mind, on
being that he hoped next years stat
= convention could come to Windham cour
i ty and the other being that the Sunda
schools might help to organize the boy
| against the cigarette habit
Rev. Mr.. Fuller's talk in the evenin
was on Music and Character, in which /
1 spoke of the influence of music and plea'
ed for the use of really good music IN I'll
Sunday school, even among the younge
1 children. He emphasized his talk by 81
ing illustrations of some very obJeetlo
able music found in some Children's df
programs During the evening the cho
of the West Brattleboro church renders
I'm anthem, and Hazen Stockwell sang
bass solo.
The convention closed with an adore
by State Secretary Boyd, on The Pow
of Pull Together. Together is ne
word. The cave dwelers didn't know
In many places even today togetherne
is unknown except perhaps on the part
armies. 1t was unknown until that see
in the garden and on cross crowned G
vary. Since then people have begun
sense the word together" The teacht
-, of old and young must work together a