Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-07
VOTED AGAINST CHANGE
 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOMS
Special Meeting Held by Central Bap-
 tist Church.

A plan to alter the Sunday school
 rooms at the Central Baptist church,
 as recommended by the board of man.
 agers, failed Of receiving the two
 thirds vote required for its adoption
 at special adjourned business meet ing of the church on Thursday eve- ming.
 The vote on approval of the plan and to authorize that 1t be proceeded
 with was taken after more than an hours discussion of the subject and stood 55 for and 40 against. The num- Der required to pass the motion was GA. A motion to make the vote tnan- imous was at once presented by Su- perintendent James l.. Case, who had | been one of the strong advocates of | the proposed change. This motion was passed
 The pastor, pr. J. B. slocum, pre- sided at the meeting, which was at | tended by about 90 of the church mem | bers and the minutes were kept by the church clerk, Frank L. Arnold. After a brief statement by Charles D. Moves president of the board of managers, | who approved the plan by 8 to 6 vote at special meeting on Wednes- i day evening. c. Edward Smith, chair man of a special committee of the board, explained the proposed changes which were to be accomplished at an expenditure not to exceed $4,500. These had been considered by the special
 committee which included. besides
 L. R. Church, Louis Mabrey and George W. Hamilton.
 In a general way the plans proposed to divide the main floor of Bushnell chapel into two rooms by accordion doors. These two rooms would be for the kindergarten and primary depart ments. The open we'll in the middle of Bushnell chapel would be foored over and the open well in the confer ence room would also be floored over, which with the removal of partitions at present on the second floor would make one large room of the second floor 80 feet deep. with classrooms around the sides. The junior depart ment would be placed in the confer ence room and the second floor of the
 building would be used for the in- termediate and senior departments with a superintendent's platform at the southerly end of Bushnell chapel, commanding the entire floor. Ten class rooms shut off by windows would be
 secured in Bushnell chapel and "six other class rooms in other parts of the second floor. There would be some slight changes in the two sairways also and prism glass would be used
 at all necessary points to increase the lighting in the rooms on both floors. Superintendent Case advocated the
  would make an enlarged opportunity for the school by making it possible to put it more completely upon grad ed plan and that they were in line with the best methods adopted and found advantageous in modern Sun day school work. The school is now showing an enrolment of 721, the larg- est in it's history, and under the change in the building there would be op- portunity for growth as an enrolment of ,000 could be taken care of. One particular advantage which was a moving cause is the suggestion for changes in the building was that it would thereby be possible to have the smallest children in classrooms on the ground floor, which is a point made in all modern Sunday school build ings.
 There were a number who spoke in support of the plan, while an almost equal number voiced objection to it and advised for various reasons that 1 it ought not to be carried out One of the objections most emphasized was 1 the disbelief in the possibility of mak- | ing a well ventilated and well lighted place out of the two rooms which would be formed by the division of the main floor of Bushnell chapel by the folding doors proposed.
 When the vote was taken it was by ballot. with A. E. Cherry and Joseph
 S. Adams acting as tellers.