Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-19
FORMER OFFICERS
 GIVE HISTORY
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 Three Pastors in This Period. '. During these IS years the school has had the counsel. guidance and Herr np to the close of 1901. Rev. P. z: Wright from 1901 to 1918 and pr. Slocum since 1913 to the present time. IL has been a great pleasure for the ofncers to have been associated with such men. Everyone of them has been ready at any and all times to assist, support and encourage.
 We cannot help mentionlne Mir wright who for II years out of the IS worked side by side with us and we came to know, him. with his courage and agressiveness. We all remember Miss Carol E. Everett who was With us as an assistant to the pastor and Bible school worker for three years from 1904 to 1907. During her time the Junior church service was started and successfully carried out. Following her came Charles A. Boyd who for a year filled a similar place and assisted in Developing the work of the Bible school introducing teacher training class.
 Faithful Officers For Long Terms.
 In 1901 the school lost its treas urer in the death of George B. Greene who for many years faithfully attend cd to these duties. We we'll remem- Der his punctuality and reliability and drought no one would be found to fill his place with equal satisfaction. It was Deacon Otis who suggested George A. Ashby and the position has been filled by him to the satisfaction or all up, to the present time. During 1907 Mir. R. R. Wilcox on ac- count of moving out of town resign ed as school secretary, a position he | had filled for 23 consecutive years. Even eort1u,sd;,s after serving so long he was | ideas and methods for the records and It was with sorrow that we learned of his death a few years ago. Following him came Arnold and Post. with energy and progression. In 1908 Thomas H. Cranston resign ed as librarian on account of his health His death came in 1908. He had been librarian since a young | man and spent many hours every month In this careful painstaking la bor. It Is not possible to mention all the | helpful ones who have gone on but would mention Welcome A. Smith as one of the strong supporters of the of- | fcers, always ready with his sugges- | ttons and advice.
 w.. p. sheIdon's Gift of $1,ooo. Al the Rally Day service of 1904 many were surprised at the announce ment of the gift to the school of s1,- 
 whose home was in Gales Ferry. | While not a member of our school his | Interest In it dated from the time of | the pastorates of Dr. Graves and Mir. Davies when the chapel at Brewsters | Neck was erected.
 | Our school has number of rec ords to be proud of. The year 1915 | completed tEe 18th year of perfect at | tendance at the school sessions of Horace Church. find in my ssrap book mention of the fact that this record was oclipsed by the late George | P. Rathbun. whose death occurred In | 1906. The year 1904 completed his | 18th year of perfect attendance. | Please remember that this means 52
 sessions a year as our school knows no vacation.
 Last Of the Constituent Members.
 In Februry. 1918. the last of the s7 1 constituent members of the church
 passed away in the death Of Beriah | s. Rathbun whose interest in the
 church and school never wavered dur ing the remarkable record of 73 con- secutive years. It may be of inter- est to you to know that his treasur- ed violin is now being played in our l school orchestra
 Present Day Workers.
 One by one the old class passed away, MT. Rathbun being the last one it is the natural tndency In histori-
 cal tendency papers to speak of those
 who have gone. I want to say a word
 about the living. believing that all the
 good people do not lie in the ceme-
 tery.
 I could not mention all of them fol
 please believe that there are a lot ot
 active and able persons in this schoo
 still much alive and they are the ones
 whose names will be mentioned in the
 125th anniversary as worthy of hon
 on. C. E. Smith. my predecessor iI
 office is one of the reliable vince
 horses of the school.
 No Tobacco Users Among Officers.
 The officers associated with m,
 during the 15 years are exceptions
 men. Yesterday I looked at a Rall, l Day invitation of 1906 and reading
 from left to right saw these faces Noyes Wilcox, Palmer. Ashby, Case Storms With the exception of Mir
 Willcox. the secretary. 1t was prac
 tically the same team for the II years. And one thing Among other
 that is remarkable in this day ant generation and 1t should be writer into the history is the fact that m ! one of these men use tobacco. Tn same thing can be said also of tn
 present official force. They were no chosen for the position on account O this qualification but the condition ex
 ists.
 There are others who are generou with the school and when interviewei for money for a special purpose sa; "how much do you want"
 Il. Energy and Optimism Today. . Last year for Rally day we set tn attendance mark at 475 and fell sub
 stantially short. At the close of tn school session James l.. Case cam to the officers and said. ''Thls sehoo } always does what 1t sets out toi vol have asked for ATS; let's get 1t an let's make 1t 50o." And after sev l eral attempts the school did 1t. Thi illustrates the energy and optimism
 of our superintendent and under hi l leadership feel assured that the mex , 15 years will far excsll the past Mir. Palmer's address was followe' 3 by the tenor solo, A Song of Prais !. Cf1uhnl, rendered with fine expression 3 by George A Turner.
 Pastor 9locum.
 Our Present Opportunity for Servtc ] | wEs the theme for tho closing addres of the programme which was given b the pastor, Dr. Slocum, whose eloquen words thrilled his hearers. It ts question now, he said. O f making the connections. of caTytn L