Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-06-04
Afternoon Session.

FNiGVtItSOn SGSSlOHs
The. afternoon session convened at
1.30 o'clock with a devotional service
conducted by Mrs. Emma L. Day and
then came the missionary exhibit in
charge of Mrs. Jerome Greer, Mrs.
Robert Bitgood gave a reading, Wait
ing by the Gate Rev. George G.
Scrivener made a very interesting adj
dress along missionary lines and Miss
Roberta Bitgood recited, The Raggedy
Man. A paper. Just Glimpse of the
West, was read by Mrs. J. c. Taylor.
The paper told of schools in the west
and of the missionary work being car
ried on there. The election of officers
resulted as follows:
President, Mrs. S. A. Prentis, New
London: first vice president. Mrs. Ed
ward Luce, Mantle; second vice pres
ident, Mrs John Gallup, Moosup; cor
responding secretary, Miss Florence
Washburn, Stafford Springs; treasurer,
Mrs. Frank Comstock, New London;
secretary of publications and mite
boxes, Mrs. Hattie Walcott Eaton.
Stafford Springs: secretary of Young
Peoples work, Miss C. Ella Day, Dan
ielson; secretary of systematic benefi-
cence, Miss Alice Cunningham, Put
nam; secretary of temperance, Mrs.
Ellen Martin Rockville; secretary of
evangelism, Mrs. C. Harley Smith, New
London.
After the installation ceremony in
charge of Miss Jessie ArbuckIe, the Of
fering was taken. The matter of the
place of the 1916 meeting was left in
the hands of the executive committee.
A violin solo, Schubert's Serenade, was
excellently rendered by Miss Elizabeth
Lane. and was followed by the singing
of the doxoIogy and District Superin-
tendent Scrivener pronounced the ben
ediction.
At $50 o'clock the banquet was
served in the Sunday school rooms of
hA snI7t daT~ he
Home Missionary society. The several
tables were attractively decorated with
spring flowers and the menu served
was as follows:
Tomato Bisque
Roast Beef Green Peas
Dreamed Mashed Potatoes
Gravy Beets Chilli Sauce
Tea Coffee Assorted Cake
Ice Cream
The after dinner speakers were Dis
trict Superintendent Scrivener of this
city and Miss Jessie Arbuckle. super
intendent of the Dwight w. Blakeslee
Memorial home. She told of the work
that is being so successfully carried
on there. In her annual report to the
officers of the home Miss Arbuckle
said:
The old ascetic idea, that we draw
near to God as we withdraw from hu-
man FREDERICKSBURG, mas O1ldHSSO, anu III
this age we believe that the opposite
is Christ's teachings-we draw near
to God as we draw near to the heart
of man.
This is one of the theories of our
Deaconess home, and hence our home
is like the house by the side of the
road, where we live and are friends OF
man" The activities are manifold.
Perhaps first in Importance is the
Training School department. Here the
best teaching is given at the Yale
School of Religion, through its depart
ments of religious education and So
cial service, providing the theoretical
foundation that is needed for the prac-
teal work which the students do in the
local churches, and especially in our
Italian church and summer camp Inc
university training is supplemented by
lectures in our home. Our aim is to
increase the efficiency of Christian ser
vice. "The demand of the times is for
practical Christianity which makes
real the spiritual, and spiritualizes the
realities of life" To meet this demand,
leaders in every line of religious and
social activity must be sent forth. It
is the purpose of this department to
train young women for such leader
ship.
We, would give expression to our
appreciation of those who have served
our home and so have served others
with US, also our thanks to our many
loyal friends in the city and state,
whose generosity makes possible this
work.
A vocal solo was rendered by Mrs.
Grove and after the closing song. God
Be With You Till We Meet Again, the
conference was adjourned
On. the Register.
Those who registered as delegates
during the day were as follows:
Harriet NJ. Prentis New London;
Charlotte P. NJ. Walsh, New London;
Annie B. Newton, iUncasville: Florence
B. Washburn, Stafford Springs; Laura
A. Perkins, Gales Ferry; Georgianna
P. Calvert, New London: Emma L.
Woodward, Norwich; Mrs. E. j. Aver,
Norwich; Mrs. Hattie Walcott Eaton,
Stafford Springs; Mrs. F. c. Martin.
Willimantic; Mrs c. L. Tinker. VIII
iimantic, A Jennie Beebe, Whitman
tic; Mrs. Jennie Nuzum. WillimAntic;