New Britain herald., 1915-11-09

large gathering of friends and mem-
 hers. The second number will be given November 16.
 | Educational Department. 1 "The course in accountancy was | opened with an address on "Accoun- tancy in Theory and Practice,' by George l.. Vannais of Hartford, Mon | day evening, October II. Fifty-fve men attended this lecture. MT. Van- | nais reviewed the historical develop
 ment of accountancy work, touched l on the increasing demand for train | ed accountants, and emphasized the | high grade of work which is being done in the fifty Y. M. c. As throughout the country that are us- | ing the Pace & Pace accountancy course. Twenty-siX men have en- rolled for the accounting work, and about half of this number have ask hd for commercial law. These st,i- dents wish to take the complete &C., countancy course and thereby pre-
 pare themselves by the end of two and one-haIf years of study, to take the state examinations for the cer-
 tiied public accountant degree. To
 meet this demand for additional in struction, Birdseye E. Cace, a Hart ford lawyer, has been secured to give the lectures on commercial law and gave his first lecture last Thurs
 day evening. William c. Woodford
 has charge of the accountancy in
 struction on Monday evenings iron,
 7:3O to 9:30 o'clock, and MT. Case
 will meet those who wish to take uD
 the commercial law work on Thurs
 day evenings at the same hour.
 "A. J. Birdseye will speak at the opening session of the salesmanship class Tuesday evening" November at o'clock. His subject will be 'Salesmanship as a Profession Ad- mission to this lecture will be open to the public. The membership in this class will be limited to forty men. Fifteen have already enrolled for the salesmanship course. The first regular session of this class will be held Tuesday evening, November 16. J. R. Jennings will be in charge of the class again this year.
 The other regular classes are about filed to capacity, and the work in each class is progressing we'll. R. S. Brown of the New Britain Ma chine company has again offered n prize of $5 in gold for, the best draw n specimen submitted by him
 "Plans are under way for the first meeting of the William H. Hart debating club. A number of new men have expressed a desire to join the club and a good year is assured for this organization.
 "A number of new applications for in the Y. M. c. A. orchestra have been received. The first rehearsal will be held Sunday afternoon, November 21 at o'clock.
 "The total enrolment in the edu- cational classes is 1855, which is equal to that of the best year tho !! association has ever had. The tui- ion receipts to date are about $150 ahead of the same period of last 1ear
 Physical Department.
 The attendance in all physical department activities was 5,535. 'lXty-four gymnasium classes were conducted with an attendance of l. 3S. Three men and seven boys 'efe taught to swim, and swimming vents were conducted for the vari- us groups. All the boys classes re gwen an additional swimming erlod over last years schedule. mich gives additional opportunities pr boys to learn and practice swim ling.
 An unusually successful hand all tournament was conducted for Venty-two men who played forty even games to decide the champion nip which was won by Lawyer [orris Saxe. Arthur Berg. a mem- CT of the physical department com- ittee conducted this tournament. A am is now being organized to play earby Y. M c. As g Interest in bowling is high as is |, town by the fact that double the o umber of games was rolled this ctober than for the same month last gar. Three men teams are playing salnst each other each week. Our. ie am exchanged visits with the Hart lt I'd Y. M. c. A. team which pronot- u
 much good fellowship. le
 Halloween program of events sl ere run off in the gymnasium for r e boys thus helping them celo- al ate the occasion giving offense to "
 man The Scouts have been help d.
 to earn their merit badges and W cir basketball teams have used e gymnasium. ii
 A leaders corps with a member l1 ip of eleven was organized to as- H tt ln the class work. These young E en are instructed every Wednesday ti en1ng. The physical department Je mmittee meets every month. to in out the activities of the depart ent.
 Religious Work. ie The mems Bible classes will start Vt 'vember IT. Supper will be at 6:30 p' lock followed by the class sessions.