New Britain herald., 1915-01-15

site end of the room. These i'm
 provements are of great assistance to | the department but the disadvant- l age still remains of not having any | thing in the nature of separate class i rooms.
 The summer school was conducted | again in a way similar to that re- l ported last year. The auspices were
 practically the same; the lesson story, ! however, was told by different peo- 1 pie through the summer. This move | ment is regarded by those in a po- 1 sition to observe it as being a most 1 satisfactory solution of the summer Sunday school problem in the con- ditiOns under which this church is working.
 There have been several social func- tions during the year, some for the whole school, some for the workers. In the spring, a very successful so
 ciable was held for the senior de- partment, for which the entertain 1 ment was provided by the Persian, Italian, Chinese and Armenian class , es. The picnic held during the sum-
 ner was largely attended and quite successful In the fall two meet ings of the officers and teachers have ! been held, the first a supper, at which the reports of the Northfield dele gates were given; the second event 1 purely for socia ability, which seemed to accomplish that purpose. There have been several sociables for pu- pills in the fall; one for the Boys Division, one for the Philathea class, one for the five junior classes in the Boys Division. In addition, the Woodruff club and Mrs. Hemenway's class of young ladies have each had banquets. The usual Christmas fes- tivities were provided by the church for the primary and for the junior departments.
 The great outstanding need of the schools is not larger numbers, al- though the school desires to have enrolled all the children of the par ish of school age; nor is it a scar city of teachers, except at infrequent periods; but it is for a more thor ough and efficient fulflment of the teaching function. The work of the teacher-training class, which provides the school with a group of trained teachers once in two years, is greatly depended upon to this end. In ad- dition, and to serve the needs of those now teaching in our school who have
  this training, the New Britain In- stitute for Sunday School Workers has been established. This institute, un- der the joint auspices of the First and South churches, has held series of conferences, in which the teachers of different departments of both schools have met in simultaneous de- partment meetings. The section for teachers of beginners and primary pu- pills has been under the direction of Mrs. M. D. Stanley; that for teachers of Juniors of MT. Fox and that for teachers of Intermediate and Senior pupils of Rev. Elmer Thienes of the First church. In the future it is planned to continue these meetings ] along the same lines. A more rep resentative management for them has been secured, however, a committee of superintendents of the Protestant schools of New Britain having taken over the project.
 The superintendent of the home de- partment submits the following re- 1 port of that work:
 There are many in our parish, who for various reasons are unable to at tend Sunday school, but who are glad to give little time each week to
  thus associated with more than four hundred others as members of the | home department. About forty copies of the German quarterly and a few in Swedish are provided for those who | cannot read English.
 There are no dues, but free will of ferings are most acceptable, and en- velopes are provided, and we have ,1xxyo oh oil penses and to contribute something to benevolent objects. We have usually l appropriated something for missionary work among the immigrants at Ellis Island, and something for the McAll Mission in France. and have supple mented the gifts of the Sunday school to other objects.
 The Annual Social Reunion is al- ways very pleasant occasion, and brings together many of the mem- bers who seldom have an opportun- ity of meeting one another and the pastor. In January last, Professor Camp, who is the oldest member, and was the first superintendent of the home department, when it was or ganized in 1891, gave some interest ing "reminiscences in connection with it's origin and history.
 We would gladly welcome to our mem bershp everyone in the parish who is unable to attend the regular ses- sions of the school
 The superintendent of the Chinese department submits the following re- port of that work:
 There have been sixteen men who have been in attendance for longer or shorter time during the year. Nine were quite regular the early part of