New Britain herald., 1916-03-11

Boy ScOutS.
 The report of the Boy Scouts was read by Secretary Fred Racklitfe as
 follows:
 from Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman and weekly payment of dues averages $3.2O. Income re- ceiyed monthly by selling Ladies ! Home Journal averages about $500. Boys have sold soap, which has netted them $1S.26. and have an order of chocolates which will net them an tther $20.OO. There is at present
 s16.00 in the treasury; s30.00 having
 been paid on a wireless outfit and
 s2o.00 having been paid to Crofts and
 Read for soap. It is our purpose to
 so conduct our finances as to make it possible for us to take hikes and go camping without any expense to the
 Eoys, all expenses being paid out of . the treasury. By the time summer
 arrives we shall be able to do this.
 Second. Scouts of Troop have
 been active mainly so far in making 1roney The scou utlna ster believed
 that it was essential that a good financial status be first obtained and the scouts have all worked toward
 that end. After March 18th there : will be regular Saturday afternoon
 hikes. Quite a number of the scouts
 have advanced from the Tenderfoot
 class to the Second class and we ex- rect soon to promote three or four to
 the First class
 Third A weeks camp is proposed
 for the summer along with our
 weekly trips Outdoor work will be
 the slogan for the coming year and
 just as often as possible the boys will
 be off on hikes and doing outside
 work. The membership at present is i about 20, with ten waiting to pass 1 their tenderfoot tests.
 Girl Scouts.
 Mrs William Day, master, spoke concerning that organization as fol- lows:
 As the Girl Scout band is.still in it's infancy there is very little to be re- ported.
 Up to date there have been five meetings. which are held Tuesday af- ternoon in the church. One of the IF eetings was social affair and here after there will be one social meeting d month.
 The general meetings are spent in discussing plans for the coming spring and summer, and in preparing for the tests which the girls must pass before they can be full fedged Scouts.
 We plan to take up as completely ias possible the suggestions presented ; in the Girl Scout manual, which. if "rried out, will do much toward de- veloping the girls physically, mentally and morally, and aid them in becom- ing better and more helpful vomen ChiIdren's Church. Miss Florence Ladd, superintendent , CT the ch1ldrens church, presented 1 the following report:
 Report of tho Childrcn's Church. With the renewal of the fall ac- tiVities new branch of work was started which has come to be known as the "Children's Church. Realizing the importance of form , ing habits of church attendance among the children while young. Mr. Cook has made the Sunday morning g worship attra active to them by preach ing a short sermon before the longer
 one for adults Immediately after this, during the singing of a hymn
 the children pass quietly out and spend the remainder of the time until the church service is over downstairs. here they are cared for by different
 young ladies. There the children first repeat Bible verses which they lean from week to week from pret- 1ily illustrated cards given them each Sunday. Having mastered 8 certain number of verses they receive but tons of various kinds which they treasure greatly. Thus the learning of Bible verses is not task but 9 very pleasurable occupation 1 After this a little period of time ! is given to the familiarizing the 1 children with some of the great ] hymns of the church. These Mir 1 Cook often uses for the openine { hymns making the children feel that { they have a part n the service as
 we'll as the older people.
 1 After a few moments spent in sing 1 ing, the children. are entertained ir
 various ways. Sometimes stories are told, or work is done at low tables
 with colored crayons and cutting work with colored papers.
 As vet the Children's Church Is
 in it's infancy and there is grea' 1 need of apparatus and material with which to work. It would greatly i help if there was a bright. cheery 1 sunny room fitted up just for the Chi1dren's Church It is difficult now | since the room used is the same l room in which the children meet for Sunday school. to get out materia Is <, and tables out of the way and th1 chairs in place for the Sunday school
 session. Efforts are now being made
 to procure radioptican which it is 1 expected will prove valuable aid
 It is hoped that soon sand tables may 1 be had and modelling in clay begun
 as we'll as other occupations in which | children delight.
 We feel that this is a very import
 ant part Of the church work well
 worth the hearty support and inter