New Britain herald., 1916-01-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL HAS l
 GAIN 0F FIFTY-F|VE
Pleasing Reports Made at Meeting
 Of South Church

1 tended the annual adjourned meet : ing which was held in the chapel 1 last night. The principal discus i sion of the evening was the work
 and activities of the Sunday school, 1 which is said to be the largest in , New England. Rev. Howard $. Fox, | principal, presented his report and it l showed the school had gained fifty
 five in the enrolment during the
 past year and the benevolences in l creased materially. Despite the fact
 that the expenses of the school are
 paid wholly out of the church funds,
 the school contributed s55O for ben-
 evidences. The training school for
 teachers also had a very successful year. At the graduation last June
 eleven members were granted diplo- | mas Miss Mary E. Rogers Is in | charge of the school.
 Rev. Mr. Fox has had charge of
 the Boys division, but on account of
 his increasing duties, it is found neces- l sary to relieve him of the work, s,-
 the meeting ratified the appointment 1 of Louis Bruemmer who will be in 1 charge in the future. At the cleo tions for members of the executive committee, c. F. Scott and Miss | Sarah P. Rogers were reelected and Miss Inez Henry and Mrs. w. B. Mon- 1 tague were chosen new members. The question as to the disposition of the offerings was discussed at length, but ii was finally decided to hold the matter up until February 10
 when the matter will be definitely de- cided.
 Following is the report in full of arI ~F Hgious education at the South church
 In presenting this annual report of
 the work of the Sunday school, your director of religious education desires first of all to pay high tribute to the officers and teachers of the school. No other organization of the church re- qu1res so many volunteer workers as does this. Many of these workers have been faithful to the point of sacrifice; some of them, according to their po- sitions in the school, have given not only their services, but their valued advice and counsel in the direction of the affairs of the school. There has been no lack of harmony among the executive and teaching force, and there has in several departments been very real efficiency.
 The school has had on the whole prosperous year and prospects for the future are bright. The summary of enrolment shows a net gain of fifty i've over last year. No statistics in regard to average attendance for the year are available for purposes of comparison, but if such were to be had they would probably also be fa- vOrable.
 The total of collections is slightly greater than last year. and the total Sy1N nTo fn cl~J, siderably greater. It may be we'll to state that since the main expenses of the school are met either by the Ec- cleslastical society or from invested l church funds it is only certain incl dental expenses that have to be paid l out of the offerings of the pupils. Each | and usually a different object In our | treasurers report, the expenses of | sending three delegates to the North field summer school of Sunday school | methods, which might have been made separate item, has been in- cluded under the heading of "Ex- penses." This statement is made to explain the rather large figure in the treasurer's report in the item of ex- penses
 The number and the percentage Of our teachers who have in one way or
 
 their work is increasing. On the 3rd of June, the Teacher Training class was graduated, having studied for two years under Miss Mary Rogers These young ladies, eleven in number were all given places on the teaching staff Tn the fall, and new class was gath cred, which will graduate in 1917. The City Training school for religious teachers, providing instruction in the Bible and in Sunday school methods for those now engaged in teaching, finished the season of 1914-1915 with a series of meetings in the spring, held in the Methodist church. For the cur rent year the school has been put un- der the authority of the district unit of the State Sunday School Associa- ton; the course of study has been con- siderably imprved, a\three-year course of study offered and entered upon, and fee of one dollar for the year charged to meet expenses. The school enjoys this year a greatly increased enrolment of the Sunday school teachers of the city. Several of our teachers are attending it's sessions The Northfield summer school pre- viously spoken of, also provides valu- able training for the three teachers which the school sends there each year.
 The social events of the year have been numerous. In the spring an en- tertainment was conducted jointly by the Senior department and the Boys Division. The picnic at Laurel park on June 26th was a great success in point of attendance and enjoyment; and this year, if a similar plan for a picnic is followed, it will be possible by profiting by the experience of last year, to make it a financial success as well. A Field day for the summer ses-