New Britain herald., 1917-04-19

expected wealth and happy erldings.' 7 Dial.
 the happy atmosphere of friendliness and cheer so evidentfat lea time. This fine serviceL has been thoroughly ap- preciated. To the pianists also, who have served so faithfully every Sun day, the committee is much indebted. The aim of all association work II to train the young girlsS to become ac-, tive participants in some form of Christian work. It has been4a source of real qualification to the Association leaders to find association trained girls among the workers in the diff ferent churches. We, therefore, hope to continue to build up this spirit of co-operation. 'sss .s s's ss
 Bible clauses have been. organized in sevetal clubs, upon the request of the girlS sthemselves. %. with the Confetence for Religious The Vesper ser7fce for that week was merged with the service held in the Baptist church on Sunday after noon.
 The committee Is much indebted to the Joan of Arc mittee of New York city, for the loan of banners. shield and photograph of Miss Hyatt's fine statue of Joan of Arc at the time of this service. As visible reminder of this meeting there remains a beau. tiful photograph of Joan of Arc a gift
 to the association. Another gift that will be of great use and enjoyed con- sists of a hundred new hymnals-an.
 Easter offering. The generosity of the friends of the association has been beautiful thing in the life of the association, embodying as it always does the love. the ep-operation and the confidence of the donors
 The girls of the association have had charge of two services during the year. The Ishkoodah club conducted the Thanksgiving service most cred-
 itably. The Girl Scouts under the
 Scout captain of the city, had charge
 of vespers last Sunday. The commit.
 tee extended hearty thanks, to all for their help. But the happiest Sunday
 of the year was December 17 when
 the months thought for the Christ mas season was summed up and ex-
 pressed in a series of tableaux from Ben -Hur. It was the association's s
 Christmas gift of willingness and time
 onN the part of the members, of skill
 and patience from the directors of the tableaux. With the splendid CO.,
 operation of our friends in loaning
 costumes and properties the settings
 were made beautiful. With the untir-s ing aid of our fellow-workers, the so-
 cial committee, the tableaux were
 wonderfully crowned with success.
 Especial thanks are due Mrs. Seeley of the Center church, Frank Coan of
 Hartford, and the Persian Brother hood of the South church for loaning
 oriental costumes, and directing their
 use. The offering of $30.61 was sent
 as the associations gift for Y. w. c. A.
 work in the foreign field in India.
 But the greatest gift of the day was the vision of love and the desire for. service that came to all Tn His Name"
 The expenditures for the year have been $47.30.
 The committee extends it's sincerest gratitude to the general secretary for her unfiagging counsel and aid and .to the other secretaries for their CO., Foperation throughout the year. The work of the cOmmtttee would not nave been made possible without. this as' sistance To the members, of the board also, the committed is most grateful for their sympathetic help and interest.
 Physical EducationA
 The report of the physical educa- ton committee was read by the chair man, Miss Florence Andrews, and fol- lows:
 One year ago last September we opened the doors of our new recrea- ton building to the girlhood of New
 Britain, to be used for a triple pur- pose, the physical, mental and moral improvement of these, our girls.
 We have now completed our first full year of work. Just what has been accomplished we can in no way prove. Statistics while they give the number of girls attending the different classes. do not give the benefits derived by the girls and after all it is the real ben- efits VIC are concerned with, not the numbers, interesting as they may be to us. We cannot put our finger on any one thing and say that is proof | of what we, have accomplished during the past year in return for the money expended in this department. We