Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-17

tion. made fnauy helpful contributions
to the church's life. Tho four va
cation conferences, attended by near
~ 300 older boys Of the church. were
10 outstanding in their success as to
deserve special mention. The effort
on the part OF the National Brother
hood, which resulted In 81 young men
becoming postulants for holy orders,
was an achievement deserving men,
tion In view OF the church's urgent
need OF more clergy.
During the year ended October I
1921, Mr.. Bringhurst reported. tre
Brotherhood in the United states made
net gain OF seven assemblies. 10
chapters and S04 members. There are
now 1.0b0 active chapters and 10,439
members. OF assemblies there are 13
In the Province. IL OF which are
senior assemblies and two arc as
semblies OF older boys There are four
senior diocesan assemblies and one
junior and seven senior local assem-
blies and one junior. In the Province
during the coming year special em-
phasis Will be given TO the Develop
ment OF junior chapters composed OF
high school boys. The national officers
OF the Brotherhood will make an i'm
portant announcement within the next
lc days relative to n new plc.n that
has been carefully worked out anc
which promises splendid things in
connection with the church's work
among the older boys. II is plan
that takes into account everything
essential to an older boys religion,
development. plan that is certain e
increase the number OF candidates FOL
holy orders.
In the afternoon many persons wen
To Trinity rectory, where Mrs. PhiliI
Cook and Mrs. Frederick NJ. Kirku
served tea.
| Educational MassmcetIng.
Bishop Robert Carter .Jett preside,
Iat an educational ma ssmeeting in I'm
manuel Church last night.
Rev.. Gardiner l.. Tucker. field soc
retary OF the Board of Religious Edu
cation, addressed large audience OF
"rhe Church School" In order to In
sure peace ON earth IL is necessary 4
!naugurate "A course OF training. Di
Tucker said. and this is true OF tn
Christian Church. He commented o.
Christian character and co-operativ
dedication Of soul and body in servic
to God. Outlining the church's edu
cational program. he pictured eac
step TO graduation. The program pro
. vides curriculum of Christian char
acter, curriculum of Christian d
, vction and curriculum of Christia
, work.
| Rev. John w. Suter, Jr.. educat zion;
secretary, spoke on Teacher Trair
Ing" He defined a teacher as a lcade
, | q spiritual parent and friend and d.
, scribed various kinds OF training. II
, recommendation included teacht
|, training classes for men and womei
evening extension classes In seminaris
and extension of the examining chaI
lains' functions.
Illustrating the need Of religion
education. Bishop Jett said:
students In High School connectc
ELI their lives with the Church Sur
day School. gave Moses and Samu
as among the first five disciples (
Christ.
5 college students near the end I
] their college course could not fir
+ certain books of the Bible and lat'
{ confessed they had never heard
, them. A large number OF college st'
= dents come to college for stay
r nearly a year and bring no Bibles wi.
1 them. Out of a class OF "a collel
students only five knew the 10 con
msndments. OF 80 white maids worl
inr In a college only six owned Bible