New Britain herald., 1921-12-10
CITY MISSION
 EXPANDS WORK
Miss Bartlett's Report Tells OI
 Activities

Miss Caroline F. Bartlett has sub m,tted the following bi-monthly re- mort of the City Mission to the board of directors:
 "During the two months snce our last meeting, q good many activities have been started and some progress has been made in our various depart ments. The three sewing schools, the Lafayette, meeting in the Baptist church, the Methodist school and the one at the Burritt Mission have start ed with large number of scholars enrolled and a goodly number of in- terested teachers. The work at the Methodist school, which meets on Friday, has been somewhat inter rupted, first by the observance of Armistice Day, and then by Thanks giving vacation and soon the Christ mas holidays will make it necessary to omit two meetings; but we hope by the first week in January to be well under way in all our classes.
 New Club for Boys.
 "'rhe new club for boys was start cd November Is, in the First church, with an attendance of fifty. Little was done at the first meeting except to register the names and family hls- tory of the boys, as this is lengthy process, but it is important to have these details so that we may have a more intelligent idea of their needs Of the fifty boys at the first meeting, twenty-one were at the Fresh Air Camp during the summer, and it was a pleasure to see them again and review our delightful experiences there together. The other boys were mostly brothers of the sewing school girls and members of the Italian Sunday school. One solitary little girl appeared but was so evidently out of her element that she did not venture again. The second meeting held the Tuesday before ThanksgiV- ing, was devoted to games and a Thanksgiving story, with the ad- ditional attraction of two fine red apples each, as they went home-a gift from the volunteer helpers which was greatly appreciated. Last week the day was changed to Wednesday which will be the regular meeting time hereafter, and the older boys were formed into a Junior Achieve ment club, under the leadership of Mrs. J. H. Kirkham. Those under nine years of age began working on scrap-books for Christmas presents, with Miss Irene Swift and Miss Elea- nor Lewis to direct them AS the boys range in age from five to four teen years, it is necessary to have these two distinct groups.
 We have now, under the super vision of the City Mission, twelve clubs and classes, meeting at six diff ferent centers, with a force of fifty volunteer workers. During the week of November 1920, the aggregate at tendance at these gatherings was 40 representing over 300 different chil- dren. The two Sunday schools arc a good deal larger than at this time last year so that we have had to in crease the teaching force at both places. The Italian Sunday school at the South church now numbers TO- against an enrolment of 59 a year ago, and there are eleven teachers and officers in it's three departments One of these is a young Italian girl who was one of our scholars in the early days of the school and is now an efficient helper. During the month of November, which included two rainy Sunday mornings, there were 20 scholars and six teachers who were present at every session.
 Sunday School.
 "At the Burritt Mission Sunday oft is lar. but the average at present is over fifty in the two departments. A week ago last Sunday, there were 63 in attendance. In the junior depart ment of which I have charge, 1 had the pleasure that Sunday of teaching a class of IT boys, ranging in age from nine to 16 years of age; boys whose powers of self-control are extremely limited, but whose ability, in any va rieties, to tax that of the teacher is very great.
 A lady from Plainvile assists at the piano and teaches a large class of girls; and others come in to help at different times. In the primary de- partment, which meets in the lower room, Mrs. Martin D'Addario and two young girls from the Methodist church have charge of over 40 little children from three to nine years of age. There was great excitement last Sunday, when the new little chairs were used for the first time; and the sight of the little ones who had sat so patiently on uncomfortable benches for so long, seated in chairs made es- pecially for children of their size, made my heart exceedingly grateful to those whose generosity had pro- vided this new part of our equipment.
 Achievement Club.
 "A Junior Achievement club has recently been organized among the working girls at the Burritt Mission by Miss Esther Donahue, who has this work in charge for this section, and the girls are very enthusiastic over their lessons. We feel that we are touching only the edge of the need in that vicinity, for it requires B larger force of full-time workers to reach even a small part of the neighborhood effectively; but we are glad that we may do even a little to help to overcome the ignorance and o,iperctitiop to say not thing of the