Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-13


publication. One item was added to
the budget, the sum Of 500 for ex-
penses fone delegate to the Nation
al committee meeting.
In explaining what might be ex-
pected in the way of contributions to
meet these expenses, Mr.. Arters stat
ed that if the per capita rate for Sun
day school pupils was raised from
three cents to five cents. $2500 might
be anticipated from this avenue. The
other items to make up the total are:
Book system collection, $4,000; per-
sonal contributions and Sunday
school offerings, $1200-a grand total
Of $1,000.
A vote was then passed adopting
the recommendation made by the
county and district officers at their
session Wednesday. that the per cap
ita rate for Sunday school pupils for
State Association work be raised
from three cents to five cents, this
being exclusive of TIE home depart
ment and the cradle roll. 1t was also
voted that the other changes in the
budget recommended by the Finance
committee be adopted, with the ex-
ception OF the matter relating to the
Star which was left in the hands of
the Executive committee.
Report Of General Secretary
Rev. E. H. Brewster. general Sec
rotary of the State Sunday School
Association. then presented his an
nual report which was as follows:
Dear Executive Committee Members:
Since Oct. II, the date of the an
nual State Convention, the secretary
has Travelled 1881 miles in pursuit of
his duties. This added to the $4,000
of his first year of incumbency of of
flee makes to date 1851. In other
words since becoming secretary he
has Travelled around the world-in the
state of Maine. During the period
mentioned-since Oct. 12-eleven
chnrches have been visited. Z district
conventions held, 2 institutes of re-
lgious education conducted, one at
Norway-South Paris with an enroll
ment of IS and the other at Old Town
with a registration of 10. This an
nual meeting of the Executive Com
mlttee was also planned. as also the
Officers Training Conference held
yesterday.
The secretary has also endeavored
to attend to office duties answering
very many letters relative to all
phases of Sunday school work.
At the December meeting Of the
Board Of Trustees the secretary was
asked to devote the months of jan
uary and February to financial solicit
tatIon. Feeling the necessity Of in
creasing the resources of the Asso-
citation at once. he began this solicit
ing in December. Up to the present
time A individuals have been seen
and 20 contributed. 1t is his present
intention to continue this work in
January and February. He would
respectfully call the attention Of the
committee. however. to the fact that
there Is enough work for the General
Secretary to do in managing the af-
fairs Of the Association in caring for
the organizing of the counties and
performing educational service SO
that an indefinite continuation of the
policy that commits the secretary
exclusively to financial solicitation
would be. suicidal. For in the long
run, after raising money to support
the work. there would be little work
to support. The program of the AS
ISOLATION is as necessary as it's sup
Port. and indeed the only justification
OF the latter is the former. In his
visits about the State the secretary
has crossed. the path Of several fl
nancial solicitors for the American
Sunday School Union. and wishes to
enquire whether the State Association
could not better afford to designate q,
less expensive employee to the solic-
ting of small contributions, leaving
the secretary the duty of soliciting
from the larger contributors and thus
not abandoning the proper work of
his office. Could not the Executive
Committee help also the secretary in
this task by approaching individuals
of means with whom they are we'll
acquainted on behalf of the Associa-
ton or arranging for interviews be-
tween the secretary and individuals
of this type.
At the State Convention the sec
rotary reported 1888 people enrolled
in the Sunday Schools of the State.
This of course is only the number re-
ported to the Associate /. There are
probably 10000 more which serves TO
point the limits of our supervisory
work in Maine, the no mans land of
Sunday school effort not yet occu-
pied. At the present time and for
many years the Sunday schools of
the State have been asked to contrib
ute 3 cents per member for organized
Sunday school work. $500 was
realized from this source last year.
OF course more money than this was
actually expended by the Sunday
schools themselves in cooperative eff
lorts-s10e0 alone was doubtless
spent by individuals in Aroostook
county in connection with the Sum-
mer school and other sums much
smaller in amount are raised and
spent in connection with county and
district efforts. But $1,000 was sent
by the County Associations for the
support of the State Sunday School
work. for the maintenance OF the
State Office. the employment of the
State Secretary. etc. This sum from
this source is very inadequate. If
State supervision is helpfxe to coun-
ty and district groups, and to indi-
vidual Sunday schools as we'll,
larger sum than this should be con-
tributed for this service. Your Sec
rotary believes we should ask the
county associations to give sum
for the State Association equivalent
to cents per member. This would
total according to present enrolment