Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13
Editors Letter Box
Green st. Church School
And Its Fisher Club"

Up at the Green Street Methodist
| church, there is no Sunday School,
on Sundays! Oh, no it is the
Church School" a name adopted a
| few years ago by this particular
| church to show that they, as well as
other organizations, modernize with
the times. And they are modern in
every respect. You wouldn't be
bored in the Methodist Church
School-you would learn something
and it would be so interesting and
| enlightening that you would go again
next Sunday" to see if they had any
more to teach. II you were child,
you would get rank for your lessons
and you would be required to write
papers, every now and then, in place
of the old-fashioned review.
But, if you were a man or a wo-
man, or a young man or a young wo-
man, you would, before you realized
it, be discussing and arguing some
interesting point, no matter how
ord-shy you had always supposed
yourself to be. Why the mems class
up there, in their little separate
room get so interested in their dis
cussions that long after the bell has
rung, their sliding door is still closed
and they are having it out"
Mr.. Josiah w. Taylor is the Supt.
of this Church School and when
those Of you who don't know him are
told that he is State Supt. of High
schools in the State of Maine-you
will know who, in the greatest de-
gree, is responsible for the School"
If you want to know what sort of a
Supt. he is, just sit up there in the
school sometime and watch the
wheels so round. He is turning
them!
But of particular interest to the
writer of this article is 1.-The Fisher
Club" the class of young ladies,
Cloth single and married), which oc-
cupies the rear balcony of the church.
II you are an observant reader of the
X. j. (and of course, you are-who
isn't?) you will have noticed every
once In a while that the Fisher Club
is up to something" And it is al
ways something new and interesting.
Some sort of play, a mock trial, a
pat, etc, etc. Every once in a
while they are buying flag for the
cnurch or pledging part Of the coal
Dill, or repairing something, or buy
ing a carpet,-or furnishing an en-
tertalnment, which is so popular that
II mas to be repeated a second night.
so the rest of the town won't feel
sighted. The one who started the
Fisher Club on its upward trail. and
Tor whom the club is named was it's
one time teacher, Mrs. Catherine
FISHER. BY sheer personality, love
Tor the girls and unerring, constant
service. she built up what is really
ana truly an aggregation of friends.
Inc name OF Mrs. Fisher is very.
very dear to every older member Of
the class. When Mrs. Fisher had to
leave Augusta, there were heartaches
ana tears-oh, yes, there were. as is
always the case, when a real friend
plos even temporary goodbye to
those who love her. She is still
missed and loved. But, out of the
chaos of regret, there came one who
10 the girls. Is the only one this side
OF the moon, who could hold for the
second time, the place of teacher
councillor and friend. Miss Carrie
M. Bradford-a peach SO the girls
say. And the Fisher Club still goes
up, not only up the balcony stairs.
put IN the estimation Of everybody.
AS 10 the case with all the Older
classes In school the subjects are
'1usHt III what might be called zap
plea lessons" And Miss Bradford
beats everybody under the sun zap
plying" things. Nobody can ever IN
derstand how. she applies the well
known Bible stories so well to real
NE. It's a real life discussion Of
things up there-a relating Of exper-
lences' exchanging Of advice and dis
eussing of problems. It's a circle of
friends. who meet up there in the
oaicony, and when they get into a
discussion Of the different phases of
friendship. it is like the playing of a
symphony; not all the same chords
ny, ny any means; Q mixture Of ideas
ike the prelude Of the piece: a long
sweet, beautiful discussion, as the
meme OF the music; then the clos
ing summing up Of all the beautiful
ldeas-ah. but in the friendship dis
cussions, there Is never an ending.
Lake shuberts unfinished symphony.