New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
MORAL TRAINING IN
 HOMES GREAT NEED
Rector Says Boys and Girls
 Need Religion Early


 Confidence between men in busl- ness dealings does not depend, upon a mans credit rating. 1t depends upon his calibre and the training he received before he Was Is years old" said Rev. Samuel sutcliffe in an elo- quent plea before the Kiwanis club at noon today for more religious training for the children of America | of all faiths and creeds. Tt is something which will be brought to your attention more and more within the next few years and possibly within the next few months" he said.
 The minister read an article by the late President Harding endorsing the move for week day religious education and said helwas speaking lon behalf of all religions and not in the interests of any particular creed"
 ''The average time devoted to re- ligious instruction among Protestant children is 13 hours a year." he con- tinued, land the most eloquent ap. peal for religious instruction l evei heard was by judge in New York city, and devout Roman Catholic who said most juvenile criminals come from homes where there is no early religious training. .. Refers To LeOpOld-Loeb Case
 Without mentioning any names he referred to the two boys who today were sentenced to life Imprisonment by a western judge and said he did not doubt that they had no religious influence surrounding them. He re- ferred to the type of average citizen who joins church and contributes to its expenses, says he would like to see the church taken out of the community and usually is found on the right side of all moral ques- tions. 'The sad thing about these men is that they are making no ef- fort to pass along their own training to future generations, he said.
 "The question of putting the Bible into the schools is one that will not again be brought up seriously. There are too many obstacles and preju- dices in the way to break down. More than 100 cities in the United States have a scheme of religious education between the day school and the churches without bringing the schools into any affiliations they do not desire"
 The speaker stated that in these cities the children are allowed one hour out of school week upon ap- plication of their parents and they so to the minister, the priest or the rabbi of their faith for religious in- structon. If they play hockey from the church the school is notified and the privilege withdrawn.
 He stated that New York city has committee consisting of one Protestant minister, one Catholic priest and a prominent rabbi to work out a plan whereby the school children can receive religious train ing. He said it was question of CO., operation between the church. the school and the home. the Protestant, Catholic and Jew.
 Most of the criminals in the country became criminals before they were 17 years of age and al- most 90 per cent of them come from homes where there is no re- lieious training"
 It was the largest and most en- thusiastic meeting the Kiwanis club has had since early in the summer and the program was enlivened by some novelty singing, and to quote one member. some music"
 How They Did Sing
 A doctors glee club, composed of DTS. H. T. Bray, L. R. Weir, E. T. Fromen, H c. Hodgsen, A. S. Grant and W. E. Norton had a vocal duel with a legal trio consisting of At. torneys Morris D. Saxe, Harry I. Ginsberg and Donald Gaffney. By vote of the club the lawyers were awarded the victory after they had unsuccessfully tried to sing two Irish songs, and for punishment were required ito try some more singing. Some one suggested that a musical clinic with the same sroup of doctors singing at the New Brit. ain general hospital would have all the patients out of bed in an hour but no explanation was made as to the circumstances under which they would leave their beds.
 Chorus singing by a select srour consisting Of C. W. Parker, Stanton Ashley, II. Y. Stearns, Lester Dem, ing, A. P. Marsh and Harry o'Con. nor preceded solo by President Charles w. Hawkins. Not all, fir fact, very little of the singing includ. ed vocal music, but when the voice: broke down sturman Dyson kept the piano going.
 A letter of sympathy was sent t A. J. Leventhal, who is ill at hi home.
 The congratulations of the clul werS extended to Deputy U. S. Mar shall Marsh who saved his wife iron drowning at Indian Neck 25 year, ago, according to an item in yester days Herald.
 The following pairs for the Ro tary-Kiwanis golf match at tht : Shuttle Meadow club tomorrow af. ternoon at o'clock were announced by Harry o'Connor, chairman of tht , committee.
 William Booth vs. Harry O'Connor Frank Wachter vs. c. W. Parker Louis S. Jones vs. Stanton Ashley James Robinson vs. Sturman Dyson Dr. c. NJ. Van Duzer vs, Dr. H. T Bray.
 Frank s. Shield vs. H. Y. Stearns