New Britain herald., 1926-09-23
MINISTER'S FAVOR
 TRAINING SCHOOL
Would Have Religious Teachers
 Take Formal Course

Protestant churches of New Brit ain. represented by ministers and superintendents of Sunday schools, l expressed themselves as being heartily in favor of standard teach- ters' training school for religious
 teachers in New Britain and vicini-
 ty at luncheon conference held
 today at the Y. w. C. A.
 The meeting was called by Rev.
 Warren M, Blodgett, chairman of the program committee of the New Britain Council of Religious Educa- ton to consider program for the establishment of a community lead ership training school in New Brit ain. The program has worked out during the summer by committee consisting of the following: Harry Vessels, Rev. R. N. Gilman, Mrs. F. Chester Hale. Miss Frances Sim ons, Mrs. Marcus White. Mrs. E. c. Stockwell. Mrs. Carl Neumann, Os- car A. Marsh, Rev. Samuel Sut- cliffe, Emil Hierpe. Frederick L. Fay, Rev. Abel Ahlquist, Walter R. Fletcher.
 Mir. Blodgett hastily skctched the progress Of the school to date. Representatives from different churches working on the plans during the past summer have rec commended that the school consist of two semesters of 10 weeks each, the sessions to be held on each Tuesday evening, The opening ses- sion is scheduled for Tuesday. Oc- tober F, and will be held in the First Church chapel. The commit tee elected Frederick L. Fay as dean and recommended that the faculty be chosen, as nearly as pos sible, from local teachers of re- ligious education, also that tui- tion charge sufficiently large as to make the school self-supporting be levied on those desirous of attend ing the school. It was also recom- mended that the churches pay four-fffths Of the tuition charges so as to allow all dcsirous of at tending to enroll in the classes.
 The South Congregational church has taken official action to support the school by paying four-ffths of the tuition of those who care to at- tend the sessions. The First church made a similar offer of s75 regard less of how many pupils from the church enrolled. The First Baptist church, the Methodist church and the Stanley Memorial church have considered the school in a favorable light but have not completed details of financing as yet.
 Frederick L. Fay announced the choices for the faculty to date which consisted of: Mrs. F. c. Stockwell of the Methodist church who will teach Primary Methods" Miss Frances Simons of the First Baptist church who will teach Junior Methods" and Rev. Warren NJ. Blodgett of the First Congregational church who will teach Intermediates Senior Meth pds"
 A standard curriculum covering three years of work was submitted and was arranged so that anyone taking two subjects a year would receive at the end of three years a diploma which would be recognized by the denominations and the h. ter-Church Council of Religious Ed ucation The courses consist of edu- cation psychological principles of Bible and specialization courses on method, psychology and administration. In addition to these courses a number of elective courses will be offered
 Those present included: Rev. War ren Blodgett, Rev. R. N. Gilman, Rev. c. H. schneck, Rev. Axel I. Peterson, Rev, Theodore A. Green, Rev, Dr. Abel A. Ahlquist, Ensign Carl Frederickson, A. Tyson Han- cock, Frederick L. Fay, Oscar A. Marsh, Mrs. E. c. stockwell Miss Estelie Dickinson, Hirry WessalAl