New Britain herald., 1930-06-21
STRESSES NEED IF
 RELIGION LESSONS
lCoc.lruAd From Fl-st PzEe)

lod and their feeling that their chiI- 1re1 Ight better he out ot doors .n the sunshine, enjoying activities ol' Of doors He pointed out. how
 sr that the re-errollment year after year Of the same boys,and girls proved hat once they had attended ms school rh@v enjoyed r more han tTo hours spent elsewhere.
 Calls Need for Education Acute
 Mr Marsh called attention 10 the ned Of Christian e54cauon beng r,orz ac1'e today: that there IS so much com petition for the leisure time ot "oI1g people and declared that cle motion picture. the auto mobile win parties a ~oadhouses so1 other places Of public enter ta.nnoant had opened way for oo-merc:a.z.uc interests Q place before young people standards Of Iiv- -nE ard deals that are not only arti- tl-.sl and misleading but tn many instances actually vicious Tts he sad should spur the Christian church or 70 rAdouble efforts to place boys and girls at an early age l0 position 10 judge for themselves that is right or wrong and be pre- 7ared in thelr yoGth 10 develop I1ristian character and good c.ri- zrlship. The arslys.s Of the advar- ages Of religious education on Sun 1ar and during the week as com pared with inc vacation church school showed he said. that while ,, hours IS the average yearly in 7r-uction on Sunday and 57 hours llrirg the week. the vacation church z~Hool this year would give 34 in ztr.cuons all in 2 period Of --2 weeks q decided advantage over one program On Sunday is quite limited le explained because all sorts Of ac- -Irt-les cannot be carried on in q church on that day: and because rrertous methods were inefficient tho younger generation still objects many Of them. 10 Q voluntary at- ter1arce a Sunday school
 Would Hold Classes Daily
 "T1e week day church school as co1d1arad 51 New Britain on rA- leased time from the public school is ac improvement az well as giving added tune for instruction but in this school there seems 10 be certain dis advantages and lt falls far short from being ideal" he said. Tn this VaN one hour week is given to re- Iiglous instruction willie public school instruction in each of the regular courses receives five hours 9 week Mir Marsh stated that the ideal would he one hour released time each day and stated the hope tna. r would not be long before two or even three hours q week would he rcalcsed for this purpose.
 He called attention 10 the hour when the children are released from pubic school as being at the flag end Of the day. the time when the pupils vitality is lowered and best efforts impossible. While the local churches are grateful for this hour ii would be much easier to teach and better results could be obtained if it were possible for the children 70 be released the first hour after lunch" he added. These handica ps he claimed were not present in the church vacation school. Many Of the objectionable features of school are eliminated.
 The attendance of the boys and girls is through choice and not con- pulsioE setting up different atti- tude toward the entire program. The two hour period at the best time of day for the chiidren's best efforts is long enough to include a wide