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held such summer schools this sum-
mer or in past years.
Better trained teachers have at
tracted the largest numbers in the
history of the city to the Sunday
schools, and have held their inter-
est week after week.
Rooms Bright and CHEEKY
These Sunday school rooms are
bright, CHEEKY, well-ventilated and
heated, with beautiful flowers always
present. The little red chairs for
the very young still are found in
the Sunday school rooms.
Several times a year DR.. Warren
W. Want Of the North M. E. church
takes the young people of the Sun
day school into the beautiful audi
forum of the church and quietly
explains all the symbols and the
service.
AS the Sunday school classes have
become more intelligent, the church
services have become more inspiring
and more beautiful.
Older men are going back into
the Bible schools.
Many Adults Return
AS Sunday school leaders point
out: Men who have not gone TO
Sunday school for years have taken
I'D again lust where thew left off
years ago"
The depression has caused many
men to consider the Bible, its his
tory, and its teachings as good
reading"
Many Protestant churches have
large Bible schools for men, but the
Christian Men Builders, of the Third
Christian church, has built up a rec
ord which has caused national and
international school leaders to study
the methods Of this big class.
The Christian Men Builders Bible
class was organized in the spring
of 1913 by five young BUSINESS men
of the church. At that tine, DR..
T. w. Grafton was pastor.
Sidener Is Leader
In September of that year, this
class secured as leader and teacher,
Merle Sidener, president of the
Sidener. Van Ripper, Keeling Ma
tional Advertising Company.
Since then the membership in
crease has been so rapid that it
has outgrown two rooms and has
become a class with an active en-
rollment Of approximately $500
men.
Records show that the average
attendance for the year has been
876 each Sunday. Ten per cent of
that number has attended every
Sunday this year. A total of 735
has been awarded 1888 class pins
in recognition of attendance for
seven consecutive weeks.
Activities of this class are not
confined to the class room, but ex-
tend to the baseball diamonds and
the tennis courts.
Glee Cub Formed
Recently a glee club was formed
under direction of Arthur Mason.
This group has been singing for
several Sundays before the class.
In keeping with the ultimate pur-
pose Of the class to help young
men make good" a self-develop-
ment and public speaking class re-
Gently has been formed.
This class has recognized the de-
preston and sought a method to
counteract its terrific social and in
dustrial effects.
It has an employment bureau
and, as one of the members states.
IN spite Of the general economic
conditions, the department has been
able TO place men at work"
Social Service Given
That is one Of the tremendous So
cial service duties that Bible classes
all over the city have been render
ing for months.
The Christian Men Builders also
maintains a social service depart
ment which looks after the general
welfare of the members. These du-
ties include looking after the poor
visiting the sick, and the like.
The class is controlled by a cab
met of nine men and has been in
corporated under the state laws Of
Indiana. This cabinet meets every
Tuesday night. Membership officers
and workers meet every Wednesday
night.
The photograph accompanying
this article was taken last Easter
Sunday Nearly 1000 men were
present on that Sunday.
Meet at Theater
So great is the Easter attendance
of this class that IL is necessary Il
meet at the Earring theater. DR.
William r Rothenburger IS the
present pastor of the church.
The same story OF accomplish
ment and of large and increasing
attendance can be told in all the
Mems Bible classes in all Protestant
churches of the city.
This gigantic cavalcade of tn,
Sunday schools is receiving not onl!
constructive and intelligent Bibl,
training. but priceless social servics
from experts.
In the grades Of the Roman
Catholic parochial schools, tn.
enrolment is $3.50 and l,767siin IN.
six high schools and academies.
| This constant church attendance
on the part Of these children haI