The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-05

4AAE HUH LII GOAAAAA4EAALgAAACAAb VI tAAE Weekday Schools of Religion, spon- eored by the Waterbury Council of Churches, was held at the First Baptist Church Thursday evening. The program included in addition to the awarding of diplomas wor- ship service planned and conducted by one of the Central School eighth grades, Miss Ethelyn Nichols, teacher.
 Those officiating were Marion Al- exander, John Upatoff, and Robert Kanaley. This was fololwed by a pageant built around the theme, We Would See Jesusl The thread of the story was carried by a dis cussiGn group made up of repre- sentatives from each of the seven eighth grades including:
 Lincoln Mecca, Barbara James, Jois VerVeer, Evelyn Blake, Mar garet Ferguson, Mildred Goodson, Kenneth zibell, Marjorie German, Leler Sims, Gratia Booth, Audrey Ruff, Margaret Hodgkinson, Marie Logan and Janet Pilkington. Miss Nichols was leader. During the pageant, the hymn, We Would See Jesus" was sung by the Central School Eighth Grade.
 The pageant included five epi- sodes to which schools in the out lying centers contributed. It follows
 THE BIRTH: A dramatiZation in pantonime by the North End School, Mrs. Ethel B. Wilson teacher. Caste:
 Mary .......-........ aazel LaWloI Joseph ... ..........A Arthur Knauf Shepherds
 Walter Kalinowski, Joseph Ho-
 dovanik, and William Magee.
 Carols, sung by group of little girls from South Federated church, accompanied the action. This group were under the direction of Mrs. Lester Galinat.
 Junior Choir Sings
 THE BOYHOOD: The class dis cusSion was supplemented by the singing of At Work beside His Fathers Bench" by junior choir composed of representatives from Mill Plain, South Waterbury and First Baptist Churches.
 THE MINISTRY OF TEACHING was portrayed by Litany led by Marjorie Hermans of the Bunker Hill school, in which the congrega- tion joined.
 THE MINISTRY OF HELPFUL NESS: Dramatization entitled "A Modern Good Samaritan" written and presented by the South Water bury Eighth Grade, Mrs. Guy B. Winston, teacher. The cast includ- ed Richard Finke, Lillian Arm strong, Harry Major, Robert Wood ing and Clifford Doolittle.
 THE CALL OF CHRIST TO US closed the discussion, and was fol- lowed immediately by the benedic- ton pronounced by Rev. Dr. James E. Gregg, president of the Water bury Council of Churches.
 This year reversal of the usual orGer for graduation programs was trisd out, in that, diplomas were given out at the beginning rather than the close of the exercises. The talk to the graduates and the awarding of diplomas was done by Rev. Theodore c. Bobilin, Chair man of the Weekday School Comit- tee. Other ministers contributing to the program were Rev. Dr. John O. Walker, who offered the invocation, and Rev. David P. Gaines, pastor of the First Baptist Church, who welcomed the group and said a few words about the Weekday School system.
 Organist Pleases
 Miss Fannie Mccormack was at the organ, and to her service goes much of the credit for the smooth running of the program.
 At the close of the program an in- formal reception was held in the church parlors. There was also an exhibit of the handwork done dur ing the year by pupils of all the grades, the finest exhibit the school has had. In charge of the refresh mentS were Mrs. Clarence Isbell, Mrs. Philip Signor and Mrs. Stew art Cook. Mrs. Paul A. Marggraif was in charge of the Exhibit. Ths decorations were cared for by Miss Elizabeth Kendall The Junior Choirs were organized and cared for by Mrs. Howard Worden, Mrs, Arthur Peirdey and Mrs. Harold Pierpont.
 Diplomas were awarded to 123 boys and girls. The work done this year has been the best of any year in the history of the school. Reg istration stood at 665.
 The personnel included:
 Bunker Hill-Clare J. Bartlett, Barbara B. Benedict, Evelyn L. Blake, Lois M Cock, Mary Lyon Farnham, Drusilla Ford, Donald Peircey, Doris E. Heebner, Marjorie R. Hermans, John Lewis, Philip