Brick Church Institute 
 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
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 REPORT 
 
 OF THE SUPERINTENDENT 
 FOR THE YEAR 1913-U4 
 
ANOTHER YEAR’S WORK IN THE INSTITUTE 
 
 Superintendent’s Report for 1913-1914 
 
 With the first of June the fiscal year 
 and also the round of the season’s activ- 
 ities in the Institute comes to a close. As 
 we look back over the record there are 
 many things for which to be profoundly 
 grateful. Financially, it has been a hard 
 winter for almost everyone and although 
 this fact has not prevented our friends 
 from contributing the usual amount to 
 
 get for the current year. In spite of all 
 these facts, through careful economy, and 
 increases in some items of income, we are 
 able to close the year with all hills paid 
 and a balance in the treasury which, al- 
 though smaller than last year’s, is never- 
 theless encouraging. 
 
 Our blessings are not all financial and 
 material, however. Many features of the 
 
 A GOOD EQUIPMENT (THE BUILDINGS) 
 
 x the support of the work, it did undoubt- 
 N edly operate to reduce somewhat the busi- 
 ness receipts for some of the privileges. 
 It has also been a severe winter in point 
 of temperature and that fact is registered 
 in the addition to our coal bill of nearly 
 $500. During the year we have also made 
 some important changes and additions to 
 our equipment which, while they will re- 
 sult in ultimate economies, have none the 
 less increased the sum total of our bud- 
 
 work have shown progress in effective- 
 ness and the contribution made by the In- 
 stitute It.o the total work of the church and 
 Sunday School has been eminently worth 
 while. The details of this contribution 
 will appear in the story of the year’s 
 work. 
 
 THE SUMMER SCHOOL. To \ begin 
 with the item that comes earliest ill point 
 of time, our Summer School for ths sea- 
 son of 1913-14 was decidedly the most 
 
successful, in point of numbers served 
 and efficiency of that service, that we 
 have yet had. The school opened on cir- 
 cus day, but in spite of the outside attrac- 
 tions the first day’s enrollment showed 
 that our capacity was to be tested to the 
 limit. The kindergarten children found 
 Miss Harriet Jones and Miss Jessie Kirk 
 ready to receive them with an interesting 
 and helpful program of kindergarten ac- 
 tivities. Miss Bessie Walbridge was in 
 charge of the older girls, and it soon be- 
 came evident that we must either employ 
 an additional teacher for this group or 
 turn away many of those who applied. 
 
 phasis placed upon the making of articles 
 that would be useful in the home. A 
 good picture was given to each boy who 
 made a creditable frame for it, and sev- 
 eral homes are now beautified by really 
 good copies of artistic masterpieces as a 
 result. 
 
 The serious work was varied by outings 
 to the parks and woods, games in the 
 gymnasium, swimming, and the daily 
 luncheon which meant nourishment for 
 many who sorely needed it. The wood- 
 work was in charge of Mr. L. W. Corbin 
 of Mechanics Institute, and the basketry 
 was taught by Miss Mildred Mason. The 
 
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 A BOYS CLUB MEETING 
 
 Miss Marian Palmer was accordingly en- 
 gaged for this purpose. The work of this 
 group centered about the idea of home- 
 making and the girls were taught various 
 housewifery arts, such as cleaning, bed- 
 making, cooking, sewing and the like. 
 Valuable volunteer assistance was con- 
 tributed by Mrs. H. E. Johnston, Miss 
 Mary Hallock, Miss Dorothy Renwick, 
 Miss Florence Dixon, Miss Catherine 
 Pratt, Misses Pauline and Elizabeth Stahl- 
 brodt, ihid Messrs. R. A. Hall and Colba 
 GuckerJ 
 
 The /older boys were under the charge 
 of MrJ Gates and Mr. Benjamin Root and 
 their /work centered largely in the carpen- 
 try and basketry classes with special em- 
 
 work of all the teachers was excellent, 
 and the closing entertainment and exhibi- 
 tion aroused much interest on the part of 
 many parents and friends who expressed 
 high appreciation of what the school was 
 doing for their children. The full ac- 
 count of the school for this year was given 
 in the August number of “Brick Church 
 Life.” 
 
 REPAIRS AND RENOVATION. The 
 summer period was marked by the usual 
 work of renovation and repairs, it being 
 the constant policy of the Directors to 
 keep the building and equipment in good 
 order and prevent deterioration. The 
 major items in this account are for clean- 
 ing and painting rooms, painting the 
 
wood-work and walls of the courts and 
 light shafts, and the replacing of wornout 
 linen. To this latter item especially Mr. 
 Hamlin and the ladies of the House Com- 
 mittee gave careful attention and the pur- 
 chasing was done with judgment and 
 economy. 
 
 Repairs on the concrete and ironwork 
 in the swimming pool cost about $100 
 
 enjoyed the privileges of various classes 
 under skilled leadership, as follows: 
 Gymnasium, Miss Ethel Manchester, as- 
 sisted by Miss Hungad; Dramatics, Miss 
 Florence Colebrook; Piano, Miss Ella 
 Klein; Sewing, Mrs. Leonard Vandevate, 
 assisted by Misses Taylor and Snyder; 
 Basketry, Miss Ruth Molloy; Millinery, 
 Miss Karr; Cooking, Miss Seymour. The 
 
 AT THE WEDNESDAY EVENING SUPPER 
 
 and we also made the very important ad- 
 dition of a filtration system for our pool 
 at a cost of a little more than $450. This 
 has not only resulted in giving us a 
 cleaner pool but will eventually pay for 
 itself in reduced cost of operation. 
 
 With the beginning of October the Fall 
 and Winter activities resumed their sway 
 and we were soon in the condition ex- 
 pressed by one of our young men in the 
 words: “Something doing every minute.” 
 It will be more interesting if we tell the 
 story of these activities under the heads 
 of the groups served, and reserve sum- 
 maries of statistics to the last. 
 
 GIRLS WORK. The most prominent 
 item under this head is the work of our 
 Girls Club which has continued its inter- 
 esting and helpful course during the past 
 year. The year opened with a much in- 
 creased enrollment. The numbers were 
 too large, in fact, for efficient work and 
 this difficulty partly remedied itself in the 
 falling off of some who could not be 
 taken care of. The total attendance for 
 the year’s sessions was 2,001. These girls 
 
 attendance records were kept by Miss 
 Alice Wahl and Miss Mildred Cranshaw. 
 All this service was entirely volunteer 
 with the exception of the basketry in- 
 struction, and that service was given at a 
 very moderate rate. 
 
 Suppers were served to those girls liv- 
 ing at a distance and thus unable to go 
 home and return in time for the classes. 
 This was in charge of a committee direct- 
 ed by Mrs. John B. Frey and Miss Minnie 
 Smith. 
 
 A feature of the year’s work has been 
 the efficient personal work done in the 
 interest of individual girls, the committee 
 on this being composed of Miss Borchard, 
 Miss Badger, Mrs. Fred A. Smith, Miss 
 Rogers, Miss Kathryn Wetmore, Miss 
 Stillman, Mrs. P. Romig, Mrs. Collins, 
 Miss Kirk, and Miss Bristol. 
 
 In addition to the various classes men- 
 tioned the activities of the club have in- 
 cluded social parties, plays, outings for 
 nature study, helping girls to find work, 
 counsel and advice of all sorts. 
 
In addition to the splendid work of 
 the chairman of the Girls Work Commit- 
 tee, Mrs. Theodore D. Steinhausen, whose 
 energy and enthusiasm, and rare sympa- 
 thetic insight into the needs and interests 
 of the girls, have been an inspiration to 
 everyone; special mention should be made 
 of the service of Miss Manchester, who 
 has been at the head of the gymnasium 
 work from the beginning. Although in 
 ill health during the entire year, she con- 
 tinued her unselfish service here at times 
 when the effort was at high personal cost, 
 until at last she was obliged to give up all 
 
 her work and go home for an operation, 
 from which she is now recovering. Her 
 quiet and uncomplaining devotion to her 
 work, under the conditions which few 
 suspected because of her courage, was 
 nothing short of heroic. The Institute is 
 under a debt of great gratitude and we 
 earnestly pray for her complete recovery 
 and many years of happy and efficient 
 service. 
 
 During the coming summer thirty-four 
 girls will be entitled to the privilege of the 
 summer vacation house of the Y. W. C. A. 
 at Sea Breeze, for a week’s outing, this 
 privilege having been earned by regular 
 attendance and loyalty to the work of the 
 club. 
 
 Another feature of our work with girls 
 which is gaining ground is that of the 
 Camp Fire Girls. We have two camp- 
 fii 'es that are connected with Brick 
 Church, the Otetiana, under the guardian- 
 ship of Miss Mary Moulthrop, and the 
 Skanadario, under the guardianship of 
 Miss Eleanor Ament, with Miss Borchard 
 as assistant. The work of this organiza- 
 tion is similar to that of the Boy Scouts 
 of America, with such variations as adapt 
 it to the needs and interests of girls. 
 
 These girls are receiving most valuable 
 training in various useful arts as well as 
 
 being encouraged in physical exercise and 
 out-door life. Applications are being re- 
 ceived for membership in another camp 
 of younger girls which we hope to see 
 organized in the Fall. 
 
 BOYS WORK. The most significant 
 feature in our Boys Work this year has 
 been the marked increase in the use of 
 our privileges and participation in ath- 
 letic events by the hoys of our Sunday 
 School, with a very helpful influence upon 
 their interest in that part of our general 
 church work. As will be seen by the fig- 
 ures given at the close of this report, the 
 attendance at gymnasium classes on the 
 part of the boys has doubled and the par- 
 ticipation in athletic events almost trebled 
 
 THE SCOUT PLAY— MOTHER RECEIVES A TELEGRAM 
 
as compared with last year. This encour- 
 aging result is due to the energy and skill 
 of Mr. McKinney in winning the interest 
 and confidence of the boys, and there 
 have been many expressions of apprecia- 
 tion and confidence on the part of parents. 
 Mr. McKinney has made a most valuable 
 contribution to the sum total of our year’s 
 work at this one point alone. His 
 Wednesday afternoon and Saturday 
 morning classes with the younger hoys 
 have been scenes of busy and happy ac- 
 tivity and the boys have been the gainers 
 thereby. The value of this work is not 
 to be lightly estimated and will not be by 
 anyone who appreciates first, the import- 
 
 1N THE PARK 
 
 ance of sound bodily health in the forma- 
 tion of moral character and, second, the 
 importance of having the boy attracted to 
 the church as a place where he may find 
 provision for clean sport and fair play. 
 
 In the work of the Boys Clubs the year 
 has shown a no less encouraging advance, 
 the attendance having increased from 
 2,765 last year to 4,372 for this season. 
 Of even more importance than mere at- 
 tendance is the closer relation between 
 leaders and boys, the informal and con- 
 fidential talks on matters of personal con- 
 
 duct, and the greatly increased spirit of 
 group loyalty and mutual helpfulness. 
 One of the best illustrations of this has 
 been mentioned in a previous report, the 
 action of one of the clubs in taking charge 
 of the holiday party, which they conduct- 
 ed with enthusiasm and no little skill. In 
 this, as well as in the girls work, the best 
 work is beneath the surface and consists 
 of the personal influence exerted upon in- 
 dividuals and recorded only in better 
 habits and stronger characters. 
 
 At the close of the regular season this 
 year, the opportunity was given the mem- 
 bers of the hoys clubs to avail themselves 
 of a special summer membership, includ- 
 ing outdoor activities and one night a 
 week at the building. Quite a number 
 have already availed themselves of this 
 opportunity and the present attendance is 
 averaging over 25 each week. This will 
 serve to hold the boys together during 
 the summer months and help in the work 
 of the coming season. 
 
 Another important feature of our boys 
 work is that of the Boy Scouts under the 
 leadership of Mr. Kenneth Weed as Scout- 
 master, with Messrs. Colba Gucker and 
 Dwight C. DeWeese, Assistant Scoutmas- 
 ters. There are 26 hoys enrolled in the 
 troop, the limit of membership in a troop 
 being 32. When this limit is reached, we 
 shall have two excellent leaders ready to 
 take charge of one or more additional 
 troops. Our troop has 6 first class and 8 
 second class scouts, leaving but 8 tender- 
 foot scouts, an excellent proportion. The 
 troop has followed the usual program of 
 scouting activities, and has also partici- 
 pated with others in various acts of civic 
 and church service. The hoys did their 
 share with other scouts in the inspection 
 work of the Chamber of Commerce’s 
 Clean Up Week, and, with members from 
 Troop 1, constituted the Guard of Honor 
 for the Veterans at our Memorial Day 
 services. Among other social activities 
 should be mentioned the very successful 
 play, “When Mother Came to Camp,” 
 written by Elmer Way, a member of the 
 troop and presented by the boys. The 
 proceeds from this play made a substan- 
 
tial addition to the troop fund for the pur- 
 chase of tents and other camping equip- 
 ment. Excellent reports come from many 
 of the parents as to the good ellect of the 
 scouting discipline upon their boys, and 
 their interest is well illustrated by the 
 excellent attendance record upon meet- 
 ings for the last quarter, 75% with perfect 
 attendance and 12% with excused ab- 
 sences. The scouts are under the general 
 supervision of the Troop Committee, con- 
 sisting of Mr. Wesley M. Angle, chair- 
 man, and Messrs. J. Allen Farley, S. P. 
 Moulthrop, W. A. McKinney and H. W. 
 Gates. 
 
 USE OF INSTITUTE BY ADULTS. 
 Under this general head may be grouped 
 a number of items, such as Resident Af- 
 fairs, use of the Social Rooms, the 
 Wednesday Evening Suppers and Study 
 Groups, etc. 
 
 RESIDENTS. The demand for dormi- 
 tories has been exceedingly good during 
 almost the entire season, with the excep- 
 tion of a brief period at the very end, 
 when removals on account of marriages 
 and changes of occupation left us with a 
 number of vacancies for a time. It has 
 been usual for us to have from six to 
 eight vacancies during most of the sum- 
 mer, but this year our rooms were occu- 
 pied during the entire time. Our income 
 from this source for the year is $12,401.69, 
 an increase of $600 over our budget esti- 
 mate. 
 
 The year has been comparatively free 
 from disagreeable incidents connected 
 with discipline and there has been a good 
 spirit of harmony among the residents as 
 a whole. A feature which has undoubted- 
 ly contributed toward this end was the 
 Monday evening residents’ supper, which 
 helped to bring the men together and 
 promote acquaintance and good feeling. 
 The total net cost of these suppers for the 
 year was $28.47, a good investment when 
 the advantages are considered. With 
 plans that are now in sight, we believe 
 that this feature can be made entirely self- 
 supporting another year. Thanks are due 
 to Misses Diemer, Borchard, Wahl and 
 Cranshaw especially, as well as to several 
 
 olhers who assisted in serving and so 
 helped to make the plan possible. 
 
 USE OF THE SOCIAL ROOMS. It ap- 
 pears irom our records that the rooms of 
 the Institute have been used this year for 
 a total of 1,769 meetings or classes. This 
 number is divided as follows: Social 
 gatherings — Glass socials, 22; parties, 30; 
 plays and rehearsals, 31 ; dancing classes, 
 29; Wednesday evening suppers, 20; a 
 total of 132 social gatherings. Club meet- 
 ings, partly educational : Girls’ club, 210; 
 boys’ clubs, 150; Boy Scouts, 65; Camp 
 Eire Girls, 20; a total of 460. Religious 
 and educational : Brick Church organiza- 
 tions, 97 ; Wednesday evening study 
 groups, 62; summer school classes, 234; 
 music lessons, 624; day school classes, 
 150; outside organizations, 25; a total of 
 868. This total does not include many 
 meetings of an informal character which 
 cannot be recorded, but which would un- 
 doubtedly increase the grand total by an- 
 other hundred. This is an average of 
 more than three meetings or classes per 
 day for the entire year. 
 
 Our income from the rental of rooms 
 for these purposes has been $648.25, an 
 increase of nearly $200 over our estimate, 
 this gain being largely due to the rental 
 of class rooms to the Board of Education, 
 which was not anticipated at the time 
 when the budget was made up. 
 
 THE WEDNESDAY EVENING SUP- 
 PERS AND STUDY GROUPS were very 
 successful this year, thanks to the efforts 
 of the committee, headed by Mrs. Fred. K. 
 Thompson, and the many ladies who as- 
 sisted in planning the menus and serving 
 them. Acknowledgment of their services 
 was made in the May number of Brick 
 Church Life, where may also he found a 
 full account of the work done by the 
 seven classes. The net cost to the Insti- 
 tute for these suppers was $27.35, as 
 against $51.89 for last year. 
 
 THE LIBRARY. We have continued 
 this year the station of the Rochester Pub- 
 lic Library, issuing books to both chil- 
 dren and adults. The total circulation 
 from this station was 1,869 volumes. This 
 feature has been of value and if we had 
 
a little more means might be made a much 
 larger item of our work. 
 
 THE SAVINGS BANK. Our branch of 
 the Penny Provident Fund has not been 
 jsed so largely as in previous years. The 
 opening of the Postal Savings deposits 
 has somewhat reduced the necessity for 
 this service, but we still feel it to be 
 worth while pushing, as everything that 
 can be done to increase the habit of 
 thrift is of value. The total amount of 
 deposits for the year was $41.35, which, 
 added to the amount on hand, $14.95, 
 makes a total of $56.30. We shall try to 
 devise plans for increasing the usefulness 
 of this bank another year. 
 
 MEMBERSHIPS. The total number of 
 general memberships issued during the 
 year is 614, as compared with 720 last 
 year. The decrease is mostly accounted 
 for by the very large decrease in mem- 
 berships of women and girls, which is 
 only partly offset by a material increase 
 in the boys’ department. Also many who 
 have hitherto taken the one dollar mem- 
 berships have made contributions and 
 are included in the list of contributors. 
 The figures are given with other statistics 
 at the close of the report, where are also 
 included the boys’ and girls’ club mem- 
 berships. 
 
 It remains only to speak of our physical 
 work in general, without repeating what 
 has already been said of the hoys’ work 
 and boys’ clubs. 
 
 The number of gymnasium tickets is- 
 sued to men this year was 27, as against 
 40 for the preceding year, the loss being 
 due to the failure of the young men’s 
 business class to materialize as largely 
 as a year ago. The number of swimming 
 tickets is about the same, 54 and 56. Inas- 
 much as Miss Stoll found it impossible 
 to conduct the women’s gymnasium class 
 and as the demand seemed very small, it 
 was decided not to attempt a class this 
 year, with the exception of a small special 
 class conducted by Miss Stoll on a com- 
 mission basis for a few weeks. We be- 
 lieve that a good class for recreational 
 work among the girls can be worked up 
 for another season. The number of gen- 
 
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 eral swimming tickets issued to women 
 and girls shows a decided decrease, 87, 
 as against 163 last year. This is partly 
 due to the same causes that have operated 
 to decrease the swimming lessons taken 
 by women and girls. 
 
 SWIMMING LESSONS. This feature, 
 which has been so important and valuable 
 an item in our work has fallen off very 
 greatly this year, the total number of les- 
 sons given being but 1,377, as against 
 2,404 for last year. The decrease is in 
 the lessons to women and girls, 846, as 
 compared with 1,932 last season. 59 more 
 lessons were given to men and boys than 
 last year, 531 as against 472. 
 
 Various reasons have been assigned for 
 this decrease, among them the counter 
 attractions and opportunities at the Y. W. 
 C. A. and the public schools. General 
 business conditions have undoubtedly 
 had some effect, though not much. Un- 
 doubtedly the largest factor has been the 
 excessive craze for dancing, which has 
 occupied the attention of people to an 
 unprecedented extent. Another factor has 
 been the circulation of reports adverse 
 to the sanitary condition of our pool as 
 well as others. Barring a single accident, 
 which was immediately remedied and 
 which had not the slightest effect upon 
 the condition of the pool a few hours 
 later, there has not been the slightest 
 ground for such criticisms, so far as our 
 pool is concerned. With our filtration 
 system, which has been in operation ever 
 since early fall, we do not hesitate to say 
 that we have a swimming pool the equal 
 of any in the country for cleanliness and 
 purity. With the installation of the 
 chlorine disinfecting device, which has 
 finally been perfected and which we shall 
 soon have in operation, this condition 
 will be made better still. It is a perfectly 
 safe statement to make that w r e have not 
 the slightest grounds for apology regard- 
 ing the sanitary nature of our pool. We 
 should give all possible publicity to this 
 fact and as soon as the chlorine device 
 is in working order we should have 
 chemical tests made and publish them at 
 frequent intervals. 
 

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 The arrangements for the supervision 
 of the gymnasium and pool next year, to 
 which reference has already been made, 
 should remove every other possible objec- 
 tion. It is true that with our existing 
 arrangements it has not always been easy 
 to maintain constant supervision of the 
 pool at all times when in use. The 
 division of this responsibility among 
 three competent persons should make 
 adequate supervision entirely possible 
 without requiring of any one man an un- 
 reasonable period of continuous service 
 in an atmosphere necessarily trying. We 
 also hope to retain the services of Mr. 
 Wood as swimming instructor, in which 
 capacity he has given such universal 
 satisfaction. 
 
 THE BOWLING ALLEYS AND BIL- 
 LIARD ROOM have been popular this 
 year. The net income from bowling has 
 been $144.95, about $20 more than last 
 year, and that from billiards $451.05, a 
 gain of $135 over last year. 
 
 RESIGNATION OF MRS. CRANSHAW. 
 Mrs. Cranshaw, who has been the house- 
 keeper of the Institute since the opening 
 of the new building and who was con- 
 nected with the former Institute work 
 for many years in the same capacity, has 
 been obliged, by reason of failing health, 
 to give up her work here and has pre- 
 sented her resignation to the House Com- 
 mittee. She has rendered excellent service 
 during a long term of years and will carry 
 with her the best wishes of all. A suc- 
 cessor will soon be appointed to take her 
 place. 
 
 GENERAL STATISTICS. Some figures 
 will he of interest by way of general sum- 
 mary: 
 
 General memberships: Men, 287 ; boys, 
 149; women, 161 ; girls, 17; total 614. Club 
 memberships: Boys, 143; girls, 154; total 
 297. 
 
 Contributors: 271; amount subscribed 
 $3,639.84, of which all but $27.60 was paid 
 at the expiration of the fiscal year. 
 
 Gymnasium tickets: Men, 27; boys, 
 59; women, 9; total 95. 
 
 Gymnasium attendance: Men, 134; 
 boys’ classes, 1,421; athletic meets, 893; 
 boys’ club classes, 2,656 ; women, 90; girls’ 
 club, 810; total 6,004. 
 
 Swimming tickets: Men, 54; boys, 81; 
 women, 71; girls, 16; total 222. 
 
 Swimming pool attendance: Men, 
 3,138; boys, 8,390; women, 2,669; girls, 
 457; total 14,654. Swiming lessons: Men 
 and boys, 264 class and 267 private les- 
 sons; women and girls, 441 class and 405 
 private lessons; total 1,377 lessons of both 
 kinds. 
 
 This gives us a total of 917 different 
 persons enrolled in the various physical 
 activities during the year, with a total at- 
 tendance of about 6,000 in the gymnasium 
 and 16,000 in the swimming pool. 
 
 These figures present a rather imposing 
 total, but after all the best part of any 
 such work as this is recorded not in 
 totals and figures but in the feelings of 
 satisfaction shared by those who have 
 served and the benefits accruing to those 
 who are served thereby. To all who 
 have thus co-operated in making the 
 year’s work possible, some by gifts of 
 money, others by still more precious 
 gifts of time and energy, we give grateful 
 appreciation, knowing full well that the 
 consciousness of a good work well done 
 will outweigh any spoken words of praise 
 or thanks. Nor should we omit a word 
 of appreciation of the services of those 
 who, while acting as employed workers, 
 have none the less made contributions of 
 loyal and interested service that have 
 greatly added to the efficiency of our 
 work as a whole. I have already re- 
 ferred to the splendid work of Mr. Mc- 
 Kinney with the boys, and to the skill of 
 Mr. Wood as a teacher of swimming. I 
 wish to add a further word in apprecia- 
 tion of the excellent work of Miss Dieiner 
 and Miss Borchard in the office and in 
 l he discharge of duties that call for 
 patience, tact and good judgment. 
 
 It has been a good year, and we are 
 grateful to Almighty God for the oppor- 
 tunities of usefulness it has brought. 
 

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