Evening star., 1895-02-09
A WINTER SESSION
The School Of Applied Ethics to Be
Held Here.
PAPERS ON MANY TOPICS OF INTEREST
The Session to Continue for Six
Weeks.
MANY NOTED SPEAKERS

The School of Applied Ethics will hold
Its first winter session in Washington, be-
ginning Wednesday, February 13, and last
ing six weeks. ending Thursday, March
2S. This noted school has held three
summer sessions at Plymouth, Mass, in
1891, 1892 and 1894. The first year the
faculty embraced twenty-nine professors
and 116 lectures were given. Among those
who lectured were Prof. H. c. Adams of
Ann Arbor, Prof. Taussig of Harvard, Mr..
Carroll D. Wright, United States commits
sioner of labor; Mr.. Albert Shaw, editor of
the Review Of Reviews; Prof. Felix Adler,
Prof. Wheeler of Cornell, DR.. Boardmann
of Philadelphia and others noted in various
departments of education and philosophy.
The second year there were twenty-five
lecturers and 96 lectures were delivered.
Last summer the school had % lee
turers and 1Ol lectures were given. There
were from 30 to $50 in attendance on the
various lectures. Those given on Sunday
drew large audiences. The scope of what
may be call led the curriculum of this school
Of ethics embraces economics in relation to
ton, education in it's relation to sociology
and the history of religions and the church
as affecting the labor question. Thus it
may be seen the school is precisely what
1t claims to be-one of applied ethics.
The meetings of the winter session will
be held in the hall of Columbian Univer-
sity, and the course of lectures is given
under the auspices of the university. The
first meeting of the course, at 4:15 pm.
February Ii, will be free to the public. and
Is designed to open the series. Rev. SamT
II. Greene will preside and give an address
Of welcome. There will be addresses by
w. I. Harris, commissioner Of education;
Rev Alexander Mackay-Smith and Prof
Felix Felix Adier who occupies the position of
Adier's address will be THE Scope and
Aim of the School of Applied Ethics"
The lectures begin promptly each day of
the session at 4:15 pm. The program of
the daily exercises and lectures after the
opening days follows:
Thursday. February 14-Introductory lee
trre. Prof. Felix Adler, 1.-The True Re-
lation Between Ethics and Economics
Wednesday. February 2O-Prof. woodrow
Wilson, Princeton University, 1.-The Nature
of the State and It's Relation to Progress"
to be followed by a. conference: Justice
Harlan of the Supreme Court will pre-
side
Thursday. February 21-Prof Woodrow
Wilson. Liberty, Expediency and Nor
ality In the Democratic State" to be fol-
lowed by a conference; Mr. William L.
Wilson will preside.
Tuesday, February 26-Prof Felix Adler,
"A Criticism of Socialism From the Eth
ical Point of View" to be followed by a
conference: Senator Hawley of Connecticut
will preside
Wednesday, February 27-Prof Felix Ad-
Ter. The Philosophy of Organized Labor
to be followed by conference; Mr.. Carroll
D. Wright, commissioner of labor, will pre-
side.
Thursday. February 2s-Prof Felix Ad-
Ter, Moral Ideals as an Aid in the Solu-
tion of the Labor Question" to be followed
by conference; Prof ]. Macbride Sterrett,
Columbian University, will preside.
Tuesday. March 5-Prof H c. Adams,
University of Michigan. Evolution of the
followed by a conference: Prof. Sidney
Sherwood, Johns Hopkins University, will
preside.
Wednesday, March 6-Prof H. c. Adams,
Socialism a Social Theory" to be fol-
lowed by conference; Prof. Lester F.
Ward, National Museum. will preside.
Thursday, March Prof. H. c. Adams,
Proposed Solutions of the Industrial PROB
lem," to be followed by a conference; Prof.
L. D. Lodge, Columbian University, will
preside.
Tuesday, March 12-Mr. Carroll D.
Wright commissioner of labor, THE
Function of Government in the Solution of of
the Labor Problem" to be followed by
conference: Senator Platt of Connecticut
will preside
Wednesday, March 13-Prof. E. J. James,
University of Pennsylvania. THE Duties of
Citizenship" to be followed by a confer
ence; DR.. John NJ. Gregory, chairman of
the Civic Center, will preside.
Thursday, March 1+Dr. E r. L. Gould
Johns Hopkins University. THE Liquor
Problem; Its Scientific Treatment" to be
followed by conference; Rev. R. H. Nc
Kim will preside; DR.. c. A. Champion,
chemist of internal revenue department.
and others will take part.
The program of the conference on the
relation Of education to social problems is
as follows:
Tuesday, March circumference, THE
Relation of the University to the Labor
Question" Right Rev. Bishop Keane, rec
tor Catholic University, will preside.
Wednesday, March circumference, THE
Relation of Industrial Schools to the Labor
Question:" James MacAlister, president
DreNel Institute. Philadelphia, will preside.
Thursday, March 21-Conference, THE
dustrial Problem Samuel T. Dutton, SUI
perintendent public schools, Brookline,
Mass, will preside.
Struggle of the modern church with the
labor question will be considered in the
follo wing lectures:
Tuesday, March 26-Mr. John Graham
Brooks, Cambridge, Mass, THE Roman
Catholic Church and the Labor Question"
To be followed by a conference. DIR. ThoS.
O'Gorman of the Catholic University will
preside.
Wednesday, March 27-Mr. John Graham
Brooks. THE Protestant Church and the
Labor Question" To be followed by con-
ference. Rev. Stephen NJ. Newman will
preside. Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin, Rev. Chas.
A. Stakely and others will take part:
Thursday. March 2s-Mr Wm NJ. Salter.
with the Labor Problem" To be followed
by a conference. Prof Otis T. Mason, Ma
tional Museum, will preside.
The local advisory committee is as fol-
lows Henry F. Blount. Pres. E. NJ. Gal
laudet. Gallaudet College; DR.. G. Brown
Goode, Smithsonian Institution: President
Samuel H. Greene, Columbian University;
DR.. John NJ. Gregory, chairman Civic Gen.
ter; Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin: Justice John
NJ Harlan, Supreme Court: Hon. VIM. L.
Harris, commissioner Of education: Hon.
Gardiner G. Hubbard; Rt Rev. Bishop
Keane, rector Catholic University: Rev.
Alex Mackay-Smth; Rev. r. H. McKim;
Prof Otis T. Mason, National Museum;
Rev. Stephen NJ Newman: Maj. ]. w.
Poyell, geological survey; Rev. Rush r.
Shibpen; Rev. Chas. A. Stakely; Prof. ].
Macbride Sterrett Columbian University:
Lester F. Ward, National Museum, and
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner Of
labor.
There will be eighteen lectures and con-
ferences, in which leading dsputants in
questions of social science in this country
will take part. Programs of the course are
to be had of Mr.. Barns Weston, 1905 Arch
street, Philadelphia, or of Mr.. Robert H.
Martin, Columbian University. Among
those who will take part in the educa-
tional conferences are Bishop Keane. Mr..
W. T. Harris, Major J. w. Powell, Prof.
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton, Prof. Felix
Adler, Dr. Gould of Johns Hopkins, Prof.
Adams of Michigan University and Prof.
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