The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-09-17
STARTS OUT WELL.
The Social Science Club Openss the
Season With a Good Attendance.
A Varied Program for the Coming
Year.

first meeting for the coming year last
evening at the Public Library rooms.
Although hot, uncomfortable
evening, there was good attendance.
The Library board extended ito the
club an invitation to meet in the
rooms for the coming year, and this
invitation was accepted. The board
has been making some changes lately
in the arrangement of the rooms,
and have fixed up a very comfortable
reading room in connection with the
library. They have just put in a
couple of dozen chairs, and the club
voted to buy another dozen of similar
pattern and add thereto.
The executive committee recon-
mended the names of Judge M. j..
Severance, Rev. T. M. Edmands, A..
E. Clark, David Richards, and Rev.
S. d. Works for membership to fill
vacancies, and they were elected.
The program for the year is about
completed and was reported by the
committee and adopted by the club.
The program for the year is as
follows:
Sept. 1.-THE Social Evil, What
Shall we do with it? Paper by j. A.
Hielscher. Discussion led by w. A.
Funk.
Sept. 2S-The Brain. Paper by j.
w. Andrews. Discussion led by ]. H.
James.
Oct. 12-How best to Inculcate
Patriotism in the Young. Paper by
G. +. Koehler. Discussion led by W..
N. Plymat.
Oct. 26-Fish Culture and its APP
plication in Minnesota. Paper by U.
O. Cox. Discussion led by H. L.
Schmitt.
Nov. 9-The Increase of Productive
Capacity as Compared with the In
crease of Comfort to the Laborer.
Paper by E. M. Pope. Discussion led
by David Richards,
Nov. 23-Review of Bellamy's
Equality" Paper by W. D. Willard.
Discussion by S. H. Rowe.
Dec. Whats the Matter with
Modern Pedagogy? Paper by w. E.
Young. Discussion led by E. D..
Steel,
Dec. 21-The True and the False in
Socialism. Paper by L. W. Beattie,
Discussion led by B. G. Taylor.
Jan. 11-Social Responsibility for
Crime. Paper by S. B. Wilson. Dis
cussion led by ]. @. Wise Jr.
Jan. Observation-Disclosures
and (b) Reform. Paper by Geo. Fl.
Brewster. Discussion led by j. f..
Brandrup. I.
Feb. S-Rise of Institutions Among
the Jews. Paper by T. Merrill
Edmands. Discussion led by Walter
McBroom.
Feb. 22-BanQuet at the Saulpaugh.
Lecture by M. j. Severance. Music,
etc.
March S-Charter Revision. Paper
by w. L. Comstock. Discussion led
by B. D. Smith,
March pa Nations Character as
Influenced by the Reading of its
People. Paper by j. H. Baker. Dis
cussion led by E. ]. Davis.
April Some Sociological
Wrinkles. Paper by G. M. Hobart.
Discussion led by w. E. Freeman.
April 19-The Social Effect of
Modern Popular Conventions. Paper
by G. H. Higgs. Discussion led by
Geo. Pass.
May 5-The Menace of Legislation.
Paper by G. M. Palmer. Discussion
led by A. E. Clark.
May 19-The paper for this date is
to be arranged for.
The paper last evening was on 'The
Social Evil, and What Shall we do
with It?" and was read by DR.. j. A.
Hielscher. The discussion was led
by Mr.. w. A. Funk. The paper sur
veyed the evil from a general and
medical standpoint, and touched
upon many causes claimed to be, the
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