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now THE OTHER HALF LIVES
s,,cu WAS THE QUESTION DISCUSSED BY
THE PHILANTHROPIC CLASS.


srAscT4 MAY BE THE OUTCOME OF THE
SESSIONS AT THE CHARITIES BUILDING.
.,..r s.x weeks OF theory and practice the
,uonthropic class at the United CHARITIES Build
49, was closed yesterday with a suggestive and
ms ..,oo, address on Unity In Philauthropic
wv delivered by Professor S. NJ McCuue
,,,dssy. OF Pennsylvania University.
90 acs OF unity in philanthropic work. said Pro-
- LINDSAY. rises from various causes-per
,ol ambitions and jealouses of individuals or
titles who desire 10 perpetuate their name
h,oush some charity they establish or endow; pup
". and private officials who exaggerate their i'm
q" -. ord refuse 10 cooperate, fearful lest
-, ,.rsonel influence or position might suffer;
80, ~ sociological knowledge on the part OF con-
,nr,ors 10 phianthrop.c work. and ignorance or
80 volunteer and paid workers. as well as that
OF the general public.
the desired unity
.erhere must be greater efficiency on the part OF
81. neonle interested In philanthropy" said the
sneaker People who don't understand their own
work naturally don't approve of cooperation with
o.ha- societies Work worth doing at all is worth
making known 10 the public. Every charitable
organization should make attractive reports Of Its
work that It's contributors may see what has been
accomplished.
q. great deal can be done toward unity In phil
,.h,onic work through conference. The result OF
u,,,y will be diminution OF the duplication and
harmful relief extended TO individuals. 1t Will
sscure more adequate relief for the greater needs
OF a community ana De more REASONABLY Tecos-
nzAd by the public
Unity in charity work." concluded Professor
Lindsay. will not be easy rapid"
Not the least valuable report Of the session was
that OF Miss Kate Claghorn. on "A Comparative
study OF the Racial Statistics OF New-York." which
will be published In the annals OF the American
Academy Of Philadelphia
An interesting feature Of this tentative effort.
made BY the Charity Organization Society. toward
the founding Of an American phianthropic school
is that all service has been voluntary. Some OF
the foremost sociological specialists Of the coun-
Try have addressed the class often coming long
distances at their own expense. The readiness
with which they responded to the invitation OF
Mr. Ayres to whom the class is indebted for the
admirable programmes which were followed out
With scarcely change. reveals the fact that So
Geological thinkers are looking forward TO just such
Institution for the training of practical workers.
Of fourteen colleges and UNIVERSE
ties as well as practical workers engaged in vari-
Gus charities, and from many cities. have been IN
daily attendance. ~
workers from the cities will take back definite
and better ideas OF how TO conduct their work.
ened their view, while young collegiate students
Will have discovered the definite field OF work they
Wish 10 pursue. Inc value ol eA-
pertinent must tell through the class in their daily,
Individual work with the poor 1t has proved that
certain persons be brought 10 look upon phil
anthropic work being as desirable career as
that Of medicine. teaching or law Four members
Of the class have already secured employment, ana
the list Will reach eight before the season Is over
In all probability these persons would never nave
secured such positions nor learned or the ex-
htence Of such places had the class not been
organized.
THE general public thinks II knows how to con-
duct philanthropc work better than the trained
worker, Just as II thinks 1t knows how TO run a
newspaper better than the trained editor But "
does not In no better way can the condition or
the poor be improved in this country than by the
establishment OF an endowed school for the train
ing Of philanthropc workers 1t should have
scholarships 10 enable eight trained
workers TO go out yearly where they can do the
most good Special workers cannot be made In
colleges / would not have philanthrop'c school
In connection with college. 1t is practice
through personal contact with the poor that Is
paramount"
II was suggested by Mrs. Spencer that one Of tho
most feasible ways for the class TO disseminate the
knowledge II has gathered during the summer ses-
ilon is through the womens clubs that are largely
interested in all phases Of philanthroplc work
Beginning in October and continuing throughout
the winter season. the Charity Organization So
elety has arranged series Of fftyve meetings. to
be held in different parts of the CITY, for the ex-
change Of ideas among phanthropic workers.
From time to time addresses will be made at these
meetings by distinguished sociological specialists