The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-21
CALVARY INDUSTRIAL HOME
PRESIDENT EDWIN NJ. POTEA1's
ANNUAL REPORT.


. No. go Chapel Street, January 10,
1893.
Another year has added the vindica-
ton of experience to the principles and
aims under which our work has been
conducted from the beginning. say
the vindication of experience for it is
a noteworthy fact that the correctness
and worth of the original principles
upon which the home was launched be-
come more and more conspicuous year
by year. For homeless and friendless
men, home, that shall be Christian,
Industrial, temporary-such was our
original conception of the institutions;
and nothing has arisen to modify it.
Neither public criticism, of which there
difficulties in the management, have
availed to shake our central conviction
that we have here an institution which.
precisely meets particular public
need, and which will approve itself
more and more as it's principles and
work understood.
In my report a year ago I sought to
emphasize the fact that our method
secures to us an opportunity to preach
the gospel to hundreds of men who in
all probability would not otherwise
have heard it; and that this fact is our
supreme justification.
To-day select for special emphasis
another of the fundamental character
istics Of the home-viz,, it is an indus
trial home. BY this we mean that the
privileges of the home are not to be had
for cash, but only for work. We par
ticularly desire to be understood on this
point. The home is not a lounging
place for the shiftless, nor is it a fac
tory paying wages. It is an industrial
mission, where men out of work may
work for their food and lodging on
condition that they attend the gospel
meetings; these are held every night
through the year
BEGGARs SHUT OUT.
We issue no tickets to be given to
men on the streets, and we refuse to
receive cash from men applying to the
home. Are you willing to work for
what you get?' This is our unvarying
question. Our reason for this course is
very simple; the man may have begged
his fifteen cents or his ticket on the
street. And if he had come to us earlier
in the day he might honorably have
earned what he needed-food and a
place to sleep. man may have lit
tie money in his pocket when he comes
to us; but it is not his money but his
manhood we are seeking. We seek to
help a man to keep his manhood. If he
has neither money nor manhood, he is
not beyond the help Of God, but he is
beyond the particular kind of help we
are organized to furnish. If any will
not work neither let him eat" said the
Apostle. We feel bound to insist on
This. We steadily refuse to lower the
tome OF our appeal to men by housing
and feeding beats and beggars.
70 pc doubly sure at this point we
have made our task work hard. A man
has to cut and split forty cubic feet OF
hard wood, five cuts to the piece, for
three meals and lodging The task
REQUIRES on the average six hours. At
ter man has finished 1T he Is at liberty
20 seek work elsewhere. We should
judge IT Unfair to take all the time
OF man out OF work, for in that case
ne Would pc permanently smut up to ou1
woodward, and the character of the
nome as temporary refuge would be
defeated. We intend that the men shal
push out into remunerative employment
as rapidly as possible; and accordingly
give some hours OF their day to them t
look for such.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
IN confirmation OF our claim that thu
nome IS managed on thorough bust
ness OASIS, IT Is only necessary to show
that OF the total disbursements for tht
year, VIZ, $6,70o.30 only S1,0O770 wal
contributed by subscribers and thu
balance, $5,6s2.6O was earned by the in
mates.
SUCCESS. E
Ihat we nave succeeded in the prac
teal application OF these principles i
abupdantly proved in our observation
OF the men who have come to US Will
few exceptions among the more thai
500 who have been In the home tn
past year, they are willing to work, ant
cheerfully submit to the discipline 0
the home, and III very many cases ex
press the highest appreciation of tn
help 1t affords. The so-called learne'
professions, and almost all trades an
lines of employment have been repre-