New-York tribune., 1901-02-15
DIR. HILLS on EDUCATION.
HE COMMENDS THE BROOKLYN YOUNG
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCI-
ALTON FOR IT'S BROAD
AND HELPFUL WORK.

There never was country I'm the world 50
dubbed death This" said Dr. Newell Dwight
Hills in address Al the annual meeting of the
Brooklyn Young Women's Christian Association
Yesterday afternoon. 1t is necessary ne declared.
70 rise early and sit mp late in order 10 keep up
with the development Of organization. The hearts
Of the multitude are hungry for advancement. and
a large part of the people who are unable TO keep
up fnsncially socially intellectually water their
pllows a. night with tears Of sorroWs and fears
while they moan: I'm never going 10 eaten up
Or Hills recalled recent street scene which
illustrated this. a wagon belonging 10 the Fire
Department was driving rapidly through the street
followed closely by crowd II boys. who found
little difficulty in keeping pace with in. But behind
them was a flock of smaller fellows. Just as eager
and enthusiastic but their dminutive legs could
not 60 fast enough, and as they We're left further
and further behind their Gears thar the whole
thing would Up in smoke before they could set
there grew in proportion and their walls of distress
filed the air
"A great crisis is At hand" said Or. Hills and
millions of young men and women are going TO
have their lives turned into tragedies because or
the complex. highly organic d civilization II
not necessary few wears aco for girl behind
the counter 10 be broad minded and liberal IN her
views a slave can pull cotton out Of pod but
It needs a scholar 10 run locomotive. and a Wei
informed man TO electrical machine. De
partment stores of to-day are SO highly organized
that II is necessary for young man or woman
10 have larse degree Of intelligence and 20 be
specialist in some line"
Since 50 per cent Of the population Of the city Is
foreign born Of foreign parentaEe Dr. Hills be
leved thar such Institutions the Young Women's
Christian Association are hound to multiply They
serve as halfway houses between the Old World
and its simple manners and the New World with
its complex civilization In them girls receive a
social stimulus. They have opportunity 20 see
other methods OF dress than their own other sorts
Of sewing and embroidery, OF house decorating
and cooking. II does not take fifty years nor fifty
weeks 10 transform people II takes one single
idea. a little heaven leaveneth the whole lump"
He thought institution is so truly educational
as institutions OF this kind. DO not think he said
that the college that teaches Greek is Intellectual
and the school that instructs in cooking baking
and sewing is not. He had overheard a young col
lese girl recently say This is a dog" in four
different languages, but il was, after all only
plain, small, yellow dog that she was talking about
and IL might have been better if she had spent the
four years OF her college lie in getting four ideas
about The dog Socrates talked in only one tongue
and ne knew more about philosophy than all the
country DR. IiiIlis believed thai tb, C,I-r. 1S af
most advantage and the knowledge of most value
had visited industrial schools where the Students
were learning the wise handling Of money and the
secret OF making food go s far as possible Sucb
training is Of great value the home since esDe-
n ne 'front.' door by the husband is thrown the
back door by the wife
Dr Hillis believed that life is too complex, and
maj conditions would be improved by cutting
wants N TWO IN the middle and living more simply
This IS a country" he said, where people buv
books and really believe that they read them They
huy pictures. and really suppose they know what
they mean. and under the delusion that thev
understand the arts and literatures."
The entire membership Of BROOKLYN Young
Womens Christian Association is 3lSl. The asso-
ciate members. for whom the organization Is con
Quoted, are engaged I'm ffry-one different occupa-
tons. Thrty-three members Hebrews. three
hundred are Roman Catholics, and the remaining
number is divided among twenty-three Protestant
denominations The youngest Junior member is eight
years ola. and the Oldest associate member As
eighty and a great-gra ndmother. The majority are
between the ages OF fifteen and twenty-five There
are twenty different courses Of study. There
"a consignors 10 the exchange department IN
which Es2i 93 worth Of goods has been sold during
the year. Mrs Charles y. Judson is president Of
the society, Mrs Samuel T. Duryea. Mrs Edwin
Beers. Mrs George ~. Read and Miss Caroline
". Barnes. vice-presidents. and Mrs Daniel z
MCEWen. treasurer.