New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
CLOSE OF ITS SESSIONS.
STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL OF PHILAN-
THROPY DELIGHTED WITH THE
WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND
T%SpIRATION RECEIVED
INSPIRATION RECEIVED.

The greatest needs of the tenement house dis
tricts bathtubs and Fairgrounds" said
SPEAKER the closing session of the Summer
School OF Philanthropy, held Friday in the United
Charities Building. at is often asserted" he con-
tinJed that the tenement dwellers would not use
baths for legitimate purposes If they had them
but that cannot be believed by any who has
really studied them. A few days ago l saw an
improvsed bathtub in East Side tenement that
disproved any theory of that sort A large tin
bathtub was in the window under a wooden box
covered with something to look like window seat
To that seemed pathetic
Another instance in point told TO by
policeman at one of the small parks in that
neghborhood. He said that the Park Commis-
soner ordered during the recent hot spell that the
children should have every possible advantage Of
the park, he interpreted that to mean that
they might wade in the little basin of water
therein. As they told that they
could actually go in the basin which was about
30 feet wide, there a scream of delight and Il
rush. After a time they told to come out
and that they must not in again until o'clock.
but long before they were back with all their
friends and permitted to enter the pool
without delay. As long the hot spell lasted
crowds of children at The basin the first
thing in the morning. coming half dressed 10 get
a fine wash "
Miss Helen Thompson read paper on social
work in the XXth Assembly District. and Mr.
Lees spoke of work for neglected children. Neg
lccted children most persons up TO the age CT
twenty-four. If accept John Fskes statement
that childhood comprises one-third OF the term
OF human life. he said half humorously. More
narrowly defined by the statutes. neglected
children persons under sixteen years, ahan-
doned by parents having their needs wllfully
ignored. allowed to beg visit saloons and
other vicious resorts There l6l societies in
the United States for the relief OF children said
Mr. Lees who then described the system and
house of the New-YOrk Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children. which has cared for more
than ninety thousand children since Il was
founded.
The session was resume, TO some extent. OF the
subjects considered during the six weeks term.
and there somewhat animated comparison
of views between those who regard the Charities
Organization societies almost a fetch and a few
of iconoclastic tendencies. Among the latter. f.
y. Brown said that cooperation might be carried
far. Let the societies that do the work best
remain. and not try TO bolster the others. but
He also affirmed that 1T is better that society
should not be too heavily endowed. The dead
hand of bequest often hampers and converts into a
machine"
Mr.. Brown deprecated the habit OF speaking OF
the poor class" saying: After living among
them for several years have increasing difficulty
in finding why I should put them in n class.
After all. the only distinction between them and
other classes is that they have not money to get
what they want. Our efforts should be directed
principally 10 helping the poor to economic inde-
pendence."
Frank Tucker general agent of the New-York
Association for Improving the Condition of the