The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-19
THE SOCIAL SCIEN lists.
Officers Elected Mt Todny7s Session
of The AzEOrTufTau


The Social Science Association elected
officers for the ensuing year during the
session this morning oscar 5. Stratus, of
New York, who was in the Diplomatic
Service of this country for many years
was elected president. and Frederick John
KinEsbury. of Connecticut, as first vice
president. Other vice presidents were
chosen as follows 5 E Baldwin. New Ha-
ven, Conn: Francis WayIand, New Haven,
Conn; Daniel {. Gilman Baltimore, Nd
William T Harris, Washington, d c:
Carroll d. Wright. Washington, D c, j
B Angel Ann Arbar. Mich. Andrew D.
White Berlin, Germany: John Eaton
Washington D. c; Dr. Lucy Hall
Browne. Brooklyn, \. Y; Mrs. Caroline
II Dali Washington. D c; Charles A
Peabody, New York city; Dr. Grace
Peckhan Murray, New York city; DR. H
HoIbTook Curtis. New York city: the Rev
r G. Peabody. Cambridge. Mass: Prof
George L Raymond. L. II. D, Washing
ton. D. c: Mrs. Virginia &. McKelway.
Brooklyn, y. y; c \. Wood, Marion,
S c. F. b Sanborn. Concord. Mass j
W Foster. Washington D c.
Other officers chosen were: Secretary,
Frederick Stanley Root treasurer W =
Greene, Hartford. Conn; W A Giles
Chicago. Edwin T. Potter. Newport, X
L Eugene Smith, New York Charles
Bulky Hubhei. Booker T. Washington,
Seymour Dexter, Elmira, r. Y; E ID
Avery, Auburn. n Y. St. Clair Nickel
way, Brooklyn, and w NJ f Round,
! MaSsa ChUSettS-
The following were designated chair
men and secretaries in charge of the
| various sections: Jurisprudence. Francis
WaylaRd. chairman: Prof Isaac RuSset,
/ secretary. health, Surgeon General Stern
| berg, chairman, Elmer Lee, secretary
education and art the Rev Joseph An
/ deTSen, chairman. 5. T DuttOD, SeCrGta-
/ "; social economy, John Graham Brooks,
! chairman, W. r. WilIoughby, secretary,
The department of finance was dropped
The association took W its work under
the department of social economy. of
which f b. SanboTn- of Concord. Mass.
is chairman. The chairman delivered the
opening address on Home Building and
Land Owning by the Industrial Glasses
Of the United States" Among those who
had most felt the need of homes, the
speaker mentioned the negro. and eX-
planned how this situation arose out of
the conditions that preceded slavery Mr..
SanbOTn quoted statistics showing that
the ownership Of land by negroes had
increased in latter years He spoke OF
the aid which had been given to the
poorer classes desiring to acquire land
| by the cooperative banks, throughout
the Middle West especially.
The speaker said that one out of every
| three persons in Massachusetts had de-
! posts in banks of this character. After
! an exhaustive treatment of the develop
| rnent of the bond bank system. the speak
/ eT compared such banks with savings
| banks to the disadvantage Of the latter.
! Touching upon the threatening increase
/ in Capitalization of capital. MI. SanboTn
brought his address TO Il close by stating
| that the antidote to the ills resulting from
! this tendency IS, and always viii be, the
/ ownership OF land and homes by the in
dividual
| Mrs Clara Langhorne. Of Lexington
/ Va. read a paper on Domestic Service in
ina
| ants in the South. she said. were inva-
| riably negroes She thought that the ne
! gTOes Of this generation were most I'M
! satisfactory as servants. for the reason
/ that they are of the first generation fol-
lowing the abolition 81 slavery They
I naturally showed all the natural racial
1 traits Of lasinsss. thriftlessness. and
thievery. the speaker declared The bet
I ter classes of negroes. she stated were
! taken from the South by employment
| agencies to the West. and only the worst
were left for house service in the former
slave States.
| The evil of food stealing Miss Lang
/ horne said, prevailed among the coIOred
people throughout the entire South. This.
| Miss LauEhOrne thought most pernictOuS
( III Its effect upon the COlOTed families in
asmuch as II placed premium upon idle
ness and crime She suggested as a rem
/ edy for all this the establishment of
| schools for domestic art. Schools sun
ported by the States, should be opened in
! every community. declared Hiss Lars
horne. for the training of the negro In
/ the household art The graduates of
! such schools could find Immediately upon
( graduation places at good wages
( paper by Miss Henderson DANGER
( field on settlement and Educationai
! " oTk among the Mountaineers of East
Z err Kentucky" was read by the secreta-
! Ty- It gave an intimate and sympathetic
! description of life in the Kentucky noun
taIDs. The writer outlined the work done
for the education Of the moUntaiueers at
I Camp Industrial, a college settlement
made IN the mountains during one sum
Tner under 4 Kentucky Womans Chris
I tan Temperance Union
The paper closed with 4 strong defence
1 OF the expedition of 1870 mountaiueers to
{ FRANKFORT a year ago. which was at the
/ time criticised in the press
The meeting closed with an animated
/ discussed of the papers which was gen
! eTdilE DartiCinaIed in