The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-24
MATTERS OF NOTE.
DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF GEOR-
GIA SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION
BEGUN YESTERDAY AND To BE
CONTINUED TWO DAYS LONGER.

Visitors welcomed to City by Col.
Robert L. CSIding-RespOnse Made
LaVwtOn HERS Outlined Sub
jects to Be Considered in Paper
on "Mans Obligations to Poster
ity'E-Dr. n. r. Kline, Prof. L. q.
Earnest, Rev. w. e. MumfOrd and
Rev. C. A. LangstOn other Speak
ers.
The second annual meeting of the
Georgia State Sociological Society was
begun in Savannah yesterday and will
be continued through to-day and to-
morrow The meetings are being held
in the drawing room of the De Soto
and though the attendance is small,
many interesting papers are read at
each meeting, and afterwards dis
cussed.
The first session was called to or
der yesterday morning at 10 o'clock
by DR.. ]. Lawton HERS of Savan-
nah, president of the society. The
opening exercises were begun with
prayer, delivered by Rev. DR.. w. P.
McCorkle, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church, and this was followed
by an address of welcome, delivered
on the part of the city by Col. Rob-
ert L. Colding. The response was
made by Rev. C. A. Langston of At
lanta.
DR.. Hers read his address on the
subject, Mans Obligations to Poster
ity." Briefly" he said, Sociology
means the philosophy of human society,
and the obcept of this association is
in the language of the constitution, to
organize the professional business and
industrial interests of the state in the
most efficient manner possible, to fos-
ter and encourage the study and in
Vestlgatlon OF all social questions that
pertain to the welfare of mankind.
Furthermore to endeavor especially to
ascertain the primal causes of crime.
vice and disease, instituting measures
of prevention by eliminating the cause
or each, and disseminating such
knowledge as will uplift and better the
condition of the human race
Inc speaker treated in turn crime,
the increase of insanity and degen-
u uSJB lSdSOnS WHY the state should
provide sanitarium for conservatives
child labor, alcoholism and the negro
question. In conclusion he said: THE
fate of this great commonwealth lies
in the power of good women. 1t is
found that the mother that rocks the
cradle and sings sweet lullabies in
after years reaches the lives of her
children. and if the Georgia State So
Geological Society ever becomes a pro-
nounced success it will be with the
assistance and cooperation of our no.
BILE women. Therefore. they should
be made to realize the importance of
lending us their influence in this work
for humanity's sake"
Rev. DR.. j. D. Jordan made a report
for the Committee of ARRANGEMENTS
and DR.. r. r. Kline made a permanent
committee report on Education, Pub
lie Schools and Child Labor" Briefly
this report recommended increased ap-
preparations for educational purposes.
to be raised by local taxation. if nee
essary, and made a strong plea against
child labor in the mills
one of the best papers submitted
was that by Prof. D. L. Earnest of
Athens, who spoke on "Pedagogue and
Parent" He received many congrat-
ulations upon his paper at the close OF
the meeting. With the conclusion of
tire papers general discussion took
place in which the speakers were Rev.
w e. Mumford of Macon, Rev. DR..
j. D. Jordan, and Rev. ]. L. Scully
of Savannah. Miss Rosa Woodbury.
told of number of papers on child
labor and other sociological subjects
which were read before the Woman's
Press Club at a recent meeting in At
lanta.
At the evening session but two ma
pers were read, THE Coming CiviliZa-
ton" by Rev. w. E. Mumford, and
Economic Life" by Rev. c. A. Lang
ston. These were discussed and then
the meeting was adjourned to meet at
10 o'clock this morning. An interest
ing programme has been arranged for
this session, while the afternoon will
be given up to visiting the orphan
homes in Savannah
The small attendance that character
lied yesterdays meeting was due in
very great measure to the fact that
the classes of professions from which
the greater part of the membership of
the society is received are all very
busy at this season. Many of the
teachers are holding a conference at
Cumberland Island, others have already
left the state for the summer, and the
preachers of many denominations are
all too busy with church work to
spare the time necessary to attend the
meetings.