The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-17
MANY ARE INVITED
TO ATTEND MEETINGS or SOCIo-
LOGICAL SOCIETY.
AIMS OF THE ORGANIZATION
EXPLAINED ny PRESIDENT J. L.
HERS LAST NIGHT.

/ special invitation Given TO clergy,
Teachers, Judges and Professional
Men-AnnOuncemen of Meeting
of Society to Be Made from PuIpits
and Congregations Advised TO At
tend-Society Wants n State Home
for COnsumptives Rev. J. L..
ScuIIy Thinks Name of Pest House
should BE Changed.
A meeting of the local members of
the Georgia Sociological Society and
those interested in the objects of the
organization was held in the gentle
mems parlor of the De Soto last night.
DIR. ]. Lawton HERS, president of the
society, presided, and Mr.. L. D. Lynes
acted as secretary.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of awakening interest in the
coming convention of the society,
which will be held in Savannah next
week, June 23-24-25. President HERS
! in calling the meeting to order ex-
planned why 1t had been called. paid a
tribute to Savannah's 'proverbial hos
pitality," and said he hoped that in
this case she will live up to this repu-
tation. He then told of the work of
the society.
The SocIety's Aims.
Sociology may be comprehensively
defined, he said las that science which
treats of the general structure of So
| ciety, the laws of its development
the progress of civilization, and all
/ that relates society,"
Being organized for the universal
| suffrage of mankind, and in the hope
of ameliorating the present condition
of the human family; its object, sue
cinctly stated. is to unity in the most
! feasible manner the professional, COM
mercial and industrial interests of the
| state; and, this having been accom-
| plished, to stimulate and promote the
study and investigation of those So
cial problems whose solution will
eventuate in the edifcation not of any
specific class but of the masses. Es-
| pecially Will the Georgia State So
Geological Society strive to discover the
! primal origin of vice, crime and dis
ease, and, by advocating measures of
prevention, eliminate the cause of
| each. Education will be the important
factor in aiding this work; and, by
the dissemination of knowledge CAL
| culated to arouse public interest in
| behalf of our efforts, we anticipate
| the ultimate achievement of infinite
| good.
That the society may prosper to
better advantage and the general pub
lie reap the benefit of it's deliberations.
the following committees have been
| appointed which, to an intelligent OBJ
| server, are as obvious as they are
| necessary.
| Crime and its Prevention. Including
a study of the Criminal and his Devel-
| opment. Aa
Insanity, including Mental Degener-
| acy.
| Alcoholism.
4 tuberculosis.
Diseases and Sanitary Science.
| Education, Public Schools and Child
| Labor.
The Negro Problem--Its Relation to
| the White Race.
Publication, Lectures and Distribu-
| ton of Literature.
| Legislation and Uniform Laws.
Each subdivision is comprehensive
/ and needs no elaboration. New COM
| mittees will be added as occasion may
require. At its annual meetings, which
will be held in different sections of
the state, the chairman of each COM
| mittee will report the progress made.
Papers and addresses on social ques-
tons will be presented and discussed
by members of this society, and other
distinguished students of sociology. and
such other business transacted as will
rebound to it's credit and the uplifting
of man.
believing that all good citizens are
interested in the welfare of this great
commonwealth and its people, and APP
preciating the necessity of obtaining
your cooperation for the furtherance
of so noble a work, I have thus pre-
sumed to trespass on your time and
solicit your membership in behalf Of
the many who still grope in darkness
unmindful of the teachings of science
truth and right"
Home for COnsumptiveH.
The society, DR.. HERS explained, ad-
vocates the erection by the state of a
sanitarium for the detention of per-
sons suffering with tuberculosis. Such
a sanitarium would be for the pur.
pose of isolating them from communi.
ties and persons, and would prevent
the spread of the disease.
The average working man is incap-
able of earning a living, he said. once
the disease has fully seized him, con.
sequently he should be cared for by
the state, while in the case of those
who are able to pay for special quar-
tiers such should be prepared for them
The sentiment received the indorse.
ment of those present.
Rev. ]. L. Scully said, speaking o
the isolation of certain patients hi
wished that the Mayor or the health
officer of Savannah could be induced
to change the name pest house" t.
Isolation Hospital, or some other titlt
more euphonious and less suggestiv,
than the one It now bears.
DIR. HERS announced that the meet
ings of the convention will be open t
the general public and that both mer
and women will be welcomed to heal
the papers and take part in the dis
cussiors. Rev. DR.. ]. D. Jordan. pas
tor of the First Baptist Church STATED
that he would make an announcement
to thai effect from his pulpit Sunday
and would advise the members of hi
congregation to ut end the convention
Rev. Mr.. Scully said he would do tn
same.
Care of Body and Soul.
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