The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-19
STUDIES IN SOCIAL SCIENCE,
WHAT COLUMBIA WILL TEACH
~ ITS NEW DEPARTMENT.
The Causes and Extent OF Individual DE-
pendence and How to Deal With II
SclentIncally-A Basis 20 he worked
Out by Observing Many Typical Cases.


pendence and How to Deal With II
SclentIfcally-A Basis 10 he worked
Out by Observing Many Typical Cases.
The foundation Of a school Of social
work at Columbia put upon an independent
financial basis by gifts aggregating S350,OOO
from Jacob II. Schiff and John s, Kennedy,
has aroused great interest as TO exactly
what will be taught in the school. II is
the first time that a university has had
an opportunity for specialization in this
field.
Edward T. Devine. Phi. D., who has been
appointed to the professorship Of the new
department. has a well defined idea Of
the lines upon which his work Is TO be set
forth. The special field Of the chair is
the study Of attempts made either on
philanthropic or a civic basis to correct
social injustice, TO eradicate social evils,
to utilize for the general welfare new social
opportunities and to promote by conscious
and copeerted efforts the social good
Among the subjects that will fall within
the scopA Of the department are the social
aspects Of housing and sanitation, the pre-
vention Of disease, factory legislation,
measures for the protection Of young chill
dren from i'll treatment and premature
employment, protection OF the purity
OF foods and such problems as those OF
immigration, assimilation and congestion
of population. Prof. Devine has been
for some time in charge Of the Charity
Organization Society, therefore the ex-
perience detailed in his lectures will have
the essential value Of being first hand.
Prof. Devine had this to say yesterday
about his new course: I'm the main, there
will be three principal subdivisions. The
first series Of lectures Will be on Poverty
and DEPENDENCE The object in this
course and that OF the second half year
following will be 10 study dependence
and remedial measures and TO analy3e the
more important movements 70 improve
social conditions. In the first half year
an attempt will be made 10 measure the
extent OF dependence, both In definite
forms, as in charitable and penal institu-
tons and in less recognized and definite
Z rms as by lowering OF the standard OF
living and by placing unreasonaby heavy
burdens upon children and widows.
Among the special classek Of social
debtors 20 be studied besides the paupers,
the Migrants, the dissipated, and the Grim
inais who require discipline or segregation
In addition TO any necessary rehei are
orphans and other dependent children,
the sick and the disabled, the aged and
infirm the widow and the deserted family
the Immigrant and the displaced laborer,
the underfed and short lived worker,
whose working period Is reduced by bad
physical conditions at shop OF home.
"lhe second course Will DO on principles
OF Relief The normal standard Of living
Is 10 be studied concretely to secure basis
by which deficiencies may be estimated.
A large number Of individual relief prob
lens will be presented and from these by a
case system analogous 20 that Of the
will be deduced.
The work Of the summer for isO5-O6
will be a study Of the recent development
in the social and philanthropioal activities
Of New York city-that Is, the social settle
ments. children's institutions, relief so
oieties agencies for the aid Of immigrants
and the preventive work Of organized
charities