New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-02
PHILANTHROPY SCHOOL.
Opens To-day Nth Lecture Courses
for Social Workers.

TnA formal opening OF the second season Of the
School of Philanthropy. function to which the
public invited and at which President Butler OF
Columbia and several other we'll known men viii
speak VIII he held this evening in Of the halls
NJ the Charity Organization Society Building. at
No los East zd-st- To-day IS enrolment day. To-
morrow morning the regular sessions Of the school
begin.
The School OF Philanthropy. which last year was
more or less OF a tentative undertaking. may now
he regarded as an established institution. From
the point Of view OF the students who were gradu
sted in June from the nine months course it has
already proved itself success. Almost without
exception the graduates filing good positions
in some form Of organized social service
The school begins its second session backed by
an endowment fund Of S25oooo the gift of John s.
Kennedy. president Of the United Charities. which.
~ course enables the directors enlarge the scope
of the work Part OF the interest Of this fund will
he used for the maintenance Of a new lectuTeship
End the COMMUNICATION. to be exact-will be di'
vtded into scholarships AZ first II was intended TO
have only eight scholarships, but Director EDWARD
T Devine and Associate Director Alexander john
son who had this branch Of the business IN charge
found it SO hard TO choose between ten promising
candidates that they hit 4 plan for stretching
the provisions Of the fund TO admit them all
NEW LECTURES
The lectures. IN last years Vork, vii 0e
classed in groups. ana several ne" groups di0
ed5A5 70 4,e list C;roup A. which takes gen
and includes the same speakers Anna tTarlln
SPENCER Edward T. Devtne. Samuel Mc'-une
Lindsay. Florence Kelley, Graham Taylor, Henry X
scager and John Graham Brookes- In Group b.
some new speakers will heard among them Isabel
6 Barrows and Frank 5oas professor OF aneT
and Illuminating talks in last years course were
sooSg orf and IN which Jane Adams heard
and Lawrence WELLER gave some OF ms H5r4o So a.
THIS vii Be resumed with the old lecturers and
Eb Ca Frank tucker Alexander johnson Edward
= Deyine. william H. allen. general agent OF the
f6e POOR TOT Je me Y caned librarian At Coiu
ss s9 95hf the Of chaTita6le in
stitutions, Few people have any notion of the
many things there are 70 be thought OF on me
depends on the public for its fun5s- P91 inS[aGe
newspapers have TO be scanned. in order that ap.
Pss s 8 1l addressed in her maiden name The
kind Of stationery TO be used, the form in when
matters which q. good deal may depend Group
IS expected 10 Turn ouS TSs from 4I 1nser
and also TO administer said money in the wisest
THE PATTON LECTURES,
-Four important branches which received a good
deal Of attention last w1nter-the Of dependent
families. the treatment of criminals the question OF
the State in its relation TO charities and, most i'm
portant OF all the best way to help the children Of
the poor-wiIl be continued in four separate groups.
The great new feature Of the year-the crack
feature-ziu be the Kennedy lectures. These
10 be given by Simon n. Patton. Of the University
Of Pennsylvania, whom protectionists rank
among tbs foremost Of living political economists
but whom free traders do not like 10 hear
toned. Dr.. Patton viii deliver ten talks on THE
New Basis Of Civilization. and It be remarked
in passing that the said basis is not high tariff.
Each Of these lectures IS to be repeated ct meet
tng 10 which the public will be admitted by ticket
In the spring they will be published in book form
One new special course Will include addresses on
he
lin Spencer. Booker T. Washington and others; an
other which is to thrash out intemperance and i'm
principal speaker the Right Rev. William \. Nc
Nicksr
TOURS OF INSPECTION
Bv way Of varying the nonotonv Of listening to
lectures and reading books on social science and
taking examinations. the students will have a taste
IF practical work in connection with the branches
Of the Charity Organization Society. The person
ally conducted tours of wear will be resumed,
and the itinerary enlarged by the end of the
the students vilI have seen pretty thoroughly the
workings Of the city hospitals and reformatortes
and all the rest of New York's great network for
4he relief a. poverty and sickness and the reCama
TfoT1 or punishment. il may be or the vicious
At least. they may see as much as any outsider
Director Johnson intends. if possible, TO form
small classes for he calls pertpatetc lectures
lectures be delivered in the WARDS OF hoSpliaIS IN
prisons whatever institutions IL Is decloed 10
:-Tbe classes will be small he remarked, not
mora than five In each for this work because 10
make a larger number hear would have 10
sneak in rather loud tone: and in that case the
-7af{erts and attendants would hear. But l am not
II viii depend what the students desire