Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-05

a1l-the-year-round school with regular
faculty and regular courses for the bene-
fit of students who devote their entire time
to professional training. There is, how
ever q special course for volunteers MEM
bers of philanthropic agencies, workers in
settlements. churches or societies. and for
those who have a personal interest in such
problems and desire more intimate
Quaintance with the practical methods.
The tuition fee is nominal. only $50
year. which covers several different courses
of lectures from members of the faculty.
who come chiefly from the charitable in
situations in and around New York. DIR.
Samuel N. Lindsay is director of the
school. He is also secretary of the national
child labor committee and professor of So
cial legislation in Columbia University. He
was formerly professor of sociology in the
University of Pennsylvania and commits
sioner of education in Porto Rico.
The managers tell me that they are not
very much troubled with cranks The eX-
aminations are quite severe and are so
practical that pure theorists soon with
draw from the classes. Certificates are is
sued to students who creditably complete
the work of the year, and they are ac-
cepted by the managers of benevolent en-
terprises as evidences of fitness, like the
diplomas of a medical school.
The Sage Foundation.
There is a great deal of curiosity and in
terest felt in the application of THE Sage
conditions in the United States" which is
perfectly natural, as the endowment given
by Mrs Russell Sage is s1O,OooUoo and the
Glenn of Baltimore who has been employed
as general manager, has taken office at
30 Broad street, in the very middle of the
financial whirlpool. whereas nearly all the
other great charities are gathered around
the United Charities building. at the corner
of Odd street and 4th avenue. Mr.. Glenn
selected his headquarters in the financial
district, I am told, in order to be con-
venient to the trustees of the founda ton,
but that explanation does not seem to eX
plain for the reason that three of them
are women. who live uptown, or outside the
city, of the gentlemen lives in Balti
more and one of the other two is million
are who has retired from active business.
The trustees are Mrs. Sage. who is presi-
dent of the board; Robert w. De Forrest.
general counsel of the Jersey Central and
president of several philanthropic institu-
tons; Cleveland Fl. Dodge. a retired mer-
chant; ex-President Daniel c. Gilman of
Johns Hopkins University; Miss Louisa
Schiller prominent charity worker. and
Mrs. w. B. Rice, founder of the State Char
tiles Aid Association.
The trustees have not yet decided upon
any definite plans for the application of the
funds. but they have announced that they
will consider only general conditions and
not individual cases. They are likely to
take up such matters as the prevention of
uiseese' the aooii,ion OF chlld TABOR, ano
the housing Of the poor and the relief Of
wage earners from usury. The terms of
the endowment are very broad so that the
benefits of the fund are not COINED to New
York. but can be applied anywhere. The
capital can be invested in any permanent
philanthropy that Is likely to be self-sup-
porting, such as model tenement houses.
low-interest pawn shops and cooperative
enterprises. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Sage intends to increase the endowment
provided the work undertaken is successful
and justifies her expectations.