The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-12

oped for permanently reaching the col
! lege family lives of students in many
/ institutions. They have grown out of
| the need for a new form Of college fam
! lily life, but did not create IL. The high
/ school fraternities are merely a pseudo
growth which draws attention away
from the real meaning Of tho college
1 frateTniticS
! "One great cause OF the falling off Of
/ candidates for the ministry arises from
our neglect of the college family life.
| We must give earnest attention 20 the
college family life, whether fraternity
! or nonfraternity. Ii is more nearly re-
1 lated 10 the parents home than il is 90
/ the pedagogy of the college. and should
be studied and treated accordingly"
/ Prof. Francis c. Peabody Of Harvard
/ University, spoke on the Universities and
the social conscience lie said IN part:
Address by MIR. Peabody.
1.-The most characteristic and significant
discovery of the present age is the dis
coyery Of the social conscience-the rec
ignition, in a degree unprecedented in
history. of social responsibility: the de-
mand with an unprecedented imperative
mess, for social justice; the substitution,
ON an unprecedented scale, of social NOR
aIity for the creed Of indlviduaIism. Never
in human history were so many people.
wise and unwise, rich and poor, learned
and ignorant, concerning themselves with
social amelioration; defeating themselves
to philanthropy organizing for industrial
change, or applying the motives of re-
iIgion TO the problems Of modern life
THE economies of Iaissez-faire is dis
placed by the economics Of combination.
The ethics Of self-culture is succeeded by
the ethics of social service, and religion.
instead Of setting itself TO save the per
son out Of the wreck of a lost world. sum-
mons the person 10 bring the world itself
safe to port.
Never was there such generous giving
such willing philanthropy. But the time
has come when this new movement of al
truism needs special direction and control
Is this social energy safe-guarded by So
ciaI wisdom? Is the social conscience a
trained cOnsCience?'
Committees Appointed.
The following recording secretaries and
committees were appointed.
NeepfIlA- stcseilft pro TEN iab-euee az Dr. Mef
Hlu. T. Morris FTEussUu. Newark y J.. assist
ants Herbert Wright Gates and William J. Parker
ChiaE,
Committee on Eurolimcnt-Rev. Harris IT, Cham.
berlin. Rochester \ Y Mr. T. Wilbur AIgss1r
Chicago, Mr. Abrgn J. Jones. Washington.
Committee on Nominations Rev Prank knight
Sanders j. D, Boston Mass. President George
y. Stewart r. D., Auburn. y. Y Prof Charles
Foster Kent New Haven. Conn, President /. J..
DozEeJt Springfield Mass, Prof. ]. l. Cuninggim,
Nashville, Tenn.
Committee on rcsoluti1us-Rcv w a. Biting
d. L.. ST. Louis Mr.. W y. Hartshoru Boston.
Prod. CLYDE W. Yotaw Pm u. Chicago. Prof.
George AlbeH Coe, Evanston. Ill, Prof Francis
q. Peabody. Boston.
Executive Sessions To-day.
Executive sessions of the council of the
association were held AT 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, and az 2:3O o'clock ia the
afternoon. The executive committee made
reports. and among other things recon-
mended that a committee be appointed to
select "a person 20 review the progress
OF religious education for the coming
year. William II. P. Faunce. Of Pr0vi-
dence. r. l.. Clyde W Votaw. Of Chi
cagO, and Richard Morse Hodge. Of New
York. were appointed committee.
It was also voted that a board 20 write
photography of religious education
with Prof. Richard Morse Hodge editor
in-chief, and Clyde ". Votaw, associate
editor, be appointed. Il was further voted
20 hold the next meeting at Cleveland.
Ohio, in July. in conjunction with the
National Educational Association.
The council of the association is p de-
partment consisting Of sixty members.
all of whom are active in the association
Their term of service is six years, classes
OF ten expiring ever year. The council
acts much in the capacity OF an advisory
board to the board rt directors. and takes
the initiative in the invest i-ation and con-
sideration of importsn. educational mat
ters
Received by the President.