New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01
GOOCHLDREN OFF FORUM JURY CALLS It SUICIDE
| ast of Fresh Air Homes VIII
0pen for the Season To-day.
WORKERS GET INSTRUCTIONS
Mostly College Folk, They Are
Told to Treat Their Charges
as Brothers and Sisters.

The aims and ideals Of the work OF the
rv,h,,ne Fresh Air Fund were set iorth
cd discussed from various points OF We"
=. conference Of the active WORKERS ol
+nat organization held in the presbyterian
p,,,,ding at Fifth avenue and 2oth street,
Yesterday morning.
-rba Rev. DR.. JOHN Bancroft Devins. man
seer Of the fund, made the chief addresS
~ The meeting. He prefaced his remarks
nth the hope that this was TO be the pest
year in the history Of the Tribune Fuhu'
rbosA presert. many of whom were De-
.,,ninq their first season in the tresn AIT
,gork were assured that they might expect
, s.renuous summer. There was no place.
.ha sneaker continued, in the crusade Whlch
e., had undertaken for the person VINO
,~ee seeking a good time for himself.
The greatest possible benefit for the chill
6~e- coming under the funds care was
declared 10 be the sole aim Of the actvl-
,,ss MANNED for the summer. This end was
~ be accomplished even at the sacrihce OF
the comfort or convenience Of the work
avs Solace for the workers was TO De
found, however. IN the fact that the pei
son who set out 10 provide good time
Cor another usually found one himseH III
10 doing.
The greater number Of those at the meet
ing we're young men and young women
who were 10 have personal care OF Ine
children sent TO the Tribune homes [oI
these DR.. Devins set up standard Ioi
The treatment Of the charges. 4ho"sii
these charges might be children OF the very
NOR poorly dressed and ignorant 'heE
we're not TO be regarded as KIDS mem
hers Of social order lower than Ihal u
The workers. They were TO be treated as
the workers would like TO have theT
vounrer brothers and sisters treated ulloer
IKE circumstances by others.
II the workers. the address went on
-.ara Iovers of little children. each would
find before him endless opportunities 10
helm many such 10 a better outlook upon
life during the ten weeks Of the Fresh AIT
-eason. But they were warned against the
fauacy Of resting on their oars al an!
time with the idea that they had done the
best they could" Unless the best they
could do meant perfection, Dr. DeVins de-
c1ared. there should not for an instant
during the entire summer be let-up on
the fight for the uplift Of the little 'tresh
Airs" until the last one Of them had oeen
returned 10 his parents in the fall
After DR.. Devns had finished, the Rev.
Dr. Arthur ]. Brown. secretary Of the
Presbyterian Board Of Foreign Missions
spoke briefly 20 the meeting. DR.. Brown
told his hearers that after their meeting
was closed there was TO be held in the
came room a meeting Of a dozen mis-
sionaries VINO we're about 10 set out Tor
i
COMPARISON between the two classes OF
workers, whom he declared 10 be not great
Nv different, as, he said the typical foreign
Missionary Of to-day is more a worker
for better social conditions than a preacher.
Ne further urged the Fresh Air stan 10 go
about their work with feeling OF It's
-upren1e dignity and yet with no feeling
n personal superiority
Al the close Of Dr. Browns remarks
there were several short talks on different
topics by some Of the more experienced
among the workers.
There were about seventy workers pres
ent at the meeting. With the exception
Of few-chieAy the super!ntendents and
matrons Of the various homes-they were
young men and women drawn from the
UNDERGRADUATE bodies OF colleges.
Some came from Vassar, some from
Smith, others from Columbia, Yale and
other institutions.
To the care Of each Of these workers
will be conided a group Of twenty-five
boys or girls. as the case may be, to be
amused. instructed and helped as times
and conditions require during the entire
summer.
When the meeting ended most Of the
Young people went TO railroad stations or
boat landings 10 escort the first OF the
Fresh Air detachments 70 their vacation
homes
Altogether the various parties made up
3 total Of COO children. When about as
many more who will be sent away to-day
arrive at their destinations all the Tribune
homes will have received their full COM
Elements and the Fresh Air season VIII
ts in tull swing.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS