Evening journal., 1911-05-03
QUERIES AGAIN
ENGAGE FRIENDS
Concord Quarterly Members
Suggest Changes in Some
OF the Questions
NAME REPRESENTATIVES
TO MANY MEETINGS

At the afternoon session of the
Concord Quarterly Meeting held yes
terday in Friends Meeting House at
Fourth and West streets representa-
tives were elected from the nine
monthly meetings included to the
Yearly meeting at Philadelphia, the
week Of May IA. The representatives
from Wilmington are Mary G. Miller,
Edith NJ. Cause, Emma G. Bancroft.
William T. Webb, William p. Ban
croft. and Pusey Heald. Henry 7.
Gawthrop and Matilda Garrigues
were chosen to represent Orange
Grove Monthly Meeting, Pasadena
Cal
A revision Of the queries will be
suggested by Swarthmore Monthly
Meeting with the approval OF Con-
cord Quarterly. to the Yearly Meeting.
The matter was originally brought
up as a concern OF Swarthmore. and
Concord Quarterly Meeting appointed
committee Of "a members to- pre-
pare a suggested revision to condense
certain queries. to bring similar sub
lects under one query. and to make
them more fitted TO present conditions.
Jesse II Holmes. clerk OF the com
mittee. yesterday reported that they
had held three meetings and distribut-
ed 10 the Quarterly Meeting printed
copies Of the suggested changes in
(a) business procedure Of the Quarter
~ Meeting and Co in the Queries.
The Queries are a set of Is questions
concerning the keeping of doctrine and
discipline. asked at stated intervals
az Friends Meetings al over the coun-
try The really new queries suggested
are the following:
Us Justice observed in your dealings
and transactions? DO you encourage
the same standard OF right in corpora
tions of which you are members or
employees. as in private business? Do
you take care OF such of your mem
bers as need aid and assist them TO
become self-supporting, when pos
sible?
"Do YOU feel tho responsibilities OF
citizenship, and bring to bear on its
problems the principles Of equality?
DO you labor for Justice 20 all op-
portunity for worthy home life, and
protection for the weak and oppress-
scd3r
Il is suggested that the fourteenth
query I'm the present set, as TO whether
the queries have been asked and an
swors recorded. be omitted as un-
necessary. and that tho last four
queries be read az quarterly meetings
IN summarized form instead of from
the individual monthly meetings. these
four queries dealing with statistics
and schools. Simplicity and clearnbss
of wording arc the changes made ia
the other queries.
Thoie was some question In the
sessiA yesterday as to whether it was
prRlffer that this quarterly meeting
R1bonld 60 into detailed changes, or
HFbierely ask for a revision, but tho
rAfecling prevailed that as long as these
changes were merely suggestions, the
quarterly meeting was not going be-
y0nd It's province. and that tho COM
mittee appointed by the yearly meet
ing would have definite basis TO
work upon. n the yearly meeting acts
favorahly. IL will be n year before
changes are actually made as the
committee appointed by the yearly
meeting cannot report until the next
meeting
Work Of the Year.
Ton circular meetings we're held
last year by tho meetings included I'm
tho Concord quarterly, thoy have II
First Day schools with S27 members.
3o3 oi whom are adults. and Az Of
the total number are Friends. and S5
have one parent Friend There are
five weekday schools. with 81 teach
ers. ~ Of whom are Friends. and
with 4SS pupils AZ Of whom arc
friends as Of whom have ono par
eni. a Friend
Queries Up Again.
II was asked in the meeting yester-
day that Friends should be careful
not 10 encourage moving picture
shows that have a harmful effect on
tho young
Ralph NJ. Harvey. Matilda Garri-
gues. George L. Powell and r. Anna
Darlington were appointed a repre-
sentative committee Of the quarterly
meeting
Several Friends asked what was Ia
be done il members at the quarterly
meeting did not feel satisfied with the
answers to the queries sent In by
their monthly meeting Some said
that the attendance was so proper
tionately small az the monthly meet
ing preparing the answers that Il
not easy to prepare answers repre-.
senting the sentiment Of all Eliza.
beth LLOYD said that although anyone
At tho questerly meeting should fee
free 10 express a concern about any
answer. yet the answer sent I'm should
not be changed changes were onl,