The Washington herald., 1912-02-19
WILL HOLD CENSUS
OF MEN AND BOYS
1000 Volunteers to Canvass, Re-
gardless Of Race and
Greed.

washingtonlans OF every race and creed
have united TO carry out what is per-
haps the most ambitious undertaking in
the interest Of religion ever attempted in
this city-a house-to-house canvass for
obtaining accurate Information regarding
the church allegiance OF men and boys.
Next Sunday an army Of 1000 volun-
teers, recruited from white and colored
Catholic and Protestant churches and
from members Of the Jewish faith, VIII
make a systematic search for men and
boys with the object of finding what pro-
portions of the total number attend
church and Sunday school regularly. oc-
casionaIly, or not at all The central COM
mittee expects that the entire census Will
be completed between and o'clock
Yesterday 150o volunteers had already
enrolled, and the 500 needed to complete
the list will be registered within the next
few days, it Is believed. as q result of re-
quests made by pastors to their congre-
cations yesterday in more than 100
churches.
The central committee consists OF eight
Protestants, five Catholics, and one rep
resentative of the Jewish congregations.
Three Of the Protestants and one of the
Catholics are representatives Of the color
ed churches. Fred e. Croxton Is chair
man Of the committee, Judge William H.
De Lacy, first vice chairman, and DR..
l. B. Moore, Of Howard University, Soc
ond vice chairman. Frank Morrison, sec
retary OF the American Federation OF La
Dor, is one OF its members
The number Of questions to be asked
by the visitors in the course Of the can
vass has been reduced to the lowest pos
sible number. Cards have been prepared
with seven blanks, the first three Of
which are for the address. name, and
age OF the Individual for whom It is
filed out. The. fourth blank is left for
inserting the name Of the church. II any,
Of which the person is now a member,
with its denomination and location. The
name Of the church or Sunday school
now attended is TO be listed on the fifth
blank, and the sixth is left for the ex-
preston Of denomination preference.
The visitor will sign his name In the
remaining space.
volunteers from each church will meet
at the church or at some equally con-
venient place at or before 1:15 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Their territory VIII
be assigned by the local committeeman
for the church, and they will receive the
cards they will need. Homes from which
no response is obtained on Sunday aft
ernoon will be visited on the following
day or evening. Only persons who actually
sleep in a house are TO be included. A
card will be filed out for each man and
for each boy over fifteen years OF age.
The central committee has given in
structions to the visitors that whenever
doubt is expressed by q person in re-
gard to UNCONVENTIONAL preference, the
fnaI test Is generally the denomination
of the pastor for whom they would
send in case Of q funeral
The central committee consists, in ad-
dition to Mr.. Croxton, Judge De Lacy,
and DR.. Moore, Of Frank Morrison. sec
retary Of the American Federation of
Labor; U. o. Arner, John H. Doyle,
Thomas K. Gallaher, Walter W. Hus--
hand, John l. jackson, John H. Pellen,
william Radford, Rev. J. H. Randolph,
Rabbi Louis Stern. and Rev. D. z. Wise
man.