New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
MEN AND RELIGION
Different Methods for Different
Cities.


of the Men and Religion Forward Move
mont. In tho city of Churches only thirty
! eight of tho S5i English-spcaklng congrega-
tlons failed TO respond 10 the invitation to
join in the active campaign. Tho eight-day
| climax Of each campaign conducted by the
/ Men and Religion Forward Movement
/ brings its own individual results, since TINS
movement. which Dr. Edward I. DoVine
/ has pronounced stronger than any other
social movement ever promoted IN N'n'fl-
can churches, goes about its work In very
different manner from the old style revival
The plan Of action is not a cut-and-drled
! affair, to be applied TO every ono Of the
ninety selected cities I'm turn. with the hope
! that 1t may tit somewhere. The first step
! IN getting ready for each locality has been
! some kind Of local survey 10 determine the
! greatest needs Of the individual community.
| The prescription is not sort of patent
I crIro-an, hut is decided upon only after
! careful diagnosis in each case.
| After the series Of special meetings which
mark the last week of the campaign in
/ city the working programme for the future
/ is summed up and Sc, forth in pamphlet
|
or these after the temporary agitation has
subsidcd, is. after all. tho tcst of success
or failure, since. TO quote from The Pro-
sramme Of Work." issued from tn" ua-
tional hcadduartors IN New York city.
Final Judgment is To bc upon what stays
as q permanent working curriculum and
not upon IN" szo of tho various meetings
I and conference"
] Among those special plans adopted hy tha
/ various cities there ia much variety. though
some "f tho suggested Improvements are
emphasized unanimously.
/ I'm Providence ~" n"sd NJ central build
ing to serve a. headquarters Of the various
co-ordiuatod and associated charities was
sct forth and special work planned for
, YOUNG boys.
! The appointment ~ vico commission
. was recommended I'm a number Of cities.
! including Boston. Baltimore aud Phladel-
! phia. and in Boston = special inquiry is 10
+ 3D." mad" into 'h" causes FOR Nh" arrest OF
20 great q number Of boys under twenty
. years. y sympathetic study Of the labor
| problem is also urged in connection with
! the report Of tho Massachusetts Minimum
! Waao Commission, and the advsabilty IS
! suggested OF special industrial education
] for tn" children of workers.
! Baltimore advocates wider use ~ the
public schools a. ncighborhood centres. the
tenElgiu- Of a social service expert 10 pro-
sent some adequate plan for the rocrca-
tionM lr" Of tho city. ton-hour law for
women iu industry. law demanding ono
da~'s rest i'm .sov"u in all industries. better
housing and sanitary Inspection licenses
for now eboys. improved method of record
Ing vital statistics and special survey OF
th" negro population.
I'm Philadelphia emphasis is laid upon tho
need of q municipal lodging house. popular
lecture courses IN the public schools. more
industrial education I'm the public schools
and the uced for deputy probation officers
for adults, such officers 20 serve without
salary.
Concerning tho campaign IN Nashville.
J. T. McCulloch. general chairman of the
social service committee. SAYS: The cam.
paIgu Of tho Men and Religion Forward
| Movement here was not altogether sa'isfac-
tory from tho social service point 81 vlew.
largely hocaus" tho chairman of tho social
scryic" committee was not appointed for
several weeks after tho movement was
started. and consequently there was not
~lII'''N' iui' 10 lUAh" 'NH necessary IN
vest cation preceding the cight-day cam
palEu." Uc states further that since then
tho committee has been rcorEanized and
.hairmou for tho various departments en-
listed y no are splondidlv qualified
Last year Francis - Mclean. then VI the
Russell Sage Foundation conducted an In
,ostigltiou I'm Nashville and his subsequent
recommendations called for tho organiza-
ton of central council uf charities
This was organized. bat never held
a meeting after Mr. Mclean left tho
city. Mr. Mc'uloch saws IL Is now dead
and buried but tho roorganized team Of
committee charmen Ia follow mp tho cam
raigu oC the Men and Religion Forward
Movement mas undertaken to yitaliZr this
schcmc and carry out as far as feasible
tho recommendations made by tho Russell
Sage Investigation.
In Detroit it was proposed 70 Offer tho
public school houses 10 the labor unions as
places OF meeting so as to keep them from
tho saloons Recommendations were also
mad" FOR education in Sex hygiene.
Almost every city urged special study or
the liquor problem from an economic view
point and an Investigation into the high
cost of living.
The Rev. Charles Stclzle, Of New York.
who served as social service expert on the
team conducting the campaign in Atlanta
made the following suggestion at a business
mems luuchcon: Alongside the name Of
the madam Of every house Of III fame in
atlanta should appear the name of the
owner Of the house. As copartners both
sharing In the profits each partners name
IcG tp he II
The report Of the Social Service Commit
tee for Rochester paid special attention TO
the white slave" traffic. but expressed the
belief that the appointment Of a vice com
mission now would he premature. The re-
port lndorscs the recommendations made
by the Chicago and Minneapolis vice
commissions that attempts be made to
annihilatc the evil rather than 10 reg
ulate II by license and municipal control.
The suggestion is made that the chairman
of each church social service committee in
Rochester lon a. once the American So
cicty Of Sanitary and Moral Prophy ylaXis.
and tho report adds: There is nothing
against this society except its name. II It
had been called the Society for the Sup
preston Of the Social Evil one might re-
member its name.
! An effort VIII he made To regain the labor
ing mems interest in the churches by club
meetings ior the discussion Of problems
Involving capital and labor. the speakers
! tJ be- representative of both sides. II is
urged that more ministers should affiliate
with the central body of the labor organi-
cations.
Rochester is to have "A committee on the
housing problem in connection with the
Chamber OF Commerce. and eventually II
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