The Washington herald., 1913-07-26
put CLERGY at Head.

With 500 delegates, large local attend
arfce. and an enthusiastic response. the
fortieth National Conference of Charities
and Correction. which met at Seattle
July SIP, decided to meet next year at
Memphis. probably early in May. The
new officers are DR.. Graham Taylor, pres
ident: Mrs. John NJ. Glenn. DR.. A. ]. Nc
Kelway, and w. A. Gates, vice presi-
dents: William T. Cross. secretary; DIR.
Lewis Merriam. assistant secretary. DR..
Merriam Is q Washington man and re-
cording secretary OF the Monday Evening
Club. He was one Of the essayists on the
conference program.
Prof. Taylor, after q pastorate In q
downtown Congregational church Of
Hartford. Conn, where he was also pro-
fessor of practical theology in Hartford
Theological Seminary, accepted the pro-
fessorship Of social economics in the Chi
cago Theological Seminary In 1882. To
give his students touch with the life Of
working people he founded Chicago Com
mons, "a social center for civic co-opera-
ton" in a river ward. This settlement
soon assumed wider significance and q
larger part in the civic life Of the city.
and from 1t has grown the Chicago
School of Civics and Philanthropy. Of
which Prof. Taylor has been prominent
since its organization.
To the social awakening Of the last
decade or two he has contributed much
through his writings. and his country
wide activity as a speaker. He was edi-
tor of the Commons prior to its CONSOLE
dation with the Charities. and Is now
associate editor of the Survey. His eff
forts to promote the social spirit In the
churches have been especially notewor-
thy. Among his more important contri-
htr IN u the SPrieR on
Religion in Social Action"
In the industrial field he has shown
sympathetic understanding Of the prob
lens and his important services as con-
ciliator or arbitrator in labor disputes
testify to the confidence which both sides.
as well as the public, have in him.
Mrs. Glenn is chairman of the commit
tee on cooperation and districts of the
New York Charity Organization Society
and Is identified actively in other impor-
tant ways with the work of the society.
She was formerly secretary of the Balti-
more Charity Organization Society, and.
as Mary Wilcox Brown. wrote a book on
"The Development of Thrift
Dr. McEelway is Southern secretary Of
the National Child Labor Committee
with headquarters here in Washington.
He was formerly pastor OF Presbyterian
church in Fayetteville, n. c., and later
editor of the Presbyterian standard and
of the Charlotte( n. CO Daily News.
Social Center Week.
Beginning last Sunday Social Center
Week" was observed at Chautauqua.
n. Y. THE Children's Bureau" was
the subject of Miss Julia Lathrop. head
of the Federal Children's Bureau; THE
Cradle and the Nation" was discussed
by Albert E. wiggam- Of North Vernon.
Ind: THE Social Center as a Corrective
of the Newspaper" by Livy S. Richard.
of Cleveland; What Is the Use Of a
Social CenterT' an address by Herbert
Quick, of Omaha, editor Of Farm Maya
zine.
Frank P. Walsh. chairman Of the COM
mittee on social centers. Democratic ma
tionaI committee. 1872. presented The
Political Aspect of the Social Center.
The Schoolhouse as Social Center
was the topic OF Mrs. Josephine Preston,
superintendent Of public instruction Of
the State OF Washington. Lectures were