Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-07-02
SOCIAL SURVEY STARTED
,Appropriation Voted Tuesday
Work viii Begin at Once.
rro.cis IT. McLeap of New York VIII
supervise Survey of Charities
Ipusing survey VIII he Com
Quoted by Expert.

The committee on social survey met
Tuesday night and appropriated money
cient to cover the cost of the Survey Of
Housing Conditions which was authorized
by q full meeting OF the committee on
March II, 1914. A like appropriation was
voted to make a thorough investigation
of the charitable work carried on in Bur-
lington The Rev. f. G. Guthrie, acting
chairman. presided.
The following we're present: Mrs. j.
w. votey. Miss Amy Bingham, i, e.
Kimball, Prof. C. G. Groat, DR. r. w.
Sears, Dr. IT. S. Brown, II. II. Hagar.
w. j. Van Patten, Mayor j. f. Burke, G..
H. Horton, a. r. Clifford, the Rev. George
y Bliss
Mr. Guthrie opened the meeting with a
brief resume OF the action taken by the
committee TO date. He then introduced
lrrancis II. Mclean, general secretary Of
he American Association of Societies for
Organizing Charity, with headquarters in
New York city.
The meeting was attended by represen-
Ia uves of charity organizations of the
city as follows
Association for the Blind. Mrs. G. w.
Wa les: Visiting Nurse association, Miss
Elsa Brown and Miss Curtis; St Anne's
society, Mrs. w. j. Casey; Home for
Erie ndless Women. Superintendent (Mrs)
Howard; Howard Relief association Su-
perrin 1endent (Mrs.) Burritt; Cancer Re-
lief association, Mrs. c. L. Beebe; Neigh
borhcU I'D House, Mrs. A. B. Buell.
On the suggestion of Mr. Mclean 1t was
voted to ask these representatives to
serve rs members Of an advisory COM
mittee to confer with and assist him in
his wo rk of investigating of conditions
and terminating recommendations. 1t
was pl AIMED to enlarge this committee
through the addition of representatives
of other important societies
The survey Of charities will be made
under the personal supervision of Mr.
Mclean, who will spend several weeks in
the field himself.
In his address Mr.. Mclean emphasized
the need of a frequent examination of
philanthro pic organizations in order to
discover desired changes in methods Of
work or changes in social conditions. He
also emphn sized the advisability Of or
ganizing thu charitable societies in order
that their efforts might be properly CO.
ordnated duplication Of aid avoided, and
the Information secured by different as
sociations correlated It would be the
purpose OF the survey to secure informa-
ton which would enable the Investigator
10 suggest WAYS of gradually enlarging
and improving the work now In hand
The housing survey will be made by an
investigator, highly recommended by the
National Housing association New York
city,, who has made surveys In Grand
Rapids, Mich; Bridgeport. Conn; and
Mt. Vernon, n. Y, and other cities Work
in both fields VIII commence as soon as
final arrangements can be completed.
The finance CO nlmittee Oh. II. Hagar,
F. E. Kimball, treasurer, and Mrs. ]. w.
Votey) will begin at once. The work Of
collecting subscript ions and all who have
subscribed are urged to send checks at
once to the treasurer, F. f. Kimball.
The Rev. f. G. Guthrie resigned act
ing chairman of the committee on socia!
survey and Prof G. G. Groat was elected
as temporary chairman.
Arrangements We're made to have thor
ough publicity given to the work of the
survey through the press the social and
civic clubs of the city, the schools and
other organizations