The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-02
TEAMS ARE YET FAR
FROM THEIR GOAL
Sociological Congress Exhibit Closes
Here Tonight With Many Mem
berships Yet to Be Secured.
FINE WORK DONE HERE
City Awakened as Never Beborc to
Necessity for Improved Sanitation
and Better System of Prevention of
Diseases.

One hundred and fifty member
local executive committee of the
Southern Sociological Congress il the
congress convention is to come here
next May With two teams not re-
porting. team captains reported that
fifty memberships were secured yes
terday.
The object of bringing the congress
exhibit here was to develop a SYM
pathetic atmosphere which would
pave the way for bringing the 1917
congress convention to Richmond.
Expenses of the exhibit In Grays'
Armory and the convention will
amount TO fifteen hundred dollars.
The congress staff expects TO receive
many memberships by mail today.
These letters should be addressed to
J. E. Terrence. organization secretary.
Murphy's Hotel. In return for &C
tive m EN- bership. valuable literature Is
given for one year, Membership Is
as follows: Active, So; sustaining. $40;
extension, $25. and life. 500. Strenu-
Gus efforts will be put forth to Sc
cure at least ten life memberships in
this city.
In every city in which the congress
exhibit has shown two local chapters
have been organized. one for white
and one for colored social service
workers Two such bodies will be
committee is very enthusiastic and is
doing it's share to help defray the
congress expenses, realizing that Rich
mond has housed the most remark
able sociological exhibit in the coun-
try.
To Form Colored Chapter Tonight
Richmond Colored Chapter of the
Southern Sociological Congress Will be
formed tonight at $50 o'clock at a
meeting In Ebenezer Church. Thirty
team workers were present last night
when reports OF the membership cam
paign were received BY DR.. j. T. Nc
Culeeh, general secretary
Among members OF the white ex
ecutive committee present at a con-
ference with DIR. McCulloch and Mr..
Terrence yesterday afternoon were:
The Rev. DIR. Russell Bowie. rector
of st. Paul's ana president of the
Council OF Social Workers; Mrs. John
Murphy, Mrs. William A. Burrows,
president OF the Mothers Club; Mrs
J. Tyler Johson. president of the Wo-
mans Prohibition League of America
DR.. J. F. Dixon. Wortley Dickie and
others Team workers, though dis
courased at the first days progress.
pledged themselves 20 work all the
harder for memberships
The exhibit which closes tonight
ar 10 o'clock in Grays' Armory and
moves or 20 Charlotte, y. C.. showed
Richmond much IN the way OF health
conservation and disease prevention.
The Sociological Congress is aiming
to make the South happier and
healthier place in which 10 live. hop
ing to accom- plish this by having the
people improve sanitation in the
homes 1t believes that physicians
should he paid To prevent disease.
rather than cure il. and THAI the doc
trine OF health should be preached
from the pulpit, school. press and In
the homes.
today, headed by DR.. Russell Bowie
and Wortiev Dickie.
To Resionbie Efforts.
II Is with redoubled vigor that team
workers wifi set out TO work this
morning as they feel the congress
has done Richmond a public service
a service which should receive recog-
milton.
DIR, b W Brown spoke to one hun
oitu VI ihbfe tfeAscIs the SAfitplN
hall last night. dwelling at length on
the work and methods OF the United
States Public Health Service. His
address, which was both interesting
and instructive. was illustrated by
stereopticon slides. DIR. Brown told
his hearers that the people of this
country, especially those in the South
have no idea of the magnitude of the
public health work done by the Fed
eral authorities. This work Is grow
ing in Importance each year and the
recognition that has long been denied
II will give added impetus to this
branch OF the national government
the speaker declared.