The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-02
PROPOSE WORLD CENSUS OF
MANNERS AND MORALS OF
EVERY RACE AND NATION
Interchurch World Movement Of North America Undertakes Ambi-
tiOus Program With Uphft of Humanity as objective-orgsn-
izatiOn From County to National and international Committees
Is Proposad.

survey. Ii the tabulaiion Of every kind
Of information about community
Institution In the cOuntry which VIII
he 81 value Ia a united human better
ment program Of all Christian forces.
The foreign survey Will dctermine
how Christian forces abroad can be
n. arHhnlled to the best advantage.
The county Is the unit OF study in
the home survey. Maps will be drawn
Of every American rural county.
showing the location Of every church.
school. railroad. road. grange, CLUB
farm house and social center. with the
range % Influence Of each churcn
carefully chartered 80 It viii be pos
siblc to see ~ a glance where there u
overlapping OF effort or entire lack
Of attention. The city surveys will
be ven more detailed.
A work Of such magnitude could
not be undertaken by any single de-
nomination and the interchurch
WOrin sao cement II the first agency
adequate for the task.
The benevolent and mission boards
have Lent their leading experts for
the undertaking. In addition eNper-
ienccd census directors. schoolgirls,
college professors and others active In
non-religious enterprises have been
enrolled The opportunity to make
original researches In many matters
not ouche by any governmental
studies has proved especially attract
tive 20 such men.
The practicahillty Of cooperative
work has already been demonstrated
In many foreign fields. Practically
the whole Of China, as an illustration,
has Aeon divided up into spheres Of
Influence apportioned TO the various
denominations.
The principal purpose Of the Inter
church census h. 10 ascertain the exact
nos .aN.aHHH HI. 49, MHNHamNnHHH alt
uation oi every part o. the world so
that an Intelligent cooperative pro-
gram can be made. The foreign sur
vey is In charge Of ralph a. Ward.
authority on china. the home survCy
ir under H. r. Diffendorfer; while
Fred T., liaEgard. Baptist leader, eN-
e%rciscs general supervision OF all the
work.
The United States has been divided
into ten districts. with regional head
quarters FOR each. Each state ~ as
signed 90 one 81 these districts. The
state has It's WI survey council con-
sisting Of a clergyman and a layman
from ,ac denomination. representa- q
tives from the state agricultural and
educational departments, the state
historian or archiye keeper and sim
liar forces.
The basic unit 10 the survey II the
county council. consisting OF from
two To four members. which oversees
collection Of data In the held. Where
ever possible local men will be used
In Investigation
The urban surveys together with
those of special problems. such as
those OF the Immigrant the foreign
language colony work anon ISOLATED
people such as those in the southern
mountains. work among negroes. etc.
will he handled hy special inycstignt-
mo bodies.
The rural surveys are under the
general direction Of Edmund de =
Z Drummer Of tho Moravian church, d
writer on rural matters. and Herman
y, Morse. OF the Presbyterian board
Of home missions,
As each survey reveals To each
county tho actual facts about relig'
ious conditions within It's w CON
fines 10 is believed that The counties
themH,lvrs Will work out programs al
INSTRUMENTATION cooperation ~
the local Held.
out %. such local programs. stat,
programs will DE formulated, Re.
rioual plans will grow from thes'
and national enterprises from the re-
gioual plans. Finally il Is expected
that from "a national viewpoint IL vii
Dee possible 10 answer such questions
us the responsibility OF the Who'll,
/ church lu Industrial matters, and to
wards such social problems AS Bul.
I Hhcyism and other causes ot worlt
unrest. once this responsibility IL dc
tcrmined. n viii take III fixed place
In the general program Tor the Chris
tianization of the entire world,