Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-25
WORkHOUSE CUEE
CLUB IN SACRED
CHURCH CONCERT
Continued from page i.

After introducing the giee club and
Mrs Haughey. the director, DIR. Hub
bard remarked that the services were
probably the first of the kind ever
held ia the United States.
Tho club splendidly sang Saviour
With Me" and Swing Low Sweet
Chariot"
While DR.. Hubbard was pronounce
ing tho invocation. the prisoners bowed
their heads and put hands TO eyes.
DIR. Hubbard invoked Gods blessing on
these men. on the convicts at Green
bank and their families and on the
workhouse trustees. He commended
The workhouse officials for building up
human life and character and prayed
that all the people in the State might
b. stirred TO interest and sympathy
lie also invoked a blessing on Mrs
Hsughey and the Community Service
which she represents.
After the club had sung silent
Night" Dr. Hubbard evoked applause
by making the following statement:
1T Is not necessary for me to say
that I heartily agree with the action
Of Warden Plummer and the board of
trustees of the New Castle county
Workhouse in bringing TO ST. Paul's
Church the giee club. composed en-
firely Of prisoners. / know that this
j. an unprecedented thing. but it must
he remembered that St. PauFs Church
~ given 10 smashing precedents and
so too, thank God. is the present
management OF the workhouse.
There is some opposition to the
present method of conducting the
workhouse. That opposition is largely
due to ignorance. upon the part Of
those opposed of what is being done
there.
.The purpose of this visit tonight
h 10 show great congregation just
what is being attempted. and when
they know the people will be in hearty
sympathy. The trustees and warden
of the workhouse are not. as some sup
pose. soft hearted and soft headed
scnfimentalists.s On the contrary. they
are keen. hard headed business and
Professional men who realize that it is
far better TO treat a convicted Grim
inal in such way as to send him out
into the world, upon the completion Of
his sentence, a friend TO society, to be-
come a useful citizen. than it is TO SO
treat him as to send him out more
degraded and more an enemy OF society
than when he came in
This meeting tonight is to say to
AL the citizens of Delaware look. see
what we are doing We are taking
the criminal. saying TO him you are
here for punishment, you must bear
IL. but while you are paying the pen
sits for breaking the law we. wi o
represent the people, want you to
know that you can go back into society
at the end of your sentence and be-
corne a good, trusted citizen. While
you obey the rules we will trust YOU
and put within your reach every op-
portunify compatible with your sur
roundings to remake yorr life moral
ly. physically and spiritually We are
your friends. we win help you to MAKE
men OF yourselves All men will not
avail themselves of this opportunity.
hut II a fair percentage will and
Warden Plumnier and the trustees
can send them back into their homes
good men and good citizens they are
doing a Christ like work for the men
themselves and placing the State un-
der vast obligation TO them, for the
State has no more valuable asset than
q man even though he be a rernade
man.
Warden Piummer and the trustees
of the workhouse should have the