The Eleventh Annual Convention of the Religious Education Association ADVANCE PROGRAM No. 3 Reprinted from Religious Education, February, 1914 New Haven, Conn. March 4-8, 1914 Theme: Education and Social Life" The threefold purpose of the Religious Education Association is: to inspire the educational forces of our country with the religious ideal; to inspire the religious forces of our country with the educational ideal; and to keep before the public mind the ideal of religious education, and the sense of its need and value. INFORMATION With a few exceptions the meetings will be held in the build¬ ings of Yale University; the day sessions in Lampson Lyceum, the night sessions in Woolsey Hall. The program is divided into three parts: I. Popular Evening Sessions, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8 p. m. and Sunday afternoon at 2.30 p. M. ; all in Woolsey Hall. 11. The Conference Program, mornings and afternoons of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, on the topic “The Rela¬ tion of Higher Education to the Social Order;” meeting in Lampson Lyceum. III. A Program on Sunday Schools, with public sessions Wednes¬ day night at Center Church, and on Saturday morning and afternoon; and with sessions for all workers in Sunday schools at the Hotel Taft on Wednesday morning and afternoon, together with annual meetings of the depart¬ ments. THE exhibit. An exhibit of unusual interest showing modern methods of work will be installed in the new Public Library. The Library exhibit will be in the Yale University Library. HOTEL HEADQUARTERS. At the Hotel Taft opposite the New Haven Green; make reser¬ vations early. HOTEL TAFT. (The Headquarters of the Convention.) Accommodate 400—Single rooms $1.50 per day; double, with 2 beds, $2. Single rooms with bath $2 per day and up. Double room with two beds $3 and up. European Plan. HOTEL BISHOP. Twenty rooms—$2 per day for each room, one person. $3 per day for each room with two persons. Double beds. European Plan. 3 4 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION HOTEL DUNCAN. Can accommodate 75—On the European plan $1.50 per day for each room and on the American plan $3 for each person. All rooms have baths and double beds. HOTEL DAVENPORT. Accommodate 70 persons—Single or double beds. One person $1.50 per day; two persons $2. European Plan. The Y. M. C. A. will accommodate 15 or 20. I. THE POPULAR GENERAL SESSIONS Thursday, March 5th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall. Speakers. Arthur Tzvining Hadley, LL.D., President of Yale University. Charles F. Thzving, LL.D., President of Western Reserve Univer¬ sity and President of the Religious Education Association. Friday, March 6th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall. Speakers. A. Gaudier, D.D., LL.D., President Knox College, Toronto, Canada. Samuel C. Mitchell, LL.D., President Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va. Theme, “education in relation to women and the home."” Saturday, March 7th, 4:30 P. M. PUBLIC RECEPTION. Memorial Hall. Saturday, March 7th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall. Speakers. Charles S. Whitman, District Attorney, County of Nezv York, Nezv York City. ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 5 Hon. P. P. Claxton, Ph.D., U. S. Commissioner of Education, W ashing ton, D. C. Joseph R. Szvain, LL.D., President of the N. E, A. and President of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. His Excellency Simeon Baldwin, LL.D., Governor of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn. Theme, “making social citizens.” Sunday, March 8th, 2:30 P. M. WooLSEY Hall. John R. Mott, LL.D., on “religious life at college.” Samuel A. Eliot, D.D., President American Unitarian Association on “the church.and the college.” Sunday, March 8th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Ph.D., Free Synagogue, New York. William H. P. Faunce, LL.D., President Brown University, Providence, R. I. William^ Howard Taft, LL.D., Ex-President The United States. 11. THE CONFERENCE ON “THE RELATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE SOCIAL ORDER,” ARRANGED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THE PROGRAM FIRST SESSION. Thursday, March 5th, 9:30 A. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale University. I. EDUCATION AND SOCIETY. The fundamental social characteristics which may be developed by education. Mary E. Woolley, LL.D., President Mt. Holyoke College, Mass. II. COLLEGE LIFE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. I. From what classes of the population are the students drawn? Changes in the cost of education to the student, and social effects of these changes. 6 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION William B. Bailey, Assistant Professor Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 2. The socializing value of fraternity life. William DeWitt Hyde, LL.D., President Bowdoin Col¬ lege, Brunswick, Me. 3. The moral status of college students. James Rowland Angell, A.M., Dean of University Facul¬ ty, University of Chicago. 4. The place and influence of athletics. Albion W. Small, Ph.D., LL.D., Dean, The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Chi¬ cago, Chicago, III. Discussion. Annual business meeting of the Council. SECOND SESSION. Thursday, March 5th, 2:00 P. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale University. II. COLLEGE LIFE AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. 1. The educational effect of conditions under which students live —^housing, grouping, the “atmosphere,” etc. To what extent do these conditions prepare the student for life in a demo¬ cratic society? Edward E. Slosson, Ph.D., Managing Editor ''The Inde¬ pendent,” New York City. 2. Successes and failures of self-government and the relation of self-government to efficient citizenship. Alexander Meiklejohn, Ph.D., LED., President Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. 3. The extent to which college graduates are now engaged in social service: (a) voluntaiy; (b) professional; and the ex¬ tent to which college life and work influenced them in the direction of such work. (a) On voluntary service. D. J. Fleming, M. A., Lahore, India. (b) On professional service. A. M. Trawick, Student Department, International Y. M. C. A. 4. Effects of the higher education of women upon health, the family and economic status of graduates. Miss Laura Drake Gill, D.C.L., University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; Ex-President Collegiate Alumnae Association. ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 7 5. Is it possible to arrive at standards by which to determine the selection of those who for the sake of society should receive higher education? Edwin A. Kirkpatrick, Professor State Normal School, Fitchburg, Mass. Discussion. THIRD SESSION. Thursday, March 5th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall^ Yale University. III. EDUCATION AND THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. \Vhat do the social changes in American life demand of higher education ? Arthur Twining Hadley, LL.D., President Yale Univer¬ sity. The American college since the Civil War. Charles F. Thwing, LF.D., President Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O. FOURTH SESSION. Friday, March 6th, 9:30 A. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale University. IV. COLLEGE STUDIES AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. 1. Changes in the requirements for graduation already brought about by the newer social ideals. Changes in the range of electives thus brought about. P. P. Claxton, Ph.D., United States Commissioner of Education, Washington, D. C. 2. To what extent do the subjects pursued during the four years show a tendency toward a social focus? An investigation of student programs in one college. Albert B. Wolfe, Ph.D., Professor Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. 3. The social focus in the studies of collegians. Elmer E. Brown, LL.D., Chancellor New York Univer¬ sity. 4. To what extent do social ideals control occupational studies? Frank T. Carlton, Ph.D., Professor Albion College, Albion, Mich. 5. The relation of college study of ethics to the character of students. Lyman P. Powell, President Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. 8 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 6. Special courses on social living for freshmen. Bernard Ewer, Professor Reed College, Portland, Ore. Discussion. Annual business meeting of the Council (2d session). FIFTH SESSION. Friday, March 6th, 2:00 P. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale University. COLLEGE STUDIES AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. 1. The socialization of the college curriculum. Laenas G. Weld, AM., Principal Pullman Free School of Manual Training, Pullman, 111 . (Formerly Dean, University of Iowa.) 2. Moral influence of the curriculum. George B. Cfitten, Ph.D., President Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 3. The teaching of ethics in high schools and colleges for purposes of social training. James H. Tufts, Professor The University of Chicago, Chicago, III. V. PREPARING STUDENTS FOR SOCIAL LIVING. 1. What actual policies (oflicially) exist with respect tO' the prepa¬ ration of students for civic life, church life and family life? Miss Laura H. Wild, Professor Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio. 2. Possible lines of apprenticeship in social service during college life. Richard H. Edwards, M.A., Student Secretary The Inter¬ national Y. M. C. A., New York. 3. College tests to aid in vocational direction. James E. Lough, Ph.D., Secretary School of Pedagogy, New York University, New York City. Discussion. The need and scope of an adequate university school of religion. Anson Phelps Stokes, A.M., D.D., Secretary of Yale University, New Haven, Conn. SIXTH SESSION. Friday, March 6th, 7:45 P. M. WooLSEY Hall, Yale University. VI. EDUCATION IN RELATION TO WOMEN AND THE HOME. A. Gandier, D.D., President Kno.v College, Toronto, Canada. ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 9 Samuel C. Mitchell, LL.D., President Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. SEVENTH SESSION. Saturday, March 7th, 9:00 A. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale Univeesity. Annual business meeting of the R. E. A. EIGHTH SESSION. Saturday, March 7th, 10:30 A. M. Lampson Lyceum, Yale University. VII. COLLEGE ORGANIZATION AND THE SOCIAL ORDER. 1. What do college budgets show as to the purposes of the col¬ leges ? Kendrick C. Babcock, Ph.D., Dean The University of Illinois, Urhana, 111 . Charles W. Williams, A.M., Executive Secretary Fed¬ eration for Philanthropy, Cleveland, 0 . (Formerly Assistant to the President of Oberlin College.) 2. To what extent does college government approach the ideals of democratic society? Edwin D. Starbuck, Ph.D., Professor The University of Iowa, Iowa City, lozm. 3. To what extent is democracy realized in college administration and in faculty circles? /. McKeen Cattell, Ph.D., LL.D., Dean Columbia Uni¬ versity, New York City. 4. The economic condition of instructors, assistant professors and professors. John lames Stevenson, LL.D., Professor Emeritus New York University. 5. The tenure of office of members of faculties. James H. Kirkland, Ph.D., D.C.L., Chancellor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. NINTH SESSION. Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 P. M. VIII. THE COLLEGE IN RELATION TO CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL CHARACTER. I. Positive university influence on modem municipal affairs and civic life. lO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Jeremiah W. Jenks, Ph.D., Professor New York Univer¬ sity, New York City. 2. The influence of the schools of applied science on preparation for citizenship. Charles Sumner Howe, Ph.D., President Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. 3. The relation of professional training to citizenship and social character. William Macdonald, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor Brown University, Providence, R. I. 4:30 P. M.—PUBLIC RECEPTION. Memorial Hall, Yale University. TENTH SESSION. Saturday, March 7th, 7:45 P. M. Woolsey Hall, Yale University. X. MAKING SOCIAL CITIZENS. Charles S. Whitman, District Attorney, County of New York, New York City. Hon. P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Washing¬ ton, D. C. Joseph R. Swain, LL.D., President of the N. E. A. and President of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. His Excellency Simeon Baldwin, LL.D., Governor of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn. ELEVENTH SESSION. Sunday, March 8th, 2:30 P. M. Woolsey Hall, Yale University. XI. COLLEGE AND THE CHURCH. I. The actual influence of existing religious agencies in the col¬ lege. John R. Mott, LL.D., General Secretary World's Student Christian Federation, New York City. Samuel A. Eliot, D.D., President American Unitarian As¬ sociation. ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION II TWELFTH SESSION, Sunday, March 8th, 7:45 P. M. XII. THE COLLEGE AND THE NEW SOCIAL ORDER. Stephen S. Wise, Ph.D., Rabbi, Free Synagogue_ of New York. William H. P. Faiince, LL.D., President Brozvn Univer¬ sity, Providence, R. L William Howard Taft, LL.D., Ex-President The United States. OTHER AND PARALLEL SESSIONS. III. PROGRAM ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SUNDAY SCHOOLS. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. (Open to all members of R. E. A. and to professional workers in Sunday Schools.) Wednesday, March 4th, 9:30 A. M., 12:30 to 2:30 P. M. Public Sessions. At the Hotel Taft. Topics— Departmental Reorganization of Graded S. S» Expressional Activities. Curriculum and Conduct. Plans for the Department. Wednesday, March 4th, 8:00 P. M. At Center Church. THE EDUCATIONAL IDEAL IN THE CHURCH. Saturday, March 7th, 10:30 A. M. At Center Church. A series of papers with discussion on Worship in the Sunday School. Saturday, March 7th, 2:00 P. M. Papers and discussion on Getting Results in the Modern Graded Sunday School Using Graded Lessons. City Institutes. 12 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TEACHERS OF BIBLE IN COLLEGES. Thursday, March 8th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Paper—“What are the Important Problems in Our Field and How May this Department Help to Meet Them ?” Frank K. Sanders, Ph.D., President Washburn College, Topeka, Kan, Plans of Work and Election of Officers. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES. Friday, March 6th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Annual business meeting. Paper—“Present Problems in Our Field and Possibilities of this De¬ partment.” Theodore G. Soares, Ph.D., D.D., Professor The Uni¬ versity of Chicago, CHURCHES AND PASTORS. Friday, March 6th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Annual business meeting. Paper—“Plans and Possibilities of this Department at Buffalo in 1915" Rev. Carl D. Case, Ph.D., Buffalo, N. Y. “directors of religious education.” Saturday, March 7th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Annual meeting. Program:: SOCIAL SERVICE. Saturday, March 7th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Annual meeting. Paper—“Problems of the Field and Possibilities of the Department.” Samuel Z. Batten, D.D., Social Service Secretary of the Northern Baptist Convention. HOMES. Friday, March 6th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. Annual meeting. Plans of Work for the Department. CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. Thursday, March 5th, 12:30 Noon, at Luncheon. “The Field of this Department’s Work.” Annual business meeting. JOINT MEETING OF DENOMINATIONAL COMMISSIONS ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. Saturday, March 7th, 10:30 A. M.