Thk University Bulletins FIFTEENTH SKIIS: No. 2 — PART PAM. ME>. Mil#. University of Pennsylvania (Hljurrh Work conducted by the (Christian Association Required Chapel Re-established Denominational Church Representatives Fraternity Bible Classes “Billy” Sunday at the University The University Settlement oE Philadelphia The University Summer Camp Religious Teams in Near-by Towns University Medical Work in China Pennsylvania Foreign Missionaries Foreign Students at Pennsylvania "More things are wrought by prayer than the world dreams of. ''—Tennyson PHILADELPHIA Published by the University December, 1914— Bi-monthly Entered at the Philadelphia , Pa., Post-Oflice as Second-Class Matter Christian Association Officers, 1914-1915 President, J. C. Patterson, ’15 M. E. Vice-Presidents, Medical Dental Law Veterinary Graduate Wharton Arts Architecture Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemistry Electrical Engineering A. J. Goodwin, ’15 P. B. Camp, ’16 J. J. Guenther, ’15 J. A. Webb, ’15 C. E. Sweitzer R. H. Wallace, Jr., ’15 Henry Lewis, Jr-, ’15 G. M. Lewis, ’16 O. Shoemaker, ’15 ,C. R. Hughes, ’15 J. P. E. Price, ’15 ,W. R. Maull, ’15 General Bible Study and Presbyterian Episcopal Fraternities Social Service Foreign Students Methodist Business and Lutheran Baptist Foreign Missions Settlement Headworker Secretaries. T. S. Evans M. W. Lampe, Ph.D. Henry Lewis, Jr. R. H. Wallace, Jr. Dana G. How A. W. Stevenson O. S. Duffield and J. C. Patterson P. L. Schwekt S. P. Davies W. H. Tefferys, M.D Helen S. Knowles Board of Directors, Term expiring in Spring of 1915. Mr. Edward C. Wood Mr. Henry H. Bonnell Rev. Oliver Huckel, S.T.D. Dr. Howard K. Hill Mr. Charles S. Walton Mr. George Wharton Pepper Mr. T. C. Hunter Term expiring in Spring of 1916. Mr. Howard W. Page Provost E. F. Smith, Sc.D., LL.D. Mr. Samuel F. Houston Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins, S.T.D. Mr. Shippen Lewis Mr. Thomas L. Latta Mr. Benj. West Frazier, Treasurer. Term expiring in Spring of 1917. Mr. Marshall S. Morgan, Chairman Mr. Walter H. Thomas Mr. Paul Thompson Rev. George D. Adams, D.D. Rev. Joseph W. Cochran, D.D. Mr. Henry H. Collins, Jr. Mr. Frank M. Riter Address, Howard Houston Hall West Philadelphia, Pa. PENNSYLVANIA AT EACLESMERE R ELIGIOUS activities among the students of a great American University have certain more or less unique features, but funda- damentally they are the same in essence as the work of the Chris- tian Church in any other field. The majority of the young men and young women who attend these Universities are already members of the Church in some one of its various divisions. Worship, thought, moral standards and service are characteristics of student Christian life, as well as of other forms of Church work among young men or young women. This publication is an effort to compile the facts of a year at the University of Pennsylvania, together with conclusions and suggestions based on these statistics and upon a wealth of experience secured at Inter- collegiate Conferences from other institutions around the world. All student Christian work is Church work, whether it bears a de- nomination label and is carried on in a church building or whether it bears some union name and is conducted in University buildings or in a special Chapel — the workers are Churchmen, the funds come from Church people and the final organization back of it all is the Church in many or all of its divisions. Isolated University Chapel exercises, which do not have some vital relationship with the Church are more and more of a problem to the University authorities or to the student organizations which are responsi- ble for them. The Lord Jesus Christ seems to have planted a vital organism when He established the Christian Church, nor has there arisen as yet any sub- stitute which promises permanent spiritual vitality. All of the activities, therefore, described on the following pages, whether they be in the Churches, in the University buildings, at the Set- tlement, in Camp or in Asia, are understood to be the work of Jesus Christ and His Church, expressed through His representatives, assembled for purposes of unity under the general name of the Christian Asso- ciation. PROVOST EDGAR F. SMITH, SC.D., LL.D. THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE RELIGIOUS WORK 01 THE UNIVERSITY Chapel Chapel exercises at Pennsylvania are as old as the institution. The Provost and Vice-Provost enthusiastically support the required position with respect to a daily religious exercise. During this past year the Chapel Committee of the Christian Asso- ciation, under the leadership of R. M. Marshall, ’14 C, circulated the fol- lowing petition, which was signed by a majority of the leading under- graduates : “Whereas, The undersigned undergraduates of the University of Penn- sylvania feel the need of Compulsory Chapel at least twice each week in order to develop the religious life of the students and to deepen Pennsylvania spirit, “ Therefore be it resolved. That we herewith petition the Provost to have the roster of each class so arranged that the members thereof may be required to attend Chapel at twelve o’clock one day each week, as follows : Mondays, Freshmen; Tuesdays, Sophomores; Wednesdays, Juniors; Thursdays, Seniors, and Fridays, a general convocation of the entire college. “Be it further resolved. That students of faiths which conflict with this plan shall be excused from attendance, and that the above ruling shall per- tain only to the College, Wharton School and Towne Scientific School students.” The Dental students also signed the following petition: “We, the Dental Students of the University of Pennsylvania, herewith petition the Provost of the University to arrange for a required Chapel Service, to be held in the Dental Building once each week, beginning with the next Academic year, it being understood that no student will be expected to attend who has conscientious scruples against this sort of religious exercise.” REQUIRED CHAPEL RE-ESTABLISHED Provost Smith and the Religious Committee of the Board of Trus- tees have responded favorably to these petitions, and have incorporated Daily Chapel as a regular required University exercise. This means that attendance upon Chapel for the College, Towne Scientific, Wharton and Dental Schools is required, unless the individual student is personally excused by the Provost. This places many of the students under the direct influence of the head of the institution. The Christian Association continues to arrange the details of the Chapel exercises, including the program, music and other executive matters. No greater influence could be set in motion within the University community than the assembly of each class and of the entire University once a week in the Gymnasium at high noon, under the inspiring leader- ship of the Provost, who always conducts the devotional exercises. All spirit descends from above, and is awakened in human hearts through contact with the Infinite, and “University Spirit” is no exception to this rule. Henceforth, “Pennsylvania Spirit” will be a greater force and will have its rise in the weekly Chapel exercises. This Chapel arrangement seems to be a happy experiment in a very perplexing field of student religious work. No educational institution in a Christian land can afford to ignore the devotional element in its formal institutional life, while on the other hand no devotional exercise can succeed without the voluntary element of student initiative. A BILLY SUNDAY MEETING EXPERIENCE WITH VOLUNTARY CHAPEL During the last college generation the University authorities relaxed the strict enforcement of the required Chapel rule. During the past year voluntary Chapel was held in Houston Hall each weekday morning from 8.30 to 8.50 o’clock until March 1, 1914. The average attendance for this period was 51 daily. From March 1 to June 1 the hour was changed to 12 o’clock daily, except Saturday, and the average attendance was 41 daily. The leaders of Chapel during the year were members of the Faculty, ministers and other Christian workers. The order of exercises was : Opening Hymn. Scripture and ten-minute address. Quartette or Solo. Student Announcements. Prayer and Benediction. 4 SUNDAY MORNING CHAPEL This exercise is of comparatively recent origin at Pennsylvania, and supplies a need for general religious worship under the direct auspices of the University itself. This service is voluntary and is approved by the city Churches and ministers as providing a means of reaching students who will not attend the city Churches. The speakers last year were as follows : Sept. 28 — Prof. J. M. MacFarlane, Ph. D., LL. D. Oct. 5 — Mr. George Irving. Oct. 12 — Mr. Charles Stelzle. Oct. 19 — Robert E. Speer, D. D. Oct. 26 — Rt. Rev. William A. Guerry, D. D., LL. D. Nov. 2 — Mr. G. Sherwood Eddy. Nov. 9 — Prof. Isaac T. Headland, Ph. D. Nov. 16— Wilfred T. Grenfell, M. D. Nov. 23 — Prof. Norman E. Richardson, Ph. D. Dec. 7 — Rev. Francis E. Higgins. Dec. 14 — Rev. J. W. Cochran, D. D. 1914 Jan. 11 — W. D. Weatherford, Ph. D. Jan. 18 — Rev. John McDowell. Jan. 25— Rev. Wm. C. Richardson, S. T. D. Feb. 1 — Arthur Holmes, Ph. D. Feb. 8 — Mr. Dan Crawford. Feb. 15 — Rev. G. A. Johnston Ross. Feb. 22 — Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D Mar. 1 — Mr. Arthur Rugh. Mar. 8 — Mr. A. C. Harte. Mar. 15— Mr. Abram E. Cory. Mar. 22 — Rev. Oliver Huckel, S. T. D. Mar. 29 — Rev. Wilford S. Robbins, D. D. Apr. 5 — Rev. Hugh Black, D. D. Apr. 26 — Prof. Edward A. Steiner, Ph. D. May 3 — Bishop Francis J. McConnell, D. D. May 10 — Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins, S. T. D. May 17 — Rev. J. C. Robbins. May 24 — Wm. H. Jefferys, M. D. May 31 — J. R. Hart and D. S. Hanchett. The average attendance was 298. The music was in charge of Mr. W. O. Miller, with quartette and organist, as follows : First Tenor Dr. M. J. Lick. Second Tenor R. G. Morris, ’14 D. First Base W. O. Miller. Second Base ,E. L. Clemens, ’17 M. Assistants .T. S. Martin, R. H. Haskins, C. A. Bahney. Organists Dr. H. A. Clarke, W. B. Tourtelotte, Dr. G. D. Hadzits, H. D. Birchard, L. W. Joy. A UNITED CHURCH BUILDING OR CHAPEL There are two methods which the Church may use in reaching its own students within a University for public worship — one is to secure the attendance of students upon the regular Church exercises in the Church buildings of the city ; another is to erect a united Church building on the Campus of the University and conduct religious exercises in this central building according to the various forms of worship. Both of these methods have positive and self-evident advantages. The first provides normal Church life for the students who attend, while the second gets more students by carrying religion into their own com- munity. The best plan would seem to be a combination of both methods by making the local city Churches the centre and ultimate goal of public worship, while the united Church building or Chapel would attract the half-interested Church member and capture the non-Christian student for Christianity and the Church. At Pennsylvania this method means a united service on Sunday mornings, with a special effort to get the students to the city Churches on Sunday evenings. SCENE AT UNIVERSITY CAMP 6 OFFICE OF THE PROVOST November 1st, 1914. The greatest present religious need of the University of Pennsylvania is a Chapel building which would ac- commodate the entire student body and would provide an adequate center for Church activities within the Univer- sity under the executive management of the Christian Association. Such a building would conserve the wonderful unity which now exists in all depart- ments of the religious and social work of the University. ( S igned ) 7 Religious Statistics of the University of Pennsylvania 1913-1914 The following figures are compiled from the matriculation blanks and are a comparatively complete record for the present Junior, Sopho- more and Freshman classes which have entered the University since this plan has been in force. The evening school, extension schools and certain graduate courses are necessarily omitted. Denomination Total Church Members Per cent Presbyterian 447 366 13 Episcopal 431 344 12 Roman Catholic 390 359 11 Methodist 377 273 11 Hebrew 310 172 9 Lutheran 189 152 5 Baptist 180 114 5 Reformed 80 67 2 Christian 78 54 2 Friends 27 18 Christian Science 20 3 Unitarian 13 4 Universalist 8 1 Anglican 8 8 Swedenborgian 4 United Brethren 7 4 Reformed Episcopal 6 4 Disciples of Christ 6 6 Moravian 5 5 United Evangelical 5 5 Latter Day Saints 4 4 Greek Catholic 2 n Free Thought 2 0 Hindu 2 2 Ethical Culture 1 0 Covenanter 1 1 Interdenominational 1 0 Church of God or Bethel 1 1 Spiritualist 1 0 New Mennonite 1 1 Buddhist 1 1 Seventh Day Adventist No Denomination given Total 1 638 3250 1 A WEST PHILADELPHIA CHURCH. Denominational Church Work Divisions of the Christian Church are as natural and necessary as differentiation of species in biology — the Church develops and makes progress partly because of the special emphasis on certain truths, which is secured through the various denominations or communions. The University Christian Association, therefore, exists to facilitate the general work of the Church among students as expressed through the various denominations. The Lutherans, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Hebrews, Congregationalists, Reformed and Friends have been supporting special work on behalf of their own students who are attending the University. The Lutheran Co-Operation Committee, consisting of the following well-known leaders officially chosen from both branches of the Lutheran Church, has been using the Christian Association as its medium of approach to the Lutheran students for several years : THE LUTHERAN CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE Rev. E. P. Pfatteicher, Ph. D. Rev. E. H. Delk, D. D. Rev. C. A. Miller, D. D. Rev. Wm. J. Miller, Jr., Sec. Prof. C. W. Stork, Ph. D. A. D. Chiquoine. E. A. Miller. W. C. Stoever. Theodore C. Birnbaum. J. Jacob Mohr. Frank M. Riter, Chairman. During the past college year this Committee has supported Mr. P. L. Schwert, ’14 Wh, during the first term and Mr. L. A. Young, T4 E, during the second term as Lutheran Secretaries of the Christian Asso- ciation. These Secretaries, together with a Committee of Lutheran under- graduates, have called upon the Freshmen personally during the fall term, and with the assistance of a Young Woman’s Committee from the Lutheran Churches, have held in Houston Hall and in the Churches a Fall Reception for new students, a Thanksgiving Reception and a Special Reception to meet Mr. Arthur Rugh, of China. The big function of the year was a dinner to all the Lutheran students, given by the Co-Operation Committee at the Hotel Walton, March 26, 1914, which was attended by over 100 guests, and was a great success, both as a social gathering, when the Church leaders met the students, and as a source of spiritual inspiration. The Secretaries and several mem- bers of the Committee kept in close personal touch with many students, and the Lutherans had a large share in the spiritual awakening which followed the visit of Mr. Sunday in March. The Episcopalians, through Bishop Rhinelander, have given spe- cial care to the Churchmen by securing Mr. J. R. Hart, Jr., as Episcopal Secretary of the Association, who reports as follows: There are 400 Ep : scopal students in the University of which the Univer- sity has a record. Of this number 200 live in Philadelphia and 200 come from outside of the city. Of the latter number the Secretary and members of the Church Committee have been in personal touch with 184. Of the 200 living in the city, naturally of secondary consideration, approximately 150 have been directly reached. Of the total 400, 95 are not members of the Church, and of this number 39 come from out of the city. Thirty-one of the latter were approached on the subject of becoming members, and only four said they would not con- sider it. Among the non-denominational students 26 were reached by the Secre- tary, and 9 of them were asked to consider Church membership, and con- sented to do so. A Student Corporate Communion Service was held every month, and, during Lent, every week, in St. Mary’s Church, with an average attendance of 14 students. TO Religious Discussion Groups were held in connection with the Churcn of the Saviour, led by Dr. Johnston, who had 19 meetings; enrollment, 49; average attendance, 16; St. Mary’s, led by Prof. W. R. Newbold, who had 30 meetings, with an enrollment of 10 and an average attendance of 5, and in the Church of the Transfiguration, led by Dr. Yerkes, who held 4 meetings, with an enrollment of 14 and an average attendance of 5. Two Social Evenings were held in December and May at the Church of the Saviour. A Church Reception and Entertainment was given by the ladies of the Church of the Saviour the first Thursday in October, 1914. Students were taken to Church at the Regular Services. Six students were taken to the Convention for College Churchmen in New York. Four student teachers were placed in Sunday Schools. Presentation of the work was made before the Church Board of Religious Education at the General Convention. There was a Confirmation Class of 11 students. Four decided to be con- firmed. Four will decide it with their rectors when they return home. Special meetings during Lent were conducted by Bishop Lucien Lee Kin- solving, of Brazil; attendance, 24. Dr. W. H. Jeffreys, of Shanghai, Mission- ary; 21 present. Bishop Rhinelander on “The Church’s Offer;” 40 present. “The Church’s Claim;” 19 present. No dinner was held during the year, and the lack of a large gathering of any kind in which all or a large proportion of the students were brought together was a noticeable handicap. In general, there was less faithfulness among the responsible few than last year, but the work was spread out, and touched a much larger number of men, at least lightlj', than ever before. Along the lines of direct personal work the greatest and most satisfying advance was made. MORNING FLAG RAISING AT CAMP The Presbyterians have been organized nationally for several years, through the Board of Education, to take care of the Presbyterian students in the large Universities. The Christian Association is in close fellowship with this move- ment through the membership of Rev. J. W. Cochran, D. D., on its Board of Directors and through the help which Penn has received in organizing its Presbyterian work from the National Secretary, Rev. Richard C. Hughes, D. D. The Board of Education has designated Rev. M. W. Lampe, Ph. D., as Presbyterian Pastor and has contributed $500 this year toward his support. The Presbyterians of Philadelphia have agreed on the Tabernacle Church as the centre for Presbyterian student work, with the under- standing that students who desire to do so may be attached to any other Church in Philadelphia. Each Presbyterian student who enters the Uni- versity is regarded as ipso facto an affiliated member of the Tabernacle Church, unless he notifies the Student Pastor that he wishes to be affiliated with some other Church. The report of Dr. Lampe, the Student Pastor, follows : As rapidly as the names of incoming Presbyterian students were received when they matriculated in the fall, a letter was sent to each, informing them of the fact that they were affiliated members of Tabernacle Church, the nearest one to the University, and that the Church desired to welcome them to its friendship and services. The names also were assigned to upper class- men, who visited the newcomers and explained to them the various features of the religious activities of the University. The University pastor for Presby- terian students got in touch with these men as rapidly as possible, and through- out the year endeavored to cultivate an unceasingly intimate acquaintance with them. The denominational activities of Presbyterian students naturally center in Tabernacle Church. Unfortunately, during the greater part of the year there was no settled pastor in this field, and the work was thereby considerably handicapped. However, a Sunday school class, with an enrollment of 20 stu- dents, was organized, and this group met weekly throughout the year on Sunday afternoons. The leader was the University pastor. Furthermore, a large number of students entered actively into the work of the Christian Endeavor Society, enabling, indeed, the society to have one of the best years in its history. Two Sunday evening services were set apart for special student meetings, one conducted by Robt. E. Speer and the other by Dr. J. W Cochran of the Education Board. Both of these were well attended, and the latter was followed by a successful informal gathering of students in the parlors of the church. Various members of Tabernacle Church entertained students in their homes during the year. The week of March 29 was designated as Presbyterian week. The public features of this week were first, the three Monday mass meetings for students, addressed by Billy Sunday; second, noon chapel each day from Tuesday tO' Friday, conducted by Dr. J. W. Cochran, and third, a banquet for Presby- terian students on Thursday evening in the Tabernacle Church. This was attended by about 100 students, who were addressed by some of the most prominent ministers of Philadelphia, on themes relative to the Christian life and vocations. The most important feature of Presbyterian week, however, was the personal interviews with students in their rooms. A force of about 70 Presbyterian ministers and laymen was organized, each man being selected because of his known ability along the line of personal work, and to each was given a list of four or five names, in this way covering all of the Presbyterian students who were away from home. The attempt was made to call on all the men in the course of the one week. 1 his, of course, proved to be impossible, but in many cases where one week was insufficient, two or three more were used. The purpose of these interviews was to engage the students in personal religious conversation — to encourage more sincere and devoted Christian living. Invariably the canvassers were cordially received, and the response of the students, according to almost unvarying testimony, was manly and genuine. With the coming of Rev. John A. Blair as pastor to Tabernacle Church, the work among Presbyterian students has taken on new life, and the outlook for next fall is more encouraging than ever. At present there are nine Presbyterian students looking forward to the ministry in the foreign mission field. FRANK V. SLACK, WITH HIS INDIAN STAFF The Methodists have put into operation this year a very complete plan for the care of the Methodist students. Bishop Joseph F. Berry designated the Asbury Church as the centre for student work and arranged to have all the Methodist Church members as affiliated members of this Church. 13 Rev. O. S. Duffield, ’04 C, was placed in charge of Asbury Church, and was elected Methodist Secretary of the Christian Association, with J. C. Patterson, ’15 C, as his assistant. The Philadelphia Conference selected the following Committee to assist Bishop Berry in co-opera- tion with the Christian Association. METHODIST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY WORK. Rev. C. Lee Gaul, D.D Philadelphia. Rev. W. A. Ferguson, D.D Philadelphia. Rev. R. S. DeBow, D.D Philadelphia. Rev. J. H. Hackinberg, D.D Reading, Pa. Rev. H. E. Walhey Wayne, Pa. During the past year Bishop Berry joined with the Christian Asso- ciation in supporting J. C. Patterson as Methodist Secretary, who reports that the Methodist Freshmen were called upon personally by himself and a Methodist Committee of students and that they were given a Recep- tion in Asbury Church. The Pastor of the Church, Mr. Hinckle, also entertained groups of students several times in his home. A social gathering for students was also given by Mrs. Armstrong, in her home. The Methodist Bible Class in Asbury Church enrolled sixty students, with an average attendance of twenty in twenty-seven weekly meetings. Under the leadership of Dr. J. O. Randall the Methodist students had a large share in the Billy Sunday meetings. The non-Church mem- bers were called upon by local ministers and laymen of Philadelphia and were deeply stirred by the general religious movement. Rev. Mr. Duffield opened his work among the students by inviting the Church members of the graduating class to meet the Provost of the Uni- versity and other Christian workers in his home. The Northern Baptist Convention has joined with Rev. Dr. Geo. D. Adams, of the Chestnut Street Baptist Church, in the support of Mr. S. P. Davies as Baptist Secretary for the coming year. Dr. Adams and his Church gave a reception to the Baptist students this year and called upon the non-church members following the Sunday campaign. The Hebrew students have organized a chapter of the Intercollegiate Menorah Society for religious and social development. The Reformed students are in charge of the Rev. B. F. Stern, of the Emanuel Church, Thirty-eighth and Baring Streets. Rev. Wm. V. Berg takes good care of the Congregational students in connection with the Central Congregational Church. Students of other religious denominations are placed in friendly rela- tions with their own Church leaders in Philadelphia. 14 The present unified plan of work whereby the Christian Association is simply the Clearing House of the Church, was inaugurated by the fol- lowing action of the Board of Directors, October 18, 1912: Resolved , first. That the Christian Association of the University of Penn- sylvania, with the approval of the Provost of the University, hereby reaffirms its loyalty to the Christian Church and its eagerness to promote the cause of Christianity. Resolved, second. That the Association hereby extends to the properly con- stituted representatives of every organized religious body the machinery of its organization for the purpose of furthering the efforts of such a body to reach its members and adherents within the student community of the Uni- versity. Resolved, third. That the Association will elect to its Secretarial Staff any duly accredited worker representing such a religious body, jointly selected by it and by the Association, with the understanding that the salary received by him for work done in the University shall be paid through the treasury of the Association. Resolved, fourth, That the Association is willing to become responsible to any organized religious body for the work of the representative of such a body within the University, and to make reports as desired concerning his service, and to make reports not only concerning his special service, but on all the work which the Association itself is doing in any way on behalf of the religious body in question. Resolved, fifth, That the Association is willing to report to any religious body concerning the work done on behalf of its students in case such body does not have or does not desire to have Association Secretaries. And by the further resolutions of May 7, 1914 : Resolved, That the Board herewith instructs the General Secretary and the Church Secretaries to make such arrangements with the local Churches and Church Leaders as will place all of the student Church members who are away from home in Philadelphia upon the affiliated membership roll of some local Church, and that the non-Church members shall be the special object of evangelistic work on the part of the Church leaders throughout their entire University course. Provost Smith expresses his opinion in the following letter : Office of thf. Provost, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., April 28, 1914. I am very much pleased with the marked success of the recent plan to consider our Christian Association as simply a Clearing House for the Church in its different denominations, rather than an independent, isolated organi- zation. Our religious work has been tremendously strengthened by the direct responsibility of the Church for its own students in the University and our Church Secretaries provide an effective and harmonious link between the National and the Local Church Leaders and their own student members within the University community. 15 I believe that if this plan would be generally adopted in the colleges and universities of the country, the results would be most gratifying to all inter- ested in this work. (Signed) Edgar F. Smith. st. John's medical building, shanghai, china NATIONAL CHURCH STUDENT WORK The National Council of Church Boards of Education, which unites the leaders of denominational work among students, adopted the follow- ing series of resolutions on the basis of experience at Pennsylvania : I. This Council of Church Boards of Education, by virtue of its constitu- tion. should be advisory to and should strive to unite the various Christian movements on behalf of students, including the Church Student Pastor Move- ments, the Student Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., the Chapel Activities of Uni- versity Corporations and the Church Societies. II. National Church Boards should be encouraged to place in the field special Supervisory Secretaries, who would have direct supervision over their own representatives in local organizations and would investigate the work which is being done for their own students in institutions where they do not 16 have special representatives. These Boards should also send their national recruiting officers for Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Social Service, the Ministry and Evangelism into the local institutions to work with the students through the local Clearing House Associations. III. Local Churches in University communities should be equipped for student work, and should accept as affiliated members all students of their own Communion who attend the University, and provide for their proper pastoral care while they are in the University. The Church Student Work should tend to lead the students into the local Church. That the Council, while recognizing the need of pursuing different policies based upon local conditions at each University center, affirms its unalterable conviction that the personal work of the University pastor with the individual students is fundamental in this work, and that this pastoral care of Students, leading up to contact with the local church, is absolutely necessary to the success of the movement and the spiritual welfare of the student body. IV. The churches should be represented in a University by a Clearing House Association constituted somewhat as follows: (1) The membership to consist of all Evangelical Church members of the institution. (2) The Board of Control to be Churchmen representing the different communions which enter the organization. (3) The employed staff to be Church representatives appointed by the proper Church authorities in consultation with the local Board, and supported by the Denominations and the Local Board, together with such others as may be chosen and supported by the Local Board. (4) The internal organization should have a men’s and women’s depart- ment affiliated in some democratic way with the American Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A. and the World’s Student Christian Federation. (5) The local and national staff should be College men, specially adapted to student w T ork, with theological training and Church experience if possible, and in most cases ordained clergymen. The national leaders should be cap- able of ranking with Bishops and other leaders of the Church. The above resolutions, as well as the methods now in use at Pennsyl- vania, are only valuable as showing the spirit of unity which must exist between the Church and any expression of its vital energy, such as the Christian Association movement. Some one has well said that the Christian Associations, the world around, are simply “a method of the Church.” The Christian Association at Pennsylvania is trying to make this principle operative, both in spirit and practice and the Churches and Church leaders, both nationally and locally in Philadelphia, have responded most cordially and sympathetic- ally. 17 REV. W. A. SUNDAY, D.D. “Billy” Sunday at Pennsylvania Monday, March 30, was a great day in the religious history of the University. Three times on that day over 2000 students, in addition to members of the Faculty and alumni, gathered in the Gymnasium to hear a Christian evangelist, and several hundred responded definitely in the evening to the invitation to live the Christian life, while more than a thousand students renewed their allegiance to Christ and the Church. This day marks the beginning in modern times of a mass movement of the students towards Christianity. The human agent in this movement was the Rev. W. A, Sunday, D.D., well known as the athletic baseball evangelist. Mr. Sunday was hold- ing meetings in Scranton, and on the urgent invitation of Provost Smith, backed by Church leaders and by the undergraduate athletes, he visited the University on his weekly “rest day” to make three addresses in the Gymnasium — at 12 noon, 3.30 P. M., and 7.30 P. M. At each meeting the Gymnasium was filled to its capacity with students, members of the Faculty and a few invited guests. Three thousand attended in the morning and evening and over 2600 in the afternoon. Provost Smith presided, Mr. Rodeheaver led the music, and the subjects of the three addresses were, respectively, “What Will You Do With Jesus.” "Re a Man,” and “The Devil’s Boomerang, or Hot- cakes Off the Griddle.” PURL1C LEDGER — PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY MORN1NO. MARUTT 31. 10U. “BILLY” SUNDAY BRINGS THE SAWDUST TRAIL TO THE UNIVERSITY GYM Mr. Sunday absolutely captured his hearers at each address by his transparent sincerity and desperate earnestness, by his wonderful powers as an actor, by his marvelous command of graphic English, and by the honest simplicity of the truth which he presented. The attitude of most of the students seemed to be, “If this is Christianity, let me have it quick.” Almost all of the University officers and teachers, including the Provost, Vice Provost, Trustees and leading members of the Faculty, supported the movement, and practically all of the adverse criticism came from those who did not hear Mr. Sunday. Probably the most important factor in the movement was the enthusiastic manner in which the Protestant Churches and Church leaders of Philadelphia entered it. The idea of having Mr. Sunday at the University sprang from a luncheon of Church leaders, given by Mr. Wanamaker. Over 250 minis- ters and laymen from all the leading denominations called upon their own students, who were not Church members, immediately following the visit of Mr. Sunday, and the same leaders met the students by groups in the Dormitories, Fraternity Houses and in Houston Hall after Mr. Sunday’s closing meeting at night. Some opinions of Churchmen and University leaders on Mr. Sunday’s visit follow : TESTIMONY OF OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY AND CHURCH LEADERS Provost Edgar Fahs Smith : “I feel more convinced than ever that the visit of Billy Sunday last spring to the University of Pennsylvania brought great good. I am sure that the thoughts of students and teachers were turned to other things than those which usually engage their attention. I know that many have turned away from habits that could only lead to an unhappy end. Right living is a subject now freely discussed by the student body. I am sure our boys are in earnest in the efforts which they are making to live right lives.” George Wharton Pepper: “I should think the results of the Sunday meetings were three-fold : An awakened sense of the seriousness of life, a conviction of the reality of the Christian solution of its problems, and a revelation of the power to be found in corporate meetings assembled for a spiritual purpose.” Dean Edward C. Kirk, Dental Dept. : “I have made it a point to study as fully as I possibly could the results of what I have regarded as this experiment in moral and religious betterment work. My conclusions from the observations that I have made are, that Billy Sunday has modernized the Gospel of righteousness and has clothed its mes- sage in terms that have reached the focus of conscience in our student body to an extent and degree that has never heretofore been done. If, as according to some of his critics, the impression that he has made is but temporary and the enthusiasm which he has created is only a momentary impulse, even so, the success of his accomplishment lies in the fact that he has produced 20 results where others have failed to make a beginning. The University ought to have the uplifting force not only of a Billy Sunday, but a Billy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and every other day in the week.” The Rev. Charles Wesley Burns writes: “Like thousands of others, I was prejudiced against Mr. Sunday until 1 heard him in his great mission to the student body of Old Penn. But dur- ing the day the prejudice vanished like mists before the sun and I was impelled to wonder and compelled to admire the utter sincerity, the blood- earnest intensity of the man, as well as his mastery of the psychology of the crowd; his alert seizure of the elemental things of life, setting them forth in rugged Titanic fashion. As he came to death-grips with sin in its ugliest phases at the evening service, I was eager to be counted among those who had labored with him in what perchance was a historic religious awakening in the University life of America. I have never seen a student body so quickly changed from curiosity to consecration, nor more deeply impressed in a single day. The Fraternity group with whom I was associated, number- ing thirteen, were profoundly gripped by the Christian evangel, arc) eleven of the thirteen acknowledged the claims of Jesus Christ upon their lives.” Prof. Isaac J. Schwatt, Head of Dept, of Mathematics : “While I was not very enthusiastic about Mr. Sunday’s coming before he came, I feel that he has done a great deal by his addresses, and that the effect of his advice to the students will be lasting, at least to some of them.” The Rev. Jos. W. Cochran, D. D., Presbyterian Board of Education: “Billy Sunday is greatly used of God. His methods are not those of the churches and ministers of today, nor should they be adopted by such, but the Lord sometimes uses strange means to accomplish His purposes. Cer- tainly results tell. We must charge these results either on one side or the other of the ledger. Can any one of sound mind charge them to the account of the devil and his works? If not, should they not go to the account of the God whom Billy Sunday worships and the Saviour whose Gospel he acknowl- edges and preaches?” It is a fact worthy of note that Mr. and Mrs. Sunday and party of ten came to Philadelphia on their rest day, at their own charges (except hotel bill, when they were the guests of the Provost), and contributed the offerings of over $600.00 to the University Camp. It is well within the truth to state that the visit of Mr. Sunday resulted in thousands of individual students being inspired to better living, in a general raising of the moral tone of student life, and in an atmosphere which makes Christian work more nearly normal in the University com- munity. CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS Christian Association Membership The Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania takes its stand squarely on Church membership and accepts membership in the Churches at face value. All Evangelical Church members are placed upon the membership roll of the Association by virtue of their membership in the Church. This gives the Association an enrollment of 1422 students as religious members. The ethical position is also recognized in the affiliated members who enter the activities of the Association but do not exercise control in the management. The Bible Pennsylvania presents the Bible to her students, both as a required and elective study. The Bible Study Secretary, Rev. M. W. Lampe, Ph. D., is thoroughly trained for his work, being a graduate in Arts and Theology and a Ph. D. in special Biblical work. The statistical report of the year follows : Dormitory Groups Leaders and Subjects Enrol- ment Avg. Att’c# No. of Meet- ings Lippincott . . . M. H. Jacobs. Ph. D., “Religion and Science” 24 9 19 Provosts’ Tower . ...T. S. Evans, “Moral and Religious Problems” 9 3 7 McKean . . . M. W. Lampe, “What Is Chris- tianity?” 18 6 13 Mask and Wig . . . M. W. Lampe, “Religious Funda- mentals” 11 S 6 Rodney . . . T. S. Evans, “Moral, Religious and Mission Problems” 20 7 8 Brooks . ..J. R. Hart, Jr., “Moral and Re- ligious Problems” 16 7 18 Bishop White . . . T. S. Evans, “Moral and Religious Problems” 12 5 5 E. F. Smith . ..D. S. Hanchett, “The Will of God” 20 7 18 Hopkinson . . . Rev. C. R. Meyers, “Christian Fun- damentals” 18 6 12 Memorial Tower . . .William Ottinger, “Moral and Re- ligious Questions” 10 4 *7 / Craig and Baird . . . Channing Sweitzer, “Moral and Re- ligious Problems” 22 6 10 Coxe 17 7 6 Baldwin . . . Rev. C. M. Sandt, “Moral and Religious Problems” 12 7 Morris . . . Rev. J. H. Dunham, “Moral and Religious Problems” 10 6 5 Class of ’87 . . . W. R. Green, “Social Religion and Christian Success” 8 6 7 Bodine . . . F. N. Maxfield, Ph. D., “Psychology and Religion” 16 6 8 Franklin . . . J. R. Hart, Jr., “What Is Chris- tianity?” 18 6 10 Leidy . . . M. W. Lampe, “Christian Funda- mentals” 11 5 6 Morgan . .. Rev. A. W. Stevenson, “The Bible”. 20 8 15 Graduate . . Prof. J. M. MacFarlane, Ph. D., “Science and Religion” 10 8 6 23 Departmental Groups Senior & Junior Wharton Senior & Junior C. E Soph. & Fresh. M. E. . . . Arts Juniors Soph. & Fresh. Chemists Sen. & Jun. Chemists.... Soph. & Fresh. C. E 2d & 3d Year Dents Sen. & Jun. Arch Second Year Law First Year Law Wharton Fresh & Soph.. Soph. & Fresh. Arts Fresh. Architects First Year Dents Sunday School Groups Tabernacle Pres Asbury Methodist Woodland Pres St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Saviour Special Groups Chinese Group Jewish Group No. of Enrol- Avg. Meet- Leaders and Subjects ment Att’ce ings .Scott Nearing, Ph. D., “Motives and Character Development” 21 8 17 R. C. Duncan, Ph. D., “Moral and Religious Problems” 17 6 10 , W. H. Adolph, “Fundamental Chris- tian Belief” 8 4 4 J. A. Montgomery, Ph. D., “The Book of Acts” S 4 16 .Prof. O. L. Shinn, Ph. D., “Princi- ples of Christian Conduct” 13 6 16 Clement Foust, “The Gospel of Matthew” 6 5 10 R. W. Duncan, Ph. D., “Moral and Religious Problems” 39 10 12 Rev. R. K. Yerkes, Ph. D., “The Intellectual Problem in Religion”. 14 5 4 Prof. M. J. Babb, Ph. D., “Religious and Moral Fundamentals” 28 15 5 Prof. W. R. Newbold, Ph. D„ “The Synoptic Problem” 15 7 ID R. R. P. Bradford, “Religion and the Workingman” 39 10 9 M. W. Lampe, j ;‘. Moral and Re ' T. W. Van Metre \ ,g,0 " s Prob - 11 6 7 R. G. Kent, Ph. D., “The Synoptic Problem” 9 5 12 J. H. Willits, “Moral and Religious Problems” 10 6 4 Ralph Morris, “Moral and Religious Problems” 6 4 3 Leaders and Subjects Enrol- Avg No. of Meet- menb Att’ce ings M. W. Lampe, “International S. S. Lessons” 35 9 27 Rev. D. A. Hinkle, “Moral and Re- ligious Questions” 60 20 27 A. W. Stevenson, “International S. S. Lessons” 15 8 25 Prof. W. R. Newbold, Ph. D., “New Testament Sources” 10 6 18 Rev. Robert Johnston, D. D., “Fun- damental Religious Questions.... 48 16 20 Enrol- Avg NO. Of Meet- Leaders and Subjects mentj Att’ce ings M. W. Lampe, “What Is Chris- tianity?” 17 8 16 Rabbi Nathan, “Jewish Problems”. 25 15 20 24 No. of Leaders and Subjects Enrol- ment Avg. Att’ce Meet- ings Ethical Group . .. Prol. Morris Jastrow, Ph.D., “Ethical Problems” 15 10 4 Association Leaders... . .T. S. Evans and others, “Personal and University Religious Prob- lems" 20 7 25 Southern Club . . D. M. Johnson, "The Negro Ques- tion” 20 15 6 Enrol- Avg. No. of Meet- Fraternity Groups Leaders and Subjects merit Att’ce ings Phi Delta Theta . . Rev. G. L. Richardson, “Christianity and Social Relations” 44 0 15 Kappa Sigma ..Rev. Frank Gray, “Moral and Relig- ious Problems” 36 25 20 Sigma Phi Epsilon.... . . Rev. J. B. Lee, ) “Selected Rev. Winthrop B. Greene, J Topics”. 30 20 10 Sigma Xu . . Prof. H. G. Kribs, “Biology and Religion” 24 15 12 Delta Kappa Epsilon.. . . Rev. George D. Adams, “Studies in Romans” 35 22 17 Alpha Psi . . M. W. Lampe, “Christianity as Life” 20 12 6 Delta Tau Delta ..J. R. Hart, Jr., “What Is Chris- tianity?” 29 17 13 Delta Sigma Phi . . M. W. Lampe, “Fundamental Chris- tian Concepts” 12 9 6 Omega Tau Sigma . .M. W. Lampe, “Problems of College Men” 15 11 3 Delta Phi ..Shippen Lewis, “The Apostles’ Creed” 20 15 Xi Psi Phi ..Special Speakers. Selected Topics.. 30 20 4 Alpha Omega ..Special Speakers, Selected Topics.. 25 18 4 Theta Chi ..Special Speakers. Selected Topics.. 20 15 3 Zeta Psi ..Special Speakers. Selected Topics.. 30 20 5 Phi Sigma Kappa ..Rev. J. A. MacCallum, “Moral and Religious Discussions” 28 18 4 Theta Xi tian Problems” 22 16 8 Psi Omega ..Special Speakers, Selected Topics.. 25 20 2 Delta Upsilon . . Scott Nearing, Ph. D., Christian- itv and Social Questions” 35 25 10 Sigma Alpha Epsilon.. . Special Speakers. Selected Topics.. 20 15 2 Alpha Chi Rho . . Bernard Gilpin and Others, “Moral and Religious Problems” 25 18 6 Alpha Tau Omega . Special Speakers, Selected Topics.. 20 15 5 Psi Upsilon ..Special Speakers, Selected Topics.. 25 16 4 Sigma Chi . W. B. Patterson and Others, Se- lected Topics 20 15 25 SUMMARY. Avg. No. No. Groups Enrol. Avg. W’k Att’ce Meetings Fraternity Groups 23 590 39? 7-1- Departmental Groups 15 241 101 9 -\~ Dormitory Groups 20 302 124 10 — Sunday School Groups 5 . 168 59 23-)- Special Groups 5 97 55 14-|- Totals 68 1398 736 Ass. Professors Ministers Students Outside Laymen Sec’y Leaders 18 12 7 6 5 Total, 48. It will be noted that there is a very great variety of groups repre- sented in these figures — some are strictly Bible study, with thorough preparation outside of the class hour, while others are purely discussions based upon the Bible and conducted without any special study on the part of the students. Almost all of the leaders are either professors or minis- ters, with a few Christian laymen and students. The response of the students has been most hearty, especially in the fraternities where, in several cases, the entire chapter attended almost every week, and the Bible itself was studied systematically. IDEAL BIBLE STUDY Following the growing tendency in institutions of learning, it is desirable that all candidates for the Bachelor’s degree should be required to have a knowledge of the facts contained in the English Bible, as a part of the curriculum. This is greatly needed as a basis and background for the discussion groups. Every Church member, at least, should be enrolled in a Church Sunday School class, or one of the groups in the University buildings. The Bible should also be the daily devotional book of the Christians if the religious work is to be upon a strong spiritual basis. SEX EDUCATION LECTURES Dr. M. J. Exner, the sex education specialist of the Intercollegiate Christian Association movement, spent several days in the University during the early fall, delivering general lectures in each department and meeting the students for personal conference on this subject, wherein ignorance leads to such terrible moral lapses in many cases. 26 Christian Work Abroad The foreign missionary work of the University naturally falls into several closely related activities. 1. The public presentation of missionary information through the University services, the Chapel, and public lectures by missionaries in the class rooms of the University. 2. The thorough study of missions in groups, which were conducted as follows during this past year: Mission Study Groups Leaders and Subjects Enrol- ment No. of Avg. Meet- Att'ce ings China . . . . India . . . . ..Dr. W. H. Jefferys, “The Emer- gency in China” . . M. W. Lampe, “India Awakening”. 12 9 i 12 $ 5 6 Mexico . ..Ramon Corral, “Mexico Today”... 13 6 6 Lutheran Group . . R. G. Miller, “Lutheran Missions”.. 13 6 5 Almost the entire Bible Study enrollment of sixty-eight groups, with an enrollment of 1398 students, studied missions at several of the regular group meetings during the year. 3. The Student Volunteer Band consists of the following students, who have signed the declaration, “It is my purpose, if God permit, to become a foreign missionary” : W. H. Adolph, E. L. Clemens, F. E. Anderson, Francis Ellis, D. N. Forman, J. H. Foster, D. S. Hanchett, Chas. O. North, A. W. Stevenson, Jr., Walter N. Secord, Arthur M. Tomey, A. D. Waltz, and C. F. Vale. 4. The Pennsylvania Delegation to the Student Volunteer Conven- tion at Kansas City consisted of the following: L. A. Young, L. Cross, B. Dunham, C. Elmore, D. G. How, D. S. Hanchett, M. Kimber, H. Lewis, J. C. Patterson, E. C. Wood, J. A. Webb, H. H. Hildebrand, H. O. Miranda, F. E. Anderson, J. R. Hart, Jr., P. T. Lau, C. V. Yui, C. S. Shu, and E. S. Tyau. The inspiration of this great missionary gathering was one of the largest factors in the missionary history of the past year. This convention, which was held under the auspices of the Student Volunteer Movement, at Kansas City, Mo., December 31, 1913, to January 4, 1914, had a total of 3292 delegates from 755 universities and colleges in the United States and Canada. Without doubt it was the largest and most impressive student religious gathering ever held on the American continent. 5. During the last few years the question has been raised as to why the University should not take a greater interest in all of her representa- tives in foreign mission fields, in order that the reflex efifect upon the University constituency may have its maximum value. At present there 27 are about forty graduates of the University of Pennsylvania in different sections of the foreign mission field of the Christian Church. The variety of this work carried on by Penn men appears in the fact that Pennsylvania has ministers, physicians, teachers, and Y. M. C. A. secretaries distributed in six different countries. There are 21 in China, 3 in Japan, 4 in India, 1 in Korea, 2 in Burma, 4 in Persia. j. c m’crackf.n, m d.. ’or m. william h. jefferys, a.m., m.d., ’97. The University, and especially the Provost, is interested in all of the alumni, and the Christian Association has just begun to broaden its policy so as to include within the scope of its foreign missionary plans all those who represent Pennsylvania in foreign mission fields. The resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors in the spring of 1914 are as follows : I. The purpose of this department of the religious work of the University is as follows : 1. To educate students, faculty and alumni of the University in the work of the Church abroad and in the religious conditions of foreign countries. 2. To inspire students to give their lives and their money to mis- sionary enterprise. II. The method of the Association hereafter shall be : 1. To maintain a Foreign Mission Secretary of the Christian Asso- ciation. 2. To maintain medical work in China under the auspices of some established missionary organization. 3. To maintain Pennsylvania men in other mission lands and 4. To seek out and encourage all Pennsylvania men who are entering and engaged in foreign missionary service. Following are the names of graduates engaged in missionary service abroad : *R. E. Adkins, M.D., ’06 M Chao Chowfu, China. ♦William L. Berst, M.D., ’05 M. Chen Chow, So. Hunan, China. Harry W. Boyd, M.D., ’99 M Canton, China. Herman Bryan, M.D., ’01 M Hainan, China. J. T. I. Bryan, ’07 Phil Tokyo, Japan. W. W. Cadbury, M.D., ’02 M Canton, China. Stanley B. Collins, A.M Yunnanfu, China. Joseph W. Cook, M. D. TO M Teheran, Persia. Rev. J. H. Cope, ’04 C Tidgin, Chin Hills, Burma. Rev. Allen K. Faust, M.D., ’95 M Sendai, Japan. *J. D. Frame, M.D., ’04 M Resht, Persia. Rev. Amos T. Goddard, ’99 C Am. Church Mission, Anking, China. Rev. W. L. Hemphill, ’05 C Fatehgahr, U. P., India. Harvey J. Howard, M.D., ’08 M Canton, China. O. F. Hills, M.D., '05 M Chefoo, China. Osbourne E. Hooley, M.A., T2 Singapore. J. H. Ingram, M.D., ’93 M Tung Chow, China. Rev. H. S. Jefferys, 79 C Sendai, Japan. *W. H. Jefferys, M.A., M.D., ’94 C., ’97 Ph., ’98 M.. Shanghai, China. W. O. Johnson, M.D., ’99 M Taiku, Korea. Clarence Appleton Kirkpatrick Nam Khan, Burma. C. N. Laird, ’03 C Canton, China. C. B. Lesher, M. D. ’08 M Swatow, China. Charles Lewis, M.D., ’95 M Paotingfu, China. Stephen Lewis, M.D., ’01 M Chen Chow, China. Charles H. Lyon, M.D., ’98 M Tsining-Chou, China. J. C. McCracken, M.D., ’01 M American P. O., Shanghai, China. Harold H. Morris, M.D., ’08 M American P. O., Shanghai, China. Hugo A. Muller, ’07 C Urumia, Persia. James Boyd Neal, M.D., ’83 M Chinanfu, China. *Rev. J. H. Orbison, M.D., ’86 M Lahore, Punjab, India. William M. Schultz, M.D., ’05 M Tsinan, China. *Cev. Charles E. Scott, ’99 M.A Tsing-Tau, China. E. T. Shields, M.D., ’06 M Yachow, China. Frank V. Slack, ’03 C Calcutta, India. Wilbert B. Smith, 09 C Y. M. C. A. Connaught Institute, W. S. Vanneman, M.D., ’88 M Tabriz. Persia. [Poona, India. Andrew H. Woods, MD, ’99 M Canton, China. Home on furlough. 29 For some years the Association has been, working to develop a Christian Medical School and Hospital in affiliation with the Canton Christian College, an institution contiguous to the Association’s plant near Canton, China. This has been going forward under the direction of Dr. J. C. McCracken, Penn’s famous athlete, and has led to a general awaken- ing of interest in foreign missions among the students, faculty, alumni and friends of the University. The Canton Christian College has so developed as to make it seem wise to place the medical work under the same administrative heads as the rest of its departments. Therefore, in order that the Christian Association might obtain all that was desired for its foreign activities, the offer of St. John's University, Shanghai, to affiliate with its medical department has been accepted, and Dr. McCracken with his family has removed to Shanghai, there to continue his work of Christian medical and educational service for the Chinese. This opportunity was especially attractive because St. Luke’s Hos- pital is a well equipped and most successful institution, affording abundant clinical material ready for use in teaching, and a class of Chinese students that is being taught medicine in the English language. Three other University of Pennsylvania men are already connected with the medical department of St. John’s, viz., Dr. Wm. H. Jefferys, ’94 C, ’97 Philos., ’98 M ; Dr. Harold H. Morris, and Dr. Tyau. It is the plan of the Asso- ciation to maintain at least two physicians, in addition to those supported by St. John’s University, for educational work, to purchase the necessary land and to erect a building in which the medical school shall in the future be housed. This will mean the investment of about $55,000. The school will be known as the “University of Pennsylvania Medical School, being the Medical Department of St. John’s University.” It will continue to be strictly Christian and missionary in its foundation and work and inter- denominational in character. During the enforced stay in America of Dr. William H. Jefferys, he has consented to act as Foreign Mission Secretary of the Association, and to give his time to the promotion of missionary interest amongst the University constituency. St. John’s University w r as founded in 1879 on its present site at Jess- field. In 1889, Dr. F. L. Hawks Pott became President of the institution, and from that year dates the rapid development of the University. Hun- dreds of graduates have been turned out, who hold responsible places in all walks of life, as teachers, preachers, diplomats, merchants, doctors, engineers, and who, by their Christian character and aims, are a great source of gratification to their instructors and an honor to their Alma Mater. There is an undergraduate student body of over 400, and a faculty of over forty, with a property valued at half a million dollars. Its compound 30 is the most beautiful in China, and a delight to all who see it. No educa- tional institution in China has a higher educational standard. The University is affiliated with the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church in America. The medical department was opened about 1880, and has graduated small but successful classes every second year since that time. Ihree years ago Boone University, in Wuchang, merged her medical school and members of her medical faculty into that of St. John’s, and now both these institutions contribute well prepared students for medical education in English. A medical class was graduated in the spring of 1914, and a new class will enter in September. These men have finished their sophomore year either in St. John’s or Boone, and will combine their last two college years with the study of first year medical branches on the L niversity campus. After these two years the classes are moved into the Medical School building, near to St. Luke’s Hospital, where they take their final three years. St. Luke’s Hospital, also under the Board of Missions of the Episcopal Church, was founded about 1865, and is the second largest hospital in China in clinical service. Inpatients 1,356 Dispensary Cases 79,175 New Cases 30.278 Out Calls 1.322 Total 112,131 Located in the heart of the Shanghai Chinese “slum” district, a won- derful service for the relief of the suffering people is performed. Although the University family can show a real interest in the work of all of its graduates abroad, a special interest is always taken in those who are supported through its own Christian Association. The Associa- tion has, therefore, arranged to continue to act as the channel through which Dr. Wm. W. Cadbury, ’02 M, a former associate with Dr. McCracken at Canton, shall be supported as a member of the staff of the medical department of the Canton Christian College. The Friends in the University and in Philadelphia take a special interest in Dr. Cadbury’s work. Another representative of the University in the Orient is Mr. Frank V. Slack, ’03 C, the National Student Y. M. C. A. Secretary for the Indian Empire. Mr. Slack’s support will be drawn especially from a group of fraternities and from the college students of the University. 31 st. luke’s hospital, Shanghai, china Mr. Slack, while in college, was “Spade” honor man, Leader of the Glee Club, Leading Character in the Greek Play, Secretary of his class, a member of the Friars’ Senior Society, and of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. After graduation, he was Secretary of the Christian Association for three years, following which he was chosen as Intercollegiate Secretary for the Eastern Universities of the United States for a period of two years. The actual work of Mr. Slack in India consists of supervising all of the Christian work which is being done by the missionary societies 32 through the Y. M. C. A. in the native educational institutions centering in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Allahabad and Lahore. Slack writes, “You will allow me to say at the beginning that I am sincerely conscious of gratification and pleasure over the new arrange- ment, for it is exceedingly nice to feel that one’s work is being maintained, not by a vague group of people whom one doesn’t know and who, in the nature of things cannot take a personal interest in one, but by one’s own University people, many of whom are friends, and all of whom have that common relationship to the University herself to which one looks back and forward, too — with such appreciation.” WM. W. CADBURY, ’02 M. FRANK V. SLACK, ’03 C. “Perhaps it will be well for me to begin the actual description of my work and relationships by taking up some of the ‘machinery’ of the Y. M. C. A. in India. The supervising body, corresponding to the International Committee in America, is the National Council, a body of twenty-five or thirty prominent Indian and European Christians, chosen from different parts of the country, of course, and from different ecclesiastical bodies. The chairman is Sir Harnarn Singh, probably the leading Indian Christian from the point of view of prestige and general influence. His Excellency Lord Hardinge, Viceroy of India, is our ‘patron,’ a position that means considerable, since it means that he approves and commends our work. These high English officials in the East are careful as to what societies of 33 any sort they lend their names. To the National Council, the International Committee of America, and the British, Scotch, and Australian National Councils, send secretaries, maintained from these countries and handed over to the Indian Councils under certain general conditions that I need not go into. Thus, I am sent by the International Committee from which my budget comes, and which must be consulted if anything radical or revolu- tionary is proposed for me — otherwise my ‘boss’ is the Indian body. Some of the secretaries so assigned are made responsible for local work, being sub-loaned to a local board of directors ; others, one of whom I am, have responsibility for the direction of work of some special type throughout India and Ceylon and are under the immediate control of the National Council. DAVID S. IIANCHETT, PH.D., ’14 “My special field, as you know, is the student section of our work, a field comprising mainly over 40,000 University students, about 1000 of whom are Christians, scattered in small groups throughout India and Ceylon.” The Provost of the University is arranging with the Phi Kappa Psi Club of Philadelphia, and with the local chapter of Phi Kappa Psi for the support of Mr. D. S. Hanchett, Ph. D., T4, who will take up work among the railroad men of China, under the International Y. M. C. A. Dr. Hanchett expects to sail for China in 1915. .14 FRANK V. SI.ACK AND HIS INDIAN ASSOCIATE While the above are Penn’s special representatives abroad, the Asso- ciation desires to keep in touch with all the other missionary graduates by correspondence, to remember them and their work in prayer at the University services, and to have them meet and speak to the students upon their return to the United States. These graduates of the University give Pennsylvania a splendid representation in the foreign missionary enterprise, and they should have the hearty and enthusiastic support of the undergraduates, faculty, alumni and friends of the University at home. What opportunity can be greater in our day than to be on the firing line of the Christian Church in its effort to win the entire world for Jesus Christ ! ANNUAL BUDGETS. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. McCracken and family $2800.00 Dr. W. W. Cadbury 1010.00 Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. Slack 2000.00 David S. Hanchett, Ph. D 1000.00 Total $6810.00 35 Statistics of Foreign Students at the University of Pennsylvania 1913-14 GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS England 6 Scotland 2 Canada 11 Australia 16 New Zealand 3 British West Pndies II British Guiana 1 South Africa 2 Total 52 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. France 10 Germany 6 Holland 2 Italy 4 Portugal 1 Switzerland 8 Greece 2 Austria 1 Roumania 4 Russia 1 Poland 2 Sweden 1 Total 45 Asia Minor . . . Armenia Turkey in Asia Egypt THE NEAR EAST. 1 Syria . . 1 Persia . 2 7 Total THE ORIENT. India 2 Japan Korea 1 China 24 Total 1 I 13 7 31 THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC. The Philippines 3 Hawaii 1 Total 4 LATIN AMERICA. Cuba 12 Porto Rico 14 Mexico 10 Honduras 1 Guatemala 7 Costa Rica 3 Panama 5 Nicaragua 7 Salvador 5 Colombia 13 Ecuador 4 Peru 4 Argentine 5 Brazil 29 Total 116 Total foreign students 264 36 FOREIGN STUDENTS AT NOKTHF1ELD CONFERENCE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY A Strategic Place to Plant the Truth That Will Make the World One Under the Prince of Peace Two hundred and sixty-four foreign students from forty-six different nations was the record this past year at the University of Pennsylvania. They come from eight great divisions of the British Empire. Twelve of the nations on the European continent, including those involved in the present gigantic struggle, and all the nations comprised in the Near East, as well as a large group from China, Japan, Korea, India and the islands of the Pacific. About one-third of the whole number come from fourteen of the Republics of Central and South America. It is an unparalleled oppor- tunity for the Church, for the University and for the friends of peace and righteousness. The Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania has devoted during the past two years to the care of this large group of foreign students the entire time of one of its secretaries who had spent ten years in educational and missionary work among Latin American peoples, and whose sympathy and interest, in addition, have always gone out to the great Orient. He and his wife have made their home a centre of influence among these men, where they have been able freely to come into touch with 37 the Christian home. But the work is without limit. What is needed now is a building of sufficient size to furnish dormitory accommodations for at least forty or fifty of the foreign students, in which they might live with the director and his wife, as in a Christian home, and which would be constantly open as a center of Christian influence for the whole number of 250 and more who are coming in increasing numbers every year. In one of the nearby Churches this leader has a Bible group, in which are represented each Sunday afternoon men of Mohammedan, Brahman, Buddhist, Confucianist, and other faiths, in addition to those students of the Christian faith. What greater opportunity for promoting the brother- hood of the nations and the ultimate reign of the Prince of Peace than in work of this kind, where questions of world-wide and eternal interest are discussed in the spirit of the broadest Christian charity. The opportunity is without parallel in any of our other American Universities, and there is here a chance for someone to provide the means to erect this sort of a hall or dormitory which would furnish all the influences of a Christian home and would be a centre for this strategic work. Many of these students are picked and representative men from their native countries — they come to Pennsylvania with open minds and almost totally ignorant of American customs and habits of life. The curriculum and daily life of the University is naturally planned for North American students, so that it is very difficult for these strangers to enter into the best life of the University community without much more assistance than is necessary for the average student. These students are also very likely to have considerable influence in their native land upon their return, and it is, therefore, most important that they shall be introduced into the best at Pennsylvania and in Philadel- phia, instead of the worst, which may happen if they are allowed to shift for themselves. Mr. A. W. Stevenson, ’83 C, together with a group of students and women from the homes of Philadelphia, have done much for these par- ticular students during the past year. Mr. Stevenson’s report follows: The International Committee extended an invitation to the students from the outside of the United States, who are studying in the universities and colleges of the East, to send delegates to the Student Conference of the Eastern District at Northfield, Massachusetts, June 19-29. In addition to nearly 600 American students present from Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams, West Point, Toronto, McGill, etc., there were separate sections of Chinese, Japanese, Latin Americans, also some Pom East India. Our University had its fair proportion among the total number of nearly 100 foreign students. We had six in the section of nearly sixty Chinese students. In the East Indian delegation of only eight, we had present our only two students who are from India, and two others from that country who expect to enter the University during this coming year. All the foreign students joined with the whole Conference in the general platform meetings at noon and in the evening, but had their own section meetings each morning for Bible Study and the discussion of the great moral and national problems of their respective lands. The most notable session of our Latin-American division was at the end of the ten days, on the last Sunday morning, when Dr. Mott gave an address, centering his remarks around the statement that religion is primarily an act of the will. At the conclusion of Mott’s address each one of those present in the room walked up to the table and signed his name to the fol- lowing covenant, which was written there: “First, that he would accept Christ as Lord and Master and follow his teachings step by step, as his reason was convinced. “Second, that he would put himself in contact with the personality of Christ by reading His life and teachings. “Third, that he would make it an act of daily endeavor to thus study His teachings and to come into communion with Him through prayer.” Much time was given during the first two or three weeks securing rooms and board for many of the new students who registered from China, India, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, etc. Frequent assistance was also necessary in interpreting for some of them with the Deans in reference to entrance requirements; and also in connection with the cashing of drafts, and opening accounts in banks, etc. The first social evening and entertainment to be held was on Friday, December 12, at which over four hundred guests were present from among the faculty and their families, as well as other friends in the city. The invitations had also been sent to every student in the University from outside the LTnited States, and to about 100 picked American students. Nearly every country was represented, and the Chinese section of the Cosmopolitan Club furnished a most instructive and pleasing novel entertainment. A committee of about fifteen prominent Philadelphia ladies and members of the Faculty Tea Club, under the leadership of Mrs. R. Tait McKenzie, chairman, received the students and guests, and after the entertainment served tea a la China, with Chinese cakes, Chinese nuts and Chinese candy. The Chinese students had also prepared an exhibition of valuable relics and curios. As an immediate outcome of the work of this Ladies’ Auxiliary Com- mittee, a number of American families entertained at dinner groups of four students at a time, from different countries. The members of the committee are Mrs. R. Tait McKenzie, Mrs. Edgar Fahs Smith, Mrs. Paul R. Cret, Mrs. H. H. Donaldson, Mrs. Wm. Pepper, Mrs. Edward C. Kirk, Miss Ames, Mrs. G. W. Pepper, Mrs. A. C. Abbott, Mrs. J. P. W. Crawford, Mrs. Morris Jastrow, Jr., Mrs. Warren Powers Laird, Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott, Mrs. Barton Cooke Hirst, Mrs. Roswell C. McCrea, Mrs. George Nitzsche, Mrs. Thomas Robbins, Mrs. Wm. H. Hollar, Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson, Mrs. H. H. Collins, Jr., Mrs. T. S. Evans, Mrs. A. W. Stevenson, Mrs. J. W. Fry, Mrs. A. E. Sampson, Mrs. H. B. Allyn, Mrs. C. E. Waite, Mrs. J. R. Swain, Mrs. L. A. Klein, and others. The Association, as well as the students from other lands, are under deep obligations to the ladies of the Hospitality Committee and to the Faculty Tea Club, who helped so generously in these entertainments and who did so much 39 to open up the homes of a great many families. Much has been done in this way to disarm the prejudice that exists in the minds of most foreigners towards us and our customs and our institutions, and to open doors for warm Christian friendships. In addition to the work of hospitality that has been done for our foreign students, they in turn have been able to be of service to us. Five of the Chinese students were in demand during the fall in connec- tion with the arrangements for the Student Volunteer Convention in Kansas City. They spoke either singly or in groups for special meetings and Sunday services in many of the churches of the city. These churches also gave gener- ously to a fund which largely paid the expenses of sending tire following of our Chinese students as delegates to this convention: Paak T. Lau, C. V. Yui, C. S. Shu, and E. S. Tyau. During the year other students from Greece, India, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, as well as from Japan and China, have given addresses on the history, cus- toms, education and progress of their various countries for churches and women’s clubs of the city and vicinity. They have also spoken before social groups called together in private homes. In time of trouble there is a special open road to the human heart. Dur- ing the summer the secretary, while at the University camp for a few days, received word that one of the Japanese students had died after a very briel illness in the hospital. Hurried arrangements were made and Japanese friends from the city were gathered together and burial services were hel l at the undertaker’s. The body was cremated and the ashes sent home to the family in Japan. The Aim of the Christian Association in doing this work might be stated in this way: 1. To insure that every student who comes from foreign shores, whether Christian or non-Christian, will discover that the secret of the “greatness” of the American Nation does not consist merely in its "sice,” nor its “big business,” nor solely in the energy and ceaseless activity of our people, but in the underlying Christian principles which have really and vitally permeated since the beginning our American home life, our educational and social life, and our institutions. 2. That as each foreign student gradually learns to appreciate these main facts of our history, he may have abundant opportunity through personal Christian friendships, and through the Christian movements and churches of our city, to come himself into vital contact with the Source of this Power, so that he may return from his studies here not only a stronger man personally, but with clearer vision and better able to guide his own nation in the same struggle which is going on in this land to overthrow evil and establish the “Kingdom of God” in the hearts of men and in society. Conference on Social and Moral Problems The final gathering at the end of the year was a two-day Conference on social and moral problems in all lands. The theme running through the dis- cussions was given in the following statement of the object: “As each nation is making its own contribution to the sum total of the social, moral and religious progress of the world, the uplift of the whole world depends upon increasing the output of the social and moral forces in each 4 ° nation. The future leaders of the world are her students of today. To culti- vate better understanding among the nations, and to help each to make its highest contribution, is the object of this Conference.” The addresses on the different evenings were given by Sr. Don Federico Alfonzo Pezet, the Minister to the United States from Peru, who spoke on ‘‘Contrasts in the Development of Nationality in the Anglo and Latin-American,” and by Sr. Don J. E. Lefevre, Secretary of the Legation at Washington from the Republic of Panama, who spoke as a sympathetic observer of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in furnishing a platform and a place where the young men of Latin countries can work out these high ideals in their respective nations. Other addresses were by Professor J. U. Escobar, of Chihuahua, Mexico, who spoke on social and religious work in Mexico; and by Dr. W. P. Wei, who told about the “Chinese Educational Mission,” which is sending government students to the United States under the Indemnity Fund which was returned to China. A social element was provided also, in the receptions given to these distinguished speakers, which preceded the serious discussions of each evening. In connection with this Conference a “Questionaire” was sent out to the students in each national group. Some of the questions were as follows: 1. What are some of the principal contributions which your country has made and which you expect she can make during the years to come to the whole world progress? And in what ways can our American people best learn about these things from you while a student here in the United States? 2. During your temporary residence here, what movements for social and moral uplift have you observed in this country which you would recom- mend to other students from abroad as being worthy of investigation and study outside of the work in the classroom? 3. Speaking frankly and in a spirit of fair criticism, what are some of the defects in American social and student life which make it difficult for students from aboard to form a favorable appreciation and correct estimate of the North American people? 4. How can we help the students to come into closer contact with the better elements of North American life? Some replies were: “I would strongly recommend to the students from abroad, for investiga- tion and study, the Christian Spirit for social service which I have seen, including many forms of philanthropic work for the poor, and for the welfare of the child.” “Foreign students should, if possible, come into contact with the people of Philadelphia, and study them closely, for they seem to have inherited the spirit of the Quakers.” “I admire the peaceful way in which woman suffrage is being obtained in this country; and the vigorous and earnest preaching against the liquor traffic and white slavery.” “The great number of moral issues which are backed in this country by the daily press; also the comparative absence of rabid partisanship from so many of the best American dailies.” Other students had noticed especially the movements for the uplift of the young, as “the Young Men’s and the Young Women’s Christian Associations, and their splendidly equipped buildings;” others, “the University Settlement, the Salvation Army, and various institutions for the sick, the aged, and the needy.” "The ministers of the churches of America seem in the main to be men worthy of their tasks, and 1 wish that all countries might have them as the Americans have them.” Several referred to the physical training and its great value “in leading young men to lead good moral, clean and manly lives.” "I have been impressed by the happy home life of genuine Christians, as I have come in contact with them since coming to this country. And I have also noted the scientific spirit that pervades every department of these philanthropic and religious activities as manifested in the perfect order and system of carrying them on.” In this same questionaire we had requested frank and candid criticisms of our social and student life. For example, one wrote, “generally speaking, Americans may show some interest in what a ‘newcomer’ has to say, but ver\ little interest in the person who is saying it.” “The general concept of inferiority which the majority of the people of the United States seem to entertain concerning foreigners in general.” “The lack of respect and courtesy toward members of the faculty in our institutions of learning.” “Demoralization of American social life by the modern dances. Having a ‘good time’ seems to be ‘the chief aim of most American students.’ ” “The great distractions to American students from the many outside forms of amusement are so great that they do not learn properly to proportion their time, and at the end of terms the work has to be ‘crammed,’ to the great detriment of the best results in the real work for which they are supposed to be in college.’’ “If the foreign student does not form a favorable and correct estimate of the American people, it is frequently because he himself keeps apart from them, due in part to his difficulty in the use of the language and in part to his national egoism, and a too great readiness to find fault with everything American.” “For my part, I have been thrown with congenial American friends from the beginning.” “Owing to fortuitous circumstances I was enabled to enter into American social life, and to escape somewhat from the miserable features ct boarding house life. Some of us have been able, therefore, to form a more favorable estimate of the American people.” Some of the men made suggestions, at our request, as to how the condi- tions of students from abroad might be improved. One student from Japan wrote: “1. Show them good home life. For in the home is found the true spirit of American courtesy and hospitality. 2. Bring them into close touch with pure Christianity during their first months here.” In this connection mention should be made of the Woodland Presby- terian Church, at Forty-second and Pine, which was open with especial hospitality to men from every country. They were invited to various recep- tions and entertainments, as well as to the church services. Each Sunday afternoon an International Bible Class was conducted by Mr. Stevenson, which enrolled during the year men from Japan, China. Egypt, Syria. Armenia, as well as some from different parts of Europe and South America and some of our American students. The total enrollment was over 30, with a fair average attendance each Sunday during the year. The far-reaching 42 character of this seed-sowing can be appreciated when we remember how man) diflfe rent religious beliefs coming from the ends of the earth are represented from time to time in this Bible Class. Dr. Lampe also conducted one evening a week in Houston Hall, during the winter season, a special Discussion Group for the students from China, which was largely attended. It must be plain that in order to accomplish our task, of exalting Christ as the Great Friend of all men and of all nations, we must employ as many points of contact in this single University, and meet as many problems in doing so, as Christ’s whole Church is doing in carrying social service and evangelism to the millions in these countries around the world. AN ATHLETIC CARNIVAL IN CHINA. 43 UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT BUILDING Service. THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT OF PHILADELPHIA. Lombard and Twenty-sixth Streets. BY HELEN S. KNOWLES, HEAD WORKER. Plave you ever considered upon what the success of settlement work depends in large measure? Without doubt, upon continuity of service. One great object of the settlement is to make lasting and effective friend- ships, not with isolated individuals, but with the residents of a whole locality. Any friendships, to be mutually helpful, require time and know- ledge of conditions. Friendships to be perfected in a given district require even longer time, and minute knowledge of local environment, which can be acquired only through the actual experience of living among the people one seeks to know. Of course, to know any given locality specifically, one must know the whole city, and realize the relations of every precinct to its ward, and the w.ard to the municipality. Only so, can one arrive at the true solution of the local problems and those of the individual, which after all are problems of the whole. To start anew, and begin friendships where others have left them, and to undertake problems partially solved must always be a problem in itself. In the first few months of residence there are necessarily many disappointments and delays in the progress of the work of the settlement, due to the need of reinterpretation of fundamentals, and the difficulty of digging to the foundations. But a survey of the work of ten months shows that the foundations reached are solid, and the outlook for future attain- ment is encouraging. Every successful settlement bears a definite relation to the locality in which it is situated. The University Settlement has a double field for 44 work. It must interpret to college students conditions of which they may know nothing and must bring them into vital contact with men, women and children whose thoughts, ideals and opportunities are probably totally different from their own. To the student with sentimental or too theoretical views of philanthropy this is at times a rude but necessary awakening — to find himself matched at every turn by personalities as capable of attainment as he. To the people of the neighborhood the settlement must bring a broader outlook. It must bring them into direct contact and relationship with people who for the most part they would have no opportunity of knowing. As the settlement interprets, it must also make for self-realization. Most of us learn in the doing, and as far as possible all settlement organ- izations must become self-governing. In this way the settlement is paving the way for the Social Centre, and is working for that ideal time when it vvill be itself self-eliminating. Graham Taylor has said that “Life and religion are alike. They were meant and made to be one and the same.’’ Social endeavor, then, which places the highest value on every life because of the divine possibilities of all, is religious. Because it recognizes the worth of all, it will not work to change creeds and forms of religious expression, but will strive to deepen and vitalize whatever forms there are. Such effort will aim to realize the final form of religion as expressed in Christianity. In the brief discussion of certain phases of the work that follows, one is conscious of the fact that those things which count for the most in SUMMER KINDERGARTEN — UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT 45 human relationships cannot be recorded, and that figures in records of social achievement count for comparatively little. There is a need for the standardization of symbols by which social endeavor is measured. INDOOR ACTIVITIES. Three special needs of the work and two organizations long con- nected with the Settlement deserve this year special mention. Some provision should be made for industrial work for the boys. Gymnasium and recreational facilities are provided, but no opportunity for training through industrial work. The same need is felt for the girls. There is no adequate provision for domestic science work. One small kitchen has to serve many organizations, making it impossible to conduct domestic science classes with system or order. The house on Taney Street, which is being vacated by the Junior Club, could be admirably transformed into a housekeeping centre, and the cost of the equipment would not be great. There seems also to be special need of greater shower bath facilities in this section. Although the Settlement is equipped with the shower baths, the supply of hot water is very deficient and barely supplies the cleaning requirements and those using the gymnasiums. The installation of a boiler would overcome this difficulty. THE JUNIOR CLUB. The Junior Club is one of the oldest organizations connected with the Settlement house. At the present time it has a membership of fifty-four men over 18 years. The club has had the exclusive use of a small house on Taney Street, the rooms being open every evening and Sunday after- noon, and the use of the Settlement gymnasium. Among its notable achievements for the past year has been the winning by a first and second basketball team of the championship of the Philadelphia Inter-Club Amateur Athletic League. The club held two very enjoyable “smokers” and two dances. It gave three performances of an excellent minstrel show, the proceeds of one entertainment being given toward the Baby Saving Show. The season’s activities were closed by an annual banquet, at which Director Porter and Dean W. D. Lewis were the speakers of the evening. MOTHERS’ CLUB. The Mothers’ Club can also claim a long connection with the Settle- ment. Its present membership is 125. The Club met one night a week for sewing and millinery, and another night for a social, or to enjoy an outside speaker. The Club gave a banquet in the spring, all details of which were attended to most creditably by the members. It seemed as if a great deal had been achieved when members of the Club co-operated 46 with the house in the closing night entertainment by appearing for the first time before the footlights in Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works. Two suc- cessful Rummage Sales were held during the year, and the Club is indebted to many friends for donations of clothing at those times. HOUSE COUNCIL. Elected representatives of both the Junior Club and Mothers’ Club, formed an Advisory Committee to the Headworker, and were called upon to decide questions of house discipline and procedure. KINDERGARTEN, The Kindergarten was conducted, as previously, by the Board of Education, with Miss Sharp, as teacher, in charge. STORY HOUR. The Story Hour for boys and girls was carried on in co-operation with the John Wanamaker Branch of the Public Library. Miss Helen Morrow, librarian, conducted the hour every week. STEREOPTICON PICTURES. Every Friday afternoon stereopticon pictures were given for the school children, many of the slides being furnished through the courtesy of the Board of Education. Miss Crosby, supervising principal of the Anna Hallowed School, co-operated greatly in this work. Some student was nearly always available to run the lantern, while one of the house residents explained the educational pictures and conducted the singing. MOVING PICTURES. Except during Lent and when other entertainment was available, Moving Pictures were given every Friday night. Five cents admission was charged for five films. The value and pleasure of these evenings was greatly enhanced by the University men, who gave freely of their service in playing the piano and giving often some other form of entertainment between films. The evening ended with dancing until 10.30, children being permitted to stay with their parents until 10 o’clock. When chil- dren and their parents danced together it seemed as if a great step had been taken in providing wholesome recreation. Some weeks as many as 125 attended these entertainments. One week pictures of the Glacier Na- tional Park were enjoyed. GLEE CLUB CONCERT. The Settlement was greatly indebted to the members of the Glee and Mandolin Clubs for a most enjoyable concert December 5. After the Club members had partaken of “hot dogs and coffee,” the residents were treated to a second concert of a more informal, but thoroughly delightful, nature. HOUSE DANCES. Upon the request of the young people, weekly house dances, except during the Lenten season, were held, following Miss Lyons’ dancing class. University students often furnished the music, and the dances were felt in every way to be highly successful and to fill a distinct need. The house provided the dance programs and the residents received the guests and acted as chaperons, and members of the Junior Club acted as ushers. A standard of acceptable dancing was required and accorded. On one occa- sion only was a dancer asked to leave the floor because of disregard of the ushers’ requests. On special occasions extra refreshments were provided. St. Patrick’s night 175 attended the dance and dramatic performance given by the Junior Club. The waltz quadrille this night was danced with a zest never before witnessed. Members of the Mothers’ Club always attended the dances with the young people. Quite regular attendants were a mother, her daughter and her married son and wife. BABY SAVING SHOW. Through the generosity of friends, local business houses and contribu- tions from the Junior and Mothers’ Club it was possible to secure for ten days the Baby Saving Show of the Child Federation. Practically all the second floor of the Settlement had to be thrown open for the exhibits. The enterprise was felt to be highly successful, for although the attend- ance was not so great as in other sections of the city, those who did attend were intelligent and were able to understand and pass on what they saw and learned. Through the generosity of Mr. Benjamin West Frazier, it was possible to have two contests in connection with the show. Principals of the Anna Hallowell Public School, the Pierce School, the Arthur and the Hollingsworth School co-operated, and four prizes were offered to children in those schools writing the best composition upon “What the Baby Saving Show Teaches.” Four prizes were also offered for babies under two years who improved the most in a period of six weeks. Thirty- one babies entered the contest. Acknowledgment should be made at this time to members of the Junior League, who did so much to make the Baby Show a success. The Settlement felt fortunate in that the Child Federation received its friends in honor of the Mayor one afternoon while the exhibits were at its house — it being felt that the exhibits could be seen there to such advantage. “Knowledge is waste unless knowledge saves. Humanity is the meas- ure of scientific discovery. Unless the many learn, the few teach in vain.” 48 One of the school children wrote : “The Baby Saving Show has proved that it is what it is named and has proven a very great blessing to our people.” ENTERING THE P.ABY CONTEST CHRISTMAS. Christmas at the Settlement was made, as far as possible, all inclusive. All students whose addresses could be found and who remained at the University over Christmas were invited to spend Christmas Eve at the Settlement. Foreign students as well as Americans attended, and after filling candy boxes and wrapping up presents for the neighborhood parties, with the aid of women volunteer workers, enjoyed refreshments, games and dancing in the gymnasium. A feature of the evening was the burn- ing of candles in every window, to signify that the “Light of the World had come.” It seemed as if every one enjoyed the evening, and those who for the first time were away from home particularly expressed their appreciation. The House party for its Club members was also a happy occasion, when the young men and women presented most creditably a Christmas mystery play — “Bethlehem.” The Christmas celebrations were made possible through the generosity of many friends and the following college fraternities: 49 Sigma Phi Sigma, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Delta Sigma Phi, Sigma Phi, Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Chi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Sigma Delta, Delta Phi, Zeta Beta Tau, Acacia, Psi Upsilon, Delta Phi, Delta Psi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Alpha Chi Rho, Theta Xi, Sigma Tau, Delta Delta Delta, Zeta Psi, Phi Delta Theta. SUNDAY CONFERENCES. Sunday Conferences were held every month at the Settlement, when social workers and college students were invited to meet and hear some well-known speaker on questions of social and moral import, and to par- take of a cup of tea. The Headworker was at home informally other Sunday afternoons to students and volunteer workers. NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS. Starting January 18, Neighborhood Meetings were held every Sunday evening for those who, having attended to their church obligations, could spend a friendly social evening together. Members of the faculty and others gave illustrated stereopticon lectures at this time and instrumental or vocal music added to the program. Hardly a Sunday evening passed without Dr. Lazarus giving violin selections, which were greatly enjoyed and of which grateful acknowledgment is made. The residents served coffee at these informal meetings. MEDICAL DISPENSARY. For a long time it had been felt that the Medical Dispensary needed larger quarters. The one small room, which had to serve two college students and the supervising physician as well as the patients, was entirely inadequate. After the New Year new offices were opened, a room used for a workshop and storeroom being converted into four rooms for the purpose. At this time a small social service department was started in connection with the Dispensary, a social worker being in the Dispensary every night to register all patients and to follow up any cases needing medical or social after care. A system of card registration, based upon that of other such departments, was also introduced. By having two medical students live at the Settlement, working in the Dispensary under the supervision of Dr. Penn-Gaskell Skillern, Jr., and in the neighborhood under Dr. Howard Kennedy Hill, and other students volunteering for the work, it is felt that the medical work is now on a good practical basis. MEDICAL DISPENSARY — UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT It is hoped that more and more the students can be interested in the social bearing of their dispensary work as a phase of interpretation which has come to stay. Gifts of money as well as of equipment are gratefully acknowledged at this time. DENTAL DISPENSARY. The summer of 1913, a dental student, living at the Settlement, through the help of Dr. Frederick W. Allen of the Dental School, started a Dental Dispensary. Though the equipment to start was meager, the value and need of the work was clearly demonstrated. The question of proper quarters was serious, as during the summer the kitchen had been used. A Club room, with no plumbing facilities, was utilized, however, until after New Year’s, when the Dental Dispensary was moved into the former Medical Dispensary room. Here students, under the direction of Dr. Allen, treated patients four evenings, one morning and three afternoons all winter and spring. Strange as it has seemed, the children have crowded in, and the prospect of teeth to be pulled has in no way dampened their ardor. One afternoon the dentist was discovered filling a child’s teeth while the office floor was filled with an admiring audience. Neither the dentist nor the patient seemed in the least perturbed, though the atmos- si phere was like that of a “pink tea.” It is planned to have a dental student live at the Settlement in the future and to make every effort to interest as many students in the Dental School as possible in this new phase of the work. Only through the generosity of Dr. Allen has the Dispensary been possible. He provided it with an operating chair, many instru- ments and dental supplies. DENTAL DISPENSARY — UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT STUDENT BANQUETS. Three times during the year the Settlement was glad to be able to offer its rooms and facilities for Student Banquets. Though these were independent entertainments, the Settlement housekeeper assumed the cater- ing and serving of the meals and the Settlement staff was included. Some students became acquainted with Settlement activities through these meet- ings who might never have visited the house on any other pretext. Eighty- five attended the Social Service Banquet, fifty the meeting of the Cosmo- politan Club and thirty-nine the supper of the Conference for Foreign Students. 52 NEIGHBORHOOD WORK. Undoubtedly one of the most important phases of Settlement work is the friendly visiting, informal or otherwise, at the Settlement House or in the homes. Such intercourse is the hardest to measure. One may call for weeks or months to secure a desired end which a subsequent five- minute call may achieve. Family rehabilitation calls directly for co-opera- tion with many other social agencies and individuals, and it demands the wisest neighborliness and courage. Visitors from social agencies not living in their districts can with comparative ease make demands that it is harder to make of one’s friend and next-door neighbor. Yet, because of the neighborly relationship, it would seem as if, on the other hand, more sympathetic and understanding treatment should be extended, and for that very reason, perhaps, oftener realized. The Settlement visitor was made this winter Secretary of the District Society for Organizing Charity, and reports, besides, co-operation with the following organizations : Bet- terment Bureau of the Consumers’ League, Miss Wooley of the Press Office, Social Service Department of the University Hospital, the State Dispensary, Housing Commission, Board of Health, Flower and Fruit Mission, the Union Benevolent Association, the Home Missionary Society, the Winfield Hospital, Society St. Vincent de Paul, Society to Prevent Cruelty to Children, Children’s Aid Society, the Sheltering Arms, Phila- delphia Hospital, the Polyclinic Hospital, University Hospital, Temporary Shelter for Women, Seventh Ward Charity Organization, Western Tem- porary Home. It seems curious that with few exceptions the families reached in this way have no club affiliation with the Settlement. Ninety families have been visited in connection with the Dispensary work and eighteen have been cases of family rehabilitation. Forty families have been visited regularly for other reasons, making a total of 148 families the Settlement is keeping in close touch with through weekly home visi- tation. Through the aid of individuals, business firms and agencies employment has also been secured for five men, fourteen boys, thirty-two women and eighteen girls. The following activities have also been carried on through the winter season : Boys’ game room, pool room and gymnasium ; girls’ social club, gymnasium, folk dancing and domestic science classes. The settlement continues to be a station for Stamp Savings and Fuel Savings in winter and summer. SUMMER ACTIVITIES. The summer marks a time of more or less unorganized activity, valua- ble because of the informal and more personal relationships one is able to establish with one’s neighbors. For organized work both the Dental Dispensary and the Medical Dispensary have remained open — the former for five mornings and two evenings, the latter for five evenings from seven to nine o’clock — the entire burden of which has had to be assumed by Dr. Skillern in the absence of all student helpers. In addition, Dr. Hill and Dr. Mitchell have given special attention to the care of babies — coming to the Settlement three afternoons for that purpose and when necessary visiting them in their homes. The Board of Recreation has supplied directors for the playground — a man and woman for the afternoon and evening sessions. Through the generosity of Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott and Mr. Thomas L. Latta, it was possible to have the floor on the roof relaid and the weekly house dances have been continued there all summer. The experiment of conducting a summer Kindergarten has been tried with great success for a six weeks’ period, one of the resident workers having charge of it. Another summer it would seem worth while to con- duct a summer school for the older boys and girls. Flowers and vegetables have been supplied every week for the sick and the children by Miss Frances Chambers and the Flower and Fruit Mission. Vacation work is fortunately a large part of summer work, and the friends of the Settlement are fortunate in having the University Camp as an old camping ground. Twenty-seven mothers, sixty-one children under ten years, forty-seven boys and forty-seven girls had vacations at Green Lane, at which time one or more of the settlement staff went up with them for two or three days. UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT PLAYGROUND 54 RESIDENT WORKERS. Head Worker, Miss Helen Safford Knowles. Assistant Worker, Miss La Rue MacGowen. Assistant Worker, Miss Alwildia Chase. STUDENT RESIDENTS. Gymnasium Director, Mr. George Rice (October to June). Boys’ Club and Dramatics, Mr. M. Edison Husted, T6 (October to June). Medical Dispensary, Mr. Ralph Chaney, ’14 (October to June); Mr. Frank A. Plum, T5 (January to June); Mr. Clarence McKee, ’IS (October to January). Dental Dispensary and Assistant Social Service Secretary, Dr. Andrew MacGowan (October to May). Dental Dispensary and Boys’ Work, Dr. Wm. Hough (June to August); Mr. Walter Dunlap, ’IS (August to October). Supervising Physician, Dr. Penn-Gaskill Skillern, Jr. ALLIED WORKERS. Kindergarten, Miss Sharp. Playground, Air. Holtzbauer, Miss Ramer, Mr. Long, Miss Heuscher. CALENDAR OF THE YEAR Oct. 30 — Mothers’ Club Hallow E’en party. Nov. 6 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Dr. Abbey. Nov. 9 — Sunday Conference. Speaker, Dr. Kelsey. Nov. 20 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Miss Thompson. Subject, Occupation fo: Girls. Dec. 5 — Concert by the Musical Clubs of the U. of P. Dec. 7 — Sunday Conference. Speaker, Provost E. F. Smith. Dec. 11 — Rummage Sale. Dec. 23 — Junior Club Dance. Dec. 24 — Christmas Tree Party for University Students and Volunteer Workers. Dec. 26 — Neighborhood Christmas Party and Play, “Bethlehem,” a Christmas Mystery. L>ec. 29 — Dutch Supper given by the Evans Club. Jan. 8 — Mothers’ Club Party. Jan. 14 — First House Dance. Jan. 15 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Mrs. Pierce, Inspector of Department of Highways. Jan. 18 — Sunday Conference. Speaker, Rev. John McDowell. First Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Dr. James P. Lichtenberger. Subject, “Egypt.” Jan. 20 — Trish Supper given by the Junior Club. Jan. 25 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Mr. Bernard J. Newman. Subject. “Some Evils of Our Present Housing Condition.” Jan. 29 — Mothers’ Club Party. Feb. 1 — Sunday Conference. Speaker, Dr. Arthur Holmes, Dean of State College. Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Dr. Holmes. Subject, “Success.” ss Feb. 5 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Miss Yerkes, Principal of the Rudolph S Walton School. Subject, ‘‘The Care of Young Children.” Feb. 7 — Solomon Grundy Party for Volunteer Workers. Feb. 8 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Dr. Taylor. Subject, “Pure Food ” Feb. 10 — Mothers’ Club. Cooking Demonstration by Mrs. Anna B. Scott. Subject, “Meat Substitutes.” Feb. 11 — Social Service Banquet. Feb. 12 — Junior Club Smoker. Feb. 15 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Mr. Michael Dorizas. Subject., “The Balkan Wars.” Feb. 19 — Cosmopolitan Club Banquet. Feb. 20 — Junior Club Dance. Feb. 21 — Children’s Washington’s Birthday Party. Feb. 22 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Mr. S. P. Wetherill. Feb. 23 — Minstrel Show given by the Junior Club. Feb. 24 — Minstrel Show given by the Junior Club. Feb. 25— Junior Club Smoker. Feb. 26 — Mothers’ Club. Miss Jordan, Cooking Demonstration, and Mrs. Marburg, Reader. Mar. 1 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Dr. Lingelbach. Subject, “Paris.” Mar. 5 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Miss Marian Rea. Mar. 8 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Dr. Crawford. Subject, “Rome.” Mar. 11-21 — Baby Saving Show of Child Federation. (Including Baby Improvement Contest.) Mar. 15 — Sunday Conference. Speaker, Dr. Horace Carpenter. Mar. 20 — Tea given by the Woman’s Advisory Board of the Child Federation to meet Mayor Blankenburg. Mar. 26 — Mothers’ Club. Speaker, Miss Helen Glenn. Subject, “Work in the Social Service Department of the University Hospital.” Mar. 29 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Mr. Bushnell. Subject, “The Olympic Games.” Apr. 5 — Neighborhood Meeting. Speaker, Miss Mary Marlatt. Subject, “The Passion Play at Oberammergau.” Apr. 27 — Children taken to Circus on Invitation of Gimbel Brothers. May 1 — “Glacier National Park,” by Lawrence Kitchell. May 3 — Cosmopolitan Club Conference and Supper. May 5 — Minstrel Show. May 7 — Rummage Sale. Mar. 12 — Children taken to Wild West Show, Invitation of “The Evening Telegraph.” May 21 — Closing Night of Winter Season. “Too Many Husbands,” given by Junior and Evans Clubs. May 22 — Closing Night of Winter Season. “Mrs. Jarley’s Wax Works,” by the Mothers’ Club. “Tom Thumb’s Wedding,” by the Kinder- garten Children. Folk Dancing by Girls. July 3 — Patriotic Dance. July 21 — Camp. Boys and Mothers. Aug. 1 — Watermelon Party on Roof. Aug. 8 — Camp. Girls and Mothers. Aug. 18 — Camp. Girls and Mothers. Aug. 26 — Camp. Girls and Mothers. 56 SUMMER SCHEDULE DAILY 9-12 A. M. — Dental Dispensary, Drs. Hough and Dunlap. 9-12 A. M. — Kindergarten, Miss Chase. 1-9 P. M. — Playground and Showers, Mr. Long and Miss Heuscher. 7 P. M. — Medical Dispensary, Dr. Skillern and Miss MacGowen. 7.30 P. M. — -Stamp Savings Bank and Camp Registration. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 2 P. M. — Baby Clinic, Drs. Howard K. Hill and Mitchell. Tuesday, 7 P. M. — Dental Dispensary, Drs. Hough and Dunlap. Thursday, 7 P. M. — Dental Dispensary, Drs. Hough and Dunlap. Saturday, 8.30 P. M. — House Dance. WEEKLY SCHEDULE Monday, 4 P. M. — Girls’ Gymnasium Class, Miss Wood. Cooking Class, Miss Van Roden. Play Hour, Miss Barnes. Boys’ Basketball Practice, Mr. Groves. 4-6 P. M. — Dental Dispensary, Dr. MacGowan. 7.30 P. M. — Game Room, Messrs. Husted, Hauslein, Welch. Dental Dis- pensary, Dr. Wilcox. Pool Room., Messrs. Armstrong and Meyer. Boys’ Gymnasium Class, Messrs. Rice, Carroll and Horst. Men’s Study Class, Mr. Wood. 8 P. M. — Club No. 1, Cooking and Sewing, the Misses Love. Mothers’ Club, Misses Knowles, Chase. King, Gardiner, Bryant, Daniels and Mrs. Power. Tuesday, 4 P. M.— Folk Dancing Class, Misses Schmoele, Mattson and Bement. Cooking Class, Miss Taylor. Hand-work Group, Miss Bomberger and Mrs. Hamberger. Play Hour, Miss Van Roden and Miss Mayhood. Boys’ Gymnasium Class, Messrs. Rice, Herridy and Beisser. Tuesday, 7.30 P. M. — Game Room, Messrs. Husted, Hauslein, Welch and Armstrong. Pool Room, Mr. Meyer. Men’s Basketball Practice, Mr. Rice. Women’s and Girls’ Study Class, Miss Robins. Cooking Class, Mrs. Chase. Girls’ Gymnasium Class, Miss Neilly. Wednesday, 4 P. M. — Story Hour, Misses Chase, Morrow and Huch. 4.45 P. M. — Chorus, Miss Chase. 4-6 P. M. — Dental Dispensary, Dr. MacGowan, and Mr. Husted. Stamp Savings Bank, Miss Kelleher. 7.30 P. M.— Dental Dispensary, Mr. Harrington. Men’s Study Class, Mr. Wood. 8.30 P. M. — House Dance, House Residents. Thursday, 4 P. M. — Kitchen Garden Class, Miss Conrad and Mrs. Roberts. Cooking Class, Miss Heuscher. Play Hour, Mrs. MacFarland. Boys’ Gym- nasium Class, Messrs. Rice and Beisser. 7.30 P. M. — Game Room, Messrs. Husted, Hauslein, Welch. Pool Room, Messrs. Armstrong and Meyer. Intermediate Basketball Game. Brass Class, Miss Snowden. Sewing Class, Miss Robins. Crocheting Class, Miss Van Roden. Evans Club, Miss MacGowen. Mothers’ Club, same as Monday. Dental Dispensary, Mr. Ecks. Friday, 4 P. M. — Stereopticon Pictures, Miss MacGowen and Miss Rudderow. Dental Dispensary, Drs. MacGowan and Dunlap. 7.30 P. M. — Dental Dispensary, Mr. Ecks and Mr. Curtis. 8 P. M. — Moving Pictures, Miss MacGowen. 57 Saturday, 9-12 A. M. — Dental Dispensary, Dr. MacGowan. 10-12 A. M. — Sewing School, Miss Taylor, Miss Kerr and Mrs. Hamberger. 10 A. M. — Cooking Class, Miss Heuscher. 3 P. M. — Basketball Game, Juniors. 4-6 P. M. — Stamp Savings Bank. 7-9 P. M. — Messers. Huff, Clark, Ertel and Husted 8.30 P. M. — Junior A. C. Basketball Game. Sunday afternoon — Miss Knowles at home. 3 P. M. — Men’s Chorus, Mr. Husted and Miss Chase. Junior Club. 8 P. M. — Neighborhood Meeting. WOMEN’S SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott, Chairman. Mrs. John Bach McMaster. Mrs. Charles H. Frazier. Mrs. John G. Clark. Mrs. Barton C Hirst. Mrs. George W. Norris. Mrs. A. C. Abbott. Mrs. Alfred Stengel. SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE OF FACULTY TEA CLUB Mrs. John Bach McMaster, Chairman. Mrs. Richard M. Pearce. Mrs. Janies K. Young. Mrs. Kent Packard. Mrs. Edgar Marburg. Mrs. Edgar F Smith. Mrs. Samuel F. Houston. 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Mrs. Harold Pender. visit to the House is considered the unit in the above figures. 00 vj On vj Co C n 00 O on •— 4 Oj On on Oj »— ON NO Co O HO cn HO On 4- no cn o MO\Q HO v| Co VI o On On NO K) ON On 'O 'O *-* On 4- Co cn O 4-*- Co O HO Oj HO tO vj NO On Cn O •-* ON VJt^ HO On 00 h- bO t\J VjCN — ‘ 4- Co HO VlMbJtjl Cn 4- On Oj 4^ Cn O HO 4- Oj NO vj oj 4- HO H0 Cn NO 4 On O 00 t^ NO Oj no HO vj 4J- D ►— * (T> NO NO O 00 Cn o -^O HO On 4^ On 4- On oj oo vo'sr HO NO On On 4 Cn GO o o vj NO OJ OJ OJ Oj Cn vi C00 0044mC HJ o 4- Cn 4— Oj vj On HO 4— >— VJ NO HO Cn On O ^ HO On •— * vj MCnOM OnO^OOj Cn *— ■ OJ On NO NO ON O Oj Cn t\J m HO 00 Cn -j OJ GO — * 4— O 4 - Oj HO NO 00 Cn ^ 4- OJ OJ •— ON Cn i — ‘ *-» O Cn Co HO > O^ •-* K.'^ Cn Cn no ^ OJ HO NO VJ HO O Oj HO ON o 00 HO >- 4 4- 4^ CO Cn O *—» „ P Oj o Cn o 00 NO Oj vj oj C n Oj 4*- On i — * no Oj ^ Oj On 4- t\J O OJ 4- »— 4 HO Cn t O 4 Cn 4 On > C CTQ 4- HO HO 4-0 On Oj HO HO Oj ►— * HO >— 4 »— 4 4- NO h- HO ►— 4 ►— * HO fJ 00 NO- 00 o CO ON Cn l\) Cn 4 Cn cn Cn »— 4 CO O On HO 4 •— ‘OJ HOOj m ■ >— *OjOj Cn ~ Oj HO GCCC4 CONOOOOjh- ‘G 0ONtN)OJ(OViui4OjvjccON00CnVJOJ>- 4 On i— ‘CnOiHOO ju N0vlH00JH0N00N4Cn00VJ0\Cn4O0N0NH00NN0Cn0Ji— ‘HOOOHOt— ‘Vj^NOOOJH >4- Other Forms of Service. NOON TALKS AT GLASS WORKS A series of ten-minute noon meetings was arranged for at the Fox Glass Factory, for the purpose of reaching the boys and young men employed there. The first address was given by the captain of the ’Varsity Track Team, and was attended by sixty-seven men and boys. Twelve other speakers followed at weekly intervals, in every case leaders in some College activity. The whole trend of the series was to urge the boys to clean living. THE UNIVERSITY BOYS’ CLUB Every University has its quota of small boys who hang around the athletic field, the dormitories and the club houses with an attitude of bravado and secret imitation of the students in all of their practices. Unfortunately, these boys are most likely to see the worst side of Univer- sity life, because they see the students only superficially during their off hours. During the past year several students, under the leadership of the Social Service Secretary, gathered together the boys from the region back of Franklin Field, near the railroad tracks, and organized them into a Boys’ Club, meeting on Friday evenings in the basement of the Wharton School. They have been instructed in the principles of the Boy Scouts and have formed close friendships with some of the best students. Nine of them were taken out to University Camp during the summer. WORK IN THE EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY Students conducted two classes of the foreign inmates, with an enrollment of 14 each, on Friday afternoons throughout the winter in the learning of the English language. A series of illustrated lectures was given to different groups of inmates on Saturday afternoons, as follows: The Argentine .' Mexico Norway China Bee Culture Algeria The Composition and Use of Concrete Venice Labrador The Canadian Rockies Panama Special Lecture to Italian Inmates in Italian Special Lecture to Colored Inmates Climbing the Matterhorn Mr. Rittenhouse. Mr. Casasus. Mr. A. H. Lucas. Mr. P. T. Lau. Dr. E. F. Phillips. M. Dorizas. Mr. Mellon. Mr. Hart. Mr. L. A. Fallon. Mr. Lucas. Mr. Hayes. Mr. Chiera. Mr. T. R. Richardson. .Dr. Hyde. 6o A CROUP OF STUDENTS DOING SERVICE WORK COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOL The students have had a share in the Public School social center movement in connection with Columbus School, Ninth and Carpenter Streets, where the work has been financed by former Provost C. C. Harrison. There were ten classes of Italian working men, with an average enrollment of 15, studying the English language and two classes preparing for naturalization. Two illustrated talks were given by stu- dents. Another student taught dancing lessons, and there were in all 24 students who took part regularly in the uplift work of this Italian com- munity. CENTRAL Y. M. C. A. Through the Service department of the city Y. M. C. A. we have placed a number of students as teachers in classes of English in different sections of the city. Students in this way are being brought into contact with the following nationalities: Italians, Russians, Jews, Roumanians, Ruthenians, Armenians, Poles, Lithuanians and Letts. STATIONARY FIREMEN’S UNION In conjunction with the Central Y. M. C. A. a class was organized in this Union for the study of steam engineering, which was carried on for part of the winter by two students of the Engineering School. 61 HOSPITAL VESPER SERVICES The students assist in the religious services held at the University and Pennsylvania Hospitals on Sunday afternoons. SPEAKERS AND ENTERTAINERS About 40 students were sent out during the winter to 25 churches, Y. M. C. A.’s and other organizations to give entertainments and to make addresses on a great variety of subjects. These are in addition to the Penitentiary, Glass Factory and deputation speakers. TEACHERS Twenty classes of foreign working men were taught English and civics during the winter. Students led Bible classes, taught gymnastics, took charge of Boys’ Clubs and were assistants in various kinds of religious work. A STUDENT REI.IGIOUS TEAM RELIGIOUS TEAMS IN NEARBY CITIES AND TOWNS Students capable of taking the lead in entertainments, athletics, Bible study, Missions and Evangelistic work have been sent out in teams for week-ends to a number of carefully selected cities and towns near Phila- delphia during the past winter. These visits usually begin on Friday evening and last throughout Saturday and Sunday. The local arrange- ments are generally made by the community churches or a local Y. M. C. A. January 30, 31, and February 1 a team of five students visited t : Williamstown, N. J., holding an entertainment on Friday night, including moving pictures on University life, working among the boys on Saturday and speaking in the churches and at a special union religious meeting on Sunday. March 13, 14 and 15 a team visited Pitman, N. J., giving an entertainment on Friday afternoon, getting acquainted with the boys on Saturday and addressing them on Sex Hygiene and speaking in the Churches and at a mass meeting on Sunday. COATESVILLE, MAY 8, 9, 10, 1914 By far the most extensive experiment was undertaken in the visit of 23 University men to the city of Coatesville, where the entire com- munity was reached through the entertainments, athletics and religious addresses. On Friday night the entertainment was given in the largest hall in the city, and included moving pictures on life at Pennsylvania, together with a talk. Saturday morning was occupied in work among boys of the High Schools and Saturday afternoon there was a baseball game between the University and representatives of the local team. Saturday night was given up to anti-drinking addresses, given from auto- mobiles, by the students. On Sunday all of the churches were opened to the students in the morning and evening, and special evangelistic meet- ings were held in the Y. M. C. A. and Mission buildings, when something over 300 men and boys decided to accept Christianity. This team was very successful from the point of view of the community, and those who took part in the visit were most enthusiastic over the undertaking. As a result of the work of these teams, invitations have been received for visits to five other nearby cities and towns, including Chester and Wilmington. The total number of volunteers placed in some form of service was 280 students. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT BUREAU During the College year of 1913-14, 155 men were aided by the Employment Bureau, and during the summer approximately eighty-five were given assistance. These figures hardly do justice to the Bureau, in that students are frequently careless about reporting after they have received employment. Furthermore, these statistics do not disclose the more valuable per- sonal work done by the Bureau, through the securing of loans for espe- cially needy students, the providing of others with clothes and the general encouragement given, both by financial help and advice, to those who are making their way through the University under exceptional handicaps. Unfortunately, the time which the Secretary could give this work and the funds at his disposal are so limited that we could not be so far-reaching and effective in giving help as we would wish. STUDENT LOAN LIBRARY Several friends of the University, together with the students them- selves, have donated 240 text-books used in the curriculum courses, which may be loaned at a nominal rental to students who are financially unable to purchase their own books. Last year fifty books were loaned to thirty students at a rental of five cents each. This library has met a real need in the University. 64 boys’ tent at camp University Camp GREEN LANE, PA. The seventeenth annual camp of the Christian Association was held as usual on the beautiful camp site of sixty-four acres in the wild, rocky valley of Swamp Creek, forty-three miles north of Philadelphia. The equipment of the camp this year was ideal, consisting of ten tents, four boats, athletic field, artesian water supply, attractive mess pavilion, sliding board, giant stride, lodge with open fireplace for mothers and children and for camp fires on wet evenings, and a cedar bungalow for the head- quarters of the women workers. Masses of rocks arranged by nature herself for the evening camp fires completed an equipment which is unex- celled for camping purposes. The schedule of camps this year were as follows : Date Boys Girls Mothers Children Total June 30-July 10 81 8 13 102 July 10-July 20 10 (Poles) (Foreign Camp) 24 (Italians) 7 (Letts) 10 (Syrians) 10 27 37 125 July 21-July 30 69 14 23 106 July 30-Aug. 8 71 13 10 91 Total 282 Boys 65 Aug. 8-Aug. 18 75 17 40 132 Aug. 18-Aug. 26 69 17 30 116 Aug. 26-Sept. 2 53 16 53 122 282 197 112 206 797 The religious and social organizations of Philadelphia which used the camp this year were as follows : University Settlement. University Boys’ Club. University Hospital Social Service. MediconChi Social Service. St. Michael’s Church. St. Matthew’s Church. St. Mary’s Church. North House. Light House. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Lutheran Settlement House. Southwark Neighborhood House. Master’s Mission. Morton Street Boys’ Club. Polish Boys’ Club. San Christofer’s Day Nursery. Cohocksink Mothers’ Club. Howard Institution. Italian Boys’ Club. Camp Fire Girls. Schedule of prices: Seven-Day Camp Ten-Day Camp Children Board Transp. Children Board Transp. Under 3 years . . .$0 00 $0 00 Under 3 years . .$0 00 $0 00 Between 3 and 10.. . .. 1 75 55 Between 3 and 10 years 2 50 55 Girls under 16 . . . 3 00 55 Boys under 16 . . 4 00 55 Girls over 16 , .. 3 00 1 90 Boys over 16 . . 4 00 1 90 Mothers . . . 3 00 1 90 Mothers . . 4 00 1 90 Guests charged 25 cents per meal. These charges cover the actual expenses for transportation and board, and do not include new equipment and permanent repairs. A very considerable number of carefully selected campers were taken out abso- lutely free of charge. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOYS’ CAMPS Director, T. S. Evans. Business Manager. Dana G. How. Treasurer, Benj. West Frazier. Managing Counselors, Channing E. Sweitzer, P. G. Gordon A. Hardwick, ’16 W. Earle M. Humphreys, ’16, A. Counselors, Le Roy Elwell, ’14 W. Alexander Randall, ’17 C. E. Nathan P. Arnold, ’17 C. Bellinger Dunham, ’15 A. J. L. Hartman, Edgar R. Cope, ’16 C. J. Hartman Fryer. John H. Rindge, 3d. P. W. Chen. T7 Vet. 66 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MOTHERS’ AND GIRLS’ CAMPS Managing Counselor, Marguerite W. Jordan. Assistants, Mary Beggs. Margaret Hannah. Irene H. Cobb, Nurse. Twenty-four volunteer women counsellors assisted with the mothers, girls and children during the summer. Women’s Camp Committee, Mrs. John B. Deaver. Mrs. H. H. Collins, Jr. Mrs. R. White Steele. Mrs. Barclay Warburton. Mrs. Norris S. Barratt. Mrs. S. F. Houston. Mrs. Eli K. Price. Mrs. E. L. Roberts. THE FARMHOUSE AT CAMP DAILY SCHEDULE The days in Camp were well filled with instruction, entertainments and inspiration from the first call of the rising bugle until taps. The actual schedule was as follows : 7 A. M. — Rising Bugle, followed by dip in the creek. 7.20 A. M. — Flag raising and singing of “My Country ’Tis of Thee.” Set- ting up exercises. 7.30 A. M. — Brief devotions, followed by breakfast. 67 9 A. M. — Informal talks and demonstrations on foods, drinks, rocks, trees, sky, first aid, sanitation, pleasure and other subjects. 10 A. M. — Tramps with counselors into wild surrounding country. 10.30 A. M. — Swimming and boating. 12.30 P. M. — Dinner. 2.30 P.M. — Games and other athletics. 4 P. M. — Swimming and boating. 6 P. M. — Supper. Dark. — Camp fire, around which campers gather for plays, minstrel shows, songs, talks on moral subjects, lectures and other exercises. 9 P. M. — To the tents. 9.30 — Taps. The Sunday program was varied by attendance upon community Church services, the Camp religious service at 9 o’clock, and by very per- sonal moral and religious discussions around the camp fire in the evening. The plan of modified self-government worked out by the managing counselors proved to be very successful and popular. There was a Camp Congress, consisting of three counselors and one representative elected by the campers from each tent. To this Congress was referred all matters of discipline and of criticisms in the Camp management. The campers responded most heartily to this plan of mutual co-operation, so that the difficult problem of discipline was successfully handled with very little misunderstanding between counselors and campers. A new feature of the Camp this season was two neighborhood gather- ings, held on the opening and closing Sunday afternoons of Camps. At the first of these meetings about 100 of the farmers and residents of nearby towns assembled at Camp to meet the counselors and hear of the plans for the summer. At the closing gathering, held on Sunday afternoon, August 30, over 200 neighborhood people assembled to hear addresses by the lead- ing counselors, giving a report of the work of the summer and also show- ing the people of the neighborhood the kind of influences that were brought to bear on the campers. These assemblies did much to enlist the sympathy and co-operation of the entire neighborhood in the objects and purposes of the Camp. CAMP COMMENTS The general testimony of the campers for this season was that they had had a most happy and profitable time throughout the entire summer. One lady who had been washing dishes all summer at the rate of $1.25 a week, testified at the closing camp fire : “I am 70 years old, and these last two weeks in camp have been the happiest in my life.” It should be added that she was an inspiration to all the campers during her entire 68 visit. Mrs. Anna B. Scott, to whom the success of the camp is so largely due, said : “I have never spent a summer more profitably in my life, and I only hope that I can be more useful in the future.” Every student counselor bore testimony to the wonderful inspiration which had come to him through his contact with the Camp during the season. The directors wish to testify to the marked efficiency in the work of the Business Man- ager. It was a matter of great satisfaction that financially the Camp has been able to meet its obligations without any deficit. The directors also wish to testify to the fine spirit and splendid work of all the counselors throughout the entire summer. UNIVERSITY boys' CLUB ON THE SENIOR FENCE. Recruiting Students for Life Service Mr. J. R. Hart, Jr., the Secretary in charge, reports the following summary of efforts made to place students for life : LIFE-WORK MEETINGS WITH. Mr. George Irving, 11 present. George Sherwood Eddy, 13 present. Wilbert B. Smith, 10 present. Bishop W. A. Guerry, 9 present. J. C. Robbins, 1 Fraternity, 18 present. A. C, Harte, 1 Fraternity, 16 present. Dr. W. H. Jefferys, 4 Fraternities, 12, 14, 18, 19 present. PERSONAL INTERVIEWS FOR WORK IN. FOREIGN FIELDS. Wilbert Smith, 14 individuals. The Secretary, 30 individuals. Dr. W. H. Jefferys, 7 individuals. J. C. Robbins, 27, 6 decided for foreign field. Personal Interview for Ministry by Secretary, 10, 5 decided favorably. The Kansas City Convention was attended by 13 Americans and 5 Chinese. Eaglesmere Student Conference, 33 present. Banquet for Dr. W. T. Grenfell, who appealed for life service in Labrador. Dinner for Sherwood Eddy. Call from China, 80 students present. Four Student Association Secretaries secured for next year. Six Social Service Workers secured for next year. One Student attended Conference on the Ministry at Union Theological Seminary. CHAPEL SPEAKERS ON LIFE-WORK. George Irving. Robert E. Speer. Arthur Rugh. A. C. Harte. G. Sherwood Eddy. Isaac T. Headland. Sir Wilfred Grenfell. Dan Crawford. J. C. Robbins. W. H. Jeffreys D. S. Hanehett. J. R. Hart, Jr Average, 350 students in attendance at each service. 70 The Eaglesmere Intercollegiate Conference As an outgrowth of the Student Bible Conference called to meet at Northfield, Mass., in 1889, by Mr. D. L. Moody, there have arisen all over this country and throughout the entire student world annual gatherings of students for the purpose of fellowship, study and inspiration. The students from the institutions of the middle Atlantic section met at Eaglesmere, Pa., this year, June 12 to 22. Pennsylvania was represented by the following members of the University : Robert A. Arrison. Stanley Jones. Walter Antrim. J. A. Morris Kimber. John M. Clarke. Henry Lewis, Jr. R. E. Cleland. G. M. D. Lewis J. Russell Doubman. M. W. Lampe. Bellinger Dunham. William D. Miller, Jr S. P. Davies. W. R. Maull. Michael Dorizas^ J. P. E. Price T. S. Evans. Alexander Randall Robert B. Ferguson. Channing Sweitzer. Gerhart Faries. A. J. Smith. David S. Hanchett. Arthur Tomey. John R. Hart. Harold Whiteside. C. R. Hughes. E. C. Wood. Henry Houston. Brinton G. Wallace. Earl Humphreys. Z. Zimmerman. Gordon Hardwick Princeton had over 100 undergraduates and Penn State about 60. Pennsylvania had her full share of leaders of the conference, and made a good showing in the track athletics. As usual, the ten days were spent in Bible and Mission Study, with public addresses each morning, athletics and recreation during the after- noon, and life-work addresses each evening followed by the delegation meeting at night. The principal speakers were Dr. John R. Mott, Dean Shailer Math- ews and Mr. T. R. Glover from England. The course on Christian Fundamentals, by President W. Douglas McKenzie, of Hartford Seminary, was one of the most valuable features of the conference: Some testimonies of Penn delegates follow : Earle Humphreys, ’16 College, University Track and Cross-Country Team. ex-President of his class: “If we are not out-and-out Christian workers at the University next year we are cowards, and the great test of what this Confer- ence has meant to us will come next year and will show in our work.” 71 work which it is doing through such corporations of special fields. Church members as The World’s Student Christian Robert Ferguson, 15 M. E., Intercollegiate Champion Hurdler: “On the trips with the Track Team I have always tried to read my Bible, pray and tend to my Christian duties. Sometimes it has been very hard to do it, but as a result of this Conference I honestly believe that I can always do it in the future, and do it better than I have ever done before.” John Clark, ’17 College, Member of the Freshman Basketball and Tennis Teams and the “Pennsylvania” Board: “Before coming to Eaglesmere, I had decided to be a lawyer. The Conference has changed this plan, because I now believe that it will be in another line that I can best serve God, and I am wholly decided to spend my life in accordance with His will.” Michael Dorizas, Representative from Greece in the Olympic games, Inter- collegiate Wrestling Champion, Member of Track Team: “I hope and believe that this Conference will help all of us to be more faithful in our prayers and Christian works, and then we shall all conserve the great good that we have received.” Henry Lewis, Jr., ’15 College, Cross-Country Squad, Editor-in-Chief of the Class Record: “This Conference has helped me greatly in deciding my life work, in addition to giving moral and spiritual strength. I know that the University has felt and will feel the results of having 33 men attend this Conference.” At the last auditorium meeting, held Sunday night, there were about 40 men who arose to give testimonies. Dorizas, H. Lewis, Jr., Price and Sweitzer of the Pennsylvania delegation were among this number. The Training of Leaders It is a wonderful privilege for the Penn Association to have vital touch with the intercollegiate consciousness at home and the world move- ment of students around the globe. The leaders of this national and international student Christian movement, with all of its complex problems, demand special training, which is being provided in most democratic fashion in the summer schools for Secretaries of student Christian Associations. These schools have been held twice at Lake Forest, 111., and during the summer of 1913 at Estes Park, Colorado. Pennsylvania was represented at this school by Dr. M. W. Lampe, J. R. Hart, Jr., and T. S. Evans. These schools last for a month and provide the most thorough train- ing in student Bible Study, Fundamentals of Religion, Social Service problems, Church History, Religious Pedagogy and the latest methods of student Association work. 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