for Social Service mm League for Social Service Incorporated, 1898 OFFICERS JOSIAH STRONG President WM. H. TOLMAN Secretary SPENCER TRASK Treasurer HEADQUARTERS OF THE LEAGUE 287 Fourth Avenue Near Twenty-third Street New York City 3 s LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Personnel and Policy The Committee of Direction will shape the pol¬ icy of the League and is comprised of the follow¬ ing persons : Washington Choate Mary Lowe Dickinson William B. Howland John W. Kjelgaard Robert C. Ogden Mornay Williams Margaret E. Sangster Albert Shaw Josiah Strong William H. Tolman Spencer Trask An Advisory Council, representing various in¬ terests and sections of the country, consists of the following at the date of issuing the prospectus (August, 1898), Other names will be added: Miss Jane Addams Mrs. Theodore W. Birney Mr. R. Fulton Cutting Pres. H. B. Frissell, D.D. Mr. Richard Watson Gilder Rev. Washington Gladden, LL.D. Miss Clare de Graffenried Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. Bishop John F. Hurst, LL.D. Rt. Rev. F. D. Huntington, LL.D, Rev. Wm. R. Huntington, D.D. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D. Mr. John H. Patterson Rt. Rev. Henry C. Potter, LL.D. Rev. Richard S. Storrs, LL.D. Rev. Kerr B. Tupper, LL.D. Bishopjohn H. Vincent, LL.D. 4 I ' LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE riembership The League is unsectarian and non-partisan. As its chief purpose is educational, a large member¬ ship is most desirable. To secure this, annual i membership has been placed at $i.oo. Member- ' ship will carry with it the receipt of one copy of every leaflet issued during the year of member¬ ship and the use of the Information Bureau. Others who co-operate financially to the extent of five dollars or iTiore in one year will be Sus- I TAiNiNG Members and will receive all publications of the League during ihe period of membership. Object I The object of the League is to educate public opinion and the popular conscience, from the en¬ lightening and quickening of which must come every needed reform, whether moral, political, industrial or social. But bad bills often pass our legislatures and good { ones as often fail of enactment, not because pub- i lie opinion is unenlightened, but because it is ' inoperative. It is the further object of the League, therefore, to afford a medium through which an 1 aroused public sentiment can be brought to bear 1 quickly and effectively on legislation. 5 LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Method The method of the League includes the prepara¬ tion and systematic distribution of literature, a bureau of information and a lecture bureau. Literature Leaflets will be issued on the various problems of the day, written by men and women who are recognized as authorities in their various special¬ ties. These leaflets will be adapted to all degrees of intelligence and to all classes. Special atten¬ tion will be given to college students and public I school scholars. Leaflets will be translated into j as many languages as may be required by the im- [ migrant population. j It is proposed that this literature, which can be furnished at insignificant cost, be systematically distributed by the various young people’s socie¬ ties (whose aggregate membership is now some 5,000,000 in the United States) so as to reach effectively every community. j Bureau of Information I --- The new social spirit is bringing in the Civic Renaissance. Knowledge of how other individ¬ uals and other institutions are working out social 6 LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE problems is needed, in order that the experience of the past may be available and working energy conserved and not wasted by useless, because unnecessary, effort. The League is prepared to indicate the latest sources of information regard¬ ing present day problems, whether Religious, Industrial, Municipal, Philanthropic, or Civic, so that clergymen, editors, college students and others may economize time and effort in the gathering of material. Foreign Correspondents In the study of present day problems, compari¬ son with other countries will be of value. The following men will co-operate with the League in that direction : Sidney Webb, L.C.C., Robert Donald, London Musee Social, Paris Dr. Eugen Farkas, Budapest Hon. J. C. Monaghan, Germany; Chemniti; Hon. Horace Plunkett, M.P., Ireland; Dublin Kotaro Shimomura, Japan ; Osaka Victor Holmes, ‘Denmark; Copenhagen J. C. Van Marken, Holland; Delft Hon. Edward Wavrinsky, Sweden ; Stockholm 1 LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Lecture Bureau The League is preparing to arrange lecture courses and to secure lecturers on Social Problems. In j addition, it will prepare a series of lantern photo¬ graphs for illustrated lectures on these topics. These slides will be sold or rented. The advan¬ tages of this phase of League work are particu- i larly commended to Clergymen and Teachers who are desirous of instructing by means of con¬ crete examples of actual conditions. This de- | partment will be of service to clubs or societies * arranging their programs for the coming season. , Administration The League was incorporated August, 1898. The executive officers of the League are a Presi- ! dent, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Leaflets The Leaflets are entitled, “ Truth for the Times.” Series A is on Good Citizenship and includes the following subjects : 8 LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE ' No. I. The New Patriotism Rev. Josiah Strong, D.D. No. 2. The Co-operative City Prof. John R. Commons, Ph.D. No. 3. Good Citizenship—What It Is I Rt. Rev, F. D. Huntington, LL.D. I i No. 4. The Church and Present Problems of I Citizenship Rev. Washington Gladden, LL.D. No. 5. The Duty of a Public Spirit Pres. E. Benjamin Andrews, LL.D. No. 6. A Citizen’s Manual L. T. Chamberlain No. 7. Duties of American Citizenship Hon. S. B. Capen No. 8. The Value of a Vote Dean George Hodges, D.D. No. 9. The Ruler of America Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. 9 LEAGUE FOR SOCIAL SERVICE Digests of the laws of each State, bearing on public morals, will be prepared in leaflet form. ! Those for Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, In¬ diana and Iowa have already been made. These will be followed by others giving the duties of officials and their oaths of office. Leaflets will be sent as follows, postage prepaid : lOO $0-35 1-75 3-50 500 1,000 Two thousand or more at I2.50 per thousand, plus cost of transportation. Sent by freight, as all large orders should be, the transportation will be insignificant. ALL COMMUNICATIONS REQUIRING A REPLY SHOULD CONTAIN RETURN POSTAGE 10 Address