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A MAGAZINE OF

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SPRAGUE
ill speak to us on '' Tolstoy the Man.'
ms has said that Mr. Sprague's vigorou,
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treatment of ethical questions is
: as it is unusual, and Professor Zueb''
.is Tolstoy lecture "the most c;omple
f that greatest of living authors .which
·ead or met, as well as the best epito
or which I have ever heard in an hour.~
Ild mean that we will have a red Jett,
rd Hall on Tolstoy night.
LESLIE

TERRELL, the most
form today, wilf discuss for us "Ui
for her point of departure the reef111
vV asliington against colored employes,
:lifficult it is
in America
le of a few
. graduate of
rh abroad to
1 French or
~n welcomed
adcliffe Col;t gifted and
ic eye. She
but the topic
the terrible
,eople of the
rejudices and bv the difficulties we . .
i economic adv~nce. This is a subJed
r; we feel ourselves fortunate in ha

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NEIGHBORLINESS

MARCH 1, 1914

PRICE FIVE CENTS

WILLIS

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HARRY WARD .

THE CASE FOR THE PRISONER*
By CHARLES BRANDON BOOTH
An

occasion
kind is
Jarticularly interesting to · a
,peaker because
there comes the
realization that
o.e
is amon g
those who are
seeking to learn
something
vital about the
~reat problems
of the present
day - a ro o n g
those who have
felt that upon
their shoulders
rests something
responsibilities of our nation's weltnd who come to Ford Hall, not to be
or interested. but to try to ga~n
.Ing which will help them not only m
.Personal lives but in influencing the
iit their fellow men. Tonight we are
lo consider one of the greatest probour country. There are three or
•ems today in the United States
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.are, demanding a great deal of atten• the social, economic and religious
ts. and Perhaps the present quesllOt the least of these.
etimes we consider that we must
bcl understand the present day
1
thnp!y from some new and pres~ Uca! standpoint. Such is not
On a day like today, especially,
,drift back through the. years; and
1th George Washington through
the Problems which he faced.
-- It tha t made '\-\, a;,hington the
~ e was in our country? It was
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In the last 17 years as an organization we
else to s ee how he is treated.'' We have
forgotten that that man will tomorrow step
have been able to pass some 1>,500 of thes e
men, straight from a State prison through
back to his rights as a free man, and live
among us here. From that prison he will go
our different homes. and out into the world.
either a new man, or a mental. moral and
We have been able to get vitally in touch
with their lives, and we can show in our . physical wreck, embittered against society,
a menace to our economic and social life.
records over Si5 per cent. or sutcess: And
The question we must face is:
;;Which
we say, "Certainly amid the dross there is a
shall it be, the best or the worst?" There
great deal of gold , if there will only be those
is no in-between in the dictionary of the
with the patience and understanding to go
:::itate prison. vVe are at last awakening
there and mine it."
to the fact that every man and woman !n
I want first to say that we must think ot
each community has a specific duty to the
the prisoner as a man, and only secondarily
State prisoner, to see that the prisoner shall
as a guilty man who has oeen justly senbe raised up to become a useful, helpful
tenced to punishment. The American pubman, a blessing to the community in which
lic has all too long been making a very
he lives . . (Applause.)
grave mistake, which has swe11t back upon
I recently heard a Brooklyn judge . charge
it like a boomerang. What is this great
a prisoner in these word s : "Young man.
error which we ha ,·e committed? First, we
you have been found guilty by this jury, and
have seen the prisoner led to the bar of jusI am convinced that you are guilty. I have
tice, heard sentence passed upon him, seen
been convinced from the fi rst that when you
him taken from the court-room to prison,
made the plea of not guilty you were lying
and we have said: ;.There he goes, the
to us. I am going to send you to Sing Sing.
wreckage or humanity. It is a good thing
I do not send you to Sing Sing with any idea
he is going to be put behind prison walls.
of reforming you: I know too much· about
We will shut him away from us and have
the prison for that. I am sending you to
nothing to do with him. He is not one of
Sing Sing because you are a menace to sous any more.· • And we have forgotten that
ciety, and I want to get you out of the
in the home from which that man came
Five years. " And the judge was
there are a mother. a wife and children, way.
right-that man. without outside help, would
who must suffer in ·his absence both need
be far worse on his release than he was on
and shame. And then suddenly the hand
his conviction.
of the law has descended upon someone who
But the American public is at last makis near to us. and w.e have cried: " No'.
ing the demand that the State prison shall
That is my friend and my brother! " (AP·
be paramountly a place or reformation and
plause.) And the scales ha ve fallen from
only secondarily a place of punish~ent.
our eyes, and we haYe realized that the men
That is the longest step in the solution of
in the prisons are drawn from every sphere
the prison problem that we have yet taken.
of our social life. and many of t hem are
Some of our States are behind others-but
socially and intellecrnally our equals.
they are all advancing as far as le ~islation
Then we have made another mistake. \Ve
will permit. \Ve can see in the pris~ms now
have been saying: "\Ve have done our
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relt tnat uvuu
their shoulders
rests something
Uties of our nation·s welme to Ford Hall, not to ?e
ted, but to try to ga~n
"·ill help them not .only m
,es but in influencmg the
ow men. Tonight we are
one of the greatest probtJ'Y. There are three or
y in the United States
ng a great deal of ~~ten1, econ.>mic and rel!g10us
rbaps the present ques,ast of these.
we consider that we must
erstand the present day
,from some new and pres. standpoint. Such is not
day like today, especially,
back through the years; and
George Washington through
problems which he faced.
that made vVashington the
was in our country? It "l\"aS
when the whole nation was
d . pessimistic, he could see
en at Valley Forge the gloof the Army of the Repubing that problem of Wash.down to the prison problem of
are llere to talk _: facts. facts
sentimentality; but we must
·, prison question above all a
-willingness to see the best in
lause.)
If you go today to
.'Auburn, Dannemora or any
prison, I would ask you what
WoUld you say as you watched
. ''There goes a third-time
man guilty of second degree
'forger": or "There is a human
• ..,_ with wonderful possibilities for
hich are best in the world-a
been a little misguided, but
ia1 for the workman's hand"?
the 80,000 State prisoners of
s Washington looked at his
e nation at large looked at
to the prison and let the
at you believe in him, he
ths of the way to meet
every time lie ·will prove
. of the trust which you
1m. (Applause.)

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ua.:::; :::;weJ>t uaeK upon

it like a boomerang. Wha t is this great
error which we ha Ye committed? First, we
have seen the 1
1risoner led to the bar of justice, heard sentence passed upon him, seen
him taken from the court-room . to prison,
and we have said: ''There he goes, the
wreckage of humanitr. It is a good thing
he is going to be put behind prison walls.
We will shut him away from us and have
nothing to do with him. He is not one of
us any more." And we have forgotten that
in the home from which that man came
there are a mother, a wife and ch;Idren,
who must suffer in his absence both need
and shame. Aud then suddenly the hand
of the Jaw has descended upon someone who
is near to us. and w.e have cried: "No!
That is my friend and my brother!" (Applause.) And the scales have fallen from
our eyes, and we have realized that' the men
in the prisons are dra 'll·n from every sphere
of our social life, and many of them are
socially and intellectually our equals.
Then we have made another mistake. Vii e
have been saying: ''\Ve have done our
duty to the prisoner by paying our taxes.
As far as we are concerned his life counts
nothing more to us. It is up to someone

THE PRAYER
As we pass ·the sixth anniversary
of our corning together our greatest
'thankfulness ·is that our union with
one another abides in the midst of
an ever deepening affection and a
continually growing harmony of mind.
We thank Thee, 0 God, for this rich
experience and for the testimony it
brings to the principle of human
solidarity. W-e find that the man· who
has been hated and despised and rejected. is Thy child and our brother.
\Ve are learning that tiie most favored
of Thy children have much to be forgiven in their relations .to the other
members of the human family. Our
hearts burn within us as we mingle
together in an earnest search for
truth, justice and happiness.
vVith
over~owing hearts, we give thanks
that our lot has been cast in this day
and generation, in this city and country, and among people so generous
and broadminded. Amen.

ne 11 ves. ( Applause.)
I recently heard a BrookJ:,·u judge charge
a prisoner in these words: "Young man.
you have been found guilty b>- this jury, and
I am couYinced t·hat you are guilty. I have
been convinced from tJie first that when you
made the r,lea of not guilty you were lying
to us. 'I am going to send you to Sing Sing.
I do not send you to Sing Sing with any idea
of reforming you: I know too much· about
the prison for that. I am sending you to
Sing Sing because you are a menace to society, and I want to get you out of the
way. Five years." And the judge was
right-that man, withou t outside help, would
be far worse on his release than he was on
his conviction.
But the American public is at last making the demand that the State prison shall
be paramountly a place of reformation, and
only secondarily a place of punishment.
That is the longest step in the solution of
the prison problem that we have yet taken.
Some of our States are behind others-but
they are all advancing as far as legislation .
will permit. vVe can see in the prisons now
conditions which five years ago were not
even conceived of as possible. Compare
with prisons like Charlestown or Sing Sing
the prison at Comstock, whe~e the men
leave the cells in the morning and do not
return until night, working all day in the
soil, and assembling for recreation in the
yard, 600 men with two or three keepers
only. I took to Comstock the only baseball
team iii existence made up entirely of exprisoners, and I ·heard one of my men say to
another, as he looked about him: "Sa:r,.
Bill, this is a college!" (Laughter.) And
it is a college, for it is training prisoners
to be men. I have been asked if we .would
not tempt people to commit crime by making prison life too easy_ Now, there are two
kinds of men in our prisons. The man of
social standing and education goes through
ten times worse experiences in the court
proceedings alone than he ever does in
prison. In a prison like Sing Sing he loses
his self-respect and becomes hopeless; in
one like Comstock he feels the rerorming
and refining influence. The other kind or
prisoner, the tough and slug who has always
been down and out, has rather a good time
of it in Sing Sing; but in a prison like Comstock, though at first it is the worst punis
ment he ever had, he, too, in time feels and
responds to the same influence.
(The
speaker then told of a prisoner in Auburn
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FORD HALL FOLKS .

THE QUESTIONS

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Q: vVhat do you think of capital punish-·
ment?
A: I feel that capital punishment should
be abolished. (Applause.)
Q (Miss Rogolsky):
Wouldn't it be a
great help if society and the police would
give the prisoner a square deal when he gets
out'?
A: That is the thing we are working for
more than anrthing else. At present the
police are trying to do that.
·
Q (Mr. Meltzer): What would you regard
as the solution of the problem of the crime
of society against the prisoners' children?
A: Allowing the State prisoner to support his children.
Q: What do you think of the Jesse Pomeroy case ·?
A: The largest responsibility for the
treatment of Jesse Pomeroy goes back to
the court which passed the sentence of solitary confinement. He is perhaps the most
difficult prisoner in the United States today .
Q: To what extent do you think criminal
traits are inherited?
A: I have not been speaking of the many
mentally defective criminals, who are the
principal criminals by heredity.
Q (Miss deFord): What do you think of
sentencing a man. found to be suffering from
criminal insanity, to prison "until he is
cured," and then providing no means of
cure for him, as was recently done in Rhode
Island?
A: The worst part of it is the terrible
unfairness to the men and women we put in
charge of our penal institutions, in expecting them to bring about a reform for which
they are not fitted. A Chicago judge has
suggested that the jury and the judge determine nothing but the degree of guilt, and
leave the determination of sentence to an
investigating committee containing a minister and a surgeon.
Q: How much of the gathering of boys
on street corners leads to criminality?
A:.. : _~. ,If yo u !get the right kind of bovs and
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Q: Which is worse, to be a pauper or a
criminal?
A: ' To be a pauper, I think. (Laughter.)
Q: Among the prisoners, are the greater
number of people of religious faith or infidels?
A: A great many are mighty good Christians when the police get them, and lose
their religion by the time they get to prison.
Q: Isn't it hypocrisy for a Christian to be
engaged in prison reform when Christ
taught us to forgive to seventy times seYen?
A: Prison reform had its conception and
beginning outside the church, and the church
is just beginning to realize its duty in that
direction.
Q: We may feel sympathetic here with
the prisoner, but how about the hardened
hearts of the people outside?
A: That is entirely due to ignorance.
There isn't a man you can't reach somehow on this prison question.
Q: Isn't it lack of will-power that causes
crime? (Laughter.)
A. That is largely true of the first
timers. The old timer, who is wise in the
game, has a strong will power, misdirected.
Q: What do you think about sending unfortunate children to reform schools?
A: It entirely depends on your reform
school.
Q: Do you believe in sentences equivalent to " king' s pleasure?"
A: No, any more than a sentence w hich
depends on the judge's cup of coffee in the
morning. It is impossible for any one man
to be absolutely unbiased.
Q: Wasn 't the church old enough to
have realized the conditions of the prisons
long ago?
A: The church has neglected the question just as you and I have done.
Q : Do you think the practice of western .
prisons in hiring out their prisoners to
work on farms is a good one '?
A: You should have said " some state
prisons of the west." I do not believe in
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port thei r families. You must solYe
problem of tomorrow's possible crim"
coday.
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Q: What do you thin!J: of the opinion'
a :-;rew York journalist, that every judi,
By G,
ought to spend three months in jail befo·
he goes on the bench?
A: I have known judges who ought
·der tC'
ha \·e spent three months in jail a'fter t
numbe:
had been on the bench. ( Laughter and
be ass
plause.J
.
issue <
Q: Isn' t Andrew Carnegie creating cri
r two o
inals by conditions •in his mills where 'JD,
ccord v
work twelve hours a day, seYen days
each fo
week?
·
. Do yo
A: I am not a labor leader.
this w
in my contract.
Crawfo1
Q: In w hat State is Comstock?
Dreier :
A: In New York, near Albany.
r the sp
Q: Is it fair to convict a man
ly attra
cumstantial evidence?
ncy forA: It would be imposs_ible to a
~ :.\frs.
that question in our time here tonight.
read la1
Q: Do you think criminals come do'l'l-:B,
way in
families?
tion of wl
A: I spoke forcibly about heredity"
giving to -ou
cause I wanted to emphasize the pow~r
meetings co
environment, but it is undoubtedl y trueJ _
may enjos
. heredity plays a very large part.
1 COOd things
Q: Do you look upon crime as a dis
lllghly.
possibly curable by specialists?
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ould surt
cr1mmal. Many men are sent to PI";
uch satis
who should be sent to hospitals.
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differei
Q (Mr. Cosgrove):
Are HawthoJllf
ted that
and Osbourne's revelations going to d~,~l,ILID.a. Theri
good to the prisons ?
·. ·
ere evel
A: Yes and no. · \Ve must rem
over thl
they were written with a purpose. AISO.
magazh:~
connection with Hawthorne's we muSt •rnn.. dunn
member what I said about the !'eelinP
the
the prisoner of good social standing: ~ · •
ow so
Q: What is the main cause of er~·
d gr
A: I should say, indirectly, it was.'
Q: What do you think of Al Jenn
A : Next governor of Oklahoma. . ·
Q: Do you think habitual cruD,.
should be segregated?
. .
A: I don' t believe in habitual crunil'
existing. In the dictionary of tl:e
r
faith there cannot be such a th1D
urc
irredeemable man. ( Applause. l
res
Q (:virs. Hoffman) : Why are som\
1st
leaders. who are the \Vashingtons of

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w11at ao you tllmK or tlle Jesse Pomer oy case ?
A: The largest responsibility for the
treatment of Jesse Pomeroy goes back to
the court which passed the sentence of soli-'
tary confinement. He is perhaps the most
difficult prisoner in the United States today.
Q : To what extent do yon think criminal
traits are inherited?
A : I have not been speaking of the many
mentally defective criminals, who are the
principal criminals by heredity.
Q (Miss deFord) : What do you think of
sentencing a man, found to be suffering from
criminal insanity, to prison '·until he is
cured," and then providing no means of
cure for him, as was recently done in Rhode
Island?
l,.: The worst part of it is the terrible
unfairness to the men and women we put in
charge of our penal institutions, in expecting them ·to bring about a reform for which
they are not fitted. A Chicago judge has
suggested that the jury and the judge determine nothing but the degree of guilt, and
leave the determination of sentence to an
inve·s tigating committee containing a minister and a surgeon.
Q: How much of the gathering of boys
on street corners leads to criminality?
A: If you _get the right kind of boys and
the right kind of street corners you need not
worry.
Q: Aren't the greatest number of crimes
committed because of the money system?
A: I don·t know just how to answer that
question.
Q: How do American prisons compare
with those of England and Scotland?
A: Our prisons are far ahead of those on
the other side. particularly in England.
Q: Do you belie Ye in long sentences?
A: Long sentences are given as a punishment and as a warning to others. I do not
believe,. in them. I believe all sentences
should be indeterminate.
Q : What do you think about the Thaw
case? - (Laughter.)
A: I think we a re getting a little off the
subject. I started to think about the Thaw
case some time ago I am still thinking about
it, and I haven't reached anywhere yet.
Q: Is it the aim of the State to punish
or reform?
A: It depends on the State and the svstem.
·
Q (Mr. Jordan): Aren 't there more victims of intemperance than there are children of fathers in prison, and ·isn't that due
to the- economic system?
A: Tonight we are dealing solely with
the prison situation. Ninety per cent. of the
prisoners owe their prison sentences directly-or indirectly to the influence of the liquor
habit.
Q:

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Do you think criminals com "d t
families?
e °'1
A: I spoke forciblv about 1
,
iered••
cause I wanted to emphasize th!e ~1
en.-ironment, but it is undoubtedh· ~
heredity plays a very large Pan· - ..
Q: Do you look upon crime a~
possibly curable by specialists ? a di...
A : That depends on the crime lllt
criminal. Many men are sent to
who should be sent to hospitals.
Q (Mr. Cosgrove):
Are Haw
and Osbourne's_ revelations going to
good to the prisons?
A: Yes and no. · We must rem,
they were written with a purpose. Alla
connection with Hawthorne's we m,
member what I said about the ieeli
the prisoner of good social standing.
Q: What is the main cause of cri
A: I should say, indirectly, it was
Q: What do you think of Al Jen:
A: Next governor of Oklahoma
Q: Do you think habitual ·c
should be segregated?
A : I don't believe in habitual c
existing. In the dictionary of the
faith there cannot be such a thing
irredeemable man. (Applause.)
Q (Mrs. Hoffman): Why are some
leaders, who are the ,Vashingtons o[
sent to prison?
A: Now we are back to the labor
tion. lt took twelve jurymen and a jn,
decide that, and it was thirteen to o
Q : Isn't the question whether or
are crimi11a' s largely one of how m
kno,Yn about us?
A: In every stage of our social lif!
man who is the criminal is the one w·
caught doing it.
Q : Is the third degree still inflicted
prisoners in this country?
A : Not in the State prisons. bnt
haps in the courts before they go to
Q: How can you make the prisolll
port themselves and the prisonen
their families without contract labor!
A : Industries should be taught
prisons as they are practised outside.
Q (M r . Bodfish) : Is it true that tht
centage of college bred and prof,
men in prisons is greater than i~
as a whole?
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Q : If crime is due to environroell
not improve social conditions and
crime?
A: It is the same old question of
prisoners support their wives and t.
and thus improve their environrnen
Q: ·wouldn't some men prefer
lives to starvation?
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the prisoner, but how about the hardened
hearts of the people outside?
A: That is entirely due to ignorance.
There isn't a man you can't reach somehow on this prison question.
Q : Isn't it lack of will-power that causes
crime? (Laughter.)
A. That is largely true of the first
timers. The old timer, who is wise in the
game, has a strong w ill power, misdirected.
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Q: What do you think about sending unfortunate children to r eform schools?
A: It entirely depends on your reform
school.
Q : Do you believe in sentences equivalent to "king's pleasure?"
A: No, any more than a sentence which
depends on the judge's cup of coffee in the
morning. It is impossible for any one man
to be absolutely unbiased.
Q: "\-Vasn't the chu rch old enough to
have realized the conditions of the prisons
long ago?
·A : The church has neglected the question just as yo u and I have done.
Q: Do you think the practice of western
prisons in hiring out their prisoners t o
work on farms is a good one?
A: You should have said "some state
prisons of the we st." I do not believe in
contract labor. It means overworking and
underpaying, and breaks up prison discipline.
Q: What do you think of Alexander
Berkmann's book on prison life?
A: I plead ignorance of the subject.
Q : ·what do you think of Socialism and
the prospect of doing away w ith prisons
altogether? (Applause.)
A: I have not become sufficiently versed
in the policies of the Socialist party adequately to answer that question. It will
be many years before we can do away with
prisons altogether. If the Socialists can
make of our prisons curative institutions
our best wishes will go with them.
Q: Under present economic conditions,
will not many prisoners seek a vacation in
prison? (Laughter.)
A: Out of 8500 men we found only one
who wanted to go back to prison again.
Q (Miss Polsky): What effect on pris011ers has the pardoning for good behaYior
had?
A: Very good indeed. Pardons are ver y
dangerous; much depends on the way ~ ey
are used.
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Q : If, as Lambroso said, crime is la .ly caused by poverty, isn't it better for s ciety to strike directly at the cause? (Applause.)
A: Certainly, but many State prisoners
have had all the money they have e,er
wanted. You are striking · at the_ poverty
of the children by helping the men to sup-

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desperate straits has been
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to offe: shelter and proed wife and child and
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rt their families. You must solYe
oblem of tomorrow 's possible crim·
iay.
Q:
What do you think of the opinion
::-Sew York journalist, that every jud!
By George W . Coleman
ght to spend three months in jail be!~
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goes on the bench?
,
A: I have known judges who ought,
order to mate our contemplated annive spent three mc-nths in jail after
ry number \\'orthy of the occasion, we
d been on the bench. (Laughter and
to be assnred of an extra circulation
1.use.)
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Q: Isn't Andrew Carnegie creating Cti that issue of about five hundred copies.
dy two of our number have of thei.·
1ls by conditions in his mills where -m,
accord volunteered to buy twenty
>rk twelve hours a day, seven dari
es each for distribution among their
,ek?
. ·ds. Do yon want t o inves t a ,lollar or
A: I am not a labor leader. That is
, in this way·> Send your contributions
my contract.
lllss Crawiord, Room 'i07, Ford Building.
Q: In what State is Comstock?
tor Dreier is preparing a table .o f conA: In New York, near Albany.
for the special issue that will make it
Q : Is it fair to convict a man on
sually attractive and very valuable as
mstantial evidence?
agency for promoting our Ford Hall
A: It would be impossible to a
As ~Irs. Sullivan so well said in the
3.t question in our time here tonight.
I read last Sunday night, there is no
Q: Do you think criminals come don
way in which we ca n show our apnilies?
·
tfon of what Mr. Ford did for us than
A: I spoke forcibly about heredity
Clrtng to -our friends who cannot attend
u se I wanted to emphasize the ·power
meetings copies of· the ma·gazine so that
vironment, but it is undoubtedly true
IDay enjoy in some measure some of
redity plays a very large part.
p,oc! things that we have come to prize
Q: Do you look upon crime as a di
fp}y-.
ssibly curable by specialists?
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A: That depends on the crime a!la
,-cld surprise some of us if we knew
lminal. Many men are sent to P
satisfaction this little magazine
10 should be sent to hospitals.
.
rent groups of people who are
Q (Mr. Cosgrove):
Are Hawth·
at thev cannot attend Sunday
d Osbourne's revelations going to do
ere is one police station. I am
,·ery ~!onday they hav e a disod to the prisons ?
A: Yes and no.
vVe must rero
the contents of the last issue
ey were written with a purpose. Al•
ne.
And a bunch of letter
their noonday meal read and
nnection with Hawthorne's w~ II;,~
t Ford Hall· lecture. Don't
~mber what I said about the reeWor
e group of men and women
e prisoner of good social standin~
tly prize a similar privilege?
Q : What is the main cause of CI1
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ton list has reac::hed 169. For
Q: What do you think of Al Je
ks we have been showing a
A: ~ext governor of Oklahoma.
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Q: Do you think habitual c


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to note how men of fo,.
A: I don' t believe in habitual crf.
are beginnin;:- to take the
isting. In the dictionary of tb_e
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·edeemable man. (Applause. r ,. .
over hy a Syrian , a downQ (:.VIrs. Hoffman): Why are ~~
urch has an Armenian as
tders, who are the ,Vashingtc--= ·
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nt to prison?
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A:
Now we are back to the la
And an other Congregam. It tc-ok twelve jurymen and a j
btitlge has a ven- brilcide that. and it was thir~een to
0
Dastor. \\'e are iettin<:?.·
Q : Tsn·t the question whether ~
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We have had Dr. Yamei Kin of China
here in her q ,1aint little blouse and trousers, we have had the Baroness von Suttner
in her velvet. point lace and diamonds, and
we have had Mary Antin, a s light and
shrinking genius. wearing a childish lace
frock. :\'ext Sunday we are to welcome
to our p.atform a woman even more interes ting t h an any one of~these-.\Irs . .\Iary
Ch urch T errell. of \\'ashington, J.J. C., who
will speak on "Uncle Sam and the Sons of
Ham.'' :--rrs. Terrell is a college graduate
an d a person or sucl1 scholarly parts as to
be ab le to make a speech as easily in
Fre nch or German as in English. She has
lived much abroad, has lectured at our leading women' s colleges, and has shown in
every background great pluck and ability
of a very high order. We expect her appearance here to bring a record-breaking
crowd. Certainly there is no subject which
should engage our deeper interest than
the constantly increasing discriminatl.ons
being made in Lincoln's America against
the race for which he died!
FORD HALL MISSIONARIES NEEDED.

An ·active charity worker in an adjoining
city was our guest Sunday night at Ford
Hall. This is what .she says:
,
"May I thank you for the privilege of attending the Ford Hall ::VIeeting ? It was most
inspirational. I think the thing which most
impressed me was the great spirit of freedom and comradeship.
There was such
alertness of response to all vital suggestion.
I have never felt more strongly the eviden c:e
of social progress through individual devE>l•
opment and it is just that for which we ar c
all working.
"Cannot Ford Hall Folks do some mis-

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me keep in touch with the Town Meeting·
plans and results.''

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Other Meetings
School of Social Science, Lorimer Hall,,
:.vronday, March 2, at 7.30 P. :\1 . The Downfall of the Father, by Algernon S. Crapsey.
10c.
Sunday Commons, Huntington Chambers
Hall, Sunday, Ma rch 8, at 3.;,v P . lVf. Dr.
Charles Fleischer, leader.
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Public Library, Thursday, }larch ;;_ at 8
P . M., The ~farch of the Turks, by Fran];: .
H. Chase. Sunday, Ma rch 8, at 3.30 P. }I.,
Reading of Mrs. Percy Dearmer' s ·'The
Dreamer, a Drama of the Life of Joseph,"
by Helen Weil.
Lowell Institute. Huntington Hall. Tuesday, March 3, and Friday, :\farch 6. at S
P. M., The Evolution of the Art of ~Iusic,
by Walter Raymond Spalding.
PEACE AND THE COST OF LIVING.

"\Ve are especially fortunate in the
speaker who comes to us at t he next Folks'
meeting, Sunday afternoon. :Warch S, at
3.30, in Kingsley Hall, downstairs.
For
Lucia Ames Mead, whom .Jane Addams has
declared to be ·'perhaps the most easy and
delightful speaker · in America on peace
problems, one who has the power to make
even bristling war statistics interesting and
graphic," will tell us how war-scares influence business and trade and increase the
market price of staples necessary to us all.
Mrs. :\1ead's talk comes at a quarter to
five, after which we all have supper (25
cents) together . _Don.'.f you want to send
Miss Crawford word that ,·cu ·11 be there?
Such notice s ho uld be in by W'edn esday.
Address your post-card· to Room 707, Ford
Building.
.

CHUIRClHI

LECTURES

You are cordially invited to attend a course of three free lc> ct ures in

FORD HALL
Thursday evenings. :\larch 12th . . l!Jth. and :?Gth. a t 8 o'clo ck. when the following questions
will be answered fro m the s t~ ndpoint of the :-;-ew Clrnn·h:
I. Could God Write a Book '? . (:Vlarch 12. l •
IT. Conic! God -Berome :\Ian ·? ( March 19 .1
III. Ca n ::Vian Discover Immortal ity?
( :\lan·h :!G. l
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of
fY, m.~ire_,ctly, 1t was dri
:YOU thmk of Al Jennin
irnor of Oklahoma .
t think habitual
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;vnss Cr awford word that :,-cu·ll be there?
Such notice should be in b,· \\'ednesda.y.
Address your post-card to Room 707 , Ford
Building.

LECTURES

NEW ClffiVRCH

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la Interesting to no_te )iow men ~f fo,.
tage are begmn1?g to ~ake thte
~ of many of our mfluent1a! P~O-·
t churches.
A leading_ Umtanan
ll t. presided over by a Synan, a _down)letbodist church has an Armeman ~s
iS!or· and a Congregational church m
are back to the labor qllf
:..rb7 city has as its minister a man of
elve jurymen and a judg~
descent: And another Congreg~1
f it was thirteen to one. ·
l church in Cambridge has a very b!1l·
[question whether or not
tcaUan as its pastor. We :3-re g~ttrng
ugely one of how much
,.tlnlllY mixed up together m spite of
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ir -tuberlted prejudice.
fstage of our social life 11
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(criminal is the one who.,
,roagb the instrumentality of a little
1 of the Ford Hall folks a d~serted wife
p
l d degree still inflicted u... d mother left in desperate straits has been
~ded and put in the way of being
:S country?
Jed on to her feet again.
It is prett~,
the State prisons, but
1 to think that any husband and father
rts before they go to pr!
aid be so mean as to leave a woman in
you 'make the prisons
a predicament without a dollar or a
is and the prisoners
,d to help her. And it was a povertypthout contract labor?
keu · family of four living in one room
i\:; should be taught in
llo .-ere the first to offer shelter and proI
practised outside.
:tlon to the deserted wife and child ann
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Is it true that the
, u babe. Here was the environment of
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~e"' ' bred and professio~
rty ·surrounding both of these families.
is ~reater than in soci~
':me case the father proved himself a des- ·
A: Not at
. is due to environment. Tl ca1>le coward; in tbe other case the head
lbe household, though out of work at the
ocial conditions and le
~ . ahowed himself to be a real man in
le or everything. Poverty made the one
b ame old question of ma··
a skunk and the other a hero.
How
)rt their wives and chi!
you account for it?
their environm~t. .
t some- men prefer pr
It ls all right to sympathize with those
ion? ·
1 haTe suffered. But there comes a time
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lally a -man giYes himself
eD sympathy robs the fibers of manhood
i to sleep, but that is a P
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I have never felt more strongly the eviden ce
of social progre!:,s through individual development and it is just that for which we arc
all working.
"Cannot For d Hall Folks do some mis-

You are cordially invited to attend a course of three free lectures in

FORD HALL
Thursday evenings; :\'larch 12th. l 9th , and 2G th , at S o·clock, when th e following questions
will be answered from the st2 ndpoint of the :'\ew Church:
·1. Could God Write a Book? - (:\'larch 12. )
II. Could Goel Become 'Man? (March 19.)
III. Can Man Discover Immortality?
(:Vlarch 2G.)
Tbe lecturer will be the Rev. Julian Kennedy Smyth of :'\ew York City, who is the
official head of the ~ew Church in the United States and Canada.
~O COLLECTION.
SEATS FREE.

Ford Hall Folks
Edit~d b~' Thomas Dreier.
UBLISHED weekly by the Ford
Hall Associates, whose work
is to create, assemble, and
'listribute ideas that will help
men and institutions grow more
helpful in serving society, and which
will promote "peace on earth, good
will toward men." It is the official
publication of the Ford Hall Meet·
ings, which are held, under the direction of George W. Coleman, every
Sunday eYening during the months of
October to May, in Ford Hall, Ashburton Place, Boston , Massachusetts.
All buriness communications should
be sent to Miss Mary C. Crawford,
Treasurer Ford Building, Boston,
and all comm uni ~ations intended for
the editor to The Thomas Dreier Service, University Pres-s, Cambridge.

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Sunday Afternoon Conversations
COME!
Commencing Mar ch 1st at 4 P. M., in the
lecture room, 136 Bowdoin St., and continuing through the month, to discuss the Discoveries of Emanuel Swedenborg in Science
and Religion. Free-~o Collection.

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A space of this size-one inch high and
two and one-half inches wide-can be had
for advertising purposes for one dollar per
issue. For information regarding advertising apply to Jacob London, Room 707, Ford
Building, Boston, Mass.

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"Today is your day and mine, the only
day we have, the day in which we play
our part. What our part may signify in the
great whole, we may not understand, but we
are here to play it, and now is our time.
This we know, it is a part of action , not of
whining.'"-Da vid Starr Jordan .

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Sir,- I regret that. owing to muc:h traveling and other business I am only now abl e
to say a word in reply to the letter of :.\Ir.
Roy Stockwell in your issue of the Sth inst.
I admit that the title announced for my
talk on Ellen Key was too •
c-omprehensive.
It ought to 1have limited the theme to the
questions of marriage and of the unmarried
woman's right to motherhood. That is the
only concession I have to make to Mr.
Stockwell: and as I did not . myself choose
the phrase " The Gospel of Ellen Key" (.,·011
can bear me out in this) , my withers are
unwrung.
In all the rest of his criticism. }Ir. Sto ckwell has no foundation to stand on. r saicl
most emphatically and distin ctly that I
thought Miss Key entirely pure, sincere and
noble in :her purpose. What I accuse her of
is ( 1 l moral blindnes, in not seeing tha.t
you cannot 'alter the moral quality of con•
duct by changing its name, and (21 blind·
ness to the inevitable social disasters whkh
wouid at onc-e arise if legal sanction werl!
given to her proposals.
. Mr.· Stockwell complains of me for quoting: "three or four detached sentences" -from
"Love and Marriage." I qµoted mucb. more
than this, and put in my own words a cornprei:J.ensive and accurate summary of the entire book. Did Mr. Stockwell expect me to
read a whole volume of 399 pages in the
course of an hour's talk? If he means (as
he seems to imply) that my use of passages
from "Love and Marriage·• was ·'grossly unfair and misleading," I can only reply that
his statement is grossly untrue. The que!:'tion is a simple question of fact, which your
readers can easily settle for th..emselves b,·
reading " Love and :.\1arriage."
I toid my audience, again, very c:arefully.
that :.\'1iss Key 's ])lea for the home and fo1·
the co-operation of :parents in the nnrtur1:
of the child was one of her best ·eont.ribtitions. But I said also that this plea is utte rly incon sistent with her do ctrines of ( 1 l

Editor Fore/ Hall Foll.-s : Interested. as I have ever been. in the
welfare of the State, sensing as I have for
many years the moral decadence in our
rural communities, I firmly believe that the
best and true remedy lies in the recognition bv the church of its true relations to
the community at large. Denominationalism is dead in usefulness, and when we see
in our smaller places several churches.
weak, struggling fo r existence, envious of
each other, jealous oi one another's influence. powerless as regards any broad, farreaching action through lack of union or
effort, we can - nly wring our hands in
o
anguish and pray God for a church r evolution.
The people, the great mass of the people,
· were what Christ endeavored to reach, and
it is what the church must endeavor to
reach in order to accomplish its mission. ·
Times have changed. When I was a boy
the people all went to the church as a part
of the· regular week's programme, and the
church was always filled, no matter who
occupied the pulpit, even though the effusions of the pulpit tended only to put the
people to sleep. Now th·e order is reversed.
THE CHURCH MUST GO TO THE PEOPLE. And. to reach them it must cause the
people to believe that it is really interested
in their welfare in a full all-round way,
utterly regardless of all isms or ologies.
Marshall J. Hapgood.
Peru. Vt._. Feb. 15. 1914.
THE CASE FOR THE PRISONER.•
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c:t!led "Bill the Slugger,'' . who by the influence of Maud Ballington Booth became from
one of the worst one of the best inmates of
the vrison. and then. on· his release. was put
e n the path of permanent success by his
employer's t ru sting him with his watch.)
I ha ,·e told you something of the problem ;
I have told ,·on ,·ery little of the solntion:


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doned.
Q: \\'hat do you think of childm
ing testimony against their parents?
A:
It is a shame to drag cbiidm
the cou rts a nd teach them such a 1
disloyalty.
Q : Would not putting prisoners oa
honor help them rehabilitate themse'
A:
\Vc-nderfully.
It is being =
over the country with fine results . .
Q (:\'Ir. Simens) : Does probati
childhood affect a man's ability · -to
go,·ernment job ?
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,A: Not unless he has been convi,
a felony.
Q: Do you think a man like Jatli
should be allowed to talk from pul
try to reform others.
_-\.: vVould you invite him to your
Answer that question yourself. ,
Q: Is anybody who has no acq
amo ng the prisoners allowed to visit
A:
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. Q: Does capital punishment deter
from committing murder?
A: You answer that question:
ter.)
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Q: , What do you -think of the w:
pardon record of our ex-Governor
A: As I said before, a paruon
ver:-· dangerous or a very good
should like to have some statistics
present lives of the men he pardOll'
Q: Do you think that' cha!
prison system will do away with "
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A: No; probably there will bf
til we reach the Milennium.
of
Q: What about the crime
against the boy brought up in b!d
ment because his father was. not_
-a
bnt dead? (Applause.)
A: I was speaking simply ·
prison aspect. There should be •
pension law.
Q (M r. Fraser):
he!µ abolish crime?
...\.: Yes. it would.
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duct by changing its name, ancl (2 1 blind·
ness to the inevitable social disasters whic·h
wouid at on·e e arise if legal sanction wen:
given to her proposals.
. :Mr.· Stockwell complains of me for quo ting "three. or four detac~ed sentences" .from
"Love and Marriage.': I quoted mucl! more
than this, and put in my own .,yords a comprenensive and accurate summar y of the entire book. Did Mr. Stockwell expect me to
read a whole volume of 399 pa.ges in th,~
course of an hour's talk? If he ·means (ag
he seems to imply) that my use of 11assages
from "Love and l\Iarriage·• was "grossiy unfair and misleading;·. I can only reply that
his statement is grossly untrue. The question is a simple question of fact, which your
readers can easily settle for themselves • :-·
b
reading "Love and Marriage."
I told my audience, again, very carefull:-·.
that Miss Key's plea for the home and for
the co-operation of ·p arents in the nurtur1:
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of the child was one of her best • ontrib1ie
tions. But I said also .that this plea is utterly inconsistent with ·her doctrines of (1)
divorce upon request by either party, without question asked ; (2) the unmarrietl
woman's ri:ght to motherhood, and (3) tho;>
termination of even· marriage the moment
either party to it has ceased to "lo,·e•· in the
tempestuous emotional sense.
l'viy defepce of monogamic marria;?:e was
not "highly -dogmatic,'' nor do·gmatic· without the adjective. It was, so far as it went.
strictly scientific, based solely on universal
human experience, and in particul:i.r on the
findings of such scholars as '\Yestermarck. to
whose "History of Human Marriage" I was
careful to refer my hearers. Even the ven·
-brief summary in your • olumns is sufficient
e
to refute Mr. Stockwell.
It quotes me as
sa~•ing: "I quite agree · with ::l'.Iiss Key that
monogamy was made for and by man, and
therefore I agree that if any other system
than this could be proved to be better suited
to the physical and psychic natures of men
and women, then monogamy would have to
give way." If this is dogmatic, H can only
be in a sense qf the word discovered by and
peculiar to Mr. Stockwell.
Hoping that you will be able to find space
for these lines, I am, ~~r, . ~ ·>:-Yours very· truly,
HOR.A:CE J. BRIDGES.
[Editor's Note: We understand that an
involuntary . injustice was 'd one to :11r.
Bridges in that the title announced for his
address proved to be somewhat misleading.]

the peop1e a.11 """" w • - ·
of the regular week' s programme, and the
church was always filled , no matter who
occupied the pul11it, even though the effusions of the pulpit tended only to put the
people to sleep. Now th·e order is reversed.
THE CHURCH MUST G·O TO THE PEOPLE. And to reach them it must cause the
people to believe that it is really interested
in their welfare in a full all-round way,
mterl:-· regardless of all isms or ologies.
Marshall J. Hapgood.
Peru, Yt., Feb. 15. 1914.

from corum1tu11g, ruu1 ue1 .
A: You answer that question.
ter. l
Q: 'What do you -think of the
pardon record of our ex-GoYeruor
A: As I said before, a paruon
very dangerous or a very g 00d
should like to have some statisu
present Jives of the men he 11ardo:_
Q: Do you think that cha
prison system will do away With
A: No; probably there will be
til we reach the Milennium.
Q: What about th e crime of
THE CASE FOR THE PRISONER.'
against the boy brought u1> in bad
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ment because his father was. not a
but dead? (Applause. )
c :i!led "Bill the Slugger,'' who by the influ•
A: I was speaking sim11ly
, nee of Maud Ballington Booth became from
prison aspect. There should be a
one of the worst one of the best inmates of
the 1irison. and then. on· his r elease, was put pension law.
Q (Mr. Fraser):
en the path of permanent success by his
help abolish crime?
employer's trusting him with his watch.)
A: Yes. it would.
\\'omen ~
1 ha Ye told yon something of the problem;
I have told you very little of the solution: · problems. not as party questions,
rectl:,.
and surely :--.ou of Ford Hall are interested
in the solution. Many of us have seen men
led away to prison: how many of us have
iVlen and women make a mess of
had the insight and the foretho ugh t to think
lations only wh·e n they become
of their families?
Think how often the some ·creature of their own fashio-'
prisoner is the Yictim of environment, foreactions must not be judged as
cloomed to crime because his own father 's related to our lives. It is not the
ilT'.prisonment made it necessary that he be
the tubes we are to judge, but tht
brought u11 in the slums! The 80,000 men
as they appear in the pictures ~
and women in the State prisons a lone repre- are painted .
sent on the average 160,000 little children.
who are today suffering in poverty because
the family has had taken from it ·the support of the father.
But there is a new feeling coming into this
country, and it is shown in some of t!H'
l\Iarc h S-?11:ary Church Terrell,
Western States-the voice of the American
Sam and the Sons of Ham."
people demanding justice for the wives and
March 15-Rev. Harn, Ward, "TIit
children of the State prisoners. And the
lenge of Socialism to Christianity."
day will come. and with it the surest solu:March 22-Rev. Frank O. Hall
tion of the problem, when a . man. even
York. "The Moral Law."
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though justly deprived of his liberty, will
March 29-John Cowper Powys
ne\'er be robbed by law of the keeping of his
land, "The Economic Aspects of
\'OWS to suppor t · his family; so that from
Suffrage."
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his work in prison he ,\·ill be able to supply
April 5-Symvos·i um,
not only his own needs but theirs a lso. Anti
A. .J. Philpott of the
when that day comes, may we all ha\'e a
George Perry l\iorris
part in it, howeYer small! It will bring the
Science Monitor .
mandn prison a newer and greater reason
April 12-Dr. Thomas C. Hall
:-an°i'inspiration to reformation. For there'.
York, "Religion and Social Revoluti,
April 19-Prof. Walter Raus,
be1\ind the ·walls, though bis liberty be gone,
"Is the ·woman Movement Going
lie ~ill keep his sense of responsibility and
of respectability .
Society?''

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colored woman on the American platform today, will discuss for us "U1
Sam and tl,e Sons q/ /-lam." Taking for her point of departure the re
and ve ry flagrant discrimination in Washington against colored employ
s he will show us how increasingly difficult it is
today for colored people anywhere in America
to earn an honest livelihood outside of a few
restricted callin gs. :M rs. T e rrell is a graduate of
Oberlin College , has .lived long enough abroad to
be able to make as good a speech in French or
nerman as in English, has rece ntly been welcomed
to the platforms of "\Vellesley and Radcliffe Colleges and is , altogether, one of the most gifted and
magnetic personalities now in the public eye. She
can talk delightfully on many subjects but the topic
that engages her deepest feeling is th~ terribie
wrong which is being done to young people of the
colored race by our unjust and cruel prejudices and by the difficulties we an'
putting in the way of their political and economic advance. This is a subjl'q
which Ford Hall ought to face squarely; we feel ourselves fortunate in havio(
Mrs . Terrell to present it for us.

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MARCH 1. - LESLIE WILLIS SPRAGGl... - .
Chicago will speak to us on '' Tolstoy t/1e Ala
Jane Addams has said that Mr. Sprague's vigor
and enthusiastic treatment of ethical question
as valuable as it is unusual, and Professor Zuc'
declares this Tolstoy lecture "the most <;,omp
summary of that greatest of living authors\vhit
have ever read or met, as well as the best epit
of any author ·w hich I have ever heard in an hou
Which should mean that we will have a recl leu
night at Ford Hall on Tolstoy night.

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MARCH 15.-REv. HARRY WARD, Secretary
of the ivlethodist Federation for Social Service, and
recently elected to a chair on this subject in tht
Boston University School of Theology, will speak~
'' The Challenge ef Socialism to C/1rislianily .'' Professor Ward has been for 1i-U1ny years at the head ol
settlements and institutional churches in the Polish
quart e r and stockyards district of Chicago . He ii
peculiarly able, therefore , to speak with authority
on the interestin g topic which has_ been assigned
to him .

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GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Chairman and Director ol Meetings
Miss MARY C. CRAWFORD, Secretary !or the Meetings
Ollice Hours at Room 707, Ford Building, State House Hill, 3.30 lo 4.30 daily, except Saturdap
Telephone, Haymarket 2247