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PROGRAM FOR FEBRUARY 22
lss BLANCHE V. UPHAM .
. DUDLEY HALL
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(a) "Hear Ye, Israel"
{ (b) ":My Laddie" .

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HYMN, "O God of Earth and Altar"
AooRESS, "Tolstoy the Man"-Leslie Willis Sprague of Chicago
HYMN, "Thy Kingdom Come!"
QUESTIONS FROII[ THE F~OOR

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CONCERT by an Orchestra of Fourteen Pieces from the BOSTON :M usic
SCHOOL SETTLEll'rENT, under the direction of Mr. DANIEL BLOOll[FIELD

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DDRESS, "The Case for the Prisoner' .' -Charles Brancl ,w Booth of New York
HYMN, "God Save the People"
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

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"Ashes of°I<oses"
(c) ''Cloud-Shadows''

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PROGRAM FOR MARCH 8

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DDRESS, "Uncle Sam and the Sons of Ham"
-Mrs. Mary Church T~rrell of Washington
HYMN, "O God of Earth and Altar"
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR

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J, Arthur Sparrow
James P, Roberts

COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS

, Edward Cummings
Miss Ellen Paine Huling
Henry Abrahams
Butler R. Wilson

Mrs, Richard Y. FitzGerald
Mrs, Glendower Evans
George B, Gallup
Robert A, Woods
John Quinn, Jr.

Miss Louise Adams Grout
Rev, Dillon Bronson
William C, Ewing
Edwin D. Mead

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William E, Perry

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overflowing hearts/we . give thanks
that our lot has been cast in this day
of the trnst which you
and generation, fo this. city ancl conn11.
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try, ancl among peo1i\e so generous
and . broadminded. AnfJn.
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ack lo his rights as a fr ee m
inong us hcl'e. From that pri ,-;1
lther a new man, or a m e nt,il
hysical wreck, e mbittered aga
menace to our economic a11d
he c1uestio11 we must face i:
mil it he, the bes t or the wo1
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late prison. \V e arc at last
\ the !'act that every man a11 ,
~ch commnnity has a specitic
tate prisoner, to see that th e p
a rais ed nv to hecome a n s,
,an, a hlessing to the commnn
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(AJlillause.)
' I recently h eard a Brooklyn .i
11risoner in these words :
>n hav e hcen l'onnd guilty hy t l
am convi11cecl that yon are gn
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.ade the vlea of not gnilly yo1
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do not send you to Sing Sing 11
! reforming you: ., I know too
le )lrison for that. I am sen
Ing Sing becansc you are a m
ety, and I want to gel you
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Five years." And tlw
ght- that man, without outsi<i< j
i far worse 011 his rel ease llta
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1 conviction.
Dnt the American ))ublic is :
g the demand that the State
i 11aramountly a place of refo 1'
1ly secondarily a ))lace or
!iat is the longest step in th<
.e prison ·1>robiem that we ha 1
~me of our States are b ehind
ey are all advancing as far n
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nditions which l"ive years a :
en conceived of as poss ihl,
th prisons like Charlestown ,
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1 prison at Comstock, . wh e .
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urn until night, working al l
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y, I took to Comstock the ,
m in ex istence mad e 1111 e11
·soners, and l heard one of 111
other, as he looked about
I, this is a college!" (Lau
·is a college, for it is traini j
be men. I have bee n asked
t tem))t ]leople to commit er
prison life too easy, Now, 1
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ial standing and education
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ceedings alone than he e
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selt'-res))ect and becomes
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Jl)en down and out, ha s ra~h e r
of it in Sing Sing; but in a )lri:
stock, though at first it is the • .
ment he ever had, he, too, in ti
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speaker then told of a prison< ~
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AM ERIC,
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benutlful [or spac10
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For nmber ,;vaves of g1:am,_

•n maiest1 es
purple moun t a1
Above the [ruited plain!
crlca! America!
h d His grace on thee ,
God s e ti y good with brotherhc
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From sea to shining sea.

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· Mm,ic composed for the Ford Hall Meetings
All rights reserved

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for spacious skies,
For amber waves· of grain,
or purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
merlca ! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
nd crown thy ·good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

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Whose stern, impassioned stress,
thoroughfare for freedom beat

(:onflrm thy soul in self-control,
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0 beautiful for glorious tale

Of liberating strife,
\Vhen valiantly, for man's avail,
l\Ien lavished precious life!
America! Am erica!
May God lhy gold refine,
Till all success be nobl e ness,
And ev'ry gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That s ee s beyond the years
Thine alabaste r cities gl eam
Undimmed by human lea rs!
America! Am e rica!
God sh ed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
- Kath e rine Lee Bat es.

0 GOD OF EARTH AND AL TAR

(To the music ot "Webb")
·O God ot earth and altar
Bow down <1nd hear our cry,
, Our earthly rulers falter,
Our people drift and die;
, The walls of gold entomb us,
The swords of scorn divide,
Take not ·Thy thunder from us,
But take a·way our pride.

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Tie In a living tether
. The priest a11d prince and thrall,
Bind all our lives together,
Smile us and save us all;
In Ire and exultation
Aflame with faith, and free, · ·
Lift up a living nation,
A single sword to Thee.
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From all that terror teaches,
From lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches ·
Thal comfort cruel men,
l~rom sale and profanation
Of honor and the sword,
F'rom sleep and from damnation,
De liver us , good Lord.

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"Thy kingdom come!" 0 Lord we daily cry,
\\Teary and sad with earth's long strife and pain!
''Holl' long, 0 Lord!" 1'hy suff'ring children sigh!
"Speed Thou th e dawn, and o' e r th e nations reign!"
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Thy kingdom come! then all the din of war,
Like some dark drea m, shall yanish with q1e night!
Peace, holy peace, her myriads gifts shall pour,
R esting secure from clanger and affright.
Thy kingdom come! no more shall deeds of shame,
Brutish and base, d estroy the soul divine:
Bi-ight wilh Thy love' s all-purifying flame
1'hy human te mpl es evermore shall shine!

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Mlrlnm Allen de For1!.

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)rgollen thnl that ,
ack lo hi:; ri g hts ,,
mong- us he re . Fro ,
llher a ne w man ,
hysi cal \\'ree k, e 1;11>
mena ce lo our cc,
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l ch co mmnnily ha,;
ta lu priHOllur, to S(!t,
e rai sed up lo be e:,
.an, a hlossing- to I h,
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prisone r in thes e ,,
HI hav e hoe n found i.;1
am con vincecl that ,.,
ien convincecl l'ro111 i h
acle the pl ea of not ;,
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:lo not se nd you to Sin
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n g Sing- becaus e you
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1y. l• ive years." ,\
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! far wors e 011 hi s roll'
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ly ~oconclarily a 11la< \
!at 1s the lon ge st step
\ Prison probl em that ,
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11 11e rmit. \Ve c an see .
Hlitions whi ch fiv e y e;
!11 conceivecl or us pc
:h priso ns lik e Charl es l
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ye th e ce ll s in th e mo
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y. I took to Comstock
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soners, anti I heard one ,
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Is a college, for it is tr
be 111 0 11. I hav e bee n a s
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1H·1son life too easy , No
µs of m en in our prison
lal s tanrling and educatit
tim es worse oxperienct
oedings alon e than h e
on. ln u ]lrison lik e Sin
sell'-resp ect and b ecomc
lik e Comstock he feels
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heen down and out, ha s rath '
of It in Sing Sing; but in a p1
stock, though at first it is the 1
m ent h e ever had, he, too, in "'
r es1>011<ls to th e same inll
s pealrnr th en told of a pri so ,
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Thy kingdom come! mad greed for wealth and power
No more shall grind the w ea klings in th e dust.
Th e n mind and strength shall share 'l'hy ample dower,
Brothers in Thee, and one in equal trnst.
-H. W. Hawkes.

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overflowing he a rts, we give thanks
that our lot has be en cast ,in this day
and generation, In this city and conntry, and among p eo1ile so generous
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