PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE

The philanthropic and religious activities which center in Phillips Brooks House have greatly grown in the last few years and are now very broad in character. These activities are conducted by the Phillips Brooks House Association and five allied but independent societies: the Christian Association, the St. Paul's Society, the Social Service Committee, the Catholic Club and the Religious Union.

The Phillips Brooks House Association does all the executive and office work of the five societies and prevents any needless duplication of work by the separate organizations. In addition the Association conducts the religious census, and the information bureau, which was this year of assistance to several hundred men in procuring rooms and furniture. The Association also conducts the annual Phillips Brooks House reception to Freshmen and will this year give a number of socials to promote fellowship among all those who take an active part in philanthropic work.

The Bible study department of the Christian Association aims to stimulate interest in the subject upon broad lines. Addresses on the Bible are arranged from time to time, and, in conjunction with the St. Paul's Society, several Bible classes are conducted. The foreign work department aims to present the claims of foreign missions upon the intelligent interest and co-operation of college men and a class for the study of foreign missions is formed each year: Through the philanthropic work of the Christian Association, an increasingly large number of men are brought into touch with charitable institutions in Cambridge and Boston. Thirty or forty men are annually sent to assist in boys' clubs and men's clubs at the Riverside Alliance; others teach English to the Chinese. A prominent part is taken in the work at T Wharf, at the foot of Atlantic avenue, where the Association superintends a reading room for fishermen and sailors. About 800 fishermen have their mail sent to the reading room, and from 25 to 50 men frequent it daily.

The St. Paul's Society, an Episcopal organization, carries on work similar in character to that of the Christian Association. The Society conducts evening prayer and holds corporate communions. It provides men for charity work in Episcopal parishes of Boston and Cambridge, and from time to time arranges for meetings similar to the one this evening in Sanders Theatre.

The Social Service Committee has no regular membership, but is strictly an executive committee. Under its auspices are given a number of formal and informal conferences and addresses. Twice a year it manages a clothing collection in the University, and the cast-off clothing thus obtained is sent to all parts of the country for the poor. The committee does excellent work in assigning men to different fields of philanthropy, such as the East End Christian Union, the Dennison House, the Frances E. Willard Settlement, and the Civil Service House. A number of entertainment troupes are regularly formed.

Men for settlements are furnished by the Catholic Club also. This organization, however, is mainly concerned with doctrinal conferences, and from time to time gives informal smokers.

The Religious Union is undenominational. It holds frequent meetings at the more formal of which prominent men speak.

Further information concerning any of the Societies will gladly be given by the Graduate Secretary of the Phillips Brooks House Association, who may be found at Phillips Brooks House any morning