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...then said that even admitting that conditions in New York City were as bad as the negative had painted, that the policy of the affirmative offered the only constructive program sound in principle and permanent in character, which would bring about a modification of the present law and a settlement of the saloon question in the City. He pointed out that we must not consider the present law as immutable or repeal impossible, for if the evils of the law were clearly demonstrated by a strict enforcement, a union of Buffalo, Rochester and New York City would be able...
...meeting tonight Dr. Graham Taylor, professor of Christian Sociology at the Chicago Theological Seminary, will outline some of the principles which should guide men in undertaking philanthropic work. His experience as warden of the Chicago Commons Settlement enables him to speak as an authority on the sociological problems of today...
...philanthropic work of the Christian Association has been steadily successful. The work at T Wharf, at the Chinese Sunday School, and at the Denison House Settlement has been carried on in the same way as heretofore, and, in general, with results that have been satisfactory. The boys club and the free reading room in East Cambridge, which were started in place of a thorough college settlement at first proposed, have been, since last fall, enlarged in their equipment and scope of work, and are exerting a strong and beneficial influence in the district where they are located. The work...
...most interesting, though one of the simplest, branches of the Christian Association's work is the series of amateur concerts, readings and impersonations given by men from the University at the college settlement in Boston, at T wharf, and at other places. This work is, of course, not vitally important nor very far reaching in its effects, but it is a charity that creates a great deal of happiness...
...chief cause of the War of 1812 was England's refusal to recognize the right of her subjects to become American citizens and the consequent claim of the right to impress American seamen of British origin into the English navy. The negotiations following this war led to no definite settlement of the question, nor did the discussion between Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton...