Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Under the auspices of the Social Service Committee Dr. J. R. Brackett '83 spoke last night in the Randall Room. Phillips Brooks House, on "The Ultimate Aims of our Social Work." Before his address the subject was informally discussed by the meeting...
...that men entering philanthropic work are influenced from different motives. The primary incentive, however, should be the objective good which we can do for others. Some are interested from the personal or subjective pleasure which they realize from their work; others are drawn into philanthropy by a sense of social obligation and civic pride. Earnest social work with our fellowmen should give us a practical knowledge of social conditions, and enable us to exercise a more perfect judgment in choosing the suitable remedies...
...Brackett then illustrated the many opportunities of bettering the social conditions around us. Inestimable good can be accomplished by a more thoughtful execution of our administrative justice. Then we can improve the situation of the employer and servant. There are many other opportunities of doing good in the routine of our daily life. Inspiration, however, can come only through personal contact with other men. In closing, he laid stress on the need of philanthropic ideals, a larger goal of real social democracy towards which we may strive...
...Brackett '83, of the Department of Philosophy, will speak on "The Ultimate Aims of our Social Work" this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Randall Room, Phillips Brooks House, at a conference under the auspices of the Social Service Committee. He will point out some opportunities for social work, and show how they may be made effective. Before the address several students who are engaged in various philanthropic institutions will give a brief outline of the work in their departments...
...Brackett received a degree of Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins College in 1887 and for five years was supervisor of city charities in Baltimore. He is now at the head of a new school for social workers in Boston, maintained jointly by the University and Simmons College...