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Permission from the Penal Institutions Commissioner has been secured for an excursion of investigation to Deer Island. Members of the University who are interested in penal and practical charity subjects are cordially invited. The party will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at Eastern avenue wharf in time to take the government steamer, "J. Putnam Bradise," which leaves from the north side of South Ferry at 2.15 p. m. Men who intend to go are requested to send word to M. Bloomfield, 35 1-2 Brattle street, Cambridge...
...Association is also conducting outside philanthropic work at T wharf, the Chinese Sunday school, tramps' lodging-house in Boston, the East Cambridge Reading Room and in various Boy's clubs...
...Wharf, which is situated on Atlantic Avenue, at the foot of State street, in Boston, is the dock at which all the fishing vessels coming into Boston harbor unload their cargoes. A reading room has been established at the end of the pier, and is intended as a place where the fishermen and sailors may spend their hours on shore. The room is fitted up with books, magazines, and games, and is open from 8 a. m. till...
...Carter '01, explaining the purpose of the reading room on T wharf, said, that besides tending to keep the sailors away from the saloons, the rooms serve also as a post office where the fishermen come for their letters and answer them, aided by the Harvard...
...important innovation has recently been made by the T Wharf Society in its work among the sailors, by which free law counsel is offered to all who wish advice on their personal affairs. The plan grew out of a meeting held some months ago by the Boston Port and Seaman's Aid Society, at which various New York and Boston philanthropic associations came together to discuss new methods of work. Attention was called at the time to the common fleecing of sailors by unscrupulous lawyers, and with the view of remedying this abuse, the T Wharf Society secured the services...