FORM OF BEQUEST In order to enable the Society of Friends in America to continue to be of service at home and abroad, the following approved form of bcqucst may he used when writing a will: "I give and bequeath to thc American Friends Servi~eCom- mittee, Inc., with headquarters at 20 South 12th Street, PhiIadel- phia, Pa., the sum of 8... ., the principal and interest of said sum to be used at the discretion and by the direction of the American Friends Service Committee, Inc." Checks for the support of the work should he made payable to: WILLIAMR. FOGG,Treasurer 20 South 12th Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Arrangements have bcen completed with The Rovident Mtitual Life Insurance Company. one of t11e most substantial financial firmu in Amprice, to accept and make payments upon annuities @en to the Ametican Friends Service Committee. For persons sixty years old and over the Committee is able to offer ~ixper cent annual income, paid by the above firm, ant1 at thc samr time to rtnlize substantial benefit from the annuity for ita own work. In canrs nf persona over seventy-five years of act it is pnaeibte to give a larg~rinterest if requirecl. The ofice of the Ametican Friend4 Sewice Committee would be very glad to correupond with nnyone interested in thia form of investment-contribntion. ANNUAL REPORT 1934 merican Friends Service Committee is now almost FAtwenty years of age. Jt is natural and fitting that those of UR who have been associated with it from its birth shovld incline to be reminiscent and to review the achievements of the past years. That work of report and appraisal will be in order as the twentieth anniversary comes 'round, But, as a preface to this Report, my mind turns now especially to the momentous things before us in that untraveled region beyond the narrow isthmus of the Present. We are highly resolved to make a positive contribution to the major business of the hour which is Peace-making. We are looking forward to a new adventure of love and friendehip in an attempt to minister te the Spanish children who are being ground between the miZlstone~of War. We see gtretch- ing before us an ever expandhg work in helping rehabilitate those who have been victims of a breakdown of civilization in areas of conflict in our own country, And we pmpoSe to send out to other lands ambassadors of good will to interpret a way and spirit of life that seems to us of universal significance. AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE 20 South Twelfth Street Philndeiphia, Pa, AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE OFFICERS 1936-37 Chairman RUFUS M. JONES Vim Chnirmpn HENRY TATNhLL RROWN RANNAFI CLOTRIER HULL I'ATR ICK MURPHY MALIN Tmsrcrer F-tiw Semehry WILLIAM R. FOGG CLARENCE E. PICKETT BOARD OF DIRECTORS *s *s and tk folfowing Henry Tatnall Rrowo William C. niddlt William R. Fogg Anna Cox Brintnn Hannah Clothier Hull Henry J. Cadbttrg Rufire M. Jonen noward S,Carey Patrick Murphy Malin Anna Griacom Elkinton Clarence E, Pickett Howard W. Elkinton J. Paaemore Eikinton Chairnrrm aj Standing Comrnitr~~s. Harold Evan* Bernard C. Waling, Hanns Gmm Social-Industrial Section John 5. C. Harvey William Eves, 3rd Lncy Riddle Lewis Foreign Sewice Section S. Emily Park& Emily Cooper Johnson, Joseph R. Silver Peacc Section Douglas V. Steere Joseph TqrIor WiImer J. Young ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 7936-37 Exectstitv Seer-7 CLARER'CE E. PICKETT ,Social-lndurhkl S&n Pmce SerrWn HOMER L. MORRIS, Secretary RAY NEWTON, Secreta~p DONALD STEPHENS, Associate See. E. RAYMOND WILSON, Aasnciate Sec. RUTH E. OUTLAND, Pe'ermnncl Sec. Finance IIUGII W. MOORE, W. ELMORE JACKSOY, Camp Set. Secretary Fet!ou-hip Cooncil Comrnittrr orc Spain rind PuhIicitr LESIdF: D. SITAPFER, Secretary JOIIN F. IIEICIT, Secretary THE SOCIAGINDUSTRIAL SECTION URING the first calendar year of its organization, the Social-Industrial Section has not been concerned pci- marilv with making pronouncements on what shorrld be done to correct social or industrial ills. It has directed its energy toward the development of projects which embody belief in the efficiency of brotherhood and good will as fundamental factors in bringing about social change and the establish- ment of a better social order. Two hundred and fifty-eight young people worked during the summer under the direction of the Section. Their experiences brought them a new sense of the essential injustice and demoralizing influence of many phases of our industrial life. With these experiences have come a new dedication of their lives to bring about social change by human understanding and good will, exercised in the spirit of non -violence, Throughout the year there has been keen interest in the meetings of the Section. An average of fifty persons, young and old, have met together once a month to plan and con- ~iderthe work carried on by four sub-committees: Personnel and Placement, Camp, Rehabilitation, Clothing. These meetings which begin at 5 P,M, and extend through the evening are in themselves a valuable educational process. PERSONNEL AND PLACEMENT COMMITTEE Many young people are recognizing thc positive value of good wiIl to correct social ill# and are earnestly seeking for light and experience which will deepen their own faith in thc forces of non-violence. The work program of a Summer Volunteer is planned with these interests in view. The opportunitirs for summer work opened up by the Per- sonnel and Placement Committw rnable students to gain experience in a strata of society usually known to them only through reading. Summer Volunteer Workers, 1936 During the summer 68 volunteer workpr~RP~YP~ in twenty institu- tions located in eleven states. They hailed from CaIifornia to Maine, and south as far as Uorth Carolina. They worked in detention homes, migrant work centers, hralth camps, settlement houses, camps for under-privileged children, Indian rcscrvations, mining towns, negro schods, reform schools and rural communities. With few exceptions, the workers were placed so that they might be accessible for group meetings during thc summer, Wolunteers in the Philadelph'la area met together in August at the Germantom Boys' Club Vacation TTouse, Ocean City, N. J., for a week-end conference. A four-day general conference for the Yolunteers was held at Pendle Hill in June; of the 68 workers, 55 attended. The Conference hoped to achieve among the workers: (I) a sense of fellowship with each other and with the American Friends Service Committee: (2) a more workable philosophy concerning the present 50Cial order and trende toward change; (3) an understanding of the conditions under which Summer Tol~mteeremust work, giving consideration to the techniques of group work. The leadws participating in the PendIe Bill conference were: Herbert Bergstrom, Howard Branson, Henry Cadbury, Mark Dawher, David Elkinton, Margaret fTatold, Tilliam T. Harris, Patrick MaIin, Esther hlcMillan, Hom~rL. Morris, James Mullin, Clarence Pjckett, Roger Russell, Leslie Shaffer, John C. Smith, Do~~glasSteere, Miriam Wilson, Mildred Young, Kilmer Young. Summary Number of workers placed. ........................ 68 Religious groups represented. ...................... 14 Collcges and universities represented. ............... 36 States from which workers came. ................... 18 States in which worker~were placed.. ............... 11 Types of Work Camps for under-privilcgcd chihlren.. ............... 44 Settlrmtnt Houscs. ............................... lb Migant Work Center. ............................ 2 TJeal th Center. ................................... 1 Indian Work.. ...................................2 Girls' Reiorm School. ............................. 1 Negro School.. ................................... 1 Miscellaneous. ................................... 2 CAMP COMMITTEE During 1936 the Camp Committee conducted seven Volunteer Work Camps in cooperation with the Emergency Peace Campaign. One hundred and ninety campers were enrolled. This represented a sub- stantial expansion of the camp program in contrast to that of the previous summer when four camp8 were held and eighty-four campers participated. Increased interest among students and educatore, together with special contributions made particular17 for aupport of the camp progcam, seemed amply to justify this expansion. The Work Camp hfl8m, 1936 Volunteer Work Camps are designed (I) to provide an opportunity for young people, particularlyof college age, to obtain first-hand kaowl- edge of difficult ~ocialand industrial probIems by working in conflict areas; (2) to enable students to explore the possibilities of social change by non-violent means; (3) to perform Rome worthwhile job of real social significance as a moral alternative to military service. The program of each camp was based upon geven or eight hours a day of hard physical work, followed by discussion of the particular social and economic probIems of the community. The campers not only donated their labor, but insofar as possible paid their own living expenses. In all the camps, living conditions were quite primitive, meals were simple, and the work was shared by all the group. In addition to dis- cussion leaderahip provided bp the campers, directors, and many local and regional people, further leadership was given by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, Chairman of the TVA, John Edelman, Research Director of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, Rufus Jones, Grover Clark, Thornae E. Jones, President of Fisk University, Edward C. M. Richards, Chief Forester of the TVA, K. Brooke Anderson, of Brown University, William Noble and Karlin Capper-Johnson of England, Gordon Graves of Purdue University, It. P. Marlzy of Ann Arbor, Mich., Chase Conover of Pacific ColIege (Oregon), and by staff members of the American Friends Service Committee. Included among the 190 campcrs were. 115 men and 75 women. Eight campers were negroes, and seven were students from foreign countries. Gemany, Italy, and Czechoslovakia were represented, and in two camps ardent pro-Fascist6 worked side by side with political ref- ugees.The studentacame from one hundred differentechmls andcolleges. Barvard, Yale, Smith, Vassar, Amheret, Columbia, Mt. Holyoke, Swarthmora, Rennington, Howard, University of Chicago, Oberlin, Guilford and Earlham were among those institutions represented.