REORGANIZATION

Acting on the report of a recent survey that its social service workers are at present drawn almost entirely from Freshmen and Graduate students, the Phillips Brooks House will inaugurate next fall a policy of selecting one man from each House to act as a member of its Social Service Committee. The duties of these House members will include encouraging more upperclassmen to partake in the activity and organizing the workers more closely. For the latter purpose, occasional meetings are to be held where the volunteers will be given a chance to meet each other and exchange experiences.

For many years, Phillips Brooks House has carried on its valuable service of supplying Boston settlement houses with instructors and entertainers. The program has been worthwhile not only for the charitable institutions but for the workers themselves. Some men have received an opportunity to test their teaching ability by actual practice; many have welcomed the chance to study the customs and conditions of another social stratum; all have experienced the exhilaration of volunteer service work. Hitherto, upperclassmen have responded in large numbers; but now House interests have diverted their attention. In altering its organization to fit new conditions, the Phillips Brooks House takes a well considered step toward insuring its efforts hearty support that the work deserves.