[Illustration: THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY OFFICE, S. W. COR. 5TH AND CHESTNUT STS.] NEW SERIES No. 50 THE JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY PUBLISHED ANNUALLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY” INSTITUTED MAY 8TH, 1787 NOVEMBER, 1911 OFFICE: STATE HOUSE ROW S. W. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA. SPECIAL NOTICES. All correspondence with reference to the work of the Society, or to the JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE AND PHILANTHROPY, should be addressed to THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. The National Prison Congress of the United States for the past ten years has designated the fourth Sunday in October, annually, as Prison Sunday. To aid the movement for reformation, some speakers may be supplied from this Society. Apply to chairman of the Committee on Prison Sunday. FREDERICK J. POOLEY is the General Agent of the Society. His address is 500 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Contributions for the work of the Society may be sent to JOHN WAY, Treasurer, 409 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. FORM OF BEQUEST OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. I give and bequeath to “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY” the sum of .... Dollars. FORM OF DEVISE OF REAL ESTATE. I give and devise to “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY” all that certain piece or parcel of land. (Here describe the property.) OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1911 PRESIDENT JOSHUA L. BAILY, 30 S. Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia. VICE-PRESIDENTS REV. HERMAN L. DUHRING, D. D., 225 S. Third Street, Philadelphia. REV. F. H SENFT, 560 N. Twentieth Street, Philadelphia. TREASURER JOHN WAY, 409 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. HONORARY SECRETARY [1]JOHN J. LYTLE, Moorestown, N. J. SECRETARY ALBERT H. VOTAW, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. HONORARY COUNSELOR HON. WILLIAM N. ASHMAN, 44th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia. COUNSELORS HENRY S. CATTELL, ESQ., 1218 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. OWEN J. ROBERTS, ESQ., West End Trust Building, Philadelphia. GENERAL AGENT FREDERICK J. POOLEY, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. THE ACTING COMMITTEE FOR ONE YEAR Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins, D.D., Rev. J. F. Ohl, Harry Kennedy, Layyah Barakat, William E. Tatum, Mary S. Wetherell, George S. Wetherell, Henry C. Cassel, Albert Oetinger, Rev. Philip Lamerdin, Mrs. E. W. Gormly, A. Jackson Wright, Frank H. Longshore, Charles H. LeFevre, Rev. M. Reed Minnich. FOR TWO YEARS [1]John J. Lytle, P. H. Spellissy, Fred J. Pooley, William Scattergood, Mrs. P. W. Lawrence, William Koelle, Rev. R. Heber Barnes, Dr. William C. Stokes, Deborah C. Leeds, Mrs. Horace Fassitt, Joseph C. Noblit. Miss C. V. Hodges, Rebecca P. Latimer, Joseph Rhoads. FOR THREE YEARS