The work of these men has been overlooked by six superintendents, each of whom has a district of houses to cover. Every two months these superintendents hand in a report to S. S. Otis, '15, their chairman. They also hand in cards covering the work of each man in their district. In this way the success or failure of each individual is watched.

The Secretary has also sent out 24 entertainment troupes. With one exception these troupes have all given satisfactory entertainments.

The Home Libraries branch of the work, in charge of P. Bradley '15, has been very successful. However, this is counteracted by the medium success of the Juvenile Court work. E. K. Carver '14, who has been in charge, has found it extremely difficult to get the right kind of men to take boys. There have been only nine boys taken from the courts this winter.

So far, there has been only one clothing collection--that conducted by H. L. Nash, '16, last autumn. The results of this collection were most satisfactory, enough being collected to send boxes of clothing to 12 places, some of these places being as far off as Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The annual spring collection is now about to be started.

Outside of the work, the Social Service branch has conducted two dinners and two conferences. At the dinners there was informal speaking both by the students and by the various leaders who had been invited. At the conference held last autumn for students interested in the work, Dean Briggs and R. N. Williams, of East Boston, spoke. This spring the Joint Conference of leaders and student workers was held. At this time the idea of giving college credit for social work was thoroughly discussed, and rejected. Both dinners and the conferences have been well attended and interesting.

Thus, in a word, this year has been one marked by general success in the Social Service work, of which much of the credit must be given to W. B. Pirnie '15, the Secretary, whose hard work and keenness did much to make this year so successful.  LEVERETT SALTONSTALL '14.  Chairman.

Report of the Chapel Committee

The Report of the Phillips Brooks House Chapel Committee, which I am submitting must necessarily be in a preliminary form at this time, since definite figures for the year cannot be made up until June.

However, I do feel that I can say something of attendance at Chapel in a general way. The average student attendance at Sunday Chapel a year was 247, which was a large increase over the report for pervious years. This year will probably not come up to that figures by a small margin; it certainly will not exceed it. This is easily explained when it is remembered that so far this year, there have been few preachers to attract unusually large audiences. As regards morning chapel, on the other hand, the outlook is distinctly encouraging. I think that the final figures for the year will show an average attendance of 120 or more, compared with 105 last year. This increase is probably due more to increased interest in the daily service than to any change in the list of preachers.

The year, aside from the matter of attendance figures, has seen a good deal of agitation over what might be called the Chapel problem. In the first place, I wish to call attention to the fact that the attendance, especially at Sunday chapel, varies directly with the degree of estimation which the students have for the preacher of the day. Most students will not, or, at least, do not, come to chapel unless attracted by something more than a desire for worship. Much less attention is paid to the weather than to the man.

This may be discouraging, but it is the fact, and the fact has been so impressed on the minds of those interested in chapel that at last they have taken active steps to see whether or not we cannot be sure that each day will call men to chapel to hear a man whom the undergraduates want to hear. I think that nothing proves more conclusively the wisdom of this attempt than the almost enormous attendance which greets Professor Palmer and President Lowell and the others who are chosen to lead the services during early weeks of the college year. This step toward careful and judicious selection of preachers was conceived in the early meetings of the Phillips Brooks House Cabinet, and has been carried out largely by a committee of the Student Council, which has drawn up a list of men suggested as attractive preachers. Perhaps next year will not be too soon to expect results from this course of action.

In the second place, I should like to complain of the difficulty which I have encountered in getting a corps of ushers on whom I could depend. It may have been due to may own inability to find the right men; but I am inclined to think that the fault is not wholly that. A surprising fact is that the most dependable ushers--indeed, those who are most ready to assume the cares of ushering--are the men who take the least active interest in the religious activities of the University. This is a case in which change may well begin at home; and it is an opportunity for showing a more or less practical form of religion.

In the third place, the year has seen quite a discussion of the question of a revival of semi-compulsory chapel. The most definite suggestion has been to require Freshmen to attend for a few weeks or months, in the hope of giving