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Ethical Culture Society

an ETHICS cause of antagonism to traditional creeds and ceremonies had drifted away from organized churches and synagogues. His purpose was to promote the moral development of society and the individual by emphasis upon the humanitarian impulses of men and women and by holding up a high moral standard of conduct.

Meetings of the society were held on Sundays and an address on some social or economic question was made. The moral aspect of the problem was stressed.

The importance which the society placed on education led them to establish the New York Ethical Culture School. This school, providing elementary and secondary instruction, was among the first to assign to manual training an important role in the elementary education. In 1882 a similar society for ethical culture was formed in Chicago, and three years later an organization was effected in Philadelphia. By 1915 they numbered in membership 2,500, being confined mostly to the large cities. Societies have also been formed in England and Germany.