STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1907.
| On Library: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rev. J. F. Ohl, | Rev. R. Heber Barnes, | F. J. Pooley. |
| On Accounts: | ||
| Charles P. Hastings, | Albert Oetinger, | John Smallzell. |
| Editorial Committee: | ||
| Rev. R. Heber Barnes, | Deborah C. Leeds, | Dr. William C. Stokes. |
| Rev. J. F. Ohl, | Joseph C. Noblit, | |
| On Membership in the Acting Committee: | ||
| Dr. William C. Stokes, | Albert Oetinger, | Charles P. Hastings. |
| George S. Wetherell, | Elias H. White, | |
| On Finance: | ||
| George S. Wetherell, | David Sulzberger, | William Scattergood, |
| A. J. Wright. | ||
| On Employment of Discharged Prisoners: | ||
| Isaac Slack, | John D. Hampton, | Mrs. Horace Fassett, |
| Albert Oetinger, | Rev. H. L. Duhring, D. D., | John A. Duncan, |
| William Koelle, | Frederick J. Pooley, | Mrs. P. W. Lawrence. |
| Henry C. Cassel, | ||
| Auditing Committee: | ||
| Joseph C. Noblit, | John H. Dillingham. | |
| On Police Matrons in Station Houses: | ||
| Mrs. P. W. Lawrence, | Dr. Emily J. Ingram, | Mary S. Wetherell. |
| On Prison Sunday: | ||
| Rev. R. Heber Barnes, | Rev. J. F. Ohl, | Rev. F. H. Senft. |
| Rev. H. L. Duhring, D. D., | Rev. Philip Lamerdin, | |
| On Legislation: | ||
| Rev. J. F. Ohl, | Joseph Noblit, | William Scattergood. |
| Rev. H. C. Meyer, | Rev. R. Heber Barnes, | |
The Pennsylvania Prison Society.
Exterior of Office, S. W. Cor. Fifth and Chestnut Streets.
JOURNAL OF PRISON DISCIPLINE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH YEAR
1787 OF 1907 THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY
ANNUAL REPORT OF JOHN J. LYTLE, GENERAL SECRETARY
In submitting this, my Seventeenth Annual Report, it is with renewed feelings of devout thankfulness to my Heavenly Father that He has spared my life through another year, and given me the health and strength to perform a service so near and dear to my heart.
In one respect the work of the Pennsylvania Prison Society is unique. Besides the General Secretary, whose labors are confined chiefly to the Eastern Penitentiary, and the Agent for the County Prison, the Society has an “Acting Committee” of fifty members, who by two legislative enactments have the rights of official visitors. The first of these acts became operative in 1829. This was supplemented by the act approved March 20, 1903, which is as follows: