BIG BROTHER MOVEMENT

an organization for promoting the active ersonal interest of one man for one oy. Allied with it is the Big Sister Movement, which instils the befriending of a girl by a woman. It was formed in 1904 by a group of forty men and in 1922 had 40,000 members in the United States and Canada. The movement has extended to foreign countries as far as China and New Zealand. It has grown in the schools and in settlement work. The Big Brothers aim at guiding and winning the confidence of boys of unformed or misdirected character who are not reached by other social organizations. (1814-1879), American inventor, was born at West Boylston, Ma . His name is prominent in connection with the early development of the American textile {ndustries, and his inventions include looms for suspender webbing, knotted counterpanes, carpets, etc. He was one of the original incorporators of the Ma achusetts Institute of Technology and is the author of The Tariff Question Considered in Regard to the Policy of he aay and the Interest of the United tates.