The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-05-30
At THE AFTERNOON SESSION.

AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The conference met at 2:30 p. m. in
three sections yesterday at Marquand
chapel, East Divinity hall and First
NJ. f. church, presided over respectively
| by Charles w. Birtwell of Boston, j,
b. Bracket of Baltimore and f. Fl.
Nibecker of Glen Minis, Pa At the
meeting of the first section talk was
given bN Homer Folks, secretary of
the State Charities Aid association of
New York, who was to have spoken
yesterday, but his paper was omitted,
The subject was State Supervision
of Child Saving Agencies dealing espe-
cially with reports of the institutions.
Mr.. Folks said that in these reports
the amount of money is generally
spoken Of and embraces a great part
of the body of the report, but the chill
dren themselves are as we'll worthy of
accounting for as the money.
The report should be careful, and
honest account of what has been done
during the year and how it has been
done In many cases the reports sug-
gest questions as to how the work
should be conducted rather than
answers to any Of the common prob
lems. 1t is not usual to find much space
devoted to benefciaries, ages Of chill
dren when admitted, or the principles
governing admissions. These are all
points which should be carefully gone
over. The elements which enter into
the life Of the pupil also from an in
teresting subject and the public insists
in knowing how many of the pupils
become self-supporting citizens and all
facts about their moral welfare At
the conclusion of Mr., Folks address a
lengthy discussion was held, I'm which
Miss Elizabeth c. Putnam, trustee of
the Massachusetts State Primary and
Reform school and Thomas NJ Yundt
of Woonelsdorf, Pa, superintendent of
the Bethany Orphans Home, took part.
Miss Putnam told of the method of
making out annual reports which she
uses. She has slips with the name
of each inmate on and the officers put
in these slips all the facts about each
pupil and these are put together to
make up the statistical part
Mr.. Yundt said that In his institu-
ton not much attention was paid to
statistics, but methods for ac-
the most good for the chill
dren were carefully considered. Mr..
the chairman, then made some
remarks on annual reports, |
telling of the things to be avoided and
giving valuable hints. The work of |
the second section embraced the subject |
IF juvenile reformation, and the section |
was divided into two parts, the wo-
mems meeting, over which Mrs w. D. |
IL. i
sidede over by Mr. Nibecker. The wo-
mems meeting discussed matters per-
aiming to the management of girls' |
schools and certain measures necessary
n these schools which are never needed
n other schools The mems meeting
discussed special questions, and the
results of the questions pre-
iented to the superintendent of the
for consideration.
The subject before the third section
vas Charity Organization, and the
thief features were papers by Frederick
Amy of Buffalo, and S. o. Preston of
his city, agent Of the Organized Char
ties, on "Relief by Work and Labor
Tests"
Mr. Preston's paper was substantially
IS follows:
The adequate assistance of the needy
and the preservation of
heir self-respect are the points aimed
t in recent Industrial experiments,
nd are incidentally followed by the
election of imposters and the preven-
lon Of pauperism and crime
The experience of the past year in
his city has not developed any neces-
ity for new enterprises. There has
cen no unusual increase in cases de-
CRYING or in the pauper class. Our
therefore, while by no means
erfect, is yet not unsatisfactory. Since
une, 1894, the situation has steadily i'm
foved, and we have had but 100 or
lore resident applicants for work and
Id this year than during the season
E 1891 go. t
During the unusual industrial depres-
on Of SO and "a public and private re- s
eff agencies were In active operation 9
nd were able to offer additional oppor-
unity of work to needy ones through I
le hearty co-operation of the town alI-