The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-24
OPENING MEETING TONIGHT
or TIRE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.

Who Will be Here-Opening of the Con.
 ference Tonight at United Church-The
 Program for Tomorrow and Sunday.
 The opening of the twenty-second national conference of Charities and Correction takes place this evening at the United church at 8 o'clock. AL ready a number of the delegates have arrived in town, and the incoming trains to-day will bring a large num- Der more. The importance and chara- ter of the conference have already been spoken of. Many men of national note and prominence will be here attending the session. and many very able papers will be read and addresses made. The topics to be discussed cover a most inl- | portapt field of inquiry and work for" the improvement of the social and moral conditions of the race. The questions to be discussed are of im- mediate practical interest, and have never excited as much public attention as now. They are to be discussed by men and women of national reputation, every one of whom is recognized as an authority upon his theme The morn ing and evening sessions will be devot. ed to the general program; the after moons to section work.
 In the section meetings those who are interested in the detailed study of spec ial subjects will have abundant oppor- tunity therefor
 Sections have been organized as fol- lows: l, The child saving section, chairman, Charles W. Birtwell of Bos- ton; 2, the Charity organization section, chairman, Jeffrey R. Bracket of Bal timore; 8, the juvenile reformatory sec ton, chairman, Superintendent F. H. Nibecker of Glenn Mills, Pa.
 The program for this evening and for tomorrow and Sunday is as follows FRIDAY, MAY "A, 1895, AT UNITED
 CHURCH. D. m.
 Opening exercises.
 Presidents address,
 Reception,
 SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 25, AT
 ALUMNI HALL. 9:30 a. m-Reports from states, Alpha
 betically) Alabama to District of Co-
 lumbia, including Canada. CThe first half hour each morning will
 be devoted to reports from states, to
 be presented by delegates, five min
 utes each.)
 10 a. m.-State boards of charities. "The Ideal Functions of State Boards
 in the Economy of the Common
 wealth'-By Dr. F. H. Wines of Illi- nois.
 Symposiums on state boards.-Ques- ti ms for discussion "Is State Board of Control with Full Power Preferable to State Supervisory Board with no Executive Power?" Affirmative, Clarence Snyder of the Wisconsin state board of control; neg ative (to be assigned.) 12 disappointment )f committees on resolutions and organization of the next conference
 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 25,
 AT SEMINARY BUILDING. 2;30 to D. m.-Section meetings. Section I-Child Saving work. Chair man, Charles W. Blrtwell of Boston. Each paper will be limited to ten min- utes in length and will be followed by discussion. | By c. Loring Brace, secretary of | Children's Aid Society of New York "Colored Children in the South"-By H. | w. Lewis, agent board of Children's | Guardians of Washington. Preventative Legislation and Work in | Ontario'-By J. J. Kelso, superinten- dent of Neglected and Dependent Chil- | dren of Ontario, Toronto. Section II,-Juvenile Reformation-l Chairman. F. H. Nibecker, superin- tendent, Glens Mills, Pa. Discipline; How Best to Attain it, Con cretely Considerably. E. Coffin, su- perintendent, Whittier, Cal. Farm Schools for Girls; How Conduct ed and With What Results"-Mrs. S. l.. Bracket, superintendent, Lancas- ter, Mass.
 Military Drill; it's Place in Promoting Discipline, and the Extent to Which it May be Carried With Profit"-F. H. Briggs of Rochester, N. Y. Section III.-Charity Organization. The session to be opened by prepar- ed address, limited to fifteen minutes, other addresses to be limited to eight 
 Aids to Friendly Visitors"-Opened by Mrs. s. E. Penney of Brooklyn, N. Y. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, AT
 UNIFIED CHURCH.
 p. m.-Sociology in Institutions of Learning.
 Opening Address-By President Seth Low of Columbia college, New York. Is the Term Social Classes a Scientific Is Category T'-By Professor Franklin r H. Giddings of New York. The Statistical Study of Hereditary { Crininality"-By Professor E. R. l.. l1 Gould of Baltimore.
 Sociological Instruction in Schools and I Colleges; its Feasibility and Probable I Results"-By Professor H. H. Powers Z of Northampton Mass. Science and Sentiment in Economic f Policy"-By Professor Arthur T. Had Z ley oe New Haven, 'aper on the "Elberfield System"-By Dr. c. R. 9enderson of Chicago. Cor r respondence from Berlin). f MAY 26, AT UNITED r
 CHURCH. a ):S0 a. m-Conference Sermon-By ' ' Rev. T. T. Munger, D. D., of New Ha- ven.
 D. m.-Chfld- Saving Work. ID VEy-. I