The times., 1901-05-15

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pes Moines, Iowa; pT Fl. A. Tomlinson,
/ St. Peter, Mimi; George Lewis Smith.
I Nyatt r. !.
The Feeble-mirtiedi and Epileptics-Dr
! T. Fernald. Wayeriy, Mass; e. r. john
/ stone, Eineland, \. j.; Miss Mary +.
! Perry. ST. Louis. Mo: DIR. William p.
! SpratIing, sonyaI, N Y. Mrs. James b.
! Toronto, Canada: Miss Matte Gundry,
! Fails Church. Va: j. NJ Murdoch. Polk.
/ Pa; DR. George H. Knight Lakeville.
Conn.
! Hospitals. Dispensaries. and Nursing
Joseph z. ByeTs. Columbus, O.. Chairman;
( George ). Wilson. Washington. II. G; DR..
/ Charlotte V. Brown. San Francisco, Cal. !;
! Mrs j. H. Houghteiing, Chicago, Ill; Il.
/ p Pratt. Minneapolis, Mimi: DR.. r.
Martinez, Havana, Cuba: DR.. J. ". Bran
! nan, New York. N Y; Mrs. r. c Lin
/ coin, Massachusetts; L. c. 0torrs' Ian
! sing. M!>h.
The Treatment of Criminals. w. VII
| lis, ST. Paul, MINI, Chairman; James r.
orleans. La; Thomas Sturges, New York.
/ y. Y. DR.. E. w. jerks, Detroit, Mich !;
James A: Leonard Mansfield, ONO: Miss
Julia s Tutwiler, Livingston, Ala. Hen
'ry @. Newton, New Haven. Conn; Prof.
c. E. Elwood, Columbia. Mo.
Neighborhood and Civic improvements
Robert w. DeForest New York, n. y,
Chairman Miss Ellen II. Bailey, Boston,
Mass; Mrs. Stephen Baldwin. Detroit
Mich. Prof. Graham Taylor. Chicago, III. !;
the Rev. +. Evans Darlington, Colorado
Springs, Col; James V. Reynolds, New
| York, n. Y; Miss H. +. Hanson, st Paul.
Mimi; X. B. Watrous, Milwaukee, WIS. :;
Miss Cornelia Bradford, Jersey City, \.
I Mimi
The excursion and shad dinner at River
| View in the afternoon was a delightful
affair. About five hundred guests availed
themselves of the opportunity to enjoy
the sail down the Potomac of the steamer
Samuel j. Pentz, which left the wharf
/ about 2:50 o'clock Soon after the guests
| landed at River View they were ranged on
| the green and the official picture of the
conference was taken. Dinner was then
served in the large dining hall, after
which the members of the party scattered
over the grounds and patronized liber-
ally the numerous amusements. Shooting
| the chuteS proved the most popular. near
/ ly every member Of the party. of both
sexes, young and old, making the dizzy
descent. A number of colored pupils
from the Hart Farm visited River View
| and gave an exhibition for the confer
ence people. They sang number of ne
gro melodies and as the guests OF the
members of the conference they shot
down the chuteS. Upon leaving River View
the steamer went down the river as far
as Fort Hunt and then returned to Wash
lngton. The success Of the trip was due
in large part to the efforts of the Chair
man of the Committee on Arrangements,
CunO II. Rudolph, of this city, who was
assisted by Samuel Curriden. a W.
Douglass. and George S. Wilson, all of
Washington.
The general session in the morning was
given over to the consideration of the
care and treatment of epileptics. DR.. Will
| liam A. Polglase Superintendent Of the
Michigan Home for the Feeble minded
and Epileptic. acted as chairman 0f the
meeting. and incidentally read a paper on
THE Evolution of the Care of the Feeble
minded During the Nineteenth Century"
Miss Margaret Bancroft, Superintendent
of the Training School for Epileptics at
Haddonfleld, n. j.. read a paper on The
classification of the Mentally Deficient"
The adviSabilitv of legal restrictions on
the marriage of the unfit was the subject
of paper prepared by DIR. A. c. Rogers.
Superintendent Of the Minnesota School
for the Predetermined and read by
Arthur Wiley. Of. FairbauIt. MINI.