Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-02
DIVISION OFFICERS.
Opening Of the Fall Campaign in the
Associated Charities.

IN the southeast division Office Of the AS
ISOLATED Charities at 319 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast. the first meeting of the d.
vision conference class was held last even
ing Miss Ida A. Green the division agent.
took charge of the meeting and explained
the purposes of the class which is being
organized this fall. 1t will be intended
not only for those who can enlist as friend
ly visitors savings collectors. club con-
ductors or in other branches OF the asso-
cations volunteer work. but 1t Will also
meet the needs of men and women VINO
desire to become familiar with the meth
eds Of modern charity organization work
and with the actual services rendered by
the various philanthropic organizations or
Washington. The class will aim to make
each of it's members bureau of Informal
ton concerning the work of various district
charities, the needs Of the city's poor and
the various means for meeting these needs
and developing neglected people according
to the point of view and the methods of
the Associated Charities. For light on
these topics the associated charities of
some other leading American cities will
also be briefly studied. Miss Green an
nounced that the training class would be
class In practical sociology salong charity
lines and she invited to membership all
who are interested in any phase Of the
subject.
Mr. Charles F. Weller. general secretary
Of the Associated Charities. was the first
Of few typical families illustrating the
need for volunteer friendly visitors. He
also showed some of the large results in the
upbuilding of family life which have come
from the efforts OF volunteer savings col
lectorS, and he urged the need of training
for all people who are endeavoring to re-
lieve the distress and improve the home
life of the needy poor. AS an illustration
of what such training should mean he de-
scribed the work of the Summer School of
1 conducted
ganizatiOn Society of New York city. He
also read extracts from the program of the
Winter School in Philanthropy which the
New York society is now organizing.
hood House" spoke of the need which she
had felt herself and found existing among
her friends for working knowledge Of the
purposes and methods of local charitable or
CARNATIONS.
She said that all citizens ought to be
familiar with the means by which an am
bulance can be summoned. sick person
sent to the hospital. free dispensary rec
commended care provided for neglected chill
dren. friendly service extended to the in
mates of reformatories or Of the District
Jail. or free physician secured for the
sick. The speaker suggested that many
citizens would doubtless be interested in
the fact that this training class in the
southeast division Office would enable them
to know just what kind of work was be-
ing done by each Of the various phflan-
thropies, and by just what means they
could use these philanthropies for the as
sistance of needy people in whom these citi-
zens may be interested from time to time
She also thought that interest in vari-
Gus lines of social service has developed SO
greatly of recent years that to be intelli-
gent these subjects is now considered
an essential part of general culture. SO
that no one would think himself to be we'll
educated and we'll informed in these days
unless he knows something of the pur-
poses and methods Of the various modern
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