The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-23
CONFERENCE in TT. WAYNE
CHARITIES AND CORRECTION MEET
ING BEGINS THERE TODAY.
Topics of Importance Will BE Dis
work-The Programme.

There was a hustle of activity in the Of
fee of the State Board of Charities yester
day. Secretary Butler was preparing to
leave for Fort Wayne to attend the twelfth
annual state conference OF Charities and
Corrections, which begins to-day. The Off
GERS of the conference are: President. Alex
ander Johnson. of Fort Wayne; vice presi-
dents. Thomas c. Day. Indianapolis; John
NJ. BlOss, Muncie; the Rev. j. H. Guendling,
Peru: a. Herr. Terre Haute; T. A. Meow
ern, Logansport; Mrs. Julia S. COnklin,
Westfield; Marvin Campbell, South Bend;
w. II. French. Evansville: Mrs. l.. NJ. Beck.
Bloomington; Mrs. John L. Griffith, Indian
apolis.
Prof. Thomas F. Moran, of Lafayette, is
secretary OF the conference, and the follow
ing the members of the executive COM
mittee: George A. II. Shideler, Marion; t.
L. Ellison, Fort Wayne: Timothy Nichol-
son, Richmond; 7. ]. Charlton, Hanover;
Miss Mary T. Wilson. Evansville: Prof. u.
G. Weatherly. Bloomington; Prof. w. A.
Noyes, Terre Haute; John II. Holiday, In
dianapolis; f. A. X. Hackett. Fort Wayne;
w. c. Ball. Terre Haute; c. NJ. Kimbrough,
Muncie; ID. j. Terhune, Linton; DR.. 5. T..
Smith, Richmond: +. L. York, Plainfield;
William p. Cooper, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Isaac
Wolf. Mt. Vernon; Nan 3. Wood, Sullivan.
The sessions of the conference will be held
in the First Presbyterian Church at Fort
Wayne. The conference will be called to
order Wednesday evening, and will close
Friday evening; Thursday morning the gen en-
eral topic will be Home Finding and Child
Helping" Thursday evening ii will be Co
operation in Neighborly Helpfulness." The
general topic announced for Friday morning
Is County Charities and Officers" Friday
evening The Juvenile Court and the Pro-
baton Officers" will be discussed.
ROUND TABLE WORK
feature Of the programme is the ''round
table" work. The discussions are designed
to consist of short statements of practical
value. One of the round table meetings
will be presided over by Chairman John
N. Brown. auditor of st. Joseph county,
and the topic for discussion is County and
| Township Charities" Another round table
session will discuss State Institutions -
and the chairman will be W. c. Ball, of
! Terre iIaute. The Juvenile Court round
table promises to be productive of much
| interest, and at this session Judge James
4. Piety. of Terre Haute, will be the chair
man. Eugene III. Iglehart, of Evansville.
| will be in charge of the "Child Saving
round table.
Neatly printed conference programmes
| have been received at the office of the
| Board OF Charities. These programmes are
| from the printing department of the In
| o;ana Boys School ut Plainfield and are a
| fair sample Of the work regularly turned
out by the school. 1t is urged that those
! interested In AL forms of public and pri-
vate charities, i'm the care Of children, the
| aged and the unfortunate. in reforming
the erring or restraining the vicious should
attend this conference. 1t is pointed out
! that among these will be included many
| persons in private life who are interested
/ In social conditions. County commission
/ ers, township trustees. members OF boards
| of county charities. judges and other coun-
| ~ and state officials are invited to attend
| the conference. IL is suggested that about
| two million dollars of taxes are spent every
year i'm Indiana maintaining charitable and
/ correctional institutions and in poor relief
| given by township trustees. This Is a very
| large proportion of all the taxes collected
| I'm the State. The programmes declare that
| everybody il invited to attend the confer.
| ence who Is interested In knowing how thi:
| money is spent, why II is spent, how it car
be reduced in amount and how IL can bs
( spent TO the best advantage.