The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-15
TO Be Discussed at the Fur
gus Falls Meet.
A. O. EBERHART WILL TALK
The Conference of Reform Advocates
Many Subjects Are to Be Opened
For Discussion There.

Minnesota state conference of Chair
ties and Corrections will open in this
city tonight. Addresses of welcome
will be made by n +. Field. city at
torney, and c. L. Hilton, president of
the Commercial club. The response on
behalf of the conference will be by
Dr.. \. c. Rogers, superintendent of
the state school for the feeble minded
of Faribault. Governor John A. John
son also will speak, and the presi-
dents address will be delivered by A.
J. Eckstein, chairman of the board of
county commissioners of Brown county.
Sunday morning conference speakers
are to deliver addresses in different
churches on subjects relating to chart
table and correctional work The con-
ference sermon will be preached by
Rev. George S. Innis of st. Paul.
Sunday afternoon the meeting of the
county officials section, presided over
by the chairman, Mr.. A. o. Cowles,
county commissioner of Olmsted coun-
ty, will be held DR.. Haldor Sneve
of st. Paul and Dr. A. S. Adams of
Rochester will speak on Hospital Treat
ment of Inebriates" "The Relation of
the County Board to County Schools"
will be considered by Miss Charlotte
knudson, county superintendent of
schools of Otter Tail county, and ''The
Community and Its Aged and Infirm"
by DIR. o. NJ. Haugan of Fergus Falls.
The Sunday evening meeting will
be in the nature of a joint meeting
of all the churches. The principal ad-
dress will be delivered by Senator
Moses E. Clapp. Mr.. G. A. Merrill
of Owatonna will also speak.
Monday forenoon will be devoted to
Il consideration of AN Education
Which Will Tend More to Lessen
Pauperism and Crime" James II. Har-
ris. supervisor of intermediate and
grammar grades, Minneapolis Mr..
Frank a. Weld, president of the state
normal school at Moorhead; Rev. G.
S. Innis, professor of history at Ham
line university, st. Paul, and Rev. L.
p. Savage, superintendent of the Chill
dren's Home society, st. Paul will
present papers. A discussion will be
opened by Mr.. L. T. Lies, manager
of the Associated Charities of Mime
apolis.
Monday afternoons program will be
in charge of the county officials. The
subject of "Good Roads will be con-
sidered in detail by Lieutenant Cover
nor Eberhart of Mankato and L. III.
Johnson of Minneapolis Mr.. w. S.
Mccormick city controller of Duluth,
will read paper upon "Society's OPP
portunity"
Monday evening Miss Julia c.
Lathrop, a member of the state board
of charities of Illinois, will deliver an
Illustrated lecture upon Family Care
of the Insane" and Rev. S. G. Smith,
professor of sociology, University of
Minnesota, will speak upon subjects of
education.
Tuesday forenoon will be given to a
study of THE Duties of the Public to
the Insane" DIR. II. A. Tomlinson SUI
rcrintendent of the state hospital for
the insane, st. Peter, and DR.. F. S.
Wilcox, assistant superintendent state
hospital for insane, Fergus Falls, will
present papers, as will DIR. a. +.
Kilbourne of the Rochester state hos
pital. S. w. Leavitt, chairman of the
state board of CONTROL will take part
in the discussion.
Tuesday noon luncheon will be
rendered the members of the confer
ence at the state hospital for the in
sane by Superintendent WEIGH, and
visit will be paid to the various de-
partments of the institution, after
which in the hospital assembly room,
Volunteer Relief Societies in Smaller
Cities will be considered by Mrs. c.
G. Higbee of st. Paul, president of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs;
Mrs. Kate S. Under of Mankato, Miss
Lillian Parker of lie Sueur, Miss Jen-
ME V. Door of Winona and Miss
Eleanor Hanson of st. Paul. DR.. w.
]. Marclay, superintendent of the san
atorium for consumptives of Walker is