The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-08
Gigantic Federation Proposed
in Resolution introduced
at Meeting Last Night.
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED
BY NOTED SPEAKERS
Problems Confronting Social
Workers Considered in Detail.
Ravages Of Tuberculosis
Among Negroes-Care
Needy and Reforlna-
tion of Children.

| ton of Children.
~ ESCR1BING the successful socia(
worker as a person with tl1s
sanctitied sporting instinct,
~ which is never bat1led nor d.
verted from it's quarry, MRS.
John M. Glenn. of Baltimore, at the
general session of the National Confer
ence Of Charities and Correction. last
night made an earnest appeal to the
women OF the South to lift themselves
above the aristocratic conception that
| 1t is wrong to extend a helping hand
to those requiring their generosity and
| love.
Her address. on The Working Force
OF Organized Charity was not merely
a theoretical effort; 1t contained sound
and practical advice as to how the
and religion, can become. the mainstay
of needy families, always calling for.
comfort and aid. fs
To Change Organization.
Before the conference began It's night
program unanimous consent was given
for the presentation OF a resolution
which may radically change the plan
and scope Of the national body.
The paper provides for the appoint.
|
quire into the advlsability and feasls
bility of federating all the philan-
i thropic societies Of the United Statesi
| allowing eachfto have charge of Its
respective section meetings. 1t was
/ explained that the conference had out-s
! grown the expectations and purposes
i OF the original founders, and in a way
it was indicated that each of the Sec
/ tions would prepare and manage its
| own line of work. still remaining. how
ever. under the wing of the parent
society.
Devoted to "Needy Families Their
Homes and Neighborhood." the general
81 meeting which was held at st. Pauls
q Episcopal Church was full of interest
I to members and to the large audience
(which crowded the structure. After
1 Mrs. Glenn. who presided, had read
her report, President Herbert WEIGH,
OF the Ohio Wesleyan University. ard
! president OF the Methodist Federation
of Social Service; the Rev. w. j. kerhy.
professor OF sociology in the Catholic
University at Washington, and Miss
| Mary E. Richmond, secretary OF the
Philadelphia Society for Organizing
Charity, spoke on various phases OF
J the evenings topic.
The Day Meetings..
With four divisional meetings. he's
ginning at the same hour. the nation
al conference got down to work yes
being "Chiidren.' Criminals Needy
Families" and Public Health"
At the public health meeting. Or.
Charles r. Grandy, of Norfolk. read
a paper on THE Consumptive Negro"
in which he showed that the death
rate had largely increased. Pointing
out the fact that this disease was
practically, unknown in the days Of
slavery. he held that Its spread was
due to lack of nourishment, poor ac-
commodations. and an unwillingness
to use precautionary methods for pre-
Evention, DR.. Grandy declared that ra-
cial prejudice was not responsible, and
quoted records TO show that the coll
/ ored death rate from tuberculosis was
i lower in Norfolk than In, Boston.
Frank J. Bruno. Of Colorado Springs.
Col, read a paper on "a National SAN
itorium for tuberculosis urging til.
establishment Of such an institution
in the Rocky Mountains by the char
government aid was informally dis
1 cussed.
Judge Julian w. Mack, formerly OF
the Chicago Juvenile Court. spoke on
"Juvenlle Courts as a Part of the
School System of the Country"
Before the section devoted to tha
care of criminals. J. A. Leonard, sup-s
erintsndent of the State Reformatory.
1 at Mansfield, o.. discussed "Refor1na-
tory Discipline and Industries,I"
Needy Families, Their Homes and
! Neighborhoods." which was the subject
considered at the general night session.
was discussed at length by number
of prominent conference workers.
Francis II, Mclean, secretary OF the
Field Department for Extension OF Or
ganized Charity, read a paper on How
Can We Raise Our Standards of Ef-
ficiency in Dealing With Needy
\ Families?" G. G.. Carstens. secretary
OF the Boston Society for ths Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children. led the
discussion. This being broad phase
Ios the charity plan. and one which aft
| fects every centre, the meeting Was
of unusual interest, especially 10 the !
! women.
The General Session.
I Although President Mulry called thc
I meeting to order last night. he grace
fully gave way to Mrs. Glenn, after
Z. prayer by the Rev. r. w, Forsyth, rec.
! tor of ST. Paul's. Previous to the trans
/ fer OF the savei. however. DR. Samuel
G. Smith. of st. Paul obtained unanI-
nous consent to present the resolutions
!. calling for an examination OF the re-
organized plan. The resolutions fol-#
low:
Whereas, the national Conference of
Charities and Correction Inns fur OUT
grown the expectations and purposes
of the original founders, ana
Whereas, there IL some tendency ne
the present time 10 organlAe sepHrats I
nptionnl societies representing the va
rious philnnthropic interests. though " 4
4 IL highly desirable that all the agencies 4
be unlteN In one National Conferences Z
OF Charities and Correction, which shall
clearly nnd adequately represent every
form of philanthropyi therefore, he "
Resolved, That q COMMITTEES, of elsyeu
be appointed by the presidsnt ~ shts
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