The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-23
PRESIDENT, UNABLE TO
ATTEND, SENDS LETTER
Address From Mr. Roosevelt Will Be Read at Charities
Convention, Which Will Later Attend Reception
at the White House
at the White House.

/. come Complete announcements VIII
appear in bulletin which will be
issued later by the conference. No
schedule of the time of meetings have
yet been prepared.
Mr.. Rutherford II. Plat, chairman
| of the committee on State supervision
/ plans for the general session of his
committee three brief addresses, one by
/ Amos W. Butler, president of the
thirty fourth conference, on Results
of the Work OF State Board; one by
| Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett. of AleXan-
dria, on THE Value and Need of State
Supervision for Both Public and Pri-
vate Charities" and one by Miss Kate
Barnard, the Commissioner of Charities
| and Corrections OF Oklahoma, on
Shaping the Destinies OF New
! state"
The committee on the insane epilep-
/ tic, has chosen "Heredity" for its gen.
| eral subject, and DR.. }. T.. Searcy,
| chairman, has announced the following
topics for discussion: "Definition and
Explanation of Heredity". Importance
of the Subject, "Heredity of Mental
| Deficiency and Effectiveness, Pre-
vention OF Lineal Degeneracy", I'm
provement of Lines OF Descent"
| Convicts and Public Roads.
| The only announcement yet made by
Mr. VIII II. Whitaker, chairman of
the committee on criminals. their pun
shment and reformation, Is that 1t will
wish to hold several meetings, and that
at one of them the very interesting ex-
pertinent in the employment of con-
victs in road-making, now being sue
cessfully made in Virginia. will be-
introduced by Virginia member and
will be thoroughly discussed.
DR.. Walker Lindley chairman Of
the public health committee, announces
the reading OF the important papers
and the delivery OF many addresses.
| One of The papers will be by DIR. III. w.
Wiley, of the United States Bureau OF
! Chemistry, on "The Importance of
Pure Foods: the other will be by the
Rev. Beverly Warner, of Trinity
| Church, New Orleans, on "The Negroes
outlook for Health" THUS far two
sectional meetings have been planned,
! one on Tuberculosis" led by DR..
Charles r. Grandy OF Norfolk,
va, and another on The Hous-
Visiting Nurses Association. and 9TH
crs will take part. Another topic an
nounced by this committee. which may
possibly be considered at a third sec
tional meeting Is THE Social Work.
Conducted at the Massachusetts Cen
leral Hospital" introduced by Mr.
James Mipnick. OF Providence, r. l.
i The Statistics and Press Committees
will each hold a general session at the
close of section meetings on Friday
and Monday mornings, respectively.
Two speakers are announced. Miss Kate
RI. clogham. of the New York Tene-
#
| THE Use and Misuse of Statistics in
Social Work." and Mrs. f. L. Hoffman
VIII speak on "Old Age Pensions"
\ Other topics and speakers will be an
inouncel later.
Interesting Subjects.
4 The Committee on Detectives wip
probably hold one sectional meeting
besides the general sessions. Miss Al
lGrundy, chairman, has announced the
following subjects: Needs of the state
IN Regards to the Feeble minded !"
THE Educational Problem" and "The
Problem OF Custodian Care" Members
OF the committee have been invited To
spend one afternoon at the Loratta
Training School private institution
Tor the feeble-mlnded, a few miles
! from Richmond
Mrs, John M Glenn. chairman of tho
committee on Needy Families an
nounced four meetings for her commit
Tee, The general subject OF tho com
mlttees report will be "Tho Trained
: Workers in the Treatment OF Needy
. Familles, and the topics of the four
sectional meetings viii be Care Work,r
; Methods Of Treatment" Social Ser
vice in Isolated Mountain Conml,ni-
tles' AMI Rural Development In Tho
Mountain Communities" The commit.
''tee Is IN correspondence with number
OF people who are we'll qualified Ia
: present these topics, but arrangement
are not yet so far completed as to al.
low the announcement of names
me Committee on Children OF which
Miss Frances G.. Curtis is choirmo,,
i. VIII hold It's general meeting on SIM.
Gay evening, and there will be at least
i've sectional meetings. Topics so fa,
planned are Educational Aspect Of
Al Work for Children" by presiden
Alderman, OF the University of Vr-
o ginia, and others; Juvenile Courts and
Probation" by Judge Mack, of Chi
cogo. and others; Child Labor and
= compulsory Education.' by Il. G. Muir
= piy, OF Montgomery, Ala, and others.
4, MI. Thomas NJ, Osborne, OF New York,
v and others viii discuss "1nstitutlons'
" ana Miss Jane Adams. of Chicago. viii
= deliver an address on THE Large Uses
oloi tho I'ubllc Schools"