The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-06
GREAT CHARITIES
CONVENTION WILL
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Westover, down the James River on
Monday. the conference Will not inter-
rupt its sessions for social functions.
1t is a working body. Its member
ship includes men and women who are
foremost to-day in charitable and So
Geological missions. They encourage
the proper training and education of
the child; they seek reforms In prisons
with the hope of turning the feon to-
ward the upward road; they deal eX-
tensively with the broad question Of
charity. not neglectng, however, the
important subject OF public health.
Realizing that the white plague IL,
destroying every year the lives of
thousands of people who could be saved
by proper methods and prevention, the
members give much attention to a dis
cussion of tuberculosis. Taken as a
whole. the deliberations will be of the
greatest heipfulness, not only to those
who are delegates to the conference,
but to others who will profit by what
is said and then turned into type.
General Object the Same.
All arrangements for the conference
have been completed. Since Sunday the
preliminary meetings have been in pro-
| gress They will conclude to-day. In
soihE uudItSlS lhe lued 10 growing tHd
1t would be best to have all of these
societies become a part of the national
conference. scheme which may be
adopted, as the plan appeals to those
whose interest is the same.
President Mulry, who Is president Of
the Society of ST. Vincent de Paul has
given practically all Of his time to that
order. the preliminaries for the confer
ence being in the hands of Mr.. Alex
! ander Johnson. the secretary. AS they
arrive In the city. the delegates are ex-
pected to register at headquarters, en-.
| tablished at Murphy's Hotel.
Places OF Meeting.
The official schedule or places OF
meeting is as follows
Hotel until Thursday morning, May eth.
thereafter in the State Capitol.
The opening session will be held at
| the Academy of Music.
| The evening general sessions Will be
held at st. PauIs Protestant Episcopal
Church.
cial morning sessions as follows toS
"chiidren,'; the Auditorium of the Me-
chanics' Institute. Broad Street, cor
ner of Eleventh (every day), Room a:
"Criminals-Their Punishment and
Reformation" the House Of Delegates
Needy Families-Their Homes and
lEeighborhoods." the lecture room Of
| ST Pauls Church. Ninth and Grace
streets every day), Room G.
state Capitol (Thursday, Friday and
"state Supervision" the Senate cham
Der. State Capitol (Tuesday and We'd
nessay3, 70 Boom 81 2 1ho counct, chamber
city. Hail (rriday and Wednesday,,
"Publicity." Council chamber, city
Hall (saturday), Room E co,non
chamber City Hall (Tuesday), Room
The Program.
The full program Of the conference
as given out yesterday is as follows:
ThurSdny, May 9Th.
Section meetings at 10 a. M. 4,r,,i
e e in All Child Saving Work; Child
Lire on the Streets, Philip Davis. Civic
Service House, Boston. Criminals,
Room B: "Reformatory Discipline and
@. NEEDY Families" Room C:"How
Can we Raise Our Standards Of Eff
cheney In Dealing With Needy Fami'
lies? Francis ii Mclean! lei secretary y
Organized Charities. Public Health,''
Room d: The Consumptive Negro Dr..
| Charles r. Grandy, Norfolk, Va: "A
National sanatorium For the Tubercu-
Ilous," Frank J. Bruno, Colorado
Springs. Discussions
General session at 5 P. M.-,"Needy
Families: Their Homes and Neghbor-
hoods" The subject Of the report of
the committee Is The Working Force
OF Organized Charity,' The report will
be distributed In print; A BRIEF sy-
nopsis will be presented by. the chalr-
man. Topic: "The Church and the
Home" THE Church and the Needy
Family" Herbert Welch president
Ohio Wesleyan university, and presi-
dent Methodist Federation for Social
Service" "self,,Help in the .IIome.'
Rev. w. j. kcrby, professor of socio,-
ogy Catholic University, Washington
| d. G. "rhek Family and the Social
| Worker" Miss Alice Higgins, secretary
Associated Charities OF Boston.
Friday, May 9Th.
Section meetings at 10 "A, M.-"Chil-
dren,' Room q; tonic. "Children in the
Courts; Juvenile Courts and Probation
las Part OF the School Plant OF the
Country" Judge Julian w, Mack,
Chicago; Miss Sarah l.. Montgomery,
Indiana Girls School; Judge Ben. b,
lLinasay, Denver. 'Criminals.' Room