The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-05-10
PLANS OF Child
conference.
Effort to Provide a Central
Source Of Information.
NATIONAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED

NAlIUNAL SUClElf URGANlLED
Workers In Different but Allied Fields
Will Be Brought Together at Big
Meeting In Worcester, Mass.-or-
ganization and Increased Efficiency
! Demanded.
The second general meeting of the Ma
tional Child Conference For Research
and Welfare is being planned for the
| last days of June and early July.
This meeting will be at Worcester,
Mass, where the conference came into
existence nearly a year ago Leaders
in various forms of effort for the bet
terment Of juvenile citizens will ad-
dress the sessions. The conference
will last five days. This organization
aims to be a central clearing house for
information and for definite action for
the welfare of children in all depart
ments. Instead Of taking some one
phase Of child nature, such as garden
ing or Fairgrounds or health, the con-
ference regards the coming citizen as
a unit and Jattends to the units needs
in their relation to one another and to
| the community.
Speaking on this popularity of the
organization, Henry s. Curtis, the sec
rotary, said that thirty-three child
helping organizations were represent
ed at the first meeting in July, 1909
sit is expected that there will be a
still more general representation this
year." he added Sat these meetings
matters of general interest are dis
cussed and methods that might apply
to different fields are considered. 1t
is the purpose of the conference to
bring the different organizations closer
together, so that there may be less
wasted and misguided effort
I'VE all know the results of organi-
cation in the commercial world and the
increased business efficiency that fol-
lows. We want to secure some such
results for philanthropic movements.
We want to make it easy for various
kinds of social workers in different
but allied fields to become acquainted
with each other, with each others
troubles and Methods and to provide
them with a central source of informa-
ton and assistance when needed.
Plan For Capitalization.
Further, this centralizing idea is
going to offer the general public an
easy way to keep in touch with prog
ress in the whole field! In these busy
days not many men or women have
time to look into the work Of hun
dreds of organizations scattered all
over the United States. But when we
get central clearing house-can it a
philanthropy trust IL you like-then
any person can find out with not much
trouble what is being done in any Civ
en- line of effort"
Another benefit aimed at in this unity
of purpose is the bringing together of
the scientific students and the prac-
teal workers. The theorists and the
field workers have not always ad-
vanced in step. The conference In
tends to assist each class to under
stand the other and thus benefit the
general purpose for which both are
striving by different but equally i'm
portant methods. The Child Conference
has its eyes fixed on Washington and
wants some day to secure federal
children's bureau. Resolutions have
already been adopted favoring bills be-
fore congress for that purpose.
1.-THE time has come, in the opinion Of
this conference" last years resolu-
ton ran, when all efforts for the
amelioration of the conditions Of child
hood of charitable and philanthropic
nature should be based upon and so
far as practicable guided by the re-
suits of scientific child study, and
only thus may the various lines be
given more scientific and workers
more professional character"
In other words, this organization in
tends to kill off lot of haphazard
work that has been going on with the
ayowed purpose of helping children
and substitute work that is more in
telligently directed and more bene-
fetal to those who do it, to those who
are the subjects and likewise to those
who support it by money or personal
interest.