The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-25

OF the conference. He believed tha
the legislation desired could be secured
but the time to get it was at the primarie.
when such men should be nominated
who would insure such legislation. H,
believed in compulsory education. anc
also in child labor law with a I4-yea
limit. He was also in favor of a chilc
attending school half day and working
the other half and had seen it demon
strated, that the children were better
trained where this plan mad been adopt
ed, than where they had attended school
| the full time without work.
DR.. ]. .. Spencer, of Baltimore,
principal of the colored institution of the
Maryland Agricultural College, spoke Of
how idleness and vice go hand in hand,
but where children have been given a
proper industrial training whereby they
could do something for themselves. there
was vast difference in such children.
He referred to the necessity for improve
ment in the schools that there should be
longer terms during the year He spoke
of industrial training, where the students
are taught to do something whereby they
could profit by it.
Hon. Milton G.. Urner, who is a men,
School for the Feeble Minded children at
Owlngs Mills, spoke of the work of that
institution which has been a great sue
cess. He said that since it had been
started in 1850, with I3 inmates, it had
grown to an institution of over 300. He
told OF what special delight the chill
diren took in doing something of which
they could be proud. He was also in
favor OF compulsory educational sys-
tenn
After announcement by General Secre.
tary Steele, this section of the meeting
adjourned
The Committee on Organization re-
ported that it had decided on Baltimore
City as the meeting place for the confer
enc in 1911. Tee following officers and
committee were named:
President-General Lawrason Riggs,
of Baltimore,
Treasurer-Waldo Newcomer, of Bal
timore
General Secretary-H. Writ Steble, of
Baltimore
Executive Committee = Joseph d.
Baker, DIR. Charles H. Conley, Miss
NJ. Louise Johnston, Rev. T. Freeman
Dixon, of Frederick; Robert Biggs, DR..
Arthur T. Herring, DR.. c. Hampton
lones, George L. Jones, DR.. J. H.
Mason Knox, Jr., DIR. Henry Barton
Jacobs. Louis H. Levin. ], W. Magruder.
Miss Kate M. McLane, Joseph N. Ull-
man. Mrs James H. Van Sickel, w. w.
Varney, Douglass M. Wylie, James Hig-
gins, Miss Mary Cathcart. DIR. /. Hall
Peasants, of Baltimore; Mrs Kamman.
Mrs. ID. c. Gardiner, of Cumberland;
DIR. Henry Lee Fitzhugh, of Westmins-
ter; Rev. J. p. Ticer, of Hagerstown;
Thomas H. Spence, of College Park;
Professor Handy, of Easton; NJ. Bates
Stephens, of Dentou.
Members of Finance Committee.
Harry Trego, Jacob Epstein and Waldo
Newcomer, OF Baltimore.
Assistant Secretaries Miss Elizabeth
Brown, Washington: Miss Caroline Def.
Penniman, Cumberland; Miss Grace
Ely, Frederick; Miss Mary Bartlett
Dixon, Easton.
Committee on Children, Families and
Neighborhood = Miss Aimee Gugen-
heimer Chairman; Mrs. Adolph Meyer,
Mrs. Donald Hooker, George L. Jones.
J. w. Magruder, Dr. Milton Reizen-
stein, Mrs. c. N. Athey. and ]. B.
Noel Wyatt, Baltimore; Jacob A. Zeig-
Ter, Mrs. Jacob A. Zeigler, Mrs. f. H.
ZeigIer, Hagerstown; Miss Bertha Trail,
Rev. T, Freeman Dixon and Rev Doug
lass Hooff, Frederick; A. c. Wilson,
Cumberland; j. Abner Belts, Chewsville,
Washington county; Blair Lee, Silver
Springs, Montgomery county,
Committee on State, County and Mu-
nicipal Philanthropy-Wiliam H. Malt
bic, Chairman, Lloyd Wilkinson, Colonel
Arthur d. Foster, Telfar w. Marriott,
DIR. T. A. Ashby. H. Writ Steele, Morris
A. Soper, DR.. St. Clair Spruill, N. c.
Grasty, Addison E. Mullikin, Baltimore
Judge Hammond Urner, Frederick; DIR
Charles II. Ellis, Elkton; Judge R. R
Henderson and ID. A. Robb, Cumber
land.
Committee on Health and Sanitation
DIR. Adolph Meyer, Chairman; Miss Mar
| garet Brogdon, DIR. l.. F. Barker, DIR
Marshall l.. Price, Dr. Gordon Wilson
DIR. w. P. Morrill,, Miss NJ. E Lent, Mis-
ELLEN N. La Motto. DIR. Charles O'Don
ovan, Baltimore; Miss M. Louise John
son. James H. Gambrill, IT,, DR.. Ira
McCurdy Miss Nellie NJ Casey, Fred
erick; DIR. Francis Harrington, Cumber
land; Victor ID. Miller. Hagerstown; DR.
Guy Steele, Westminster.
DR.. Arthur P. Herring, of the Stat,
Lunacy Commission, Baltimore, deliv
cred an address, with illustrations, o.
.The State and It's Insane" He spok
of what the State is doing for its insan
and what it intends to do. He said tina
at present there are nearly 100000 insan
and feeble minded persons in this cour
try and that they are increasing at tn
rate Of about 5000 year, which mean
an economic loss Of about Soc, ,ooo 600.
i In 1900, he said, the total number {
insane registered in the office of tn
State Lunacy Commission was 2,527. |
1910 there are 1873 cases, an increas
for the decade of 1851. The rati
of insane to the population in 1900 wa
about TO every 500 persons. In 1910
is about to every $50 The total nun
Der of insane for Baltimore City at til
present time is I,6I2, which gives rati
according to the last Federal census, of
insane person to every $50 sane persons
condition which should cause ever
serious minded person to pause and r,
fleet upon the situation.
DIR. Marshall |. Price, secretary of ii
( Maryland Board OF Health, and ID
Adolph Meyer, Of the Johns Hopkir
Hospitol, also delivered an address
DIR. Ira !. McCurdy, City Health o
ficer, then read paper on Tile Preve
ton of tuberculosis in Small City.
, He spoke Of the work of the Frederic
Branch Of the National Society and the
/ said that Frederick was the first
/ the smaller cities in this country to o
ganize in the work Of preventing ar