The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-01
CHARITIES WILL
 BE IN SPOTLIGHT
State Conference to Be Here
 March 1922
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
Workers of a National Reputation in Charities and Corrections Work Will Be Heard In Birmingham
 During the Month

Committees are now actlVely at "oiA preparing for the state conference of char ities and corrections, to be held in Bir- mingham March 1922, when some of the most famous workers of the country will be in the city This Is d business propo- sition which appeals to the philanthro- pists and business men of the state, and will be one of the most interesting gath erings of the year. It is a sub-organiza- tion of the national conference, which has done wonderful work in raising the standards of charity and philanthropic work, which had previously been done in a haphazard manner Some of the chari- ty organizations gave money indiscrimi- nately and no one knows how often they were the prey of the unprincipled, and great many times they unintentionally en- couraged idleness and deceit.
 Under the national organization all of these old-fa shioned haphazard methods were changed, and this work was placed on the same plane as a finely organized business.
 Schools of philanthropy were establish ed in some of the northern cities, where men and women were trained for this work in the same manner that the young men and women are trained in business colleges, thus sending trained men and women into the field to cope with these social problems.
 The result is splendid institutions for the afflicted and unfortunate all over this country with trained workers at the head of them, saving the matron annually thousands of dollars that were formerly wasted.
 There was a need for similar organi- zation in the different states, where the social workers and philanthropists could meet and discuss the problems they had to contend with, thus coming in closer touch with one another and raising the standards of the work in each state. One state after another organized state conference of charities and correc- tions. and on January 8. 1908, in the Jew ish tabernacle, at Montgomery, the Ala bama conference of charities and correc- tions was formally organized. This conference was organized to pro- mote better methods and make higher standards in philanthropic work in the state by having an annual meeting where the problems are discussed. The confer | ence is non-political and non-sectarian in every respect.
 The second conference, which is to be
 held In Birmingham March 1922, promises | to be the best conference of It's kind | ever held in the south. It will mean to | Alabama what the national conference | means to the nation.
 | It will bring together the leading edu- cators, phlanthropists and social workers as well as a great many other people who are interested in these problems There will be delegates from all the lead | ing towns of the state.
 | On the programme are speakers with | national reputaticns.
 | Dr. Alexander Johnson Of Fort Wayne Ind, will lecture on Twenty Years of | Organized Charity" Dr. Johnson is gen
 eral secretary of the national conference
 and has spent the last 30 years in charity
 work He will be In attendance through
 out the conference
 | Dr. C4.arles l.. Minor of Asheville
 N. C., one of the most famous specialists on tuberculosis in the world, will be in attendance and will give his lecture, "The
 Great White Plague and How the Lay
 man Can Help Conquer It.
 Miss Jean Gordon, Louisiana's famous | factory inspector, is coming and vii
 lecture on Factory Inspection" Miss
 Gordon first rubs off all of the polish anc veneer and gives it straight from tho
 shoulder in a way that makes people siI
 up and take notice. Ehe will tell oi
 factory conditions in this state as well as
 in Louisiana. Her lecture will be what
 Is termed an "eye-opener."
 Dr. A. J. McKelway. secretary of the
 National Child Labor committee, Wash | ington, D. C., will also be here. Dr
 McKelway's lecture, "Child Labor in tho
 South" will be illustrated with a steri-
 opticon. showing the horrors of child la | bor.
 | Child Placing" very important sub- | ject, will be Dr. George L. Schon's topic
 Dr. Schon is superintendent of Ken tuckys Children's Aid society, and what he doesn't know about placing homeless ana HeBlecteu chiioreu III rSputdpie homes is not worth the time and trouble to tell. He will only be here one day, and that is March 2. He will deliver his lecture at p. m.
 Another worker of national reputation is Rev. Crawford Jackson of Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Jackson is superintendent of the juvenile states, near Athens, Ga, which is modelled after the famous Ford junior republic of Detroit, Mich.
 This conference will be a liberal phil anthropic education to the average layman It will show him the modern methods of dealing with every phase of social work. from the small boy who is in trouble for his first time to the hard ened criminal who has spent years in the penitentiary.