The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23

thought and be given the greatest con-
alteration In the medical colleges.
The following is the program for
the afternoon session.
& The Normal Child, Rev. J. w.
Dixon, presiding.
Report of committee on kinder
garten. Miss Ruth Anderson.
Report OF vocational training
Statistics, Julian Burruss, president
State Normal School. Harrisonburg.
Vocational Guidance Of YOUTH" r.
w. Duke, superintendent Virginia Me-
chanics' Institute.
Report OF Committee on Fairgrounds
and Recreation. c.. B. Cooke. Civic I'm
| movement League.
"The Effect Of Physical Training on
the Nation" Baroness Rose Posse,
President therapeutic Branch Ameri-
can Physical Education Association.
Boston, Mass.
Exhibits OF Folk Dancing In Central
School
Or. Goddard Tuesday Night.
Great interest Is manifested in the
meeting Tuesday night which will be
held In the John Marshall High School
auditorium.
Or. H. II, Goddard. director psychol-
ogicai research rartment, training
school OF the feeble minded, vineland.
N. j., said to be the greatest authority
in the world on the feeble minded
child will be the chief speaker Every
teacher in the city should be present
and hear the address which will be
one of the most important Of the entire
conference.
The following is the program for the
Tuesday night session. The subject
will be education. DIR. j. A. G. Chand-
Ter, Superintendent of Schools, Rich
mond. Va. Presiding.
The Rural School as a Social Gem
ter" J. II, Binford, Secretary of the
Virginia COOPERATIVE Education Asso-
citation. Richmond. Va
Medical Inspection of Schools" l..
T. Royster, NJ. y. Chairman OF School
Board and President OF Society for Pre-
vention OF Cruelty to Children, Norfolk.
Va.
Problem of the Backward Child"
Or. II. H. Goddard. Director Psychol-
ogical Research Department. Training
school for the Feeble minded. Vine
land, n. j.
Exhibit at state Fair.
A great child welfare exhibit for
Virginia was discussed by Miss Hor-
ence l.. baltimore and others after
the luncheon that was served by the
girls auxiliary OF this. Instructive Visit
ing Nurses Association at the Elks'
home at | O'Clock
Miss baltimore has charge of the
childs work OF the Russell Sage
foundation and is pleasing speaker.
She advocated holding a child's well
fare exhibit at the coming State fair.
which would possibly be seen by more
people at that time than any other
date that could be selected. The idea
of having the exhibit during the fair
week seems TO met with gneral ap-
proval.
An elegant lunch was served by the
young ladies of l. v. y. A. at the Elks'
Home for the benefit of the Babes
Free hospital at Lakeside Park. Lunch
viii be served Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Elks' Home
Free Hospital at Lakeside Park. Lunv
will be served Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Elks' Home.
Monday Nights Session.
Great enthusiasm prevailed at the
opening session of the Child's We'll
fare Conference held Monday night
at John Marshall High School. A
large crowd was present, including
many notable people interested in the
social betterment OF conditions In this
State, among them several superin-
tendents ot hospitals for the insane
and other public Institutions.
Or. Fl. II. Hart, director or the
Child Helping Department Of the
Russell Sage Foundation Of New
York was the speaker OF the even
Ing. The distinguished New Yorker
stated that more progress had been
made in Virginia during the past five
years In the development OF social
work than in any other State In the
Union.
During his address Or. Hart took
occasion to praise the work Of the
negro reformatory. and said 1t was
the pioneer OF Its class In the South
and predicted that all the Southern
States would be compelled 10 come
to IT as their model. He also spoke
in eommendatory terms of the fact
that trained people we're employed to
care for the dependent and DELINQUENT
wards OF the State; as applied to sep
arate care of epileptics, to a large ex-
tent 70 surgical treatment, and In
some degree rs the trials Of Juveniles
apart from hardened criminals.
To Teach Deaf and Blind.
Or. Hart stated that IL had been
found best In cities To teach deaf and
blind children in the public schools.
in separate departments. so that they
may live at home-~State schools for
this purpose, however. still being nee
essarY for those In country districts.
Truant schools and separate schools
for backward children were especial
iy commended, Regarding the care
OF the feeble minded. Or. Hart said
he recently advised the State OF Okla
homa to defer the erection OF asyiums
and prisons. II necessary. so as to
have a school for feeble minded first.
In conclusion, DIR. Hart said that
infant mortality in the South In less
than in other parts OF the Union,
Statistics indicate that this Is true
because bottle nursing is not general
iy practiced in this section, and he
called this one Of the most whole
some signs OF the times He deplored
the building of orphana9es through
out the South, which has been de-
monstrated to be the most expensive
and not at all the most desirable way
to care for orphan children.
DIR. Flanagan Presitlss.
The meeting was presided over by
Dr. Roy X. Flanagan. president Of
the State Conference on Charities and
Correction, who, after stating the OBJ
5ect of the meeting said How can
We Justify ourselves as long AZ here
in the South thousands OF Gods ittIe
ones IN total ignorance are grinding
out their lives in the mills and in the
mines How can we Justify ourselves
when our reform school Ia half filed
with children under twelve years Of
age. the companions and apt schol-
airs OF vicious young menr How can
we Justify ourselves when we DENY
separate courts and probation to iuy-
emile OFFENDERS"
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