The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-03-23
JUVENILE COURTS
THROUGHOUT STATE


The General Assembly, at it's next
session. will be asked to enact special
legislation providing for the estab-
nshment OF Juvenile courts through
out the Sla,v.
At a meeting held yesterday even
Ing In the hall OF the House of Dele
gates preliminary plans were laid and
committees were appointed to inves-
dgate conditions and report to the
conference which will be held In the
City Auditorium May 22d.
Among those who discussed mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of the
child in Virginia were: DIR. d. s.
Freeman, DR.. Ernest G. Levy, Charles
b. Cooke, L. T. Christian, Rev. A. l.
Phillips, Miss Mary Johnston and
George Haw- The meeting was at
tended by Chief of Police Werner.
Police Commissioner Douglas Gordon.
DR.. Mcguire Newton and many others
Identified with civic progress.
Committees were named as follows
to prepare for the May conference:
Program-Dr. r. X. Flanagan,
DR.. ]. I. Mastin. DR.. James Buch-
anan, Dr.. Ernest Levy. Miss Ada Van
Stone Harris. Miss Elizabeth Cooke.
Miss Katherine Hawes, Miss Halle
Talc0tt.
Exhibits-Miss Harris, chairman;
Miss Cooke. Miss Anderson, Miss Det-
wtler, Mr.. Judkins, Mr.. Hadcock, L
p. Stearnes, DR.. Allen Freeman. Dr.
Royster.
Place-Miss Katherine Hawes. Miss
Sophia Meredith, Miss Sallie Deane,
Miss Lou Bell Jones. Miss Charlotte
Bemiss, s.. K. Mckee, J. H. Binford,
w. T. Dabney, Mr. Duke.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Matte Pur-
cell. Mrs. r. K. Flanagan, Miss Har-
riet Cringan. Mrs. b. B. Munford, Mrs
L. R. Dashiell, Miss Margaret We'd
dell. Miss Elizabeth Cooke. Mrs
George Barksdale, w. T. Dabney.
PhilanthrOpic Department
1. Dependent Children-To find out
from each institution why every child
in past two years was received from
family and to find out from each in
stitution what percentage Of children
discharged I'm last two years turned
out satisfactorily-L T. Christian
chairman; c. w. Hardwicke. General
Charles j. Anderson, T. 2. Bryan,
Charles POhlig. Miss Emily Harvie.
w. p Epps. Miss l.. Bonney. Norfolk;
Mrs. J. T. Catlin, Danville; Mrs. S. A.
Kuyk-
2. Delinquent Children-To get sta
tistics on the principal causes of ju-
venile delinquency and what legisla-
ton is needed TO check this-Dr
George w. Mcdaniel. Charles Hutzler
Charles B. Cooke. George Haw, Po-
lice Commissioners Gordon. Manning
and Thomas. and Officers Werner,
PortieauX and Buchanan.
3. Home Life-What is being done
for people In their homes; what In the
principal cause OF destitution: whist is
needed-Miss Mamie J. Minor, 1ErA
j. w. Durham. DR.. Mcguire Newton.
Mrs. Samuel Cohen, M. A. Campbell.
Miss Dawson. Miss Wheelwright Miss
Sellers. Miss Jones. Miss Bessie Forbe,
Lynchburg; Mrs. Annie w. Harris.
Charlottesville.
Educational Department
/. Kindergarten-Wha the kinder
garten is doing-Miss Ruth Ander-
son. chairman: Miss Lou Bell Jones
Miss Lucy Witt. Miss Lucy s. Cole
man, Miss Halle Talcott. Miss Hat
tie Scott. Miss Charlotte Bemiss. Miss
Hattie +. Hylton. Danville.
gleston. Jr., chairman; DR.. J. A. c.
Chandler, X. ]. Hoke. Mr.. Ebel. Mr..
Hill, Miss Mary Johnston. Mr.. Bosher,
Mrs Moseley, ]. d. Crump.
3. Vocational Trainings. J. Duke.
chairman; Miss Annie Bass, DanvilIe /;
Or. II. p. Frissell. Miss Ida A. Tour
tellOt. Hampton; s. K. Mckee. Miss
Constance McCorkle, Mrs. ID. w.
Read. Lynchburg; Miss Rachel Isaac
son, Miss Della Tomplins, Miss Nora
Houston. 7. G. Purruss. Harrisonburg.
4. Social Aspects of the School
VI. POsenhaum. Mrs. I. Y. Spires, Mrs.
M. H. Asher. s. X. Mckee.
>. AoTaI and Reisloas Training
Rev. J. T. Watts, Rev. Ryland Knight.
Rev. A. L Lewis, Rev. Thomas
Semmes, DR.. A. l.. Phillips, G. p. Wal
ford, n. c. Scott, Rev. II. d. c. Mac
lachlan. Miss Sallie Deane, Mrs. Mine
tree Folkes, Miss Margaret Weddell.
Health and Civic Department.
i. Infant Mortality-Dr. +. c. Levy.
Miss Elizabeth Detwiler, Miss Flor
ence Black, DR.. l.. T. Royster, Nor
folk.
2. Hospitals-What hospitals are
doing; what they need to do-Miss
Randolph, Miss Mary Rahm,. Mrs. c..
?. Lee. Miss Charlotte Remiss. Mrs.
J. w. Durham.
3. Exercise and Recreation-What
forces are at work now; what are
needed-Charles B. Cooke. chairman;
Lewis Judkins, G.. w. Hadcock, w. w.
Gillett c. L. Droste, Miss Ruth An
derson. Miss Mamie Baughman, Miss
Katherine Hawes. Miss Emma Gray
White, Miss Mary BOYD.
4. Tuberculosis-Wha is being
done; what is needed-Dr. d. S. Free
man, Miss Ella Buck. DR.. Moon, DR..
Cook, DR.. +. c. Williams. Miss
Frances Scott. DR.. W. +. Drewrv Pc
tersburg; DIR. Charles r. Grandy,
Norfolk.