Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-28


The second annual Connecticut state
conference of charities and correction
VIII pc held in New Haven April -, |
20 and 26. The proxramme follows:
Monday, April ~.
Reception: At O'Clock p. m. the
president of the conference, Prof. Hen
ry W. Farnam, and Mrs Farnam Will
receive the members Of the conference,
delegates and visitors at their resi-
dence, No. 43 Hillhouse avenue.
Opening session at o'clock p. M
ADDRESS of welcome, Mayor Frank J.
Rice, New Haven; address for the
state. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin;
presidents address, Prof. Henry W..
Earnam, New Haven; conference adj
dress, Robert A. Woods. Boston, head
worker, South End house.
Tuesday, April Is.
Round Tables: At 10 o'clock a. m in
different rooms, the five section COM
mittees of the conference will hold
round table meetings for the informal
discussion of topics of live interest.
Among the subjects considered will be
public health questions. the work of
visiting nurses, dependent and delin-
quent children, friendly visiting, social
legislation, the care of detectives, the
work of probation officers, ETC.
First general session. 2 o'clock p. m.
Committee on children, Chairman Rev.
William DeLoss Love, Hartford, presi
dent Connecticut Humane society.
1. Preventive Work for Boys. Rev.
Samuel Hart, .. D.. Middleton.
2. The Adaptation of the Work of a
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children to the Needs of a Com
| munity, c. C. Carstens, Boston.
g. The Relation of Vocational Train
| ing to the Child Labor Problem. Albert
| p, Fletcher. Bridgeport, principal State
Trade school.
| 4. The Relation of State Boards of
| Charity to Dependent Children, Miss
Frances G. Curtis, Boston.
| Second general session. o'clock p.
m.-Committee on public health, Chair
man Prof. Irving Fisher, New Haven,
president national committee of one
| hundred on health.
| 1. The Social Evil Dr. Charles w
Eliot, president emeritus Of Harvard
university.
2. Pollution of Streams and Harbors
Calvin Hendfick, Baltimore.
3. Tendencies Toward Race DeEen-
GRAFTON Dr. j. H. Kellogg, Battle
Creek, Mich.
! 4. tuberculosis in Connecticut DIR
George H. Knight, Lakeville.
/ Wednesday, April 26.
Third general session. 10 a. n.-Com.
mittee on law breakers, Chairman A
Nice. Mathewson New Haven, judge
city court.
i 1. Connecticut Penal Institutions.
i 2. State Reformatories for Women
DIR. Katherine 3. Davis, Bedford, N. Y.
superintendent house of refuge TO
women.
g. The Habitual Drunkard. Judg
Edgar M. Warner, Putnam.
Il 4. The Connecticut State Reforma
tory, Hon. Morris w. Seymour, o
Bridgeport.
Committee on detectives, Chairma,
Max Mailhouse, M. d., New Hayer
president Connecticut colony for cpl
leptfcS.
i. The Colony Plan of Caring for Ep
| ileptics, DIR. Evert Flood, Palme
Mass, superintendent Massachusett
: colony for epileptics.
2. Heredity and Insanity, Dr. H.
Spalding, Norwich.
: 3. The Defective Child Rev. M.
!, Sullivan. Hartford.
4. The Feeble Minded, Miss Hele
Hill, Vineland, N. ].
Fifth general session, s p. m.-Com
mittee on poor relief and neighboi
4 hood betterment Chairman Henr
Wade Rogers, New Haven, dean va
| Law school.
f 1. Cooperation Between Public an
9 | Private Agencies in Poor Relief, Rot
: ert w. DeForest, New York.
2. Improved Housing, Lawrence Yea
ler New York.
2. Fairgrounds, Francis r. North
7 the NdtiOHdl Iidy y ounu oSso
: The general headquarters OF the cor
ference will be at the United Churo
chapel, Temple street near Elm, ar
n the day time meetings will be he
r there, except as otherwise announce
|, The evening sessions will be held
the New Haven Colony Historical 81
ciety building on Grove street, betwee
e Temple and College streets.
r The object of the conference is
8 promote a more accurate knowledge
and a wider interest in charitable, r.
for1natory and preventive work, and
8 provide an opportunity for persons Il
: terested in such effort to compare al
: discuss principles, methods and result
Rev. p. G. Wright of Norwich al
S. B. Overlook, M. D.. of Pomfret
II vice presidents. Mrs. Frank A. Mite
y ell of Norwich and Edgar M. Warn
i Of Putnam are members of the exec
tive committee.