The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-14
THE CHARITY
CONFERENCE
FIRST ONE IN FLORIDA is TO
CONVENE IN JACKSONVILLE
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MANY
IN ATTENDANCE.
Special TO The Journal

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. 13.-Every-
thing Is in readiness for the opening
here Thursday night of the first Flor
ida Conference on Charities and Cor
rection. Indications point to this be-
ing the biggest gathering of the kind
that has ever been held in Florida.
In every city and town Of the state
the idea of the formation of the con-
ference has been received with favor.
All the state colleges have recogniz
ed the value and Importance of the
meeting by the appointment of one
or more official representatives who
will attend and make reports after
the meeting. Rollins college at Winter
Park will send delegation of male
and female students who are engaged
in the study of sociology to hear the
addresses Friday evening. One of the
NEST interesting and entertaining
speakers will be DR.. w. F. Blackman,
president Of Rollins, whose topic is
| THE Child Problem in Florida" Judge
Samuel Black, of Columbus, Ohio, who
presides over one of the most useful
and successful juvenile courts, as well
as one of the oldest, will also speak
on this occasion. DR.. Blackman was
professor of SOCIOLOGY at Yale for nine
years, during which time he was a
member of the National Conference on
Charities and Correction, and has been
engaged in the study of the problems
for more than fifteen years.
Another phase Of the conference
which is interesting Florida is the Sec
ton which WIZ be devoted to the
| study of the problem of the homeless
mantle hobo" If you please. One
of the speakers for this section is
Miss Helen B. Pendleton. secretary Of
the Associated Clarifies at Savannah,
whose subject is THE Passing on
Evil" Miss Pendleton has come to be
| recognized authority, and her OBJ
servations will be valuable to all towns
and cities.
| The town Of Sanford, realizing that
the state will soon be filing up with
it's usual winter crop of wanderers
and public charges who come down to
| escape the rigors Of northern winters
| at the expense of the Florida people,
has appointed a special delegate to at
tend this section of the conference and
report to the city council. All NUM-
| cipalities in Florida have been asked
to have official representatives pres
! ent, and 1t is expected that the boards
/ of county commissioners of most Of
the counties of the state will be rep
resented.
| 1t is declared that never before has
Florida had such an opportunity to take
advantage of the knowledge and OBJ
l
will offer. Practically every philan-
thropic an dcharitable organization OF
the state will be officially represented
| by one or more delegates. The pur-
pose Of the meeting will be to provide
the smaller towns with the same type
| of organization as is maintained in
all the larger cities. In this way they
will be protected against professional
mendicants and will be able to more
fully serve the purpose of charity.
Only In the larger towns is it advisa-
BILE or practicable to maintain paid or
| CARNATIONS, but the smallest could fol-
low the methods employed by the AS
ISOLATED Charities of Jacksonville
Tampa and other large cities through
out the country. These methods will
be placed at the disposal of the small
municipalities, and all the powerful
machinery of a great organization
acquisitions for the assistance of each
town in the state.
The conference will begin Thursday
evening, with an address by DR.. Ed
ward T. Devine, one of the worlds
most eminent authorities on social
work. After this address there will be
a reception by the State Federation OF