Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-04
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TELLS ORIGIN
OF CRIMINALS
Or. Hutchinson Addresses
the Charities Conference.


Princeton, April AT the ses-
sion here Sunday afternoon of the
New Jersey Conference of Charities
and Correction Dr.. Woods Hutchin-
son, Of New York, was the principal
speaker.
DR.. Hutchinson emphasized the
idea that criminals are made, not
born, to a far greater extent than Is
generally realized. Insanity does
not come from nervous system j
not come from nervous strain, he
said, because the real strain was on
the lungs and the liver. He asserted
that the fear Of the spread of crime,
drunkenness and Effectiveness was
exaggerated and that the society's
fight must be based, in a positive
way, on the dignities, virtues and
super1orities of the race rather than
on the faults.
Even children in the slums, DR..
Hutchinson went on to, are born
physically perfect IN ninety cases out
of 100, and all they nedd is q white
mans chance to develop. They
should be watched in their public
school curses by competent inspec-
tors so that detectives could be
weeded out and treated. He closed
with a strong plea for sterilization
of detectives under the care of the
State.
Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander, OF
Hoboken, presired and delivered the
presidents address. Dean Henry B.
Fine, on behalf of the university,
welcomed the conference and Sey-
mour L. Cromwell, of Newark, made
a short speech.
Criticism of the unequal distribu-
ton of taxes was made by Governor
Woodrow Wilson.
Yesterdays program for the con-
ference centeTed on Women" and
Children" for general topics and
today's program ON The Home in
the City and in Rural Communities. p"
Miss E. D. Paxton will give a ten
minutes address this afternoon on
Living Conditions In Princeton"
with an exhibit of local photographs.
Yesterday afternoon at 4;30 the
Present Day Club and the Village
Improvement socieay gave a tea at
the Princeton Inn for the delegates,
speakers and vesitors to the confer
ence. The patronesses of the re-
ception committee Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Mrs. John A. Etesart, Mrs.
Francis Patton and Mrs. S. J.. Nc
Pherson were in line to receive the
guests.
The exhibit will be on view in
Murray-Dodge Hall, which is close
to the conference headquarters, and
representatives of the institutions
aap1{nr nvh{h5fc f1 tho nnnTarnnno
will be on hand to explain the charts
RsS~ snS pon SsssNe or ciao~ CA
nfblts is the Dne connecting the
study ( the brain and mental hy-
giene with sociological and educa-
tional problems. The anatomical
pare of this exhibit will be under the
direction of DR.. Stewart Patton and
Professor Dahlgren. The psychology
zeal part under the direction of Pro-
fessor Warren and DR.. McComas,
and the mental hygiene and psy-
chiastrical exhibit will be under the
direction of DR.. H. A. Cotton of the
New Jersey State Hospital. There
win be q psychological clinic in
charge of Professor e. R. Johistone
and Dr.. H. H Goddard of the Vine
land School.
There will also be exhibits from
the following: New Jersey State VIII
lage for EpiIeptics at Skillman, New
Jersey State hospitals at Trenton,
and Morris Plains, state prison at
Trenton, State Home for Girls at
Trenton, State Home for Boys at
J~amesburg, State reformatory at
Rayway, New Jersey Board of Tene-
ment House Supervision, ~headquar-
tiers at Newark; New Jersey Chill
dren's Home Society Of Trenton.
Consumers League Of New Jersey,
headquarters at Jersey City; the
Cranberry Bog Situations, prepared
by Miss Elizabeth White, of New
Lisbon; Playground Commission of
Newark, State Board OF Children's
Guardians, Department of Child
Helping. Russell Sage Foundation,
New York; Visiting Nurses Associa-
ton of Newark; visiting housekeep-
err, from Bureau of Associated Char
tiles, Newark; New York Mill Com
mittee. Open Stair Tenement, New
York; the Dental Club Association,
Newark; the B~ordentown School for
Colored Youth, the State School for
the Deaf. the Vineland School for
Feeble Minded, the Babies Hospital,
Newark; the oint Committee on Bet
ter Care and Feeding OF Infants, the
Richard Stevens Fund for Municipal
research, the New ark Anti-Tubercu-
losis Association.
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