The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-08
ILLNESS PREVENTS | HOOTERS PRESENCE First Southern Sociological
 Congress COnvenes NOTABLE ADDRESSES
Sixteen States Send Delegates to Con- ference-Earge Exhibit, Which Will Be Maintained During
 Congress, Opened

Nashville, May 7-Governor Hooper of Tennessee, who conceived the idea of holeing the first Southern Sociological congress, was prevented by illness from attending the opening session of the con-
 gress tonight, which attracted hundreds of social service workers from all parts Of the United States.
 Hooper's Welcome l pr. Ira Landrith of Nashville welcomed
 the great gathering to Tennessee, reading
 the following telegram from Governor
 Hooper. who Is il at Mooresburg, Tenn: Please convey to the Southern Sociolog-
 ieal congress my profound regret and dis
 appointment on account of my inability to attend its meetings. I hope that this in- itial congress will be followed annually | by the assembling of the south's strong est and best men and women to study
 and discuss those great moral problems
 of organized society which are even more | important than the enlargement of our comn.merce and the development of our
 material resources, with the slogan of the solid south for better nation. This congress can lead the march | which has for it's goal the universal edu- cation of the children, the more perfect care of the neglected and unfortunate, the | removal of the spirit of vengeance from
 our penal codes and the conduct of our corrective and charitable institutions in
 accordance with the most enlightened
 modern methods, free from graft, politics and inhumanity. In behalf of yfne state
 of Tennessee I extend to eacf. Delegate to
 this congress most cordia, greetings TEEN w. HOOPER," Prof. G. W. Dyer of Vanderbilt univer- fsity spoke qR Southern Problems That | Challenge Our Thought" John G. Wooley of Chicago discussed The Destroyer of Social Safety" and pr. Luther II. Guick of New York spoke on The Campfire
 Girls of America
 Open Large Exhibit This morning witnessed the opening of the large exhibit which will be maintained during the congress and to which New Orleans. Birmingham, Raleigh, Baltimore. Washington, Richmond, Reading, Louis vile, St. Louis and particularly New York city have contributed. The exhibit is il-
 illustrative of means dealing with child labor, anti-tuberculoss campaigns hous- ing and other problems.
 For the Congress 16 states have sent delegates. and more than that number of organizations whose work is along such lines are represented.
 Notable among those on the programme are Dr. Hastings M. Hart and John NJ Glenn of the Russell Sage foundation, AL exander Johnson, secretary of the Ma tional Conference of Charities and Cor rection Mrs. Gertrude Knipp, secretary of the American Association for the Study
 and Prevention of Infant Mortality, and Miss Jean M. Gordon, president of the Southern conference on Women and Child Labor.
 Other organizations which are repre- sented are the Anti-Tuberculosis league, Marine Hospital Service, the Jeane and Slater boards, Southern Medical associa- tion. National Reform bureau, state boards of health and board of charities, universities, prison associations and child welfare associations.
 An enthusiastic delegation is here from Little Rock. Ark, and will make an effort to secure the next session of the con- gress.