The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-31
|C|TY To LEAD.
INDIANA WITH.
CHARITY PLAN
Many Cities Watch Results
of Experiment Under Way
! by Newly Organized Cen
7 trail Board.


work Ia the reputation Richmond will
earn if its first year under the plan
OF the Central Board Of Charities Is
successful
It is believed this plan will be
known as the Richmond charity
plan" hereafter. This Is the opinion
of Frederick G. White, chairman of
the executive committee, who has for
mulated much of the plan out OF his
own experience and from plans or 9TH
er cities.
The success Of the plan is assured.
Mr.. White said, by securing John Mel
polder Of Fort Smith, Ark, a charity
expert and writer or some note
along philanthropic and corrective
lines. Mr.. Melpolder has spent his
entire working life in the business
which he will take hold of IN Rich
mond next Monday. He is forty-three
years old.
Mr.. Melpolder spent a day with
Amos Butler Of Indianapolis, secre-
tary of the state board OF cnarltles
and correction, after he had visited the
city more than week ago. He wrote
Mr.. White letter, saying that Mr..
Butler and others of the state board
are watching Richmond closely. 1t the
mean a reorganization of charities in
every city in Indiana after the plan
Richmond has adopted.
Has Much Experience.
Mr.. Melpolder was educated for so
Geological work in New York. he at
tended lecture courses of the New
York School of Philanthropy for two
years. He was neighborhood house
director of Harlem, N. Y, for two
wears. He held the same position ana
that Of chief probation officer OF
Nonkers, N. Y. for five years. The
establishment Of the juvenile and pro-
baton court systems of Yonkers and
of Birmingham, Ala, are credited to
him.
For some time, he was manager OF
the indianapolis Boys Club associa-
ton. During his entire career he has
done special work in tabulating sta
tistics such as the tuberculosis statls-
tics which were collected by the SAM
tary league of Westchester county,
New York.
He was chairman of the committee
on care of children of the 1908 New
York State Conference Of Charities
and Correction. He served as mem
Der of the committee on housing and
recreation of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction in 1912.
He is leaving the craftsmanship OF the
Arkansas child labor committee and
the position of managing secretary of
the Associated Charities Of Fort
Smith.
Board Highly Pleased.
He was recommended through every
agency to which he has ever been con-
nected and in addition received good
recommendations from Amos Butler
OF Indianapolis; James Fieser, super
intendent of Associated Charities of
Columbus, O.; the Russell Sage Foun-
dalton of New York; Francis H. Nc
Lean, general secretary of the Ameri-
can Association of Societies for Or
ganizing Charity.
The local board feels highly graft
6ied in securing the expert and feel
that he is accepting the place not be-
cause Of the salary or conditions but
,because OF his interest in the work
and because of the field presented
here in a plan slightly advanced over
Rny other plan yet tried.
Represented in the Central Board
pf Charities are the Associated Chart
ties. Penny club, Domestic Science as
lsociation, Aftermath, school board de
apartment Of chariety to school chill
l<lren. township trustee and CONNER
cial club. The Y. NJ. C. A. and the
Guest House will be asked to cooper
ate.
Mr.. White explained the work which
,Mr. Melpolder will carry on here as
'being not only charitable but most
valuable in other lines. He is able to
lremove the causes which make de
mands on charity. He will also dc
corrective work. The morals of the
city which the church cannot reach
will be reached under Mr.. Melpolder's
direction.
Much Volunteer Work.
Much Of the work will be done BY
volunteers The new managing sec
jretary will direct all work as well a:
to work in the field himself. The cen
trail board will dispense with NJ
money in private cases but will keel
complete confidential record of ev
cry case in the city, not only in char
sity, but in correction. It will keep
set of books tallying with those o
each Of the organizations affiliated il
the work
The work this week will consist il
collecting financial data so that Mr.
Melpolder can begin immediate prep
arations Monday for getting out
1914-1915 budget. He will superintent
a campaign for funds which will fol
low Part of the plan is to systemat
ize the collecting SO that business mel
are not harried by collectors al
through the year. This is expected t
have decided effect upon the dona
tons which firms will make this fall