The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-04-02
BIG MEETING PLANNED
President Vasaly Active in Ar
ranging Details for Next
Charities and Corrections
Conference

The next conference of the Mn
nesota Charities and Corrections
Association will be held at Bemidji,
September 24-27, and already the
officials of the association are active
ly engaged in planning program
which will make the meeting the
most notable in the history of the
organization.
Hon. G. E. Vasaly. chairman of
the Board of Control and also pres
jdent of the Charities and Correc-
lions association. has been actively
engaged for several weeks in out
lining the work for the several COM
mittees; and last week spent day
at Bemidji in conference with the
committees having the local end of
the big gathering in charge. On
his trip to Bemidji, Mr.. Vasaly was
accompanied by Mr.. Otto w. Davis.
secretary of the association, and as
sistant secretary of the Minneapo-
lis Civic and Commerce association.
Coincident with the time set for
the Charities and Corrections con-
ference, the county commissioners of
the state will also meet at Bemidji,
and for this reason the citizens are
preparing to entertain the largest
gathering in the towns history.
The program will be prepared by
the state committee with promise
of giving the convention some of
the best speakers of the country.
Among those mentioned to appear
on the program from this state are
DR.. &. E. Vincent, Gov. Adolph
Eberhart and Lyndon A. Smith. at
torney general.
In addition to the above named
speakers, it has been announced
that Miss Jane Adams, the famous
Chicago Hull House settlement
worker, whose name and fame has
spread throughout the world, will
be among the prominent speakers
who will attend the meeting from
outside the state. The presence of
Miss Adams will be feature that
will make the conference particular
ly interesting and will serve to at
tract people from all over the state.
Mr.. Vasaly Speak
Chairman Vasaly speaking to the
Bemidji committee, said in part
/ suppose you are all familiar
with the scope of the state board
of charities and correction. Its OBJ
jects to some extent are implied in
its name. We aim to touch on all
social questions involved in the care
of the dependent. unfortunate, and
delinquent and, of course, all the
related questions such as better hous-
ing, better supervision in medical
ways, tuberculosis, its spread, and
all the live problems that have to
do with charitable organizations,
vice and crime.
1t is customary at these meetings
to take up any special problem or
line of work socially that might be
helped by papers read, or discus
siOns made during the conference,
and we want to make this an espe-
cially successful gathering to stimu-
late interest i'll these problems in
this neighborhood and other towns
of this size.
There is also, In connection with
the conference. as you know, the
boards of county commissioners.
Under the law, the county comm1s-
sioners boards may each send a re-
preventative to this gathering and
his expenses are paid by the county.
The national prison association
meets in ST.. Paul in October,
week later than the conference and
we may be able to get some speak
ers who will be in Minnesota for
that meeting, by cooperating with
them. We want to make this gath
ering worthy of Bemidji which has
an enviable reputation on intertain-
ing meetings and conventions"
A Trip To Walker
1t was suge ested that trip be
made to Walker Sanitarium on one
of the days during the convention
for the purpose of viewing the tub
CIRCULAR institution of that city, and
arrangements will be made to &C
cOmmodate all those who wish to
make the trip, going down on the
regular train at Sis in the morn
ing, returning on the 6 o'clock in