The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-12
NOTABLE GATHERING
C0AvENES SUNDAY
STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES AND
CORRECTIONS HAVE sPLEN-
DID PROGRAM.
MEETS IN PORTSMOUTH
MANY RICHMOND MEN TO SPEAK.
QUESTIONS OF GREAT PUBLIC
IMPORTANCE WILL BE
DISCUSSED.

One of the most notable gatherings
Of the month in Virginia Will be the
annual convention of the state Board
OF Charities and Corrections. which
Will convene in Portsmouth, holding
It's first session in the form of great
mass meeting on Sunday afternoon.
Among the Richmond workers on
the program are Rev. DR.. j. u
Gravatt. whose work on the city's
Vice Commission especially qualities
MIN to discuss the menace or the So
cial evil in the large cities; Miss Agnes
Randolph, who will tell OF the war
on tuberculosis; Rev. w. a. Cooper.
who will diecuss the cause and cure of
delinquency: j. II. Binford. who will
Education Association: DIR. J. T.
Mastin. DIR. S. c. Hatcher, DIR. j. w.
Maybee. Rev. III. d. c. Maclachlan and
others, The complete program is as
follows:
sunday Afternoon white Section), S
p. M.--Mass Meeting.
Prayer and address OF welcome, 20
be supplied.
Response-Rev. S. c. Hatcher, D.
D.. chairman State Board of Chnri-
ties and Corrections, of Ashland.
Presidents Address--Dr. w, y.
Foster, chief health office. OF Roa-
noke.
Address-"Human Conservation and
Our Responsibility In Relation to the
European War" Mrs John NJ. Glenn.
president National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, New York
city.
Sunday Evening (Colored section).
Zion Baptist Church. : Z. NJ.
Mass Meeting.
Rev. W H. Stokes -. d. pastor
1cnenezer Baptist Church, Richmond,
presiding.
Prayer-Rev. Or. j. NJ. Armistead,
Address OF Weicome-W. II. Jen-
nings, probation officer, OF Ports
mouth.
Response-Professor ], ". BARGE,
Richmond Neighborhood Association.
Address-"The Latest News from
dolph, executive secretary Virginia
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Association. Of
Richmond.
Discussion--T.ed by Or Hastings NJ.
Hart. director Child Helping Depart
niert Russell Sage Foundation, New
York city.
Monday Morning Session.
$50 A. M.-Reception Of coiored
delegates representing the Negro Or
ganization Society OF Virginia.
Address~-Major r. II, Motion, Of
Hampton,
Address-wIluam Hodges Mann,
gresS. Of Petersburg
Discussion a. Graham. Of phoe-
hus; Professor J. NJ. Grundyp Peters
burg.
fl:as a. M.-"The Menace OF the
Social Evil In Our Cities" Rev. ]. ],
tsravatt. u. u. chairman investigating
Committee Of the Richmond Vice
Commission.
Discussiou~-Ied by DIR. Kate Waller
Barrett. of Alexandria, and Professor
Francis Bacon. Of Norfolk
Monday Afternoon sessious--Delin-
qucnts.
sP. M-"Causas and Cure Of De-
Nnauency." Rev. W A. Cooper. Of
Richmond.
THE Jail versus Public Health"
Rev s. c. Hatcher. y. d. chairman
state BOARD Of Charities and Correc-
tons, OF Ashland
~The Work CT the operative As
ISOLATION In Virginia" Professor }. n.
Binford, executive secretary,
Monday Night scs~ton-Puhlic Health.
s M.-"The Fight on the Great
white Plague, Miss Agnes Randolph
executive secretary Virginia Anti-Tu-
berculosis Association. of RichmoMA
THE Relation of Vital Statistics to
Public Welfare" Dir. W. A Picker,
chief Vital Statistics Bureau of Viz
GINA
public Health Work il suburban
Districts" DIR. W, T.. Mcdowell. see
Rotary Norfolk County Board Of
Health
Discuss.en-~Led by nr. r x Flan-
nagan. chief Of inspection. State
Health Department, Richmond.
Tuesday MerainK ses~ion--Juvenit~
Day.
Agencies of Juvenile Relief Rev.
George Floyd Rogers, Lynehburg, VA.
presiding.
ta) The orphanase, Rev. c. T. Cor
bet,. of salem.
ID, The Reformatory, J. r. Mastin.
Of Richmond
&c The Home for Boys. c. c. Thur
Der. of coeington.
Placing-out Agencies;
Norfolk Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children. nr, l.. r. Register,
of Norfolk.
The Chidrens' Home Society of vir-
ginia. DIR. W. J. Maybee. secretary, Of
Richmond.
The Industrial Home School for
Maynard Colored Girls Mrs. Jane
Porter Barrett. of Hampton.
The Playground Preventive OF Ju-
veniie Delinquency. Frank w. Wood.
supervisor of Fairgrounds. of Lynch
burg:
Organization Of Juvenile Protective
Association Of Virginia Rev II. ID.
G, Maciachlan, :. Richmond, presid-
ing.
Election of officers
A Model Juvenile Co" MFR. Jus
tice Thomas, presiding; associate Jus
tees. assisting.
Discussion OF Legal and Admins
trative Problems--Rev. G. f, Rogers.
I.ynchburg, presiding.
Richmond. Rev. II d. c. Maclaeh-
Ian.
Norfolk, John NJ. Arnold.
Roanoke, Beverly Berkeley.
PETERSBURG. Charles r.. Plummer
Newport News r f.. Bomboy.
I+ynchburg. Mayor 'Royston Jester,
Jr
Hampton. Mayor Thornton Jones.
suffolk. Mayor J. z. n. Holiday.
Problems OF Probation Ofncers--J.
uore Hicks, Richmond. and Mrs Dex-
ter 0tey. Of Lynchburg.
Tuesday Evening Session.
Address, The Juvenile and Domes-
- tr Relations Court"-Br.- Douglas
Freeman. Of Richmond
Address THE Law and the Chill
dren." william Hodges Mann. of Pc
tersburg.