The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-13
Declares Mrs. Glenn in Review
ing the Work of Charities
and Corrections.

ana CcFTeGuuilS.
BALTIMORE. May ia Pre-l
Jude of Peace" was the subject of AM
address by Mrs. John N; Gienn;
New York, president. at last nignts
session of the national conference OF
Charities and Correction, in which
she sounded the note of high IDEAS
in social service, and spoke of the
tide of emotional giving. wnicn
had dertcated from teh years usual
preventative and constructive work.
social workers" she said, have
passed through winter during
which heavier demands have been
made upon them than in any other
winter of their experience Many OF
use have come TO this conference
worn in body and depressed in spirit
after fighting what has seemed ~
many instances TO be losing ngnt
10 keep standards OF Work nigh
Torn by conflicting claims upon our
svmpathies. we have had 10 face re-
trenchment in work that we knew
10 be important. and have seen The
emphasis shift from preventative ana
constructive effort to remedial ana
palliative aid.
Mrs. Glenn spoke of foes. sensate
and irsenate. that have blocked the
social workores' path" and an "epi-
emotional giving. taken on Its low
sst plane I" she found in Ell Grecos
famous painting of St. Martin dlvio-
ing his rich cloak with naked peg
gar. a nact of relief which was es-
senttiauy palliative one. without me
slightest CLEAN of humor on the race
of either the knight or the beSgar
70 show there was felt TO be an!
irony in the situation
with I'll GrpCO0
painting of st. Paul. with the face
OF one who lives by the rule of char
ity. who caunteth not himself. VINO
suffereth long and is kind. who De
iieveth all things" The need OF
social workers. she said. was that
they should bear such stamp OF
personality as that borne by ST Pau.
move forward within II not as mere
personages but as personalities
whose general spirit marks each "a
having done such as can come only
from a person's having struck some
depth in his own being. To allow
ourselves TO be hurried because OF
the impatient temper of the times
into thoughtless action means mat
we become mere automatons and are
in reality condemned to almost Iotd'
absence from ourselves
we socia; workers are no wheeling
brought face 10 face with realities
as never before. and ii is we that
are going to he put to the test More
and more it is 10 be hoped that we
shall be brought to see that we stand
IN need OF something that VIII
transcend our own intelligence
Sacrifices have been demanded OF
some ~ us this winter that nave
made rs angry or solemn or have
crushed our spirit or crippled our
usefulness. But there are also.
others of us who through love OF
their task have surrendered them
selves TO the new dem2nds made by
an increasfn ely difficult situation II
* they in particular who by their
act of surrender have learned to
realize what II is TO love alone their
saecial task. hut the cause of which
II is a part. They have sounded
clearly the note of personality.
Though the influence OF indiv'--
dual workers MAY seem at times 10
he so xtraordinarily Dig. the need
docs not grow less OF steady in
crease IN the number that should
be enlisted 20 serve. We cannot take
measure ny count of ourselves. nor
be- able TO guage our quality. bur
we can hold 10 an ideal OF world
moving 70 one measure OF devoted
service
We cannon tell what iouHAS u
strength may be drawn on to bring
rccupteration 10 the world as we now
know it. But we do know that from
whatever source the strength for re-
cupera.ion comes. the real strength
viii lie in the simply-plannrd. the
vir.uous home. in the integrity OF
family life: in the bayancy OF dis
position which finds its own oppor-
tunities for play: in the ability to
stand up to the drugery of the day $
Job: IN the readiness to see the other
fellows point OF view; in ties OF
comradshfp. in acts or worship. in
Knowing God. We social workers can
do our part as Intermediates TO In
terpret one group to another. to
supplement and 70 release energy, TO
prevent oppression. TO equalize OPP
portuuity. to call forth the means OF
service.
"our collective Offering viii be a
prelude to the peace which shall en-
dure.'
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