New Britain herald., 1915-02-23
PROGRAM ADOPTED FOR
 CHARITIES CONFERENCE
Convention at Stamford VIII Be
 Held April 1920.

1 The wealth of profitable informa : 1 ton to be gained by attending any, or all, of the sessions of the 1915 Con- nccticut State Conference of Char tiles and Correction at Stamford April 1920 Is indicated in the tentative pro- gram adopted in Bridgeport last week at meeting of the committee haV- ing charge of that detail. Present at Merritt of Stamford, Professor Arnold l.. Gosell of Yale, pr. David Lyman l of the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium, Wal 1 lingford, Eugene Kerner of the Wa
 terbury Charities Organization Society and Secretary Spencer R. Gordon of | Bridgeport.
 The formal opening of the confer ence will be at o'clock in the af- ternoon with the annual business meeting. Officers for the year will be elected and a place selected for the 1916 sessions. It is understood that an organized effort will be made to have Norwich selected and thst this city is being favorably consid- cred
 Evening Addresses. At 8 o'clock that night the sessions will be formally opened to the pub lie with addresses by pr. Samuel Me- Chord Cruthers of Cambridge Mass, and Miss Julia c. Lathrop, head of the Children's Bureau, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C. Both are considered to be experts
 
 reputation.
 At 10 o'clock the morning of April 19, there will be a Round Table dis cussion for the delegates which should be of much value in allowing an eS- change of experience, methods, etc. At o'clock there will be several ad- dresses on The Relationship of Pub lie and Private Relief Officials" Mir. Kerner of Waterbury will be the chairman. The speakers will be an- nounced later.
 Prof. Gescll Chairman.
 Professor Gosel of Yale will be chairman of the session at 8 o'clock with Aspects of Connectcut's Legal and Institutional Provisions for tho Care of Dependents, Delinquents and Detectives as the general topic.
 There will be a Round Table dis cussion at 10 o'clock a. m., April 20 followed at o'clock by a session with Housing and Public Health as the topic. pr. Lyman of the Gaylord Farm Sanatorium will preside. At o'clock discussion of the subject will be resumed with an array of interest ing speakers.
 Governor Holcomb has assured the organization that he will make every effort to have all state departments represented and the attendance of all | heads of departments. Many legis- | lators are also expressing their inten- | ton of being present.
 Mental Hygiene.
 The Connecticut Society for Mental | Hygiene will hold an exhibit in tho corridors of the capitol at Hartford February 23-25 that is expected to givev a practical illustration of nu- Eerous state needs that will be dis cussed at the conference sessions. The exhibit will give special prominence to the problem of the care of the fe feebleminded and will also deal with the question of almshouse care for the insane. In connection with the latter it may be of interest to note that there is now a bill in the leg islature providing that insane patients can only be kept in an almshouse pending commitment to some insti- tuition. The exhibit will vividly deal with vital facts concerning the men al health of the state.