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

aflu SUI1 SGliUiI0s
BALTIMORE. May ia Pre-
lude of Peace" was the subject OF AM
address by Mrs. John NJ. Glenn. OF
New York, president. at last nights
session or the national conference OF
Charities and Correction. in wnlcn
she sounded the note of high IDEAS
in social service. and spoke OF me
tide of emotional giving. when
had dertcated from ten years usuaA
preventative and constructive WORK.
social workers" she said. have
passed through a winter during
wbich 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 IN
many instances TO be losing hEnt
10 keep standards of work high
Torn by conflicting claims upon our
sympathfes. we have had TO face re-
;renchment in work that we knew
TO be important. and have seen tns
emphasis shift from preventative ana
constructive effort TO remedial ana
palliative aid"
Mrs. Glenn spoke of foes. sensate
and irsenate. that have olocked IN
social workoreS' path" and an "epl-
deric of the winters outburst OF
emotional giving. taken on its low
est plane" she found in Ell Grecos
| famous painting OF st. Martin dlyid-
ing his rich cloak with q naked Dee
gar. nact OF relief which was es-
santfia!ly palliative one. without the
slightest CLEAN of humor on the race
OF either the knight or the bessar
10 snow there was felt to be any
irony in the situation.
This she contracted with FL Grecos
painting of st. Paul. with the race
of one who lives by the rule of CHAR
ity. who caunteth not himseit, WIZ
suffereth long and is kind, who pc
Eeyeth all things. The need OF
social workers. she said. was thae
they should bear such stamp OF
personality as that borne by St. Paul.
THE need of our field Is that We
move forward within II not as mere
rersonaccs bur as personalities
whose general spirit marks each a.
having done such as can come only
from : PERSONS having struck some
deplh IN his own being. To allow
ourselves; to be hurried because o.
the innatient temper OF the times
into thoughtless action means tnas
we become mere automasons ana are
in reality condemned TO almost 1otai
2osepce. from ourselves
I'VE social workers are no wbeinE
brought face 10 face with realities
as never before and 1t is we that
are going 10 be put to the test more
and more il is to be hoped that we
shall be brought to see that We s'and
IN need Of something that VIII
transcend our own intelligence.
Sacrifices have been demanded OF
some Of 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 10 the new demands MADE py
an increasingly difficult situs ton. ~
Il they in particular who by their
act OF surrender have learned 10
realize what It is 10 love alone their
special task. but the cause of whtcn
il is part. They have sounded
clearly the note OF personality
Though the influence of indiv;-
dual workers NAY seem at tunes 10
be so extraordinarily big. the neeo
does not grow less of a steady in
crease in the number that should
be enlisted TO serve. We cannot take
measure by count OF ourselves. nor
be able to grage our quality. o0t
we can hold 10 an ideal of woria
moving to one measure of devoted
service.
" 9 .Sil hdt IOuhNS
strength may be drawn on to bring
recupteraticn 70 the world as we now
know Il. But we do know that from
whatever source the strength for re-
cuperation comes. the real strength
viii lie in the simply-piannNd. the
virtuous home, IN the integrity OF
family life: in the buyapcy OF dis
position which finds its own oppor-I
tuni;ies for play: in the ability to
stand IN TO the drugery OF the day s
Job: in the readiness 10 see the other
fellows point OF view: in ties of
comradshia. in acts of worship. IN
knowing Cod. We social workers can
do our part as Intermediates to In
terpret one group TO anothser. to
supplement and to release energy. to
prevent oppression. to eoualize OPP
portunfty. TO call forth the means OF
service.
our collective Offering wiz be a
prelude to the peace which shall en-
dure.'
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