Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-05-06
M. A. Auerbach of Little Rock Chosen President of
 State Association.
PLEA FOR DEPENDENT
Durand Whipple Discusses States Duty to the Feeble Minded at Clos. ing Session of Conference
 Yesterday.

Little Rock was selected yesterday as the place for the next meeting of the state association of charities and corrections, and the following officers
 were elected for the ensuing year:
 i M. A. Auerbach of Little Rock,
 president
 w. l.. Hemingway of Little Rock,
 vice president.
 Dr. Frank Young of Little Rock } vice president.
 Mrs. Scott Tunnels of Little Rock,
 secretary
 Miss Monette Wood of Hot Springs, , treasurer
 Durand Whipple of Little Rock, Mrs. Minnie U. Rutherford of Maga- , zine, Rabbi Joseph Jasin of Pine Bluff, Dr. J. R. Jewell of Fayetteville, } Mrs. John Ike Moore of Helena and
 Homer Horsington of Fort Smith, di-
 rectors.
 } As was the case on the opening day, several of the out-of-town delegates
 who were on the program failed to appear, among those who were unable to be present yesterday being Prof. U. w. Kuykendall of Fort Smith, Con-
 gressman T. H. Carraway, and J. H. } Hinemon of Little Rock. Mayor Chas. B. Taylor of Little Rock, who
 had remained at the capital Tuesday to welcome the hardware dealers to |, their convention, was present at the
 forenoon and afternoon sessions of the charities convention yesterday, however. and made an address.
 Care of Feeble. Minded. The care of the feeble-minded was l, the topic of the papers and the dis
 cussion at the forenoon session yes terday, and Chairman Durand Whip } pie of Little Rock made stirring plea that something be done by the
 state for the care of this class of
 residents. There is no cure for the } defects with which they suffer, it is dangerous to leave them without
 proper guardians, and they should be taken in charge by the state, in an in |, stitution of the proper sort, was the
 substance of MT. Whipple's talk on the subject.
 , The afternoon session had Dr.
 Frank Young of Little Rock as chair man, and was devoted principally to Ia discussion of sex hygiene. Dr.
 Young made a statement of the prob
 lem, and strongly recommended that the proper authorities take steps that many of his hearers believe are more
 radical than have yet been proposed. Mayor Taylor of Little Rock was the other speaker of the afternoon ses- sion, during which officers were elect
 ed and resolutions passed. The nipht SQSSiOn which o1Nco1 tho } convention, was devoted to a discus
 sion of the need for industrial schools, by Miss Erie Chambers of Little } Rock, talk on Sex Hygiene in the
 Schools" by Dr. Wm. Breathwit of Pine Bluff, and talk on "Civic } Health Work in Relation to Sex Hy- giene," by Dr. w. T. Lowe of Pine Bluff. Mrs. B. D. Russell was chair man of the night session.
 Miss Erie Chambers of Little Rock
 was the only out of town delegate ] who remained in Pine Bluff for the
 night session., ~ the other delegates leaving for their homes late in the } evening. ! The resolutions adopted at the aft l Iernoon session were as follows: To Visit Institutions. Resolved, that this conference es- tablish standing committee of five ! members, to be known as the commit tee on visiting public institutions, the . object of which shall be to visit the charitable and other institutions } throughout the state with the view of A bringing the state conference into helpful co-Ope4ation with such in- stitutions. This committee shall also 2 be empowered to appoint subcommit- } tees when deemed advisable" } Resolved, that the name of this or I ganization shall be changed to the Arkansas Conference for Social Well fare."
 Caring for Transients. } Resolved, that the Arkansas Con- ! ference for Social Welfare heartily 1 endorses the transportation agree lment of the National Conference oi Charities and Corrections, and recom- mends it's adoption by every charita- } ble organization and every commun- lity in the state of Arkansas. Resolved further, that this confer ence approves of the spirit of this Iagreement, which requires that tran ' sients shall not be passed from one community to another unless there lhas been previous assurance that ade- [quate provision for the person trans ported will be made at the point of destination"
 {. Social Research Bureau" Resolved, that this conference es- D tablish bureau of general and social Legislative resaerch. This bureau . shall be located in the office of the ' secretary of the conference" Thank Pine Bluff. . "Resolved. that the Arkansas Con . ference for Social Welfare extends te \ the social workers and citizens of the < city of Pines Blhff it's grateful thanks 1 for the facilities afforded it for tho ' fourth annual conference of thi' \ body"
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