The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-15
RICHMOND SCHOOL
Of SOCIAL ECONOMY
Namc and Plans Adopted For New
Institution for Training Social
Service Workers.
COOPERATION RENDERED
Many Local Institutions Place Their
Facilities at Disposal of Enterprise
Will Be Ready by First Week In
March.

A plan was adopted for the estab-
iishment of school for the training
or social service workers yesterday
afternoon at O'clock at the head
quarters of the Bureau of Vacations
Tor Women. by conference made
up of social service leaders, ministers
and representatives from the larger
schools in Richmond. BY the first
week in March this school Will be
ready to open its doors to Virginia
students. assuring them of standard
course accepted by other social SER
vice schools and given by well-trained
instructors.
Accepts Work OF Committee.
The meeting yesterday accepted the
plan drawn up by the committee OF
seven chosen from the committee OF
7 twenty appointed for the purpose a
short while ago. Following are the
important factors
Plan Adopted.
Tho Richmond School of Social
Economy, a training school for social
work. shall be It's name.
1t shall be located at either the
Mechanics Institute. Seventh Street
Christian Church. or the Bureau of
Vacations for Women.
Glasses shall be conducted five af-
ternoons a week from 4 to clock.
A twelve weeks course shall be
given from March to June and begin
ming with the fall of 1917 a regular
eight months course divided into two
or three sessions, shall be instituted.
Six scholarships are to be given on
the basis of financial need. Some OF
these are to be furnished by the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company.
The tuition shall be forty dollars
per year for the full course and ten
dollars each for separate courses,
There shall be a board of directors
OF twenty-five men, one-third of whom
must be trained social service work
err, and one-half of whom must be
public spirited citizens.
The standard OF the school is 10 be
the same as other schools Of similar
type. 60 that the work done In the
Richmond schools will be accredited
in schools In other cities.
The faculty shall be paid T. nominal
salary from the beginning
Applicants for the school must be
at least twenty-one years ~ age I'M
less they are already doing social
work Academic requirements shall
be judged individually. but high
school course or its equivalent is nee
cssary.
A two-year diploma shall be award
ed. Fourteen classes shall be offered
with such instructors as DR.. Dice An
derson and DR. f. l.. Ackiss. both OF
Richmond College; Drs W H Hig-
gins, Emmett. Flanagan. williams and
Levy. Of The Board OF Health, DIR.
Douglas Freeman, DR. Mac1achlan.
Rev. Dr.. Bowie. Father Hannigan.
Judge Kicks. Miss Peterson. superin-
tendent Of Ktlhourn Farm. and Miss
Mary Lancaster Smith. educational
secretary OF the Y. ". G. A.
ES1ilitAes rendered
The Medical College Of Virginia has
offered the use OF it's laboratories. and
Richmond College. Y. W. c. "A and
the Presbyterian School OF Lay Work
ers have offered their services.
Field work will be a feature OF the
courses and will be under the super
vision OF DIR. Buchanan. Judge Kicks.
Father Hannigan and Miss NJ. p.
Minor.
The school requires $4,000 70 or
ganixe and 1t will depend on raising
this amount by subscription.
Miss Orie Hatcher was appointed
. chairman OF committee on organiza-
ton and Incorporation to appoint a
board of directors and investigate
methods of Incorporating. A meet
Ing OF the conference Will be called
next week TO receive this report