Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-26
WILL MAKE OPENING ADDRESS
President L. O. Smith be First Speaker Connecticut State Conference of Charities and be Extended by Mayor Timothy C. Murphy.

the state in the placing out of de- partment children.
 General Secretary c. c. Carstens of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Boston, will ad- vance suggestions for improvement in the present practice of caring for de- pendent children in Connecticut.
 Tuesday mornings sessions will open at g o'clock and will include number of Round Table discussions. Miss Marjorie Cheney of South Man chester will discuss the situation rel ative to the public care of children under four years of age and Rev. Fr. John T. Ryan of Hartford, will dis cuss the situation relative to the care of children under four years of age, taking St. Agnes home as an illustra- tion. This will be in the section given over to subjects relating to children and their care. In the Round Table discussion of the section given over to the family and the community there will be a discussion relative to organized charity work and also con- corning the establishment of juvenile courts in Connecticut as we'll as i'm provement in the non support and desertion laws. General Secretary Francis H. Mclean of the American Association of Societies for organiz- ing charity, will lead in this discus sion and will be followed by Mrs. Rosemary Anderson of New London.
 In the Round Table discussion in the section given over to correctional work there will be a discussion of Treatment of Inebriety'' by Probate Judge l.. P. Waldo, of Hartford, and Police Court Judge E.. l.. Steele of the same city, will discuss The County Jail System. There will also be a ! Round Table section on mental de- i fectives.
 Tuesdays general sesion will open at 10.45 o'clock in charge of the com mittee on mental detectives of which | Dr. Henry H. Pollock. Supt. of the ! Norwich State Hospital for the In- sane, is chairman Dr. Pollock will i Dr. Charles T. LaMoure, Supt. of the ] Connecticut School for Imbeciles al l Lakeville, will speak on the Care of l the Predetermined" and Dr. Donald l. ! Ross, Supt of Craig Colony for Epi- | leptics at Mansfield, will speak or i ..The Care of the Mentally Defective ! Epileptics" Dr. c. T. Haviland Supt. of The Connecticut Hospital fol 1 the Insane at Middletown, will speak on The Care of the Insane"
 ! There will be a general session al ! 2.15 o'clock Tuesday afternoon witt ! the committee on reformatory ana correctional work in charge. Charles ! H. Johnson Supt. of the Connection | ReformatOry at Cheshire, chairman of the committee will preside. Mrs dlCOHtls EDupl. NTll
 School at Darling, Pa, wil speak oI
 ''The Need of a Woman's Reforma
 tory" and Prof. William B. Bailey O | New Haven will open the discussion
 Hon. T. c. Grain, judge of genera
 sessions, New York city. vii speak ol
 'Proba ation" and the discussion will b.
 opened by c. M. Thompson, secretar!
 of the Connecticut Prison Associa
 tion, Hartford. Newer Ideals il
 Prisons" will be the topic of an ad
 dress by Chairman Johnson and tn
 discussion will be opened by Rev. Dl
 Rockwell Harmon Potter, pastor O
 Center church, Hartford. F'ollowin
 this discussion there will be the bust
 ness ession of the conference wit
 election of officers and executive com
 mittee members.
 The general public and al per
 sons who are interested in the sub
 iects Considered by the conference
 are cordially invited to attend its ses
 sions and to take part in the discus
 sions. No admission fees are charge
 and no collections are taken at tn meetings.