The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-10-12
SUCCESSFUL
COMMUNITY
CONFERENCE
is CLOSED
SESSIONS WE'RE AN INSPIRATION
AND UPLIFT TO ALL WHO At
TENDED. THE EXHIBITS A
KINDERGARTEN OF COMMUNE.
TY POSSIBILITIES.

The Community Welfare Confer.
ence, held here on Thursday. Friday
and Saturday of last week under the
auspices of extension division of the
University of Colorado. in co-opera-
tion with the School of Mines at Col
den. the state department OF public
service, the state branch of the ma
tional congress of mothers. the state
dental society. the city councils of
Canon City and South Canon. the
chamber OF commerce. the various
school districts of the county. the
board OF county commissioners and
the local committee. of which Mrs.
T. NJ Harding was general chairman,
closed with a union meeting at the
First Presbyterian church Sunday
evening.
II is conceded by everybody that
the conference was a splendid thing
for all who had anything to do with
II. whether as an active participant
In the discussions. or as a mere
spectator of its proceedings. The ad-
dresses were upon pertinent practical
subjects having TO do with the public
veal and were designed TO stimulate
and encourage a more zealous Interest
among the men and women OF the
community in thofe matters which
deal with civic progress. patriotism
and the conservation Of energy and
resources in the development OF
spirit OF cooperation and fraiernal
helpfulness. As a result of the con
ference higher ideals OF civilization
and OF the part the rank and fiie OF
our citizenship II to take In its ad'
yancement have been established and
n sw. IL
creased devotion TO the public good
The session Saturday night at
which Dr. W. T. Little presided and
at which addresses were made by
Prof. J. c. Roberts of The chair OF
safety and efficiency engineering In
the State School of Mines at Golden.
and Dr. W. t Corwin OF Pueblo. head
OF Minnequa hospital. were the prin-
cipai speakers. ~ss entertaining =:.sll
educational TO an exceptional degree.
altho the attendance was not as
large rs the very excellent charac-
ter Of the program Justified. Prof.
Roberts spoke on Rescue and First
Aid Instructions in Mining" and DIR.
Corwin addres Sed himself to the sub
ject OF ~Hsrcdity and Eueenics- An
open forum for questions and discus
sion followed each speaker.
TIE First PresbyteriBn church was
filed to it, capacity at the union
meeting Sunday evening; the couclud-
ing feature of the welfare confer
ence Rev Chas. J. Armentrout, pas
tor Of the church. presided and the
ministers OF tre various evnngcllsiic
congregations OF tho city sat upon
the rostrum and had part in The de
yutionHl services OF the evening. Fol-
lowing statement Of Arthur +. GIL
man. secretary Of the extension 5u-
reau Of the state university. who had
charge OF the work OF organizing the
conference here. in which he express
ed his appreciation OF the very gen
erous assistance he had received from
the people OF Canon City and Ere
mont county in his undertaking. Prof.
I.oran d. Osborn delivered a socioligi-
cal address on THE Gospel of Broth
efhood" in which he epitomized and
extolled that spirit OF self-sacrifiee
and community cooperation that had
been emphasized by DIR. Farrand and
other speakers during the previous
sessions of the conference.
DR. Corwin followed Prof. Osborn
and delivered a pictorial lecture on
"The Results of the War in France"
Dr. corwin recently returned from an
inspection OF the military hospitals In
France and Belgium. where he was
sent BY the Rockefeller foundation to
Investigate the latest developments in
surgery. and gave his audience sun
day night by means OF stereopticon
v.ewa, an insight into the awfulness
OF the trench warfare now prevailing
In western Europe. DIR. Corwin des-
crlbed In a conversational way the
military operations in France from
the German invasion in August. 1914,
10 the present time; illustrating his
address step by step by pictures upon
the screen. The views he presented
were obtained from the French gov
ernment and showed scenes In the
trenches, buildings and towns in the
surrounding country that had been
battered or destroyed by cannonading
the wounded in the hospitals and the
devastation that had been wrought in
every direction by the hostile armies.
II was n picture Of the frightfulness
OF war that was of thrilling interest,
altho the beholder could not look up
on them without mingled feelings of
sorrow and pity.
Views were presented OF the wound
ed in the hospitals OF the MANNED and
the blind from explosions In the tren-
ches and from bullet and shrapnel.
Individual pictures were shown Of SOL
dIerr with shattered limbs and faces
mutiiated beyond recognition by gun
shot and thrustA OF bayonet. Hun
drods and Thousands Of there unfor-
tunato men are seen In France &C.