Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-29
TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL
FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
Subcommittee Favors Founding Here
OF First institution OF Its
Kind I'm South.
WOULD OPEN TT IN FEBRUARY
National Secretary Gross. OF Charity
Conference, Emphasizes Value of
Preventative Work in Dealing
With Welfare Problems.

l'lanH for establishing ia ::ichnond
training school for social workers.
tho iirst institution Of iis Kind in the
South have been formulated by a sub
committc" of social workers. and viii
TIC presented some time ncAt week TO
IN" larger body delegated by Tn" Rich
mond Council oc Social Workers to
work out Il scheme and present IL in
concrct. form.
Ills WAS made ycst"r.
day afternoon by Miss Agnes d. Ran
dolph. OF tn" Visiting Nurses Associ-
alton. To body OF sucia! service work
"rs assembled in the cour, room az the
state Corporation Commission 10 hear
discussion of community problems by
w. I. cross. Of Chicago. general Secre-
tarv Of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections
Inc school. If III" suggestions Of the
committee are allowed. and sufficient
funds are realized for tho purpose. viii
probably be opened in February No
SITE has yet been selected. that Uu.s-
tion being left TO Tho discretion of
INC entire body. II is planned to have
IN. school furnish a two year course
embracing many subjects relative to
hocihl and community work. and to
dave the colleges Of the country give
luc credit for the work done.
fT0 OBTAIN LECTURERS
FROM LEADING COLLEGES
Lecturers in the school will be So
cured largely from the Medical College
"i virginia and the Northampton col
reg" for Women, both Of which are
heartily in sympathy with the work
IN addition To- tn"sc, IN" institution
""i Try I" secure the services of ON"
or more sociological exports from Il
reading Northern university.
Mr. Cross, in his address before the
social workers. emphasized the i,nport-
hhce or preventative" measures I'm 81.
''Hi Work, ana urged the local ,Ddv 10
"ehh It's energies NOR. in tho ,lir.c.
''"h Or preventing disastrous social
"h'' ,lons than in applying 81 cure ar.
- 'h"y had already become a fac,
me trend Of the best sociological
'h"ught In the country, a.. said /.
i"Ward kncpinr out social pl,pu..
.a'her than of dealing with them aft"r
th"y hav" appeared
PREFERS pI:SAI E.uu
TO tiGE: AND CELL.
In an address before tho Same ,,o.,,
,"st night in IN" hall Of tho House az
delegates. Mr.. Cross strongly r.con,-
ihrhd"d III" penal farm rs tn. hos, so
inton Of the problem OF handling Tho
less vicious class Of criminals Tho
cage and coll. he said arc relics of an
aS" IN which society took chary. n.
."e criminal only To demand an eve
Tor an cy. and a tooth for q tooth
-'''r'''' i'-tl'i lhC fu-
man" treatment or OF reformation. The
farm. he said. offered tn" best opuor-
'uhltE OF making valuabi. citizen
OF tn" man who had no, gone far
wrong.
Mr.. Cross said that tho abolition
or the fec system for county officers
- on" OF III" greatest needs Of tho
states In which such It system prevails.
90 far as penal reform is concerned
lie advocated also "a probation system
for prisoners,
Mr.. Cross was introduced 10y Alex
hndcr Forward. secretary TO the Gov
crnOr.