Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-03
SOCIAL ECONOMY SCHOOL
TO OPEN EARLY IN MARCH
Dchuite Plan Of Operation Is in-
nounccd by Miss q. l..
Hatcher.
MAY HAVE LARGE USEFULNESS
Committee OF Twenty Which Pre-
pared Plan Of Operation I'm
nounccs Names Of Those Who viii
II Serve on First Board of Directors.

~ nounccS Names OF Those Who Will
~ Serve on First Board of Directors
B Richmond school Of social Econ
on'sderiil opcn The first week in March
taccordinE IL an announcement ycstcr-
: day by Miss .. L. Hatcher. director If
the Virginia l:ur"au 81 Vacations for
Women. Its signiiican"" 10 the public
Is outlined b. Miss Hatcher az fol-
lows:
FOR ono thing. II rs Il worry large CO.
operative movement: for although the
movement may have com" now at the
suggestion OF tie Emrcau OF Vacations.
III" time for IL Was iuliv ripe aud il
mas como from tho community itself
is All independent enterprise represent.
lug the academic ana philauthropic in
tcrestS Of Richmond. No other under.
taxing could have united these varied
interests 80 closely. Cooperating in a
practical WAY towards It's success arc
! The state Board Of Ii"alth. Richmond
college and Westhauptou College. In"
Medical College "f Virginia. Ill. STAT.
Board Of Charities and Corrections the
Associated Charities aui INSTRUCTIVE.
Visiting Nurses Association III. Social
Service Federation. tn" V. w. .. A. tin.
Juvenile Court, the Virginia Industrial
school for Girls. the Superintendent Of
Public schools, physicians aud the
clergy Of many denominations and rep
"
activities OF Richmond. Each orcaniza-
ton has been asked II suEgcs, ways in
which the school could best serve it's
need for trained workers. ana iho plans
recently adopted were formulated IN
tho light OF the suggestions submitted
in answer to that request.
NO SIMILAR SCHooI.
ANY WHERE: ~ SOUTH
still another reason for tho interest
in tn. undertnkinr lies in III. fact that
there is no"hcr. ia tn" South a train
ing school similar 10 the schools OF
philanthropy found in III" East and
West. This means that throughout Tn"
South. except f"I. certain d"noiniua-
ticnal training schools social worl
must he done by tho unframed or work
cra unfamiliar with conditions must l."
brought from i distance. OF oar own
people must 20 North To accur" their
training under different conditions
from those IN which they must work
later. This last j. not always u dis
advantage. but there are dangers: and
in any case. tn. expense involved max"
the proportion who do not got such
training almost negligible - thai
social work III til" South - being don"
almost entirely bS the unframed aud
by the outsider 10 whom the best re-
suits are not often possible Even In
the short tim" since practical triang"-
mcnts for the school began. many signs
have come L. Us ot interest outside Of
Richmond and Virginia Thor" j. every
reason to believe that Well developed
training school. susl rs tho directors
Of til. school Of Social Economy mean
this t. b.. viii bocutn" influential
throughout tho South. 1t has IN u the
power t. create new "ra ia the prac-
Teal philanthropic activities OF many
SECTIONS. II ough, - y" a matter or
State and city pride Ia max" tn" school
realize these p">s Utilities quickly. be
ing the Sput n.
il can adycrtiS. Richmond widely and
favorably. and has right I" public
interest and support on this account
as we'll as on others.
orPoRTt MI, ~ 'HiRtH
AND CHARITY NORkEHS
~ second advantage offered Viii be-
tho orportunity for men aud women
working unrrofess ona!ly "a ,,hilan-
thropics. and church workers rf all de-
nominations. TO deepen their own un-
derstanding Of tho principles on which
their work must rest. Most Of the
lecture courses are u be given late ia
the afternoon or in the evening. and
many thoughtful workers 81 tn. boards
ration. tho Collegiate School FOR Girls.
Mechanics Institute and Seventh street
Christian churci--hHve offered the use
OF great charities and cls.~ here in
good works nud IL practiCabl. and wise
to give two three hours u week TO
cial work. ClerGyin"n are co-operat.
ing TO make the training. OF special
value to church workers, and others TO
provide what is needed FOR other un-
professional workers
The beginnings wll! he modes, on
the material side. No buildings are
10 be erected. but four institutions
tho Presbyterian Committee OF Publ
of parts Of their buildings. The board
OF directors holds its first meeting in
the parlors Of tho jefferson on Friday
afternoon OF this week at $50 o'clock.
1t Will take up tho plan formulated
by the committee Of twenty. and push
plans forward rapidly for the opening
In March. Most Of the faculty has al
ready been named.
Those who have already accepted the
invitation to serve on the board OF
directors arc:
Dr. j. r. Mastin, Dr. Beverly II.
Tucker. DR. }. y. 4. Chandler. George
w. Stevens, Rev. i j. Schcrer Jr.
CHRISTOPHER Il. C;arnctt, Rev. H. u. &.
Maclachlan. y. D.. Mrs. ROY * I'lana-
gan, Miss Helen u. Christian Dr. g. NJ
Rosebro. Miss Virginia s. Mckenney
Justice J. IIoge Kicks Mrs Ralph
lT. Johnson. Professor Wortley T.. Rudd.
Robert Miles.
The committee OF twenty appointed
10 prepare the plan later adopted for
the School OF Social Economy was as
follows:
Mayor George Anslie. DR.. j. L Mas
tin. j. HoEe Kicks. Or. James Bnch
anan. ID. " Davidson. Father Charles
flanagan. r. r. Magiil. Rev. n. u. C.
Maclachfan. y. D., W. T.. Rudd Dr