The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-10

told of tho results that had been &C.
! com plished in dealing with Juvenile
! delinquency and the relations Of hus-
! band and wife in the Juvenile and
/ domestic relations court OF Rich
mond
Professor w Gilbert, 81 the
! Normal school gave an excellent ad
dress on Profit Sharing With Chill
dren In which he maintained that
ore Of the most effective means Of
inspiring interest In children in the
/ home life and business side OF farm
/! life. Is profit sharing with the chill
dren. Fv this ARRANGEMENT the chii-
dren on the farms in the homes in
the city and country would he given
an opportunity to earn some money
or 10 share IN che prohts Of the home
or business and at the same time be
required to provide fer some of their
+ own needs from their earnings.
! Mrs Laura 8 Copenhaver gave an
excellent address on The Essential of
/ Home Life" emphasizing the old
! fashioned virtues of industry. loyalty.
and affection in the home She main
! tanned that the home must furnish
! full social life for the children to-
couhteraet the atmosphere of evil in
I fiuence outside Of the home
I Rev. +. f. kahie discussed the best
nta{hnd of dealing with homeless
/ children He advocated very strongly
T the placing of such children where
they would grow UP in normal homes.
I instead Of placing them in institu-
tions however wel-equipped and or
gained they might be
/ Dr. Alexander Johnson. Of Phiia-
| delphia. field secretary OF the com
mittee on the provision for feehls-
minded children. gave a. stirring ad
! gsfsass 'tif4 he 'tiJty md gespo41st iiizv
II thu public for a study OF feeble
mindefness In children and for the
establishment OF course of study and
vocatjons suita BILE for persons OF CUB
normal mental ability.
Much attention was given 70 the
anti tuberculosis campaign In virginia
This discussion was opend and con-
Quoted by Miss Agnes Randolph.
secretary OF the Virginia Anti-Tuher.
culosis society, Richmond
Mrs. Nj NJ Caldwell, OF Roanoke,
gave one of the great addresses of
I the conference on Parents and Their
Chtdrens Amusements She spoke
OF the decay Of home life and the lack
Of acquaintance and sympathy be |
tween parent and child She main |
tanned that one OF the chief tasks OF
the parents WAS 10 become acquainted |
with their children and to maintain |
their sympathy and interest ny n |
ymspthetic and appreciative direc- |
ton of their amusements and sssocia- |
tions.
Or. ]. w Magruder, Of the Red
f,EaSS- association " ash iHStnn-aiso |
cussed the World War and EN- err
gency Relief" DR.. McGruder has for |
many wears been general secretary of
the Associated Charities OF Baltimore |
but has devoted the last eight months |
TO the work of the Red Cross society.
DR. ]. r. Mcconnell discussed the
need Of a state institution for crippled |
and deformed children. He called at
tention to the poor opportunities that |
are open for crippled children to Sc
cure an education and to At them
selves for useful vocations, and main /
tanned that the task OF providing for I
crippled and deformed children was
a state and not community or local t
responsibility. He pointed out that
many shocking deformities in children
could be permanently removed x 4
they could he treated sufficiently early 4
in life. The legislature will be asked |
at an early date to estahiis an in
stitution for the treatment and train 4
ing OF crippled and deformed chill II
dren.
on Monday night the conference 4
met in the Methodist church and was
addressed by DR.. u. r. Anderson, II
secretary of the Civic Association of
Richmond. and DR. w E. Thompson. II
OF Richmond. on the work of the Red II
Cross society in Virginia and the Il
ways in which the public could render
assistance in this war emergency
At the Tuesday forenoon session
public health nursing in its various
aspects was discussed by Mrs Jane
B. Ransom and DR. Roy K. Flanagan.
chief health ofacer of Richmond The
special training necessary for success
fuf health nursing was discussed by II
each of these speakers. The import II
ance of preventive medicine was also
discussed II
DR.. f. p, Hatcher. of Christians
burg. read strong paper on The
Country Church as a Social Center"
This paper, with many other papers
and speeches OF the conference. will
be published for general reading
DR.. ]. II. Montgomery, secretary Of 1
the COOPERATIVE Education Society
of Virginia, spoke on cooperative
education and suggested In what ways
the teachers, ministers, parents and
leaders OF industry could cooperate
in education.
All the discussions of the forenoon
we've remarkably strang. Particular.
interest was aroused in public nursing
In connection with schools and In
dustrial communities. In the after