The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-24

MISS JeInle LOIS Ellis, Atlantic City ;
Bergen, Mrs. f. S. Bennett, Miss Kath-
crime Gardner, Englewood Burlington,
Judge William P. Lippincott, Mrs. Mar
garet I. Chickering, Moorestown ;
Camden, Mrs. N. H.. Thomson, Zed H.
Copp, Camden; Cape May, Luther c..
Ogden; Cumberland, Oberlin Smith,
DIR. Madeleine A. Hallowell, Vineland 3;
Essex, Frank H. Sommer, w. G. Webb,
Newark.
Gloucester, Mrs. Albert H. Dell,
Woodbury. Hudson, Mrs. II. Otto Witt
penn, Miss Blanch M. Perrine, Jersey
City; Hunterdon, Mrs. f. N. Engeman.
Pennington Mercer, Mrs. Joseph Mid
dleton, Miss Hannah L. Longmore,
Trenton; Middlesex, DIR. F. B. Kilmer,
New Brunswick Monmouth, Mrs. Lew
is S. Thompson, Miss Clara L. Nc
Comb, Red Bank.
Morris, Mrs. F. r. Kellogg; Passaic,
w. L. Kinkead, Miss Delete D. Bost-
wick, Paterson; Salem, Miss Anna
Hunter Van Meter, Miss Julia A. Car
penter, Salem; Somerset, Hon. George
NJ. La Monte, Bound Brook; Sussex,
Miss Helen Catlin Miss Elsie New
pher, Franklin Union, Mrs. Francis
de l.. Hyde, Miss Margaret G. Holly,
Plainfield Warren, Mrs. J. I. B. Reil-
ly, Miss Ethel l.. Hall, Phillipsburg.
The chairmen of the various com
mittees are: Finance, George B. Post.
Bernardsville Church and Pulpit Sup
ply, Right Rev. Wilson r. Stearly,
Newark; Membership, Arthur w. Mac
Dougall, Newark; Publicity. Howard
r. Heydon, Newark Headquarters,
Halls, Guides, Prof. E. r. tombstone,
Vineland; Institutions. Hon. Burdette
G. Lewis, Trenton; Speakers Bureau,
Hon. Everett Colby, West Orange;
Public Officials, Hon. George N. Sc
ger. Passaic; Chambers of Commerce
and Trade Organizations. A. V. Ham
burg. Newark Red Cross, Y. M. G.. A.,
Knights of Columbus, War Community
Camp, etc, Mrs. F. G. Jacobson, New
ark Women's Clubs, Mrs. Beatrice
Stern, Matawan; Schools. DIR. Henry
r. Snyder, Jersey City Cooperation
with Legislature, Hon. Ogden II. Ham
mond, Bernardsville.
Aside from the meeting of the Con-
ference in New Jersey this year
the fact that some of the prin.
cipal addresses and conferences will
he in the hands of residents of the
state will add to the interest in the
proceedings that many of the welfare
organizations might display. Under
the heading "Delinquents and Correc-
tion," Colonel Cyrus B. Adams, SUI
p~erintendent Of st. Charles School for
Boys. st. Charles, ILL.,, is the chairman.
Under Labor Problems" Hon. Bur-
dette G. Lewis of Trenton, Commits
sioner of Charities and Corrections,
will discuss 1.-THE Labor Phase of Cor.
rectional Treatment"
Commissioner Lewis has had a broad
experience in social welfare work.
Born at Johnstown, Pa. Jan. 1, 1882,
he was graduated from the University
of Nebraska. He occupied the Pres
ident White chair of Philosophy at
Cornell University, where he was held
in high esteem. He was appointed the
first deputy commissioner of correc-
lions in New York, and subsequently
served as commissioner from 1914 to
1913.
The Commissioner will probably tell
the delegates to the Conference some
thing about how the problem of intro
ducing the State Use system was work.
ed out, particularly in the State Pris-
on, where the abolition of private
prison contracts had thrown the in
mates out of employment.
Commissioner Lewis inaugurated
the weekly conferences of the direc.
tors of divisions and members of the
staff of the department, at which rou,
tine and special phases of the work OF
the department are discussed.
Calvin n. Derrick. director of edu.
cation and parole, department of char.
tiles and correction, will take part in
the discussion of Juvenile Delinquen.
cy as a Community Problem" Mr..
Derrick is regarded as an authority
on the questions of probation and pa.
role. After July first next the parole
system of the state will be in the
hands Of the State Board of Control
of Institutions and Agencies.
1t is expected that Mr.. Derrick will
speak of the advantages of the new
plan in discussing the topic assigned
to him. The state will be divided into
different districts, and a record Of ali
of the cases of the various institutions
will be kept at the State House, Tren.
ton. Also there will be a record OF
the cases going through the county
courts. These reports will be accessi.
BILE to the judges in determining the
duration of sentences for second of.
tenders.
Hon. Dwight w. Morrow of Engle.
wood Of the State Board of Charities
and Corrections has for his subject
State Organization for Public Wei.
fare under the head public Agencies
and Institutions" Few men have had
a broader experience in all kinds of
work of this character. AS already
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