Evening journal., 1920-12-04
need $4,000
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Of DELAWARE
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10 reform The criminal but that ones
energies should be given 10 preventing
crime and criminals; that one should
correct conditions which make Grim
inals His viewpoint Of the hopeless
ness OF criminal reform is an unnec-
cssarily gloomy one. The statistics
OF hos who have gone out from
prisons~vhere principles laid down by
Mott Osborne and Dean Dircheway
/ have been practlced show a re-
! mark0hle perez ntage OF reform. But
| the conclusions OF my friend were
I correct in that he felt the way TO cure
/ crime was TO prevent criminals from
! developing.
We an know the axiom that water
cannot rise higher than IFS source
We may apply pressure at the source
and water Will rise in jerks and
spurts. but only for time. our OBJ
( jeci In meeting together Is TO find
methods TO raise our work 10 a higher
| level. and In order 90 do this, We must
look TO the sources or springs Of
power.
Il bid you welcome, trusting that
We can all gain the inspiration which
an Of us n cd in This broad and most
| Interesting work OF training up The
bodie, and minds and souls OF the
children committed TO our care.
| Commission that this first Child Wei
fame Convention sh ould be presided
over by the man who has long had
the vision for child welfars and little
/ by little has put stones In the fOunda-
tiOn OF the slOWly-rising hulwark OF
protection for the children Of the
Stale. The commission. ther fore
requested the Hon Evcr 20 G. john
son 10 honor the convention by pre-
I EhNfnM d III L. fn.N Nfmu
quenty, ] take great pleasure in pre-
seniing Mr.. Johnson as chairman.
Secretary Johnson. In assuming
The chairmanship Of the meet
10 The work of me Child Welfare
Commission and expressed the belief
that the convention would prove a
red letler day in the State in the ad-
vancement OF The child welfare
Today" De said. 1--WE have possibly
for the first time thinking citizen
ship. which has accomplished much
In this state, including education.
road building. child welfare. ETC.. all
tending 90 make the Diamond stale
model slate in every pariiculW. We
are thinking how we can made Della
ware FOR tomorrow The people are
thinking as they have never thought
: before especially on The eve Of the
assembling n The Delaware Legisla-
ture. as 10 their needs and wants anC
the legislators are also thinking as tC
what the people are expecting TWO
things stand out prominently In th'
way Of legislation in the coming ses
siOn-hcalth and education and wOl
, be the man who plays with eithe
/ 4 these things TO the advantage o.
u politics. for surely there will come
day Of reckoning That woman vii
. he a factor in these two outstanding
- essentials, goes without saying an'
! YOU all know that anything a wOmai
4 wants, she can command. (rhis ha
+ been demonstrated in the course o
20 recent events in this Statel. Legis
{ lators must think and act or II vii
n mean their political suicide Della
), ware, like Missouri, has TO be showT
g but when it is shown. IL acts and act
r. well Again ] say. education and chill
welfare will be among the chief thine
:, for legislative consideration at IN
u coming Legislature"
y Mr.. Loyciov talked on Foundation
q for Good Citizenship"
! Mrs Perkins, director OF child we
u fare. gave a report Of the work don
! during the year.
j She slated that In the prOspectiv
= legislation 10 be asked for, one i'm
: pOrtant thing would likely be the ash
ing for a travelling health centre ia
those towns where a permanen
, health centre could not be main
y tanned. She also told of the amour
a OF appropriation needed to carry o
"a the work. S600O0 stating the apprC
y prialiOn Of $4,000. made two year
ago. had been wholly inadequate an
had It not been for the subscription
from private sources, tOtaling On
% amount expended over $4,000,
e would have been impossible TO carr
on the work satisfactorily.
u Miss Lockwood, in her talk as
e the work Of the health centres, sal
II in part;
l. the benefits that the State has mao
q possible through o alih ceniers low
e ever, in no way do any OF us VIII
IS are connected with this activity, fe
a. that the work as established, is SUI
IS ncient In any section where Operatinl
n 1T is the right OF the State, OF ind
n viduaf. and sOceti 90 know wheiht
81 this work is a success. | submit FEY
IS figures TO show something Of the e.
IS gent Of tn work In six months.
Total number OF Wlminglon case
p 20.7iS: rural cases. 1858; total 81
e 43i: home visits made by Wilmingto
J. nurses, i2,OSO; rural nurses. i,6is
n centre visits made by Wilmingto
a centres, s.66S; rural centres, 1910.
e 755 school children were exam
h ined by rural nurses during this tim
in addition TO the home and cen.i
l. visits.
r Mr.. Wells addressed the conventio
B. briefly on the great value OF q
= medical examinations In the school
c At last nights session, short al
" dresses were also made by Profess,
4. John Shilling, Or. Spahr, Miss Clal
p Soulhwick. Wiley Swift, OF the N
N tional Child Labor Committee, an
J. Paul Green, OF Wilmington.
Is At the closing session OF the Sta
= Child Welfare Conference boda
Charles A. Hagner. labor inspector,
an address said the Slate Labor Con
= mission would have numDer
4, amendments 10 the laws which q
! commission administers, 10 offer
the coming session OF the LegislatuI
! Richard Mackenzie, executive seer
tary q the State Board OF Chariti'
and Miss Ada Armstrong, director
/ a.. FssflFrnufu nrsroufr alun u.uHn q.