The Connecticut labor news., 1921-10-14
WOMEN OFFERED USE OF YALE TO GATHER
 CITIZENSHIP VIEWS
School Will Be Held From October 24-26 and Faculty Will Speak on
 High Points.


 ale University has extended to the Connecticut League of Women Voters its cooperation in holding fve-day School of Citizenship This is the biggest single event in the short life of the Connecticut League, and it also distinguishes Yale as the first pri- Vately endowed university in the cor1n- try to lend its help and encourapenent 10 the organized women voters The Legue IS thus enabled to extend to the women Ot the entire country as well as ot Connecticut, the opportunity ii learn the many aspects of the social and DOliti- cal world we live i'll from recognized national authorities, who are also inspir- ing teachers nd leaders.
 The School of Citizenship will be held in Lampson Hall, New Haven, October 24-28. Any women, whether a member ot the League or not, IS eligible to attend The registration fee for the week is $3, and for single sessions, morning, afternoon, or evening 5 cents. Men are cordially invited to attend upon the same terms. In ddition to the large number ot applications already received at league headquarters from Connecticut women, other states that will be represented are Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Mine, Pennsylvania and New York.
 It was through the initiative of Mrs. William Lyon Phelps, New Haven County Chairman of the League, that the cooperation of the University was secured. Miss Mary Bulkley, Chair man of the Citizenship Department, and Mrs. Florence L. C Kitchelt Citizenship Director, have been engaged this sum mer Tn arranging the program, which IS subject to slight changes. Twenty members of the Hale Faculty are to speak, Will Irwin, author of The Next War" and well-knoWn correspondent and writer will close the School with a talk on the Reduction of Armament, and the clos ing day is also to be featured by a luncheon at the Lawn Club. At the close of each lecture there will be a period for questions and discussion.
 Senator BkeWell as practical statesman as well as a student of poli- tics, will open the School on Monday evening, October 24, at D. 1n., with keynote address on the Responsibilities of Citizenship" It is rumored that Sen- ator BakeWell, who is also Professor of Philosophy at Yale, will have some per tlnent remarks to make on the basis of his experience i'll the Legislature of 1921. 1t will be remembered that he was Chairman of the Committee on Educa- ton and took an active part in secur- ing the pasSge of progressive measures to relieve the school situation in Con- necticut.
 TOWN AND CITY DAY
 On the following day, Tuesday Octo- Der 25, to be known as Town and City Day." the morning session will be shared by Dr. A. B. Meredith who will describe the School System of Connec- ticut, and Professor Frank E. Spaulding who will tell of the Newer Ideas in Education" Dr. Meredith needs no in know him as a forward looking and prac- tical worker for the best standards of education for Connecticut Professor Spaulding IS head of the Department of Education in the Yale Graduate School. He has Ind wide practical experience, first as school superintendent in a number of cities including Minneapolis and Cleveland and later as a member of the Commission of the A. E. F. that organized the educational program for American Soldiers after the Armistice. He has spent his life prescribing the course of treatment needed; he will have much to say that is pertinent. At p. m on Tuesday Professor Maurice K. Davle will inquire, "How May We Promote Social Welfare Through Town Govern ment ?" Although Professor Davie is a graduate of Yale, this is his first year there in his position of Assistant Pro- lessor of the Science of Society. He has had experience as Examiner in the United States Employment Service i'll the New Hven District, and comes to Gale directly from Western Reserve Univer- sity. He is soon to have published by the Cleveland Foundation a unique re port of a Survey of Criminal Justice in which he took part. Prof, w. K Vance will speak on "Primaries vs 2:50
 Topics of particular interest to Con necticut citizens are also to be taker up on this day. At the evening session Professor Arnold Gesell, member O. the Child Welfare Commission rcsponsl ble for the program adopted in part bl the recent Children's Bureau ot Con necticut," He is Professor ot Ch1lt Hygiene in the Yale Graduate School IS mental examiner of the Connecticut State Farm for Women, and holds othe important positions. His contribution to the literature of mental hygiene ant the training of backward children hav made him known throughout the countr. as an authority on the subject. Bu nothing recommends him more to tn women of Connecticut than his valian work for the child welfare bills befOr the last Legislature. The question o Civil Service will also be taken IT Those who watched with interest tn
 ('iNyl SarI1ir during the legislative session last winter will want to hear the entire question reviewed by Professor Henry w. Far nam, President of the Civil Service Re form Association of Connecticut, ant Professor Emeritus of Economies a Yale. Eight o'clock, Tuesday evening
 STATE DAY
 Wednesday, October %, is to be Stat Day. At the morning session, opening 10, Professor Allen Johnson, will talk up the important subject of Our Legls lators: Who They Are and What The Do" Professor Johnson in his researc into earlier American history has no overlooked the significant events of tn present, and he offers a subject of grea appeal to the members of the League Professor Johnson is the editor O "Chronicles of America" dramatic his tory in narrative form recently publishes by the Yale Press.
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