The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-15
SOCIAL WORKERS ID HOLD CONFERENCE
 ON CHILD WELT ARE
Two Days Conference at Montgomery, With Speeches By Leading Advocates on
 Social Problems
By FRED H. GORMLEY Bureau, The Age-Herald 22d-2 First National Bank Building

22d-2 First National Bank Building Montgomery, May l4'-lspeclai'' Social workers of Alabama will gather in Montgomery Monday for a two-day conference called by the state child welfare department for the purpose of interesting all persons who have studied problems in the organization of the work. The conference resulted from a preliminary meeting at Bir- ' mingha last month. which was held Hsby the commander of the state child welfare commission.
 Among prominent social workers of other states who are on the pro- gramme for addresses are Harry l.. Hopkins, manager of the southern division of the American Red Cross; pr. Arthur T. Mccormack of the Ken lucky board of health; Dr. M. P. Rave | mel of the University of Missouri; Dr. 0. F. Lewis, general secretary of the i Am erican Prison association, and Jo- l seph Logan, assistant manager of the southern division of the American Red Cross.
 The morning session Monday will be devoted to a discussion of children, ! the general subject being strengthen ing Coordination Among the Children's Agencies of Alabama" Judge s. D. | Murphy of the Birmingham juvenile court will make talk on Repairing Families" after which the discussion of the subject will be led by Judge J. Lee Holloway of the Montgomery Ju venile court; l.. B. Green, field agent of the state child welfare department; Miss Mabel Crocheron, probation -offi- cer at Gadsden, and Miss Sara Axford of the Alabama Children's Aid society. \ MT. Hopkins will follow with an ad- $lress on Keeping Families Fit, Com Annuity Programme in Action" and MT Green will speak on Methods and Machinery of Preventive Agencies in the Pre-delinquent and Pre-dependent period" These two subjects will be discussed further by Dr. George Lang of the University of A1abama; Mrs. Louise R. Jolly, secretary of the As- sociated Charities of Florence; Miss Gay Shepherdson. state representative of the American Red Cross, and w. Knight, secretary of the Young Mems Christian association at Montgomery. Under the head of Architects of Childhood, the Permanent Custodial Care of Children" addresses will be delivered by D. M. Weakley, superin- tendent of the Boys Industrial school at East Lake; pr. Lee Bidgood, dean of the school of economics of the uni versity. and Ralph s. Barrow, superin- tendent of the Alabama Childrens Aid society. Discussions of the subject will be led by Miss Lannie L. Barnes, in- stitution agent of the child welfare department; H. T. Strout superinten- dent of the Methodist orphanage at Selma, and J. W. Stewart, superin- tendent of the Baptist Home at Ever green. M Problems of social welfare will be taken up at the afternoon session pr. SSpright Dowell, president of the Ala oana Polytechnic institute, will de- stiver an address on "An Adequate
 Social Welfare Programme for Ala bama," after which the discussion of
 the subject will be led by Miss Mary
 Fenlinear, state home demonstration
 agent; pr. c. H. Pratt, pastor of
 Trinity Presbyterian church at Mont
 gonery, and Miss Jessie Marrfaer of
 the state board of health.
 Dr John W. Abercrombie, state su-
 perintendent of education, will speak
 on The Specializing Aspect of the
 State Educational Programme" which
 will be followed by discussion bv Miss
 Mary Woodruff. director of schooI and
 community betterment; Hugh A. Grant.
 director of industrial rehabilitation. and
 Miss E. Luther, director of exceptional
 education.
 Prof. James S. Thomas, director of
 the extension department of the uni
 versity, will speak on 'The School. the
 Primary Unit in Rural Social Welfare
 Work" and will be followed by A. F.
 Harman, superintendent of education of
 Montgomery county; J. B. Hobdy. di
 rector of vocational education of the
 state department of education and
 MISS Elizabeth Fonde of Mobile. sec- Sretary of the Alabama conference
 work ~
 J. c. Blackwell, superintendent of
 the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail-
 road company schools in Jefferson
 county and Joseph J. Bradley, super k lntendent of the Merrimack mill at \ Huntsville, will speak on Village
 social Welfare" while Miss Myrtle
 Brcok of the Alabama Girls Technical
 .nstitute ana College for Women at
 Montevtilo will deliver an address on
 recreation and Physical Education, q
 Beginning in Shelby County.,' Discus
 sion of these subjects will he led bv
 Q. c. Bird. state director of physica
 education, and Miss Virginia. Handlev
 of the American Red Cross.
 lR. WEIGH IN EVENING
 AZ the evening session Monday, Dr,
 s w. Welch. state health officer viii
 speak on Social Aspect of Public
 Health Work in Alabama" Dr Me.
 McCormack will speak On Social As
 pect of Public Health Work in tbe
 south, and pr. Ravenel will speak on
 social Aspect of Public Health WorL
 in United States" v " .