Norwich bulletin., 1922-04-27

ducted an experiment in a summer camp called -Boytown. He served as chief pro patton officer in San Francisco from 1905 to 1908. The office, detention home and records were destroyed by the earth quake ad fire, but, eve in those treiub- lous times it was found possible to erect there the first juvenile court building in the United States. In 1908 he resigned, to spend three wears in graduate study of social sciences, in the University of Aix, University of Paris, College de France and University of Munich While in the graduate school at Yale in 1910, he did volunteer work in the Neighbor- hood House in New Haven. The follow
 ing years, till 1919, were given over to university teaching in the field of prac- tical sociology. His work at the Uni versity of Minnesota has gained wide recognition.
 The Rev. MeTlyar H. Lichliter, an- other of the Sunday evening speakers is pastor of the Central Congregational church of Newton, Masss and is widely known as a lecturer. He has served as ftpresident of the Central Council of So- eial Agencies of Newton, and Is a mem Der of the board of directors of the New ton Welfare Bureau, As a minister of i the Methodist Episcopal church, he nlled
 pasterates in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Bal timoFe and Cleveland. He was called to 1 Newton from the pastorate of the Ep-
 worth Memorial church, known through i out the country as a highly scialized
 church. In all the cities where he has
 been a pastor, he took an active part in
 welfare movements. and has made a spe- ciaI study of the family unit in social work
 ! Owen R. Lovejoy, who speaks on Mon
 day afternoon, besides leading the forces
 of child labor reform. and taking an ac- i tive part in related lines of social work,
 has found time in the midst of 9. busy
 life to devote himself constantly to the development of social work itself to the highest possible standard on both it's ad- ministrative and professional sides This i movement for the advancement of social work as an efficient business and train 1 ed profession has reached organized ex- ] pression in the National Information Blu
 reau, Inc of which Mr. Lovejoy is sec
 retary, and the American Association of l Social Workers, of which he is presi- dent. The National Information Bureau
 studies the business methods and admin istration of social agencies, publishes a l list of approved organization and an
 swers inquiries from the giving public
 It thus safeguards the prospective donor 1 against fraudulent or mismanaged enter
 prises and at the same time furnishes a
 stimulus to agencies to measure up to high standards Of handling funds and i carrying on their work. The American
 Association of Social Workers, recently i formed with MT. Lovejoy as it's first president, is an organization with sev- eral distinct but closely related purposes 1 It seeks to formulate and spread high professional ideals, to encourage and
 justify professional self-consciousness
 and pride to. make the requirements and
 opportunities of social work well known i to possible recruits, to increase it's at tractlveness in every way, to increase the
 facilities and raise the standards of
 training and preparation, to help the right person and the right job to find each other. and promote puolic under standing of the aims. function and i'm poriance of social work.
 Dr. Herbert N. Diamond of New York University. who is to speak Monday af-
 ternoon on Street Trading by Children ir Connecticut is expected to show need for ] field investigation to demonstrate need 1 for regulatory legislation.
 Dr. Joseph Lee of Boston, head of the