Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-16

large AttenAAAee q Anss Roes' talk.
for che 10 one os the leading authorities
of the country On playgrounds and her
talk promisss to be worth while. It
10 tie aim OF the Community 8srvics
to Improve tho playground system In
this city. Under the present arrange
mcnt. there are = number Of scattered
Fairgrounds At different points In the
city, but With no centrally operating
head.
In Philadelphia the Fairgrounds are
owned by tho city and whcnever an
organisation wants 70 use q certain
playground, they receive permission
FROM the officials in charge. In other
words. tho system works like the base
ball diamond system in this city In
tho summer. when tho Park Board as
sigma certnin fields to certain clubs on
particular days. This method works
very well and II IN hoped to extend the
same principle to the Fairgrounds OF
the city.
The Industrial Bauis OF Social
Work" u the subject which Miss Mary
Van Keeck will present to the confer
ence of the Delaware Professional
Social Workers Club tomorrow morn
ing. Mses Van Kleeck has been identi-
fled with industrial problems In re-
lation TO social and living conditions
for many years. She is director OF the
Department OF Industrial Studies Of
the Russell Sage Foundation and the
author OF a number OF books on prob
lems of modern industrial life.
When President Harding called to-
gether MS conference on unemploy-
mcnt IN 1921. Miss Van Kieeck was one
ot the four women appointed. and after
the conference adjourned she became a
member of the standing COMMITTEES
which Is now carrying forward investi-
cations OF the causer of unemploy-
ment ana methods OF preventing It.
She was ged In a eimilar service
few years ago as a member of the
mayors committee on unemployment
In Aew York. During the war Miss
/ VAN Kleeck served In Washington as
director OF the WTomenS Branch OF the
Industrial Service Section, Army
Ordnance Department, and later as
first director of the present Women e
Bureau in the Department OF Labor
and member of the War Labor Policies
board.
Miss Van K1eeck Is a graduate O.
Smith College and was at ono time
identified with the College Settlements
Association in various investigations
Of women In industry. She has given
several courses in labor problems in
Now York School OF Social Work and
is member OF the section on indus
trial and economic problems OF the
National Conference Of Social work fol
1922.
Conference Session.
The conference Will be held I'm the
Hotel du Pont tomorrow from 9.3C
20 5. and In the evening beginning al
Sis. The Saturday morning session
viii be held from $50 until 1880, and
In the afternoon the delegates viii
meet AZ the hotel at 2l5 for ride tc
the conservatories at Longwood wher,
they will be the guests Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Pierre s. du Pont at an orgar
recital.
The sessions viii be \ppen 10 an,
! who arc interested in social problems
There Will be discussions by authori
ties on such subjects as. The Loca
Community. Industrial and Economi
Problems. Social Agencies, Tn,
Family. Children. Health, Foreigl
! Work. Institutions. Corrections,
The speakers viii include Mis-
sophia. l.. Ross. director Of Recreation
. System OF Philadelphia; Miss Mar.
, Van kleeck director of Industria
Studies. Russell Sage Fountain; Sher
! inan c. Kingsley. director. Federation
of Social Agencies OF Philadelphia
Miss Marguerite E. Rich. Associat
, Editor Of THE Family" and membe
= of the staH OF American Associatio
J. Prentice Murphy, executive secre
Z, tary, Children's Bureau OF Philadel
Z phia; DIR. Ellen c. Potter. Chief, Chil
dren's Bureau, State Department G
: Public Welfare, Harrisburg, Pa; Mis-
L Josephine Roche, Foreign Languag 6
:. Information Service of New Yor
i city; Miss Irene Hayward chief {
Z, Social Service Dept. Pennsylvani
; Hospital. Philadelphia: DIR. Franci
o Lee Durham. Psychiatrist for John
;. Hopkins Hospital and Bureau {
Labor Statistics. Baltimore.
: Friday evening Robert A. Wood
2 head resident. South End House. 30:
y ton. Mass.. will speak on The Neigh
. borhood in Nation Building" d
William j. French. president OF III
Professional Social Workers Club {
\ Delaware. viii preside. Governe
William ID. Denney. Mayor lie Ro
Harvey. and Bishop Philip Cook al
, expected 10 be present.
Those presiding al other meeting
viii be Charles r. Ernst. Miss Clar
southwick. Miss Il. Ethelda Muller
!. Miss Merle NacAfshdn, Miss Marie :
lockwood. Miss Helen Hart. Mi.
|, Mary l.. Cook. J. Paul Green.
An interesting feature Will be III
luncheon which VIII be served tomol
row from 1870 until 2. at which tin,
one OF the speeches will be made.
/. The conference chairmen are: Mis-
Merle T.. MacMahon. publicity; d
. William j. French. finance; Mi.
Helen Hart. resolutions; Miss France
l.. Range. program and entertain
nent.