Evening star., 1923-05-06
PROBATION AGENTS
Tl(oNVENE IN D. c.
HanQnaI Association Meeting
Here From May IA to 10;
Program Ready.

T1S seventeenth annual conference
Of The National Probation Association
is TO be held at the New Willard Hotel
from May IA to 10. with about 400
probation officers. judges and others
who work with juvenile and adult de-
lirquents to attend from all parts
of the country
President l.. +. Colladay of the Board
of Trade is to welcome the delegates
SSt- the opening session, at 10 am, MAY
Il. Judge A. G. Backus of the munich
pal. court of Milwaukee. president of
the association, is to give his annual
address.
Rev. DR.. John OGrady. director of
Catholic charities here. is to speak on
Making Social Case Work Construc-
tive at the afternoon session on the
opening day: Miss Jeanette Ezekiels,
assistant chief probation officer of the
juvenile Court of the District of Co
lumbia. will speak on New Methods
in Probation Supervision
DENLY TO speak.
secretary Of the Navy DENLY, who
was at one time chief probation off,
"eI. of the adult cour.s Oh Detroit,
will speak Oh "Proba ton Service a
National Asset" at the evening ses-
sion. DR.: Charles Platt of Philadel-
pha will discuss The Thief" and
DR. William \ White. superintendent
of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. will speak
The NATURALIZATION of the
Criminal and its Significance for His
Treatment
Sessions of May Is will be devoted
to round table discussions One of
these will take up the problems of
women and girls in the courts. Miss
Claire NJ. Sanders. chief probation Off
Ger for girls of the Detroit Juvenile
court will preside. Among the speak,
,rs will be Miss Mary VI. Bartelme, as
%istant to the judge of the Chicag
Juvenile court. AT another section
sor of sociology in the Catholic Uni
versity of Washington. will speak. At
still another section meeting clinical
work and the courts will be discussed.
with reports by DIR. V. V. Anderson
of New York and DR.. Francis L. Dun
ham of Baltimore.
To Join Rotarians.
Wednesday noon the probation con-
Terence has been invited to join their
luncheon with that of the Washington
Rotary Club. The speakers are Judge
tnarles W. Hoffman of the domestic
relations court of Cincinnati: Herbert
q. Parsons. commissioner OF proba- :
ton of Massachusetts. and Bernard j.
Pagan, chief probation officer of the
New York city children's court. At
the afternoon session federal prOba- :
tion will be discussed by Judge Edwin
l.. Garvin of the United States district
court, Brooklyn.
Thursday afternoon there will be a
Joint session with the Big Brother and
Big Sister Federation. Judge Frank
lin Chase Hoyt, chief justice Oh the
children's court of New York city,
will preside. Among the speakers
will be Judge c. r. Bradford of the
juvenile court of Salt Lake City, Mrs
Sidney Borg, president of the Jewish
Big Sisters. New York, and Charles
L. Chute, general secretary of the
National Probation Association.
On Friday afternoon there will be
special meeting to discuss juvenile
court standards. This is being ar
ranged Jointly by the United States
children's bureau and the National
Probation Association. Judge Charles
w. Hoffman of Cincinnati will pre-
side and speak. Saturday there will be
a joint meeting with the National Con-
ference of Social Work.