Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-18
Anti tuberculosis Assn.
Plans for Public Health
TRAINING COURSE FOR SOCIAL
WORK OPENS OCT. THIRD IN
HEALTH SERVICE BUILDING

The third training course for social
work opened October in the Health
Service Building. The course is con-
Quoted under the joint auspices of
the State Conference of Social Work
Committee ON Training, the Central
Council of Social Agencies, the Uni
versity Extension Division, the
League of Women Voters, and the
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Associa
ton. Miss Edith Foster, director of
Health Service Training School of
the Anti-Tuberculosis Association is
director of the course.
The course is an eight months one
and the work each week is divided
into lecture and field work Among
the lecturers scheduled are: Prof j.
L. Gillin of the sociology department,
University of Wisconsin; Dr. Smiley
Blanton, psychology department, Uni
.versity of Wisconsin; DIR. Elizabeth
Woods, formerly state psychiatrist:
Miss Pauline Camp, State department
of Education; Mrs. Lucina G. Irish,
Travellers Aid Society, Milwaukee; E.
B. Lynda Family Welfare Association
Milwaukee; and Audrey Williams,
State Conference of Social Work
Eight students have already enroll
ed in the course and more are expect
ed. In addition to the regular students
others specializing in social attend
the lectures. Those enrolled are: the
Misses Mary A. Andrzejwiska, Mil
Waukee; Iris S. Fellows, West Allis:
Mary Elise O'Connor, Merrill; Ruth
Janet Polacheck, Milwaukee; Ethel
Wagner, Stockdale, Milwaukee; Mir
lam Whitmore, Milwaukee; Mrs.
Margaret Bessie DENY, Eau Claire
and Mrs. Dorothy Mclean Dicken,
Milwaukee.
The public health movement in all
its various phases will be the pro-
gram keynote of the Wisconsin Anti
tuberculosis Associations annual
meeting to be held October 25, rs, and
27 in Milwaukee The meeting will
be held at the Associations headquar-
tiers, 55S Jefferson St., and will be
attended by health workers of all
kinds from every section of Wiscon-
sin, physicians. nurses, public health
eifd oSne1s.
Out-of-state speakers of national
reputation have been secured, includ-
ing such men as Dr. H. F Heinsch-
midi, executive secretary of the Tole-
do Public Health Association, who is
on leave of absence from the staff of
the American Social Hygiene Assoc
iation of New York; DR. William Re-
esner, assistant health commissioner
of Minneapolis who has done some
important work in studying centers
of infection in the schools and Dr..
A. G. Bachmeyer, superintendent of
the Cincinnati General Hospital and
one of the big men in the American
Hospital Association. F. S HyerS pres
ident of the Wisconsin Teachers
Association and of Whitewater Nor
NAL School, and Mrs. Isaac P. Witter
of Wisconsin Rapids, president of the
State Conference Of Social Work and
Judge David w. Agnew, Waukesha,
are among the Wisconsin speakers.
To give both inspirational and prac-
tical help in solving the problems
connected with public health work of
all kinds is the aim of the meeting.
Child health, health : teaching in
schools and preventive health work
in every phase of life, with special
emphasis on tuberculosis, will be sub
jects for discussion. Group conferen-
ces on Saturday morning will be de-
voted to discussion of the problems
of every day interest to sanatorium
trustees, physicians, superintendents
and nurses, both public health and
institutional.
The general meetings will be pre-
sided over by H. H. Jacobs, president
Of the Wisconsin Anti-TuberculOsis
! Association, while chairman will be
appointed for the sectional meetings.
On Friday the second day of the
meeting, the annual dinner will be
held at the Milwaukee Athletic club,
and reservations for this must be
made by Thursday, October 25. Tick
cts can be secured at the registration
desk or in advance by mail if accom-
panied by a check,
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