The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-03-02
CONFERENCE OF
SOCIAL WORKERS
TOOPEN SUNDAY
Prominent Speakers To
Address State Meet
At Tuscaloosa

Gov. w. w. Brandon has accepted
the invitation of the Alabama confer
ence Of social work to deliver the adj
dress of welcome at the opening of
the ninth annual session of that body
at Tuscaloosa Sunday evening, March
9. Judge Woolsey Fennel will repre-
sent the city of Tuscaloosa and Dean
Lee Bidgood the University. Mrs. l..
b. Bush, president of the state confer
erce, will make the response.
The program for the three-day
session has been completed and some
of the most prominent social workers
of the nation have accepted invitations
to contribute to the success of the an
nual affair. Sunday evening, DIR.
Shailey Matthews, dean Of the school of
divinity of Chicago university, will
deliver an address on ''The Church as a
Factor in Social Reconstruction"
Monday morning, March 10, Mrs.
Bush, president of the organization, will
address the conference on "a Decade of
Social Work in Alabama" Mrs. Bush
address is expected to cover thoroughly
the work done by the state body during
the past ten years.
DR.. Joseph K. Hart, associate edi-
tor of ''The Survey" will talk on '"The
County as the Unit in an Organized
Program of Social Work, Following
f:fteen-minute discussion On recreation,
directed by e. r. Sapp, scout executive
o. Tuscaloosa, round table discussion
of the conference will be conducted.
DIR. Howard Odum, dean of the school
of public welfare, University of North
Carolina, will lead this discussion.
Relation Of Laymen and Expert in
Social Work" is the subject of an adj
dress to be given Monday afternoon by
Joseph 9. Logan, manager of the
southern division, American Red Gross.
DIR. Hart will follow with a talk on
when viii Sthe Laymen Accept the
Expert?" A general discussion of
the countrywide progress of recreation,
led by e. r. Sapp, A. 8. Hotchkiss and
Miss COrinne Chisolm, will close the
Monday afternoon session.
Introduce Representatives
Monday evening, Dean Bidgood of
the University of Alabama will pre-
side at a dinner at which representa-
tives from state and church colleges
will be introduced. During the dinner
hour the body will discuss ways and
means Of securing "a Supply of Trained
Social Workers for Alabama"
DR.. w. A. Evans, editor Of the health
department of the Chicago Tribune. will
make the address at the Monday eve-
ming session. DIR. Evans will have
as his subject, "Health Work Pays"
DIR. w. G.. Smiley, director Of the
health department of the conference,
will also make a talk on the coordinated
social program of Covington county.
Tuesday morning will be devoted to
group meetings of the different inter-.
ested organizations. These group meet
ings will complete their work by 10
o'clock. At that hour the conference
will assemble for a discussion on "The
Proper Financing of Program of So
cial Work"
Baxter Durham, state auditor of
North Carolina, will speak on the
method of financing by taxation and
will be followed BY DIR. G. NJ. Bookman,
executive secretary of the Community
Chest Federation of Cincinnati, by the
Community Chest" method. A bust
ness meeting will be held before ad-
journing the morning session when Of
ticers for the ensuing term will be
elected.
DR.. Owen Lovejoy, head of the ma
tional organization, will make the
closing address of the conference at a
luncheon which will be rendered the
representatives at the Country club at
1 o'clock Tuesday. The subject of DIR.
Lovejoy'R address will be THE Out
look for the Future"
Announcement has also been made
that Grace Abbott, chief of the chill
dren's bureau and president of the ma
tiOnal conference social work, is ex-
pected to be present and address the
conference on the last day if possible.
Miss Abbott is busy looking after legis-
lative plans of the national organization
and her appearance at the conference
will depend on the arrangement of con-
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