Evening star., 1934-04-29
MENTAL HYGIENE
TO Be DISCUSSED
.Three-Day Conference Will
Be Held by Washington
Institute.

the relationship of mental hygiene to
every phase of life in Washington, a
three-day conference has been ar
ranged by the Washington Institute
of Mental Hygiene for May Z, and
8. All the meetings, with the excep-
ton of the big opening public meet
ing on Monday evening, May z. will
be held at the Church of the
Epiphany.
DR.. William A. White, superintend-
ent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, will
be the principal speaker at the open
ing meeting.
A number of meetings have been
arranged for Tuesday, May 8.
Under the general title OF Mental
Hygiene and the Church., there will
be meeting at II am. Tuesday, with
Miss Lois Kugler, director Of religious
education at the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church, as chairman. Mrs.
Harrison Elliott of New York, author
and former member of the National
Y. w. C. A., and Dr. Winnifred Rich
mond will lead a discussion on How
Can the Religious Worker Help the
People to Meet More Adequately Their
Everyday Problems?"
DIR. Roscoe Hall to Speak.
Tuesday from S to $50 pm. there
will be several group discussions un-
der the general heading of Mental
Hygiene and Social Work" DR.. Ros-
coe Hall, clinic director at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital, will speak.
At the meeting of group No 2 DR.
BENJAMIN Weems will speak on Have
Ia Job or Does My Job Have Me?"
At the meeting of group No. 3, Dr.
Whitman Newell of the Child Guild
ance Clinic of Baltimore will speak
on Studies on Children's Recreation
to Family Relationships"
Tuesday at GAS pm. there Will De
q dinner meeting at ScholIs care,
1919 G street, where DR.. Whlte Will
speak on practical Suggestions 1or
Development of Skill in Meeting DIM
cult Situations in interviewing.
DR.. Richmond will discuss What
the Nurse Should Know About Mental
Hygiene" at meeting to be held at
7pm. in the parish hall of the church.
At 7:30 pm, under the discussion
entitled Mental Hygiene and Edu-
cation" there will be panel on The
Relation of Mental Hygiene to Cur
rent Pressures Affecting Children and
Education" led by Miss Jessie La
Sale. assistant superintendent OF
schools.
At pm. there will be a general
meeting. with Miss La Sale as chair
man and DR.. James Plant director OF
the Essex County Juvenile Clinic OF
Newark, N. j.. discussing Mental
Hygiene Goals"
At the meeting of the first section
Wednesday at 1890 am. the subject
will be Mental Hygiene and the
Church" The speaker will be DR..
Ernest Groves. professor of sociology,
University of North Carolina. At
another group meeting DR.. Lucille
Dooley, psychiatrist, will speak on
Mental Health Begins at Home"
At 2pm. group will discuss Men
tai Hygiene and Youth" Mrs. FL
wood Street will speak on How Can
Parents Help Their Children to Be-
come Responsible Adolescents?". Rev
Paul Hanley Furphey, associate pro-
fessor of sociology at Catholic Uni
versity, will speak on Development
Factors Contributing to Adolescent
Instability" A third group meeting
will hear Capt. Rhoda Milliken, direc-
tor of the Woman's Bureau of the
District Police Department, discuss
Community Factors Affecting the
Lives of Youth"
Judge Fay Bentley of the Juvenile
Court will be the speaker before the
fourth group and will discuss "A
Judge Views the Problems of the
Adolescent." A fifth group will hear
Col. Claude Jones of the National
tute ReconstructS the Committed
Adolescent."
DR.. Amy NJ. Stannard to Talk.
At meeting of a sixth group held
for superintendents of nurses, instruc-
tors and head nurses, DR.. Amy M.
Stannard of the Federal Parole Board
of the Department Of Justice, will
speak on Mental Hygiene Aspects of
Student Nurse Problems"
At a meeting in the parish hall
from from to $50 pm. DR.. John
E. Lind, senior medical officer at St.
Eiizabeth's Hospital, will speak on
'Incipient Mental Diseases and Psy-
chopathic Personality" At the same
time another group will meet in Will
lard Hall at the church. Miss Edith
F. Symmes, psychologist of the
Washington Child Guidance Clinic,
will speak on THE Pre-School Child.
This paper will be discussed by DIR.
Cora Key, psychologist, of the Ma
tional Research Center.
At a meeting at 8:15 pm. in the
parish hall DR.. Ben Karpman, senior
medical officer at st. Elizabeth's, will
speak on alcoholism" At z pm.
DR.. Samuel A. Silk, senior medical
officer at ST. EliZabeth's, will speak
on Mental Hygiene Aspects of Public
Health Nursing"
This conference is sponsored by the
following group of organizations:
American Association of Hospital So
cial Workers, Potomac district;
American Association of Psychiatric
Social Workers., Washington group;
American Association of Social Work.
ers, District of Columbia Congress of
Parents and Teachers, Graduate
Nurses Association of the District of
Columbia, Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society. National Council of Jewish
Women, District of Columbia section;
Progressive Education Association.
Washington Council of Social
Agencies, Washington Federation of
Churches. Washington Institute of
Mental Hygiene and Christ Child So
ciety.