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SOCIAL WORKERS T Cordial White House Greeting Wins Social Workers’® Praise DISCUSS SCHOOLS Topic Taken Up at 8 Group Meetings—Leads on To- night’s Program. GATHERING NEARS CLOSE Tomorrow's Sessions to End Golden Jubilee Conference With ““Pub- lic Opinion” Theme. “The strategic position of the school in programs of social work” is the general subject for discussion at the big night session of the golden jubilee conference ocial workers and philanthropists in Memorial Conti- nental Hall tonight, concluding an en- tire day devoted to consideration of “The School” as related to social work in more than thirty meetings. “The school as a means of develop- ing a social consciousness and social ideals in children™ is the aspect to which Dr. John Dewey of Columb: University, New Yorx, will give his attention. rom the point of view of the social workers’ will be the contribution of Miss M. Edith Camp- bell, director of the vocational bureau, Cincinnati. Ohio. “¥From the point of view of the educator’ will be ex- plained by Dr. Joseph K. Hart, for- merly professor of education, Univer- sity of Washington, now editor of\lhe educational department of the Sur- vey, the social workers' orgsn. Eight Group Meeting. The general theme of the addresses at the morning gene ion_and the eight grou meetin re: How to prepare children for life as well as for graduation; how to make the schools fit the needs of all classes of children, normal. backward and pre us, and to what extent edu- cation is the joint job of the schools and the social agencies of the com- munity. i The parent-teacher association and the community center received its share of praise and credit for the work it is dc hetween the home and scheol from two authorities in the. east and middle west. The com- munity center “is d ©d to be the major co-crdinating force in com- munity interpla: while the parent- teacher association is “the only 10g- ical point of contact™ Mrs. Whiting White of Boston #noke con the community center and Miss Eliz- eboth Cleveland of Detroit on parent-teacher association. Foe of Child Laber. Children with de defective speech were found b: Josephine B. Timberlake of thi superintendent of the Volta bureau, founded by the late Alexander Gra- ham Bell and Dr. Smiley Blanton of the University of Wisconsin. to be more in number than actually real- ized The school was declared to be one of the most effective agencies to cure the evil of child Jahor by Owen R. Lovejoy of New York, general secre- tary of the child labor committee and a former president of the National Conference of Social Work. Other speakers at the morning ses- sion and group meatings included Dr. Rene Sand of Belgium, secretary gen- eral of the League of Red Cross So- cieties. who told the delegates that “in this field American social work- ers have gone farther and achieved more than those of an Miss city, very Pair of 58, %9, 510 Shoes In Stock N | h\ I You are sure to find some- thing to your liking and a few dollars less than their regular prices. Dress, Sport and Walking Footwear; Satin, Patent Leather, Tan Calfskin and Kidskin. A variety of styles that emphasize fashion's latest ideas. Sizes 1 to 9. Widths AAA to D. * Eva the ! tive hearing and other nation. Those foregathered here from all corners of the world, including the Islard of Dodo—to the number of more than 4.000—for the social work eonference, are enthusiastie over the welcome given them on “Home day" by the President of the United States | and the “First lady of the land” at the White House. A lawn fete and band concert was arranged for the| guests. but the cordial handshake, warming smile and kindly words of greeting bestowed by the President personally are today the happiest memories of the occasion. President Harding bestowed 4,000 smiles upon the delegates. There were no speeches. When Mr. and Mrs. Harding appeared on the portico and smiled a greeting, there was & round of applause. Then the President came down to the grounds and shook hands with the delegates. Mrs. Harding wore a handsome gown of peach crepe and a black hat trimmed with goura. With her was Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the former Vice President. Mrs. Harding appeared to be in radiant health and good spirits. In the throng of men and women, apparently, were many folks from “back home.” Every minute or two some delegate would pause an instant in conversation with the President, then his smile grew broader and hél |The future has In store for them still more wonderful conquests.” Sex education in the =chools was strongly urged and Its necessity em- phasized by Dr. T. W. Galloway of i!he American Social Hygiene Associa- tion of New York and Dr. Florence Harvey Richards. medical director. | William Penn High School for Girls, | Philadelphia, Pa | Tomorrow will be the closing day | of the conference. The program will | be devoted to “Public Opinion.” The addresses at the evening general ses. sion in Continental Hall will be espe- cially interesting and important. Mri Henry Moskowitz of New York, ex- ecretary of the state reconstruction {commission and one of Gov. Al Smith's closest advisers, will speak on “How Far Have Social Welfare Considerations Entered Into State, National and Local Elections”’ v. Willlam E. Sweet of ('ul‘oradn be on the program instéad of Miss McDowell of Chicago. = he closing address of the fiftieth | anniversary conference will be by William P. Beazel ssistant manag- editor of the ew York World. subject will be “Public Opinion | 1 Social Progress.” | MISS GRACE ABBOTT' | | sures Her Election as Head of Social Conference. William .. Norton, secretary of the Detroit Con.munity Fund, with Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the federal children's bureau, for presi- dent of the National Social Work in 1924, has withdrawn in favor of Miss Abbott. urging her| unanimous election at the business| meeting of the conference this after- ' noon. “There has been a growing feeling | for several years. raid Mr. Norton 1in a statement before the conference, “that the importance of woman's con- : tributfon to social work should be recognized by a more frequent elec- tion of women to the presidenc of the conference. I am in sympathy with_this_feeling. “Of more importance is the fact that the woman who has been nomi- {nated for the presidency is the head lof the United States children's bu- |reau. Every soci: worker in Amer- tica believes foundly in that gov- { ernmental organization.’ | Experience at Hull House. | Miss Abbotc had much of her early jexperience in social work at Hull {House in Chicago, where she was a {vesident from 1908 to 1915. Prior to that time she taught in the high {school of her native town, Grand Is- {land, Neb. For two years she was di- rector of the child labor division of {the United States children's bureau, land in 1921 was appointed to succeed {Miss Julla Lathrop as chie: the ibureau. Miss Abbott has always been |deeply interested in problems relat- {ing to immigrants. She was for five lyears dirsctor of the Immigrants’ i Protective League, and in 1920-21 was { executive secretary of the Illinois im- i migrants’ commission. She 1s the au- { thor of “The Immigrant and the Com- | munity. i Other Candidates, Other candidates for offices are: For first vice president, Lee K. Frankel, third vice president, Metro- | politan Life Insurance Company, New York city; J. E. Hagerty, Ohlo State { University, Columbus, Ohio. i _For second vice president, Rev. Peter Bryce, secretary, social service council, Ontario, Canada; Gertrude Vaile, fleld secretary, American Asso- clation for Organizing Family Wel- fare, Denver, Colo. For third vice president, Kate Burr Johnson, director, department state board of charities and public welfare, Raleigh, N. C.; James Hoge Rick Juvenile and domestic relation courts, Richmond, Va. For executive committee—M. Edith Campbell, director, Schmidlapp Fund, Cincinnafl, Ohlo; Marcus Fagg, su- perintendent, Florida Children’s Home Society, Jacksonville, Fla.; Martha P, Falconer, American Social Hygiene Assoziation, New York city; John L. Gillin, national director, educational service. American Red Cross, Madison, Wis.; Eugene Kinckel Jones, execu- tiv secretary, National =~ Urban League, New York city; Emma O. { Lundberg, director, social service d vision, children’s bureau; C. MacLean, secretary, Federation for Community Service, Toronto, Canada; Amelia Sears, assistant general superintend ent, United Charities, Chicago, Il.; Lucy Ward Stebbins, dean of women, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.; Forrester B. Washington, di- earch bureau, Assoclated MENTAL HYGIENE SPEECH REMEDY Just as the state now -recognizes its responsibility for normal children up to a certain age, so must it recog- inize its responeibility for the supe: | vision of the feeble minded through- out life, declared Dr. Francis N. Max- fleld, director of the Bureau of Special Education, State Department of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania, in an address at the Interior Department auditorium this morning before a Toup meeting of the National Con- erence of Social Work. Dr. Smiley Blanton, assistant pro- fessor of speech hygiene in the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, said fully 10 per cent of school children have at one time or another some defect of speech usually due to an emotional difficulty which can be treated and cured by teachers trained in mental hygiene. Dr. Bernard Glueck, director of tho Bureau of Children’s Guidance of the New York School of Social Work, the third -speaker on the program, dis- cussed the. problem of nervous and difficult children. _Dr. Nellie Perkins, psychologist of Wayne county psy- chopatic cline, Detroit, Mich., pri sided, & -t ok T SUCGEED FOLKS iWithdrawal of Norton As- nominated | Conference of repeatedly remarked, “Remember me to him; give him my best regards. Great Blind Teacher. The President had an especially cordial word of greeting for Robert B. Irwin, director of research in the American Foundation for the Blind. Mr. Irwin is blind. He was formerly in charge of instruction of the blind in the state of Ohio. to the reception by Charles F. F. Campbell, ex-superintendent of the Ohio State. School for the Blind, where President Harding's sister, the late Mary Harding, was a teacher for many years. The President also greeted warmly Nina Louise Putnam, aged twelve, of Charleston, West Va., and Ruth Mary Wolff of Pittsburgh, Pa.. the young- est delegates at the conference. Among the delegates greeted by the President were Mlle. A. Noufflard of Paris, Miss Hanna Mehta of India, “ouad Bey of Turkey Conde.Avila of Mexico, H. Kazama of Japan and Miss Josepha Llanes of Manila, P. 1 . Following the reception. President and Mrs. Harding posed for a picture with the delegates. Mrs. Harding gave Homer Folks, president of the conference, a me sage to the delegates. She said that she hoped that the remainder of thelr stay in Washington would be as de- lightful as she hau heard it had been thus far. SEES CHILD LABOR CURE IN SCHOOLS| Owen R. Lovejoy Points Out| Dread of Being Bored to Extinction. Owen R. Lovejoy of New York. general secretary of the child labor committee and a former president of the national conference of social work, suggested the school as “one of the most effective agencies to cure the evil of child labor,” in an address before a group meeting today. in the 10se room of the Hotel Washington “All our discussions of vocational education, manual training and work- study-play curricula, are beside the mark when it comes to considering them in relation to the overwhelming majority of a million children report- |ed by the census as child laborers,” said Mr. Lovejoy. “However, we can- not say that the kind of school does not matter. for obviously it is one of the most effective agencies. It is a | notorius fact that one of the chief { motives assigned by children or par- ents for leaving school to go to work, is that the child is not interested in | school. is not learning anything or cannot pass his examinations. Improvements Nccexsary. “In order to appeal to this army of cHild laborers, as well as to the | children already in school, important improvements are necessary in the system. The education of the whole | child should be the goal and the { whole " atmosphere of the school should be inspiring. It is not always because industry looks inviting that children shun the schoolroom. They have many dislikes—among the chief |- of which is the dread of being bored to extinction. We should remember i that our educational system is for the purpose of educating. of -teaching children how to think and of develop- ing a spirit of independence and in- itiative.” Negro Men Must Earn More. i, Miss M. Edith Campbell. director. the vocation bureau, Cincinnati, spoke on “Vocational Guidance in the Schools.” Mrs. Elsie Johnson McDougal colored teacher in charge of v tional guidance in several of the Ne York city public schools, stated that negro men must earn more and HeRTo women must be able to stay at home and properly rear their dren, if the problems in health, crim., and education are not to swamp ‘he soclal worker.” She =aid the “crying need” in the south “is for the right to safety first and then more and bet- ter training and besides a chance to use that training, the opporiunity to be happy while 0 doing. TEACH SEX FACTS N SCHOOL IS PLE Home and Educators Should Co-Operate in Task, Say Social Workers. Science and technical development are of no value to civilization without sex education of children, which “is indis- pensable for the building of character,’ Dr. T. W. Galloway, assoclate director of the department of educational meas: ures,. American Social Hygiene Associa- tion, New York, told a group meeting |in the Corcoran Gallery of - Art this ‘momlnz. Harry H. Moore, United States public health service, of this city, presided. Other speakers on the tspic “School Programs for Sex Education and for Recreation” were Dr. Florence Harvey Richards, medical director, Willlam Penn High School, Philadelphia; Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin. national director, Girl Scouts, New York, and Mrs. Daisy Alford Hetherington, director of health education, San Francisco Tuberculosis Assoclation. ‘Would Face Problem. Dr. Galloway urged that the schools meet the sex education prob- lem consclously, inspiringly, scien- tifically, constructively. To do so means not merely giving a few of the pathological and anatomical facts about sex, but fundamentally to reor- ganize both the curriculum and every aspect of school activity so as to train scientifically and satisfyingly in the art of human and civili living rather than merely along the lines of inertia, convention and selfishness.” Dr. Richards stated American par- ents are failing in their duty to their children in the matter of sex instruc- tion and the public schools have an important function in the field of sex education. Taking the same si the matter of sex education Galloway, Dr. Richards said: Home Teaching Best. “The home naturally SUBE self as the proper agency for givin young people such information an guidance th should receive re- arding the m. ing of sex life,” said “The fact remains, that parents on the whcle have entirely failed to give this in- formation, and children lave been left to obtain it from other sources intended to be antagonistic, but co- operative, mutually helpful. Much can be accomplished, either directly or indirectly, by school instruction. This should’ be introduced in the grades to obtain a proper background and attitude, and used as a prepara- tion for more direct teaching in the high school” i He was escorted | Mme. M. G.| relief | Address Social Work Conference Social Conference Program For Tonight and Tomorrow OWEN R. LOVEJOY of New York City. Social Delegates See Illumination Of AvenueDisplay Delegates to the social conference saw Pennsylvania avenue aglow last night with all the brilliancy in which it will appear during the Shrine con- vention. The lights were turned on by the Shrine committee on decora~ tions at the request of Cémmissioner | Rudolph 1 | The lighting effects along the Ave {nue were designed by A. Dunlop, en- gineer of the Dobleday-Hill Electric Company. MASS TREATHENT 0FPUPLS RAPPED Should Be Treated as Indi vidual, Social Work Speaker Says. By treating the school child as an individual rather than as a part of a mass, by understanding his home | { background and discovering the ex- | act causes of his backwardness or de- linquency. the visiting teacher is; playing an important rcle in the edu- | cational system of the country. ac-| cording to Miss Emma G. Case, direc-) tor. visiting teacher department of | the department of public instruction, | Rochester, N. Y. who spoke this mornirg at the National Museum to a group meeting of the National Con- ference of Social Work “The child recognizes the visiting | teacher as his personal friend.” said Miss Case. “In time of trouble he 1 go to her. believing that some adjustment will be made.” Discusses Training. Miss Anna Pratt, director of the White-Wililams Foundation at Phila- delphia, discussed “Courses of Train- ing for Visiting Teachers” at the] meeting. She emphasized the part which the visiting teachers play in the prevention of delinquency. James Fitzgeral executive secre- tary of the Society of St. Vinocent de Paul of the city of Detroit, and pro- fessor of political economy of the University of Detroit. spoke on “The Relation of Social Case Work to School Programs.” He said, in part “The promise of the schools to the | social workers today is that the! schools are training this generation in social effclency so that in the next generation the social workers will not have so many cases of social- ly inefficient adults to deal with. Now education for social efficiency can be brought about in no more effective than by teaching soclal case in normal schools and by the the case method as a part cher's technique. “A present summing up of the rela- tion between education and social work discovers that while in theory their development is along con- verging lines, in method their de- velopment is' still along diverging lines, with at best certain more or less ‘wall established lines of inter- communication by way of co-oper- ation™ Miss Jane F. Culbert, secretary na- tional committee on visiting teachers, New York, presided. Director Speaks. Howard W. Nudd of New York, chairman of the national committee on visiting teachers and director of the Public Education Association of New York city, sald: “In a democracy, not some children, but all children, must be prepared for creative citi- zenship. Hence our compulsory edu- cation and child labor laws, which were practically non-existent in the early nineties. ~ We have also come to appreciate the vast differences in abilities and interests among chil- dren. This has inevitably led to a great diversity of courses, special ‘types of classes and trained special- ists, all of which, when combined with the large increase in attendance, has forced the cost of education to 2 height not dreamed of before.” CONFERENCE NOTES Although the place for holding the 1924 meeting of the National Con- ference of Social Work has not yet been selected, Portland, Ore., fis plready In the field for the 1925 meeting. The conference met thers n 1905. “Five times in 100 too often for Portland,’ say the Port- land boosters. The invitation for the: 1925 meeting comes from the Social Workers' Association of Ore- gon. The number of delegates actually registered at the National Confer- ence of Social Work—and there are nany not yet registered—passed the 4000 mark yesterday. This breaks all records for attendance at the con- ference during fifty years. The registration at last year's conference at Providznce, R. I, was approxi- mately 3,400. Senator La Follette, has invited James J. Mallon of London to lunch with him. Mr. Mallon is here a guest and speaker at the National Conference. Abbe Jean Viollet of Paris is to lecture in French tomorrow after- noon at & o'clock in McMahon Hall, Catholic University, on “The Social and Moral Aspects of the Family. While in this gountry the abbe is the guest of the National Conference of Social Work. He is the founder of the Family Dwelling Assoclation of Parls and the moving spirit in the Workingmen's Famlly “Welfare As- sociation, a widespread organization in France. He is widely known in France as_a popular orator and preacher. He was an army chaplain during the war, was wounded and has been decorated by’ the Legion of Honor. The busiest committees at the con- ars is not ¥ ference today are; | Miss Rose McHugh of Wash- | Chicago Council of MRS. JANE DEETER RIPPIN. of New York City. HELEN T. WOOLLEY of Detroit, HOPKINS ELECTED ASSOCIATION HEAD DR, ington Named Vice Presi- dent of Body. Harry L. Hopkins of the New York Association for improving the condition of the poor was elected president of the American Associa- tion of Social Workers at its third annual meeting in Washington vyes- terday afterncon at the Hotel Wash- ington. He succeeds Owen R. Love- juy of the national child labor com- mittee. The other officers elected were: Vice presidents, DJliss Josephine Schain of the Henry Street Settle- ment of New York city, Miss Rose McHugh of the National Catholic Welfare Council of Washington, Wil- fred F. Reynolds, secretary of the Social Agencies; secretary, Miss Antoinette Cannon, New York School of Social Work; treasurer, J. Byron Deacon, New York Tuberculosis Association. Twenty members were elected to the national council from the country at large. Five members of the national council were named by the nomi- nating committee for the executive committee, which will be elected at the natfonal council meeting tomor- row evening. Dr. Rene Sand of Belgium, who brought greetings to the association from abroad. announced that French and Belgium social workers have agreed that German soclal workers are to be invited to the proposed interna- tional conference of social work. The American association voted to send delegates to this conference. After much debate an amendment to the constitution was adopted, vest- ing the power of election to member- ship in the national membership com- mittee, which, however, must obtain the opinion of the local chapter. Addresses were made by the re- tiring executive secretary, Mrs. Edith Sbatto King, and by her successor, Philip Klein. Mrs. King announced that the assoclation now has ap- proximately 3,000 members, and chap- ters in fifteen cities. She received an ovation at the conclusion of her six years of service with the asso- clatfon and with its predecessor, the Natlional Social Workers' Exchange. FOR WORLD COURT FREE OF POLITICS GENESEO, N. Y., May 22.—Senato# James W. Wadsworth, jr. in a formal statement here yesterday, qualified his support of the proposal that the United States adhere to the protocol for the Permanent Court of Inter- national Justice by declaring that he was for America’s adhesion only “if we can remain free from political bondage. ‘The present world court,” he said, “is a creature of the league of na- tions, which in turn is a political body. To what extent the politics of the league (with all that that means) may influence the meke-up and pro- ceedings of the court is a matter to wheih we must give very serious con- sideration. That the two bodles, as present constituted and adminis- tered, are bound together more or less directly cannot be denied. If we can give our support to the court and at the same time remain absolutely free from political bondage, 1 am for it Indeed, I hope this can be done. If it cannot be done, I am against it.” —_—— e Committee on resolutions—Julia C. Lathrop, Rockford, chairman; Fred- eric Almy, Buffalo; Charles M. Hub- bard, St Louis. Committee on nominations—Henry W.” Thurston, New York, chairman; Donald B. Armstrong, New York: Richard K. Conant, Boston: Otto W. Davis, Minneapolis; C. M. Hincks, Chicago; C. Logan, Atlant: Committee on time and place— Sherman C. Kingsley, Philadelphia, chairman; Brother Barnabas, To- ronto; Dora Berre: Howard Frank Burleson, Seattle; C. C. Car- stens, New Yor! Mrs. Richard S Childs; New York; Raymond Clapp, Cleveland; Karl de Schweinitz, Phil- adelphia; Alexander Fleisher, New York; William Hodson, St. Paul; Harry L. Hopkins, Atlanta; Guy T. Just Denver; John A. Lapp, Chi- cago; David C. Liggett, Louisville; Gwen R. Lovejoy, New York; Bleecker Marquette, Cincinnati; Rose McHugh, Washington; Willlam'J. Norton, De- troit; A. Percy Paget, Winnipeg; El- mer_A. Scott, Dallas; Mrs. Ada E. Fheftield, Boston; Lucius A. Whip- ple, Providence, 4 0.5, SOCIAL WORK TONIGHT. Continental Hall. Topic: “The Strategic Position of the School in Programs of So- clal Work."” E Presiding: Homer Folks, presi- dent of conference. The School as a Means of De- veloping a Social Consciousn: and Soclal Ideals in Children, 2 John Dewey, Columbia University, New York. “From the Point of View of the Social Worker,” Miss M. Edith Campbell, director vocation bu- reau, Cincinnati, Ohio. ‘From the Point of View of the Educator,” Dr. Joseph K. Hart, formerly " professor of education, University of Washington, now editor, educational department, the Survey, New York. TOMORROW, General topic, “Public Opinion.” Dr. John H. Finley of New York, chairman. MORNING GROUP MEETINGS, 9-10:50. GROUP MEETING 1. Hall of Nations, Hotel Washington. Topic: “How Far Has Social Work Influenced Public Opinion?” Presiding: George A. Hastings, assistant secretary, State Charities Ald Association, New York. “What the Public Thinks of So- cial Work,” Mrs. Lucia Johnson Bing, former president of the Ohio State Conference of Social Work, Rio Grand clal Work, s _Thinks of So- E. Bowman, in- structor in_ sociology, Columbia University, New York “Creating an Informed and Re- sponsive Public Opinjon,” Gerald W. Johnson, associats _editor, Greensboro News, Greensboro, N. C. GROUP MEETING 2. Rose room, Hotel Washington. Topic: _“Printers’ Ink and So- clal Interpretation. Presiding: Paul U. Kellogg of New York, editor of the Survey. “The Scientific Journal,” Howard W. Odum, editor, Journal of So- clal Forces, Chapel Hill, N. C. *“The General Magazine,” Mrs. Honore Willsie Morrow, former editor of the Delineator, New York. “The Book,” Carl Van Doren, literary editor, the Century Maga- zine, New York. GROUP MEETING 3. Interior Building Auditorium. Topic: _“Public Opinion in Prob- lems of Race and Natjonality.” Presiding: _Allen T. Burns, first president of the Conference. Race ~Relations and Public Opinion. (a) Graham Romeyn Taylor, formerly executive, Chicago Com- mission on Race Relations, now executive director, Joint Commit- tee on Methods of Preventing De- linquency, New York (b) Charles S. Johnson, former- 1y associate executive, Chicago Commission on Race Relations, now director, research and investi- gations, National Urban League, New York “The Myth of Superiority,” Prof. Herbert Adolphus Miller, depart- ment of sociology, Oberlin College, Obelin, Ohio. Morning Group Meetings, 11:10 to 1. GROUP MEETING 4. National Museum. Topic: “Public Opinion on So- cial Welfare Questions as Indicated by_the Referendum.’ Presiding: John A. Kingsbury, secretary of the Jilbank Memorial Fund, New York. . LAUDED BY VISTOR Head of London Activity Wants World Informed of American ldeas. Wider appreciation of the vigor, energy and kindness of the American people and of “the desirability of pro- moting a fuller exchange of ideas be- tween American and other social workers" is expressed by noted hu- manitarian workers from other coun- tries who are attending the semi-cen- tennial conference on soctal work here. James J. Mallon, a guest from Eng- land, head worker of Townbee Hall, London, and an authority on social and industrial questions in Great Britain, said that “many of the pa- pers read to the conference are of wide importance, and I should ltke to see social workers in Europe study- ing them and submitting the results of their own researches to America. Likened to National Crusade. “The broad impression conveyed to me by the conference, the Intensity, intelligence and the interest mani- fested by large and representative audiences, is that social work in America is rapidly attaining to the dimensions and importance of a na- tional crusade. “The preoccupation of & conference of several thousands of men and| women with the non-partisan aspects of questions of government, industry, public health and order is new and, I need not add, stimulating to me. Similar gatherings in Great Britain are smaller and less well instructed, and they do not convey, to the same extent as the national conference, the. sense of & community which regards social reforms per se as its main or “The Referendum_in Tubercu- losis Campaigns,” Dr. Philip P. Jacobs, publicity director of the National Tuberculosts Association, New York. “The Referendum on Other So- cial_Questions.” (@)~ In Oregon—Franklin Thom- as, formerly professor of sociol- ogy, University of Oregon, Port- land, Oregon. (b) In Washington—Stuart A. Rice, formerly educational direc- tor, northwest division, American Red Cross, Seattle, Washington. (c) In other states—Dr. Alex- ander Fleisher, assistant secretary, Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany, New York. “The Soclal Significance of Such Results,” Dr. A. R. Hatton, profes- sor of social science, Western Re- serve University, Cleveland, Ohio. CONTINENTAL HALL. GROUP MEETING V. Topi. oclal Programs Public Support.” Presiding: George J. Hecht, edi- tor, Better Times, New York. “Interpretation of Social Pro- grams,” Willlam J. Norton, secre- tary, Detroit Community Fund, De- trolt, Mich, “Increased Interest Groups Through Central Financ- ing” Rev. C. H. LeBlond, super- visor of Catholic charities, Cleve- land, Ohio. “A Unified Program of Social Work as a Creator of Public Opin- fon” C. M. Bookman, execufive secretary,” The Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies, Cincinnati, Ohio. GROUP MEETING VI AMERICAN _RED CROSS ASSEM- BLY HALL. “The Settlement as an In- in PBublic Opinion, 15§8- Presiding: _Robert A. Woo South End House. Boston, M “The Spirit of the Leocal Com- munity as it Affects Public_Opin- John Lovejoy Elliott, ational_Federation of te, New York. 1e Settlement’s Influence Upon Public_Policie: Dr. Graham Tay- lor. Chicago Commons, Chicago, EVE) and in Special Topic fluence 1823 ING GES,\'ERAL SESSION, CONTINENTAL HALL. Presiding: Mr. Homer Folks, president, Nationa] Conference of Social Work. “How Far Have Social Welfare Considerations Entered Into State, National and Local Elections,” Mrs. Henry Moskowitz, public relations elor, New York. “Spheres of National Life Un- touched by Pubiic Opinion, ™ Mary E. McDowell, commissioner, de- partment of public welfare, city of Chicago. “Public Opinion and Social Prog- ress,” Willlam Preston Beazell, as. sistant managing editor, the New York World. MEETINGS OF, KINDRED GROUPS, AFTERNOON MEETINGS. American Assoclation for Com- munity Organ!zation. 2:30 meeting. Auditorium of In- terior building American Association for Organ- izing Family Social Work. 2:00 meeting. Hotel Raleigh Committee on publicity methods in social work. 1200 meeting. Corcoran Art Gal- ery Non-partisan Association, league of nations. 3:00 meeting. Continental Hall Council Protestant scopal Church—Trinity Church. conference of executive 2:30 reports of committee ap- pointed at last vear's conference. DIFFER N HEALTH WORK FOR PUPLS Speaker Seeing Big Gains Is Countered by One Noting Only Negative Results. The teaching of health in the schools of the world has taken great strides forward in the past few years, while school inspection has had little effect upon the amount of mental work, the conservation of nervous strain and the conservation of the child in athletics, according to the views of two speakers given this morning at a group meeting of the National Conference of Social Work in the Mt. Vernon M. E. Church South. They were Miss Sally Lucas Jean, director of health education in the American_Child Health Assoclation, of which Herbert Hoover is president and Dr. Caroline Hedger. medical ad- viser of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, Chicago. Dr. Thomas D. Wood, professor of physical edu- cation, Teachers' College, Columbia University, presided and also spoke on “The 'Theory and Practice of Health Education in_the Schools Dur- ing the Last Fifty Years.” Sees Stronger Children. “We are nearer the goal of building strong-bodied children than ever be- fore,” said Miss Jean, “but we will only succeed if we place In the child's consciousness the desirability of health—a health that means strength and happiness. Dr. Hedger gald school inspection as at present constituted is largely a mat- ter of negative health and has made little impression in the matter of con- servation. “It has largely devoted it- self to the prevention of contagion, of communicable diseases, the correction of defects that should have been corrected before the child was ever admitted to school, the hygiene of the schoo: build- ing and other fundamental mattes that make health possible,” she suid “The positive fleld of heaith remains the most important matter in the educa- tion and physicai life of the child, and demands co-operation and co-ordination of the various forces acting on the child,” primary interest.”” Dr. Alice Salomon’s Address. “When I was a little child I was always told that young people who did not do well were sent to Amer- ica,” said Dr. Alice Salomon, director of the Berlin School for Social Work, in giving her impressions of the na- tional conference. “In_social work in Germady,” she added, “we have a theory that young people who do not do well very often are people with peculiar gifts and capacities, which, however, do not conform with the needs of the social world of today; that children who play truant , who have tendencies to wander and roam about, would prob- ably be of the highest value, and even make a mark if they lived under different circumstances and condi- tions. Most Striking Impresaion. “The most striking impression of the conference is the amazing capa- city for work, the enthuslasm with which all the members of the confer- ence enter into every subject. 1 do not think that in any other country people could be found who are so tull of vigor, of eénergy, of kindness, who are so serious and cheerful at the same time. - “Another impression is that most people have not onlz the extraordi- nary optimism which i{s due to the probabilities of the country, to its extreme wealth, but they aro also convinced in a much higher degree than people on the other side of the ocean that they can stance according to. t! their Know! ot sclence.” she stated. Had War Experience. Dr. Hedger has had many years ex- perience as a physiclan in Chicago, and during the war was sent by the Chicago Woman's Club to Belgium to assist in the fight against the typhold cpidemic there. She is now teaching healih edu- cation in state colleges in the west in co-operation with the extension workers and the United States Department of Agriculture. > Miss Jean was formerly director of the child health organization, which first conceived the idea of making health a positive rather than a negative thing to children and of 'l\'lnf it the status § a game that a child loves to play—to make the child want to keep well. The Child Halth Organization was recently merged with the American Child Hy- giene Assoclation into the American Child Health Association for the pro- tection and promotion of child health fn America. AIDS RETIRED CLERGY. Cleveland Man Donates $100,000 to Methodists, Conditionally. CLEVELAND, May 22.—A donation of $100,000 toward a fund for retired Methodist ministers has been made by Frank A. Arter of Cleveland with the provision that Methodists of the northeast Ohio conference rafse $400,000 in October and November, it is_announced. Mr. Arter contributed a like amount to the pension fund on simi- lar terms several years ago. The amount now in hand is $535,000. URGE IMPORTANGE OF CHILD PROBLEN Social Conference Speaker: Stress Individual Study as “Public Necessity.” The national conference of sociy work, meeting in general session to day at Memorlal Continental Hall heard ‘the problem of the individua child, as regards education, empt sized as a “public necessity,” and recommendation that nursery scho be added to the educational system a a means of training the young fo parenthood and improving the healt) of children between two and fiv years of age. The general sublec taken up was “The School.” while th topic of the session was “Futur Trends in the Development of Soci Programs Through the S$chools.” Herbert S. Weet, superintendent o schools, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. Heler T. Woolley of the Merrill-Palne School, Detroit, and Dr. Rene Sand secretary general, the League of Re Cross Socleties, Paris, France, wer the speakers. J. Prentice Murp! vice chalrman of the committee schools, child welfare bureau, Phils delphia, presided. Warns Against Neglect. Mr. \Weet in his add feciares that ‘a community may neglect iti publio returni will be br ¥t the people in misunderstood munity fail to educate and the day of ree poned for a genera “Furthermore, a little time will the damage th o1 “But he stated little money &nd 1 largely repair al may have been dou¢ to a4 community through neglecti most of the other things, but the damage that results from failing tc educate a child at the period when a child should be educated is reparable “The problem of the individua. child is not simply the problem of the school, but the problem of the community. the state and the natiow itself. . Pri sions by the school fo1 solving thess problems, therefora are not matters of personal privilege but of public necessity. Modern Common School Cited. “The common or elementary of today is a vastly different tution from that of earlier days. T social elements are now much more numerous and diverse than formerls ard enforeed compulsory education laws have brought all thess elements into the public school. This, toge th the wider range of respo sibility the public school has bees forced to problem of the individual child. “The state and -country wide doption, of the high school and . the ever-increasing voluntary and com- pulsory attendance in ‘thls sehool has brought the public school fage to face with a diversity of intereste and abilities in this upper level education that demands provisi for type and individual difference an extent not vet even remotely preciated by a of us.” Dr. Wood! declared “the United States is rich enough to stand any ex- pense which ig essential to in: e tg every child in this country a chance te grow up heaithy, happy and well be- haved,” in urging the establishment of the nursery schools. Elaborating on this plan, she continued “Although psychologists, psychiatrists and physicians assure us that the most important mental and physical iils ot adult live have thetr roots in early child- hood, we still leave young children tirely to the management of parents who for the most patt are untrained for thy task. The nursery school can and doet fulfill a doul func It furnishes to yourg children from average homes, a better opportunity for physical. mental and social development, than the une aided home and it furnishes unparalleled fnppmluml)‘ for the inst of young women in the things ev ent hould know. “As soon as we begin to regard (s nursery school as a possible addition t the educational system, it neads to be carefuily scrutinized, not only from tive standpoint of the young children and the students of child care, but from that of the mother and its rcaction on tha family. If children between two and five years are cared for during school hours Dy experts provided by the edu- cational system, will the resuit bhe t deprive the mother of too much of her personal contact with and enfoyment of the child or to lessen her sense ol responsibiiity and weaken home ties?’ Regarded as Exhausting Task. Dr. Woblley answered this question Ly stating “the continued and ur relieved care of young children is i1 iteelf an exhausting task. Wowen. need relief from it during sume hours of the day if their own movals and the , family- atmospherc. dr- pendent upon it are to be maintained at a level which insures the calm, kindl human _relation- ships ‘which are _essential to ths mental health of chi d child who can be separated part of each day have a betier chance fo avoid the pitfalls.of irrita- tion, nagging and of eventual liabitual confiict Which are the must common evils of family life. Fur- thermore, the mother who has some opportunity for interests and eon- tacts outside of the home can con tribute more to the family life than one whose _ horizon is necessarily limited by the home itself.” Dr. Sand paid a tribute to the conference, the delegates and the organization of the meeting here. Ho defined eocial work as a “science and organization put at the service of the highest ideals cf human brother Lood." “In this fleld” he said, “American social workers have gone farther und achieved more than those of any other nation. The future hes store fcr them still more wonderful conquests.” MENTAL HEALTH VITAL IN SCHOOLS The real success or failure of the school child’s education depends as much upon the training he receives to meet life’s problems and situations while in school as it does upon the training of the mind, Dr. Jessie Taft of Philadelphia, diréctor of the de- partment of child Children’s Aid Society of Pennsylvania, asserted in an address before a group meeting of the National Conferénce of Social Work . in the First Congregational Church today. inst ap- st { ume, has intensified the hood. A moth- ° in - Dr. Taft_was followed by Dr. Guy ~ Montrose Whipple, perimental education, University of Michigan, and Dr. Elizabetn I.. Wooeds, director of the div artment of . public instruction, Wisconsin, who_also spoke on the subject “School Programs for Mental Health.* Dr. Robert M. Yerkes, chairman, research information serv- ice, National Research Council, Wash- ington, D. C, presided. “Children spend any hours of their lives in school,” Dr. Taft said. “During that time tomething is hap- Lening, net merely to iheir intels leots, but fo their ways of meeting life. ' Adjustménts, behavior patterns, favorabie or unfavorable to: -the mental health of the child, are being formed daily. These patterns may aesist or effectively block. even the acquiring of information. Mental health cannot be ireated ‘as sor: thing external to or additional to the work of the 'school. It ¥s if- volved In the. educative procesa itself. Without a good mental and scefal adjustment no child can profit as Me should by the school's training.: Without an educatiotial process which contributes to that adjusi- ment a mental health pregram ior children eannot be realized.” ° Professor of . ex-- fon of education, . 4 ' ] i