OF THE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF

SOCIAL WORK

Formerly, National Conference of Charities and Correction

AT THE

FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL SESSION
HELD IN

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
JUNE 22-29, 1922

PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS

23-25 E. NINTH STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO

PUBLISHED FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK

BY

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

COPYRIGHT 1922 BY
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK

All Rights Reserved

Published November 1922

Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Chicago 11. Tor.

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Changing Fundamentals of Social Work (Presidential Address), Robert W. Kelso.

The Family as a Factor in Social Evolution, Arthur J. Todd

Neglected Fundamentals in Children's Work:

DIVISION I. CHILDREN

Fundamental Questions Now Before Us, Grace Abbott

The Superficial Character of Child Caring Work, J. Prentice Murphy

Underlying Concepts in the World Movement for Health:

Public Health, George E. Vincent

Mental Hygiene, William A. White

The Faith of the Social Worker (Conference Sermon), Rev. Frank Nelson, D.D.

The Lawbreaker and Needed Improvements in His Treatment:

Coddling the Prisoner, Hastings H. Hart.

The Cleveland Survey of Criminal Justice, Raymond Moley

The Future of a Community in an Industrial Civilization:

The Waste of Human Effort in Industry, Herbert C. Hoover

The Place of the Local Community in Organized Society, E. C. Lindeman

The Effect of Modern Industry on Community Life, Allen T. Burns.

Public Agencies as Public Carriers of Ideas, Ada E. Sheffield.

Functions of Public and Private Agencies in the Social Work of the Future, C. M. Bookman

Racial Diversities and Social Progress, Julius Drachsler.

B. SECTION MEETINGS

DIVISION II. DELINQUENTS AND CORRECTION

The School's Responsibility for the Leisure Time of the Child:

In Relation to the Services of the School, Neva R. Deardorff

In Relation to Its Effect on the Conduct and Efficiency of the Child and His Family,

M. Edith Campbell

Minimum Qualifications for a Good Training School for Delinquent Boys, Donald North.

Minimum Qualifications of a Good Child Placing Agency, Sophie Van S. Theis

Progress in Legal Protection for Children Born Out of Wedlock, Emma O. Lundberg .

Court Procedure in Securing Support for a Child of Illegitimate Birth, Elizabeth A. Lee

The Spiritual Values of Childhood:

The Religious Life of the Child, Ella Lyman Cabot

The Aesthetic Sensibilities of Childhood, Royal Bailey Farnum

Co-ordinating a Community's Child Caring Work:

The Relationship between the Functions of the Juvenile Court and Those of the General

Child-Caring Agencies, Ruth I. Workum

The Philadelphia Plan of a Central Bureau of Inquiry and Specialized Care, Helen I.

McCoy.

The Plan of a General Bureau of Inquiry, Lawrence C. Cole

The Juvenile Court as a Constructive Social Agency, Emma O. Lundberg

Recreational Activities in Institutions, R. K. Atkinson

The Administrative Problems of a Woman's Reformatory, Anna M. Petersen

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