PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF

SOCIAL WORK

Formerly National Conference of Charities and Correction

AT THE

FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL SESSION

HELD IN

DENVER, COLORADO

JUNE 10-17, 1925

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 1925 BY

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK

All Rights Reserved

Published December 1925

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

What Is Social Work? (Presidential Address), William J. Norton

The Dynamics of Social Work, Rev. Frank Nelson.

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The Menace of Racial and Religious Intolerance, Charles A. Ellwood

Resolved That the Proposed Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United

States Should Be Ratified (Debate: Affirmative Side), Owen R. Lovejoy

Resolved That the Proposed Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United

States Should Be Ratified (Debate: Negative Side), Hon. Charles S. Thomas

Resolved That the Proposed Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United

States Should Be Ratified (Debate: Rebuttal), Owen R. Lovejoy.

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The Religion of Human Helpfulness (Conference Sermon), Rev. John Howard Melish

What Shall We Do about War? Sherwood Eddy

The State and Human Welfare, Hon. William E. Sweet

Social Aspects of the Japanese Problem, Frederick Starr

A Message to Take Home with You, Halsted Ritter

What Children Should Be Received for Care by an Institution or Agency and

What Is the Responsibility for Those Not Accepted? C. C. Carstens

Agencies for Determining Whether Care Outside of Own Home Is Necessary, and

If So, What Kind of Care, Rev. John Doherty.

County Programs of Child Care:

What Should a County Program Undertake? H. Ida Curry

Developing the Local Program, Charles F. Hall.

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The Relation of Probation to Other County Social Work, Mrs. Katherine Gibson

Institutions for Delinquent Children:

103

Can the Institution Equip the Girl for Normal Social Relationships? Carrie

Weaver Smith, M.D.

108

The Use of Central Clinics for Child Caring Agencies, Alice H. Walker

Work with Children Presenting Special Physical Problems, Jacob Kepecs

The School and Social Problems, Jane F. Culbert

Interpreting Child Welfare Work to the Community-the Private Agency,

Ralph Barrow.

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The Interpretation to the Community of a Public Agency, Virginia B. Handley 137

The Charities Budget and Children's Agencies, Elwood Street.

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