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

UNIVERSITY OF

MINNESOTA
LIBRARY

PUBLISHED FOR THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK

BY

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. GENERAL SESSIONS

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

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

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

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

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U OF M BINDERY

I. CHILDREN

B. DIVISION MEETINGS

Intake of Child Caring Institutions and Agencies:

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:

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The Relation of Probation to Other County Social Work, Mrs. Katherine Gibson 103

Institutions for Delinquent Children:

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

Weaver Smith, M.D.

What Is the Test of Success? Miriam Van Waters

State Programs for Crippled Children, Harry H. Howett

Health Activities of Child Caring Agencies:

Examinations on Admission, Arlene Bauer

Continuous Health Supervision, Mary E. Murphy

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 R Culbert

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Support and Interpretation of Child Welfare Work:

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

Ralph Barrow.

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

The Charities Budget and Children's Agencies, Elwood Street