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

Chicago 11. Por.
2.-16-27
14458

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A. GENERAL SESSIONS

Addresses of Welcome:

T. F. I. MacDonnell

Joseph H. Gainer.

W. H. P. Faunce.

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:

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,

The Lawbreaker and Needed Improvements in His Treatment:

Coddling the Prisoner, Hastings H. Hart.

D.D.

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 I. CHILDREN

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

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

109

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:

116

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

130

136

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

McCoy..

145

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

150

Constructive Social Agency, Emma O. Lundberg

itutions, R. K. Atkinson

155

160

Woman's Reformatory, Anna M. Petersen

164