OF THE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

OF

SOCIAL WORK

Formerly, National Conference of Charities and Correction

COPYRIGHT 1922 BY

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK

All Rights Reserved

Published November 1922

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The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE LIBRARY
MADISON, WISCONSIN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Addresses of Welcome:

T. F. I. MacDonnell

Joseph H. Gainer.

W. H. P. Faunce

A. GENERAL SESSIONS

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

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

Racial Diversities and Social Progress, Julius Drachsler

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

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

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

DIVISION I. CHILDREN

B. SECTION MEETINGS

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

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

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

M. Edith Campbell .

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

Child-Caring Agencies, Ruth I. Workum

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

McCoy.

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

Recreational Activities in Institutions, R. K. Atkinson

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

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