Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — GENERAL AND “STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND “STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Ci tie* and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. CHILI) WELFARE CONFERENCE To Be Held in Indianapolis on Thursday, May 0. A conference on child welfare will be held in the assembly room of the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, Thursday, May 9, under the auspices of the Woman’s Section of the State Council of Defense. An invitation is extended to every individual especially interested in conserving and bettering the childhood of our country. The list of speakers includes representatives not only of Indiana child welfare agencies, public and private, but of two great national organizations which are concerning themselves with the welfare of the home, the Children’s Bureau and the American Red Cross. The meeting is an opportunity for us to hear what these experts have to tell us, and to become better acquainted with each other and more familiar with the state’s resources for dealing with child problems. At the morning session, Thursday’, May 9, at 9:30, Dr. Horace Ellis will preside and a program of short talks will be given regarding the relations of the school to the child.

At the afternoon session Mrs. Albert Fellows Bacon presiding, the following program will be given: Informal Remarks, Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle. What the State Is Doing to Protect Her Children —By the Board of State Charities, Amos W. Butler, secretary; by the State Board of Health, Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary; by the State Board of Education, Dr. Horace Ellis, president; by the Department of Inspection, State Industrial Board, John J. Walsh, inspector, Mrs. A. T. Cox, special agent. “The Mental Defective, a Menace to Childhood,” Dr. S. E. Smith, superintendent Eastern Hospital for Insane, Richmond. “The Menace of the Feeble-Minded Child,” Dr. Kenosha Sessions, superintendent Indiana Girls’ school, Clermont. “The Red Cross and Child Dependents,” Shelley D. Watts, representing Home Service department, American Red Cross, Cincinnati. “Child Helping Private Agencies,” Paul L. Kirby, secretary Children's Aid society, Indianapolis. “The Work of the Parent-Teachers’ association,’’ Mrs. H. E. Barnard, president; Indianapolis association.

At 12:30 of the same day a luncheon will be given in the Riley room of the Claypool hotel, in honor of Miss Lathrop, at which Mrs. Carlisle will preside. The luncheon will be $1 a plate. Pleas? mail requests for reservations accompanied by checks to Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon, Room 83, State House, Indianapolis, or Mrs. J. I. Gwin, Rensselaer. No reservations can be made after May 8.