... A Child Welfare Symposium: Twenty-five Special Papers Contributed by Leading Pennsylvanians

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William Henry Slingerland
Department of Child-helping, Russell Sage Foundation, 1915 - 138 pages
 

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Page 42 - The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
Page 127 - SECTION 17. No appropriation shall be made to any charitable or educational institution not under the absolute control of the Commonwealth, other than normal schools established by law for the professional training of teachers for the public schools of the State, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House.
Page 127 - No appropriations, except for pensions or gratuities for military services shall be made for charitable, educational or benevolent purposes, to any person or community, nor to any denominational or sectarian institution, corporation or association.
Page 66 - ... it shall be the duty of the said probation officer to make such investigation as may be required by the court ; to be present in court in order to represent the interests of the child when the case is heard ; to furnish to the court such information and assistance as the judge may require; and to take such charge of any child before and after trial as may be directed by the court.
Page 128 - ... to its dependent classes point to the following as principles that every state ought to follow : The state should provide first for the care of those groups that are properly state wards ; No appropriations should be made to charities under private management until the reasonable needs of the charities managed and supported by the state have been fully met and an adequate system of state institutions developed (it may safely be said that no state can now foresee the arrival of such a blessed...
Page 126 - A small local hospital in the northern tier of counties sometimes received a larger appropriation than a state-wide agency caring for hundreds of beneficiaries most of whom would otherwise be a charge on public funds. One of the thirty-five general hospitals in Philadelphia under private management received a larger appropriation from the last legislature than was...
Page 107 - ... increased instabilities of health at the age of about six we could still detect the ripple-marks of an ancient pubic beach now lifted high above the tides of a receding shore-line as human infancy has been prolonged. I have also given reasons that lead me to the conclusion that, despite its dominance, the function of sexual maturity and procreative power is peculiarly mobile up and down the ageline independently of many of the qualities usually so closely associated with it, so that much that...
Page 95 - ... former. Still others confine their activities mainly to volunteer service, sometimes with incomplete previous investigation of the homes, little physical or mental examination of wards, and in some cases inadequate after-supervision. It should be noted, however, that some volunteer work is well done and is often very useful, especially outside the large urban centers. Poor work may be and sometimes is done by paid agents. Whether the workers are volunteers or employed to give their whole time,...
Page 109 - Homer Folks, Secretary of the State Charities Aid Association of New York...
Page 121 - It may be well to call attention here to the fact that the cones are very sparingly developed, if at all, in this species.

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