Proceedings: Selected Papers [of The] Annual Meeting, Volume 22National Conference on Social Welfare, 1895 - Charities |
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... prisons grows out of the opposite atmosphere of hopeless and brutal defi- ance ? The struggle between altruism and pure self - seeking is so far set- tled that the best thought of to - day admits 8 TWENTY - SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ...
... prisons grows out of the opposite atmosphere of hopeless and brutal defi- ance ? The struggle between altruism and pure self - seeking is so far set- tled that the best thought of to - day admits 8 TWENTY - SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ...
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... Prison systems create too many criminals , while they offer small chance for a return to virtuous life when the doors open . I wonder if New Haven has not the best system in the United States for aiding discharged prisoners to regain an ...
... Prison systems create too many criminals , while they offer small chance for a return to virtuous life when the doors open . I wonder if New Haven has not the best system in the United States for aiding discharged prisoners to regain an ...
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... prison discipline , alarm at the gathering masses of degraded criminal pauper life , intense interest in the stu- pendous problem of unemployment aggravated by the commingling of genuine searchers for work with idle loafers at cheap ...
... prison discipline , alarm at the gathering masses of degraded criminal pauper life , intense interest in the stu- pendous problem of unemployment aggravated by the commingling of genuine searchers for work with idle loafers at cheap ...
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... prison has talked as if such ruin of lives , and what looks like ruin of even wondering what other outlet fo were inevitable , never natural love of pleasure and adventure , so carefully provided TWENTY - SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ...
... prison has talked as if such ruin of lives , and what looks like ruin of even wondering what other outlet fo were inevitable , never natural love of pleasure and adventure , so carefully provided TWENTY - SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ...
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... prisons and lock - ups are frequently out of touch wì the higher influences of society , its officers are left to perform th duties without the cheer and inspiration of those who represent highest interests of human life . 8. As the ...
... prisons and lock - ups are frequently out of touch wì the higher influences of society , its officers are left to perform th duties without the cheer and inspiration of those who represent highest interests of human life . 8. As the ...
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Page 62 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole!" As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, " All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!
Page 367 - ... whose duty it shall be to see that the provisions of this act are carried into effect.
Page 367 - State, or shall be liable to become such charge, it shall be the duty of the overseers of the poor of the town...
Page 375 - The Legislature shall provide for a state board of charities, which shall visit and inspect all institutions, whether state, county, municipal, incorporated or not incorporated, which are of a charitable, eleemosynary, correctional or reformatory character...
Page 375 - Prisons, which shall visit and inspect all institutions* used for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime, or detained as witnesses or debtors.
Page 241 - Maker, of its relation to society, to grow up in an atmosphere of profaneness and intemperance, and in the practice of falsehood and fraud, let not the community complain of his crime. It has quietly looked on and seen him, year after year, arming himself against its order and peace ; and who is most to blame, when at last he deals the guilty blow ? A moral care over the tempted and ignorant portion of the state is a primary duty of society.
Page 286 - In less than three years she had reduced one of the most disorderly hospital populations in the world to something like Christian discipline, such as the police themselves wondered at.
Page 241 - It ought not to breed monsters in its bosom. If it will not use its prosperity to save the ignorant and poor from the blackest vice, then it must suffer, and deserves to suffer, from crime.
Page 18 - Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
Page 2 - ... hire and other expenses, the amount and time of payment of which shall be fixed by the Executive Committee from time to time. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse all moneys of the Conference, all disbursements to be made only upon order of the General Secretary, approved by the President or by some member of the Executive Committee, to be named by the President. The Official Reporter and Editor shall report and edit the Proceedings of the Conference.