Institute Notes and News
| Published date | 01 April 1938 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1938.tb02082.x |
| Date | 01 April 1938 |
Institute
Notes
and
News
London
Winter
Conference.-The London Winter Conference of the Institute,
held
at
Westminster City Hall by the kindness
of
the Mayor and Corporation of
Westminster,
on
February 5th and 6th, was well attended and was in every way
a success. The dinner and dance arranged for the Saturday evening made
a
most
pleasant social feature.
The subjects discussed
at
the Conference fell under the general heading of
‘I
The
Family and the State,” and in detail included the health services, the educational
system, the other social services and family allowances. Copies
of
the papers
(which appear in the present issue
of
the Journal) had been circulated
in
advance
to those present and were taken
as
read, with
a
few supplementary or explanatory
remarks by the respective writers, Dr. Arthur Massey, Mr. Leslie Hutchinson,
Dr.
P.
Ford and Mr.
D.
V.
Glass. Mr. E.
M.
H.
Lloyd, who had taken
a
con-
siderable share in planning the scope of the programme, proved
a
very genial and
efficient chairman, and there was, as usual
at
the Conferences of the Institute,
a
succession of bright and competent speakers, keeping to the point and bringing
the practical experience of their daily work to bear on the problems under
discussion. Several points of view besides those of public servants were repre-
sented, including an interesting contribution from Mr.
J.
G.
S.
Donaldson, of the
Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham, and one from Mrs. Edna Thorp, introduced
by
the
B.B.C.
as
a
representative member of the public who are served.
The fundamental question whether the social services are to be regarded
as
salvage operations among
a
rapidly proceeding wreckage of the family or, on the
other hand,
as
services of
a
reintegrating character, which will once again establish
the family firmly, though with differences,
as
the social unit, received much
attention. There was evidently
a
strong desire among those engaged in the
administration
of
the services to feel that they were engaged in work of a genuinely
constructive character: and on this aspect the discussion went
far
to justify
a
general attitude of optimism, certainly as regards the health services and the
education services.
Visits
from
Overseas.-During
the past few months there have been
a
number of
members and friends from overseas who have called at the London office and given
opportunity for pleasant and helpful personal contact. These have included Mr.
T.
R. Loftus MacInnes, Secretary for Indian Affairs, Ottawa; Professor
M.
E.
Loomis. Professor
of
Government in New
York
University; Professor A. Hrady,
M.A., Ph.D., Professor
of
Political Science in the University of Toronto;
Mr. Lee
S.
Greene, Fellow
of
the Social Service Research Council,
1937-38,
formerly
supervisor
of
Training in Public Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority;
Mr. John
E.
Devine,
M.A.,
of the University of Chicago;
Mr.
G.
J.
Evatt, Com-
missioner for Water Conservation and Irrigation, Stat. Government of New South
Wales and
a
member of the Council of the New
South
Wales Regional Group.
Without exception these visits have been much appreciated.
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