 | Child welfare - 1908 - 840 pages
...economical. Child-caring agencies, whether suPported by public or private funds, should by all legitimate press for adequate financial support. Inferior methods...or class to almshouses is an unqualified evil, and shouid be forbidden everywhere by law, with suitable penalty for its violation. INCORPORATION. 5. To... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1910 - 766 pages
...year by a committee of experts on child-caring agencies, appointed by President Roosevelt, viz. : — So far as it may be found necessary temporarily or...the cottage type when new buildings are constructed. We report with no little satisfaction that certain large sums have been bequeathed to us recently,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Devine - United States - 1915 - 252 pages
...be cared for in families whenever practicable. 4. Institutions should be on the cottage plan. . . . Existing congregate institutions should so classify...the cottage type when new buildings are constructed. 5. The state should inspect the work of all agencies which care for dependent children. 6. Educational... | |
 | 1919 - 484 pages
...public or private funds, should by all legitimate means press for adequate financial support," and that "cheap care of children is ultimately enormously expensive and is unworthy of a strong community." 6. It was proposed that only incorporated institutions should be allowed to assume the duty of child-caring,... | |
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Cheap care of children is ultimately enormously expensive, and is unworthy of a strong community. Existing congregate institutions should so classify their inmates and segregate them into groups as to secure as many of the benefits of the cottage system... 