A Short Course of Lectures on Welfare Work for Women will begin on Monday, October 29th, at 7.30 p.m. This Course will be repeated in the day-time, beginning Tuesday, October 30th, at 10.30 a.m.

A Short Course of Lectures on Welfare Work for Men will be arranged to begin on Monday, October 29th, provided enough men apply to Mr. Douglas Knoop, Director of Studies, before September 30th.

A Sessional Course of Training in Welfare Supervision for Women will begin early in October, provided a sufficient number apply to Miss Constance Styring, B.Sc., Director of Studies, before September 30th.

LECTURERS.

The following will take part in the instruction given in these courses :—

T. S. ASHTON, M.A., Assistant Lecturer on Economics in the University.

MISS F. TILNEY BASSETT, Principal of the Sheffield Training College of Domestic Science.

DOUGLAS KNOOP, M.A., Lecturer on Economics in the University.

PROFESSOR J. B. LEATHES, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in the University.

MRS. A. E. NAISH, M.D. (Lond.), Lady Tutor of Anatomy in the University; Admiralty Civil Surgeon.

MISS E. SADLER, H.M. Senior Lady Inspector of Factories. A. GARRICK WILSON, M.Ch., F.R.C.S., Certifying Surgeon Surgeon to the Sheffield Royal Hospital.

MISS M. E. WOOD, of Messrs. Rowntree's Welfare Department.

Directors of Studies.

DOUGLAS KNOOP, M.A.

MISS. CONSTANCE STYRING,

B.Sc.

All correspondence should be addressed to one of the Directors of Studies at the University.

Lectures on Welfare Supervision.

The value of welfare work in factories and workshops has been brought into increased prominence since the War. Welfare supervision has been shown to be good for the workers, good for the employers and good for the State. It is good for the women and girl workers to have access to the counsels of a sympathetic and broad-minded woman who is specially charged with the preservation of their health and well-being. It is an advantage to the managing director or head of a business undertaking to have the assistance of a trained woman in his dealings with women workers. And as the contentment of labour can never be a matter of indifference to industry, so the health and well-being of actual and potential mothers can never be a matter of indifference to the State.

The functions of a welfare supervisor will necessarily vary from factory to factory, but in general she must be prepared to discharge one or more of the following duties :

I. The arrangements for education and training amongst the younger workers.

II. The recreation of the workers in their leisure time. This is probably more important in the case of boys and girls than in the case of men and women.

III. Canteens.—The importance of an adequate diet of a suitable kind if workers are to withstand the strain of factory life cannot be over-emphasised, and it is for the welfare supervisor to try to bring this home to the workers, even though there may be no question of an actual canteen.

IV. Works' Comfort.-This includes all matters affecting the health of the workers, the length of the working day and the arrangement of the intervals for meals. V. Illness and Accidents.-It may be part of the duties of the welfare supervisor to give first aid in cases of illness and accidents, as the provision of care and attention at the outset in such cases often prevents serious developments from supervening.

In the course of her duties a welfare supervisor will be brought into frequent contact with foremen, managers and directors, and she will have to display considerable tact and broad-mindedness if she is to succeed in securing the acceptance of any suggestions or recommendations that she may make. These same qualities will also be required in her dealings with the workers, if she is to be sympathetic to them and to gain their good-will. It will be readily understood that the position of a welfare supervisor is far from easy; qualities are called for which cannot be imparted by any particular course of training. Other things being equal, however, a trained supervisor will succeed better than an untrained supervisor, and it is in order to meet the demand of employers for competent welfare supervisors, that the University has established courses of training.

Good health, a sound general education, and some experience of and interest in social work seem to be essential qualifications for anyone wishing to train as a welfare supervisor. The salaries paid to welfare workers are about the same as those paid in the teaching profession. There seems every prospect of a rapid development of welfare work in the immediate future and no reason to think that the demand for welfare workers will cease after the war. The number of firms employing women is very large, and so far only very few have introduced welfare work. When employers come to realise that it is not charity or philanthropy, but a sound commercial policy, to employ welfare supervisors, their general introduction in other than munition factories is certain to follow.

In view of the increasing interest which is being taken in welfare work the University has organised a short course of thirty lectures on this subject. This course is especially adapted to the needs of those already engaged in welfare supervision, or