314 Conclusion, and Future Outlook 



The complete obliteration of all such classes to-day 

 would not result in their complete disappearance from 

 the race. Others would be born as variants from 

 normal parentage. But the evil of it all lies in the 

 fact that we are still permitting many of these de- 

 fectives to multiply, and that in the face of the fact 

 that a normal child has never been reported among 

 the offspring of two feeble-minded parents. 



THE MODERN SERVICE TRAINING 



Of all the institutions contributing to the direct 

 improvement of the race there is perhaps none 

 surpassing in importance the modern training school 

 for social workers. In New York, Chicago, Phila- 

 delphia, St. Louis, and other large cities such may be 

 found usually affiliated with some university or col- 

 lege. The general purpose is that of training men and 

 women to go into the field of social service and apply 

 the methods and conclusions worked out by the re- 

 search student. Hitherto, much of the social work 

 has been conducted by persons possessing merely 

 religious zeal and enthusiasm. Their efforts were 

 praiseworthy, but they lacked the training necessary 

 for coping with modern educational and economic 

 problems. The distinctive feature of the new meth- 

 ods is that it is based on scientific and business prin- 

 ciples. That is, the social worker is trained in the 

 same methodical way as the prospective lawyer or 

 school teacher, and is also paid reasonably for his 

 services. 



