ABSTRACT
"The era of rule by thumb and a kind heart must give way to trained individuals, whose kindness is rendered more effective because governed by intelligence." Describing Hull House activities at the National Conference of Charities in 1894, Julia Lathrop told her audience that while the settlement house initiated educational programs and became involved in social issues affecting its neighborhood, it did not "dispense charity. During the early years of social work, education disagreements erupted among faculty throughout the country about whether the emphasis should be on the study of social conditions, the training of caseworkers, or both. Lathrop's enthusiasm for graduate education in social work, which offered opportunities for faculty to pursue sophisticated research and students the chance to train for social service professions, motivated her to push for a new program at her alma mater in Poughkeepsie.
