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RIVER LIFE BEFORE 1850 TOLD
IN GRAPHIC STEAMBOAT STORY
Way Back When FifrureVin
Brought by Tears
On Tuesday, March 18, my new
found home started up the Wil
lamette for; Harrisburg and re
turned Friday.lhe 21st with a full
load of wheat and ; a "small toy
with an exalted Idea of himself.
A few of the crew whose names
1 remember were: Captain Charles
Hotman, Chief Engineer George
Marshall, First Assistant John
Marshall, First Pilot Aaron Vick
ers. Second Pilot Charles Kellogg,
Steward Joe Harrison and .Tom
Washington as chef. , Of these
named all haTe passed into the
mystic beyond. -
In those days the master of the
steamer was virtually in charge of
the vessel he commanded. . . i
J. The owners entrusted the boat
and business In his care and look
ed to him to manage the steamer
in such a way so as to earn a profit
on the Investment, which except
in very rare cases, was secured.
' He was consulted when changes
in time, destination, route or the
making of rates were agreed upon
and the selection, retention or dis
charging of any employee on board
was left to him as a divine right.
In fact he was monarch of all he
'surveyed.
It was probably owing to the
latter rule that I managed to
serve out the initial season of my
indnction Into river service.
Being a callow youth 6f twelve
seasons and not of a robust phy
sique, my earning powers from a
financial standpoint were at a low
ebb and If it had not been that I
was a protege of the captain's fav
orite chef and sponsored by the
worthy "skipper to boot, the riv
er steamers and I would soon have
become strangers to each other.
Old Tom watched over .me as
zealously as a mother with her
first, born and I was never called
upon to assist in a regular way
unless my conduct . did not meet
with his entire approval and: I j
must confess that at regular stat
ed, intervals my conduct-was not
conducive of much approbation.
When detected in any conduct
thai he considered unworthy of a
grandson of a Mississippi master,
I was introduced to a bushel tub of
potatoes and a paring knife with
an Injunction to"skIn 'em close."
T The deck hands' soon saw the
protectorate that I was , working
by and under and to tease me
would call me Niggah Jim" and
chase me back to the galley when
1 would become too insistent in
my quest for river lore and vocab
ulary.
Having been taught from my
infancy not to use the terms "Nig
gah but to refer, to that race as
colored people, this appellation
would cause a small sized insur
rection before the brawny .men
who worked on deck succeeded, in
their sham battles to drive me
Watch Your CfiildV Health
Is Warning Sent by Expert
Tragic Evidence of Failure to Safeguard Hearth bf Young People"
"J A Found; Regulate Play and Study Load
"v - "Trying" to repair, the damage
-that, in some cases seems to be the
direct result of the terrific speed
i at which we are driving these hu-
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wau macmues oi van, is lue un
derlying thought in an ' article .by
f Grace Holmes, R. K., in a recent
t Issue of Health First. ,
First, in a 40 bed -sanatorium,
f she had under her case 6 - high
f school boys and girls 15 oer cent
j of ' the" total capacity of the sana-
tV torium'. Later, in a Wisconsin
were 5 beds . In" a " row; each, oc
cupied by, a, young college man,
.one of whom ''failed to come
back.. Again In Wisconsin, a
clinic was held this year, at which
434 high school 'boys and girls
were examined. Among thisln um
ber 2 cases of tuberculosis were
found, according to The Crusader,
the monthly publication, of the
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis asso-
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This, last year in OregonV a visit
was made to the state sanatorium
which; has a capacity of 132 beds.
Fifteen beds were - occupied by
conese stuaenis, ty hign school
J students and 18 by grade school
pupus. Here .again, 9 -per cent of
the entire patient-body were high
school or college students "Tragic
..evidence of our failure to. safe
guard the health nf theca winner
'vpeole!" : Observes the writer.
JO Whose responsibility is.it to; prer
i f - vent these tragedies ?,The,schoobJt
Yes, partially; but, as pointed put
in tne article it rests Jointly wltn
several other groups, notably with
the home. : : " . ; , : - s
t we are, an raminar wun ine
Ps work ot school medical inspection
- so effectively carried" out in some
" , of bur larger centres of population
f , particularly in the grades; : Valso
with tbe excellent work c sghoo
Dramatic Panorama of Changes
on Valley Station -
baclc to the cook's quarters.
My appearance at the galley
door with disheveled hair and
streaming eyes would eventually
bring a hunk of ginger bread from
the faithful old Tom and he would
tell me that he surely would "Pi
zen" their coffee on the next watch
off and send me to the pilot house
with my tale; of wee to Captain
Charlie. -.
Captain Holman was a boy once
and took In the situation chiding
me for not cleaning out the crew
and offering his services to assist
In their entire demolition.
While he was diligent in per
forming his duty looking after the
offspring of a brother captain he
believed that boys would be boys
and In his kindness to me gave
what I now can see was a great
latitude to roam in. .
During my stay with him on
this steamer, there was but once
that he gave me an unkind word
and this was done for my benefit
and it had a lasting impression up
on me, one that I retained for
many years.
In those days all well-appointed
steamboats were supplied with
a bar for the bibulously inclined
passenger and was generally
placed in the forward cabin oppo
site the office of the clerk or pur
ser with a swinging half door that
served as a bar when the upper
half was open. While this was
tended by a regular bar keeper it
was the duty of the steward's de
partment to keep it in order.
One day the steward asked me
to sweep, this room out for him
and while being thus engaged Cap
tain Holman happened to pass
through the cabin and espied me
behind the bar. - Without herald
ing his advance he grabbed me by
my puny shoulders, and lifted me
clear of the half door and used me
as a pile driver on the boiler deck,
each slam -accompanied ; by a"per
oration regarding the impropriety
of a boy of my years and position
in life, being found behind a liquor
counter. ..... . j
Imagine, if you can, the disaster
that had befallen me.
I was ashamed to tell Tom and
was fearful lest the gang on deck
Would learn of my discomfiture
and I resolved then and there to
deserj the boat at the first wood
yard.
Noticing the abject and humil
iated look on my face the captain
appeared to relent, although he
was smiling, at the ' bar-keeper
when I could not observe him and
soon matters were adjusted and
with an admonition always to
steer clear, of both sides' of a bar
of this description, the past was
forgotten and the whole-souled
genial captain and I were com
rades again.
and public health nurses, and the
work of the modern health crus
ade. ' i-
. In- all this excellent health work
the lower grade students' are the
chief beneficiaries. "The problem
of the, physical care of high school
students is almost an untouched
field." How jnany of these young
people, growing up like young
colts., are, In, their unrestrained
ambition, trying to. carry amounts
of classroom work out of all pro
portion to their -physical,, endur
ance? , In addition to the work of
the classroom, every present-day
high school boy or girl desires, or
should desire, to take some part
In athletics or other extra-curriculum
-activities. Add to this the
late; hours, auto rides, jazz parties,
etc.i constituting the end of the
perfect day for "Flaming Youth"
and what is the result? "So long
as they do not fail in their classes,
nq one interferes'. Finally, espe
cially as the school term draws
toward its close in the spring, fond
parents begin to notice symptoms
of irritability, loss of weight and
appetite, lack-lustre' eyes,: loss of
that "school-girl complexion,'
which no amount of cosmetics ean
bring back- Finally, with increasing-signs
of weakness, the tell-tale
hacking cough and afternoon tem
perature all too often develop. In
somccases, the result is complete
collapse, involving months of sana
toria ai care, followed by many
more, months of struggle 'to' got
back to rugged health ; and for
some it , Is that :.. long journey
whence no traveler returns. .
"The responsibility for many of
these tragedies rests," .continues
Mis Holmes; "upon the 'SBouTdrefi
of us grown-ups, parents and
teachers alike, who are supposed
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iMliflll
C1SMWICT1
Professor W. F. G, Thacher
Would Not Select One
Modern Story
Professor W. F. G. Thatcher,
University of Oregon, lover of
fiction, teacher of fiction, writer
of fiction, would not select a
single volume of modern fiction
if he were shipwrecked with only
time to select twelve 'volumes
from a complete library with
which to occupy the leisure mo
ments of til life.
Nor would he choose altogether
books which he has already read.
Rather he would take that time
to pour over a list of books which
in his busy life as a professor of
journalism in the University of
Oregon he has never had time to
read.
"I would select books which I
could read again and again," said
the professor, seemingly enjoying
the imaginative setting of being
shipwrecked. "There is no work
of fiction which I could read more
than twice, a fact which would
bar -fiction completely."
There was not a moment's hesi
tation in Professor Thatcher's
selection of the first book.
"I would start with the Bible,
if for. no other reason than be
cause of the important part piayed
in the development of the human
race," - he asserted, and then
turned to Shakespeare.
"I would want the plays of Wil
liam Shakespeare for their inex
haustible source of human inter
est and poetry. I would choose
him rather as a poet than a dra
matist. "Next I would choose the Greek
dramatists Aeschylus, Sophocles,
Euripides- because I have always
wanted time to study them more.
thoroughly. I think I would take
the poems of Robert Browning
for the, same reason. '
"Then I" would want the 'Ox
ford Book of Verses probably the
greatest collection of English po
etry." Professor Thatcher made it
clear that many of his selections
were made for the sole purpose
that he would have plenty of time
to read books which he has, al
ways wanted to read thoroughly.
"I'd select Boswell's 'Life of
Johnson,' for the reason that I
have; never read it, but I know
that there is a wealth of know
ledge in it. I should - take the
works of Voltaire for the same
reason."
After a little' cognition. Profes
sor Thatcher brought his swivel
chair upright with a Jolt and a
light came into his eyes out ot
the mist of book dreams.
"Put it down at the-end that I
should like a book of blank pages,
which I want to fill myself," he
said,! before he named the re
maining volumes. -;
The books of Rabelais, the
great humorist, would be next on
the list, because they have a rare
WHEN YOUR ' HORN GOT
SHORT- CIRCUITED WHILE YOU
WERE WAITING
SEOUT SUNDAY NEWS SECTION
' Written by the Boys Themselves; Copy Should Reach Scout Head
quarters Not Later Than Friday
Editorial Note: Because . the
principles underlying the Boy
Scout movement are among the
finest at work in boya life. The"
Oregon Statesman has offered a
department in the Sunday paper
for the organization's exclusive
use.
Scout news, furnished by the
boys themselves, will be found
regularly in the Sunday issue.
Blazed Trail
On Friday, December 4th, the
Scouts of Troop No. 1, Corvallis,
held their annual Blazed Trail.
Parents and friends of the Scouts
were present and enjoyed an ex
ceptionally fine proram. The
Chintimini Camp Fire Girls co-operated
with the Scouts this year
which added greatly to the pro-
The pageant of Guardian of the
Trail was presented by the Scouts.
The pageant was attractively set
and costumed. The pageant was
symbolic of the life of a Scout, the
leading part was played by Edgar
Batchellor. A two-reel moving
picture, "The Days of Real Sport"
was shown. This is a Boy Scout
picture and was fascinating to the
adults as well as to the Scouts. In
addition to this a scenic picture
was shown depicting 'some of the
most beautiful regions of Ameri
ca's outdoors.
Patrols Busy
Each patrol was in charge of
some project at the Blazed Trail.
The Flying Eagle patrol operated
the popular hot dog stand. The
Otters had a fish pond and booth
at which craftsman work suitable
for gifts were sold. The Pine tree
patrol sold cider, sinkers and pre
sented a very fine vaudeville act.
Alumni Meets
The Alumni of Corvallis Troop
No. 1, held their annual get-together
at a breakfast on the morn
ing of Sunday, November 1. The
arrangements were made by Life
Scout Ernest Poore, president and
Secretary Philip Newton. New
officers elected were Eagle
Scout . John Logan as . president
and Forrest Woods, secretary.
Membership in Troop 1, Alumni
includes only First Class Scouts,
as follows: those who have become
Senior Patrol leader or Troop In
structor, Veteran " Scouts, those
who have either graduated from
high school or reached their
eighteenth birthday.
Use Scout Staff
Mr. Rex Sanfof d, scoutmaster
of Troop No. 2, Salem, announced
quality which draw from age to
age. The censored book "Ulyss
es" by James Joyce would be
found on Mr. Thatcher's shelf.
"Ulysses" fs a work of extreme
modernism in which every feeling,
precept and thought of a man for
4 hours are set down.
"The greatest novel ever writ
ten a3 big as time, as big as the
world 'War and Peace by Tols
toi ' would certainly go into that
library. And then the poems of
Walt Whitman, the most original
and natural voice America has
produced.
h traffic A'r-y-' ;ry
that enough Scout Staves - have
been ordered to supply each mem
ber. The Scout Staves are also
used by Troop No. 4. At a recent
meeting the Scouts of Troop No.
2, adopted as their official neck
erchief one composed of the fol
lowing colors, purple with orange
border. This takes the place of
the orange neckerchiefs used by
them up to this time.
Presented Camp Site
Mr. W. B. Smith of McMinnville
who Is a member of the McMinn
ville District Scout committee has
presented the local Scouts with
160 acres of land, thirteen miles
northwest of McMinnville on the
Meadow Lake road. This land will
be improved and used as a week
end camp site for the -Scouts of
the McMinnville district. It Is
probable that a suitable cabin will
be erected to supply the needs ot
the Scouts.
Court of Honor
Last Wednesday night the
Scout executive went to Dallas to
visit their Local Court of Honor,
which was held at the city hall.
There were two Scouts present for
the rank of second class and three
were awarded their first class
badges. The following Scouta
were awarded merit badges: Rob
ert Hayter, first aid, safety first
and first aid to animals. Delbert
Hunter, electricity; Englebert Ger
linger, swimming; Richard Webb,
cylcling; Olvin Bowe, cycling, and
Paul Bollnran, swimming. '
Salem and Corvallis Courts of
Honor to meet this week. The
Corvallis Court of Honor will meet
Monday night, 7:00 o'clock at the
First Congregational church, Cor
vallis and the Salem Court of
Honor will meet Thursday night,
7:00 o'clock at the Marion Coun
ty Court house.
Troop News Wanted
Most of the troops news this
week comes from Troop No. 1,
Corvallis, and they promise to send
more. We want to have -more
news from the Salem troops, this
news should be written by the
troop scribe or troop reporter and
turned in to the Scout Headquar
ters. Troop 1 of Corvallis is to
be congratulated upon their splen
did activities: All their troop of
ficers realize that they have a def
inite responsibility and duties to
perform and you will note the re
sult SOMETHING CONSTRUC
TIVE ALL THE TIME."
DR. WARREN D. SMITH
WRITES OREGON PAPER
A description . of the physical
and economic geography of Ore
gon by Dr. Warren D. Smith, head
of the department of geology, Uni
versity of Oregon, will be pub
lished in the next issue of the
Commonwealth. The paper Is writ
ten in ten chapters, each covering
a particular section of the state.
This is the first time a complete
survey of fnis kind has been writ
ten, Dr. Smith said.
STATESMAN'S
OWN LIST FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Aesop's Fables
Arabian Nights
Alice in Wonderland
Ben Hur, Wallace.
Black Beauty, Sewell
-CalLof the Wild, London
Huckleberry Finn, Tom Saw
yer, Mark Twain
f Jungle Book, Just So Stories,
- Kipling -
Kidnapped, Master of Ballan
trae. Stevensou
Kenilwdrth. Lady, of the
Lake, Tvanhoe, Rob Roy, Scott
Legends of King Arthur,
Greene j
Life at West Point, Hancock
Man Without a Country, Hale
Oxford Book of EnglisU
Verso '
Oregon Trail, Parkman
The Pilot
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Robinson Crusoe
The Spy, Cooper
Swiss Family Robinson, Wyss
Winning of The West, Roose
velt Two Years Before The Mast.
Dana -; ; ;
.Treasure fetandfitevenson
Twice Tld Tales; Hawthorne
Westward Ho.V Kingsley.
Stories of Three Selections
Are Printed Every
Sunday Here
To A Wild Rose
MacDowell was above all else
a poet in music. Each of the
short numbers In the "Woodland
Sketches" Is full of poesy, in
spired by the charm and beauty
of the wild flower, in the wood
land glade. The very unobtrusive
little flower, the wild rose, .ex
quisite in .coloring, yet simple and
unassuming, could not have been
described better in volumes of
print than MacDowell pictures it
in this short tone poem. Everyone
knows and loves this poetic mas
terpiece. Pilgrims' Chorus
The "Pilgrims' Chorus appears
several times during the opera. It
Is heard at the very beginning
and also at the ,end, as well as
during the third act. During the
Opera it is penitential in spirit,
but at the end it becomes a mag
nificent triumphal chant. This is
one of the world's greatest choral
numbers in four part harmony.
The chant begins at first slowly
and In the distance as with digni
fied step, the pilgrims go on their
way to Rome. The middle part
becomes more impassioned as the
thememoves by octaves against
the ever-changing harmonies ot
the -accompaniment. The first
theme returns ;this time sung in
unison and the son? grows grad
ually softer as the pilgrims d'ssa-
f (Continued a page 6.)
mm of music
J;C. NELSONlHIGH
LIBRARIAN, ASKED TQ PICK 10
Going Into the .African Jungles, Theodore Roosevelt ' Included
, World's Best to Famous' Pigskin 'Mbrary- .
,It all the books in the world
were In a blazet which would you
snatch from the flames? Which
would you take to a desert Island.
" Would they be fiction? , .
Biography? -'-.
Poetry?'- :- :';'-",":'yC:;t :
Drama?; - , ; ,
Oregon pioneers, moving into a
frontier country could take only '
a few of those written. - You, to
day, have time to read only a few
of those written How did : they
choose? .How do you chooso? .
"True books have been written
in all ages by their greatest men;
by great leaders, great statesmen
and great thinkers These are all
at your choice," wrote John Jtus
kln, "and life is short. - Will you
jostle with the common crowd, for
entree here, and andience " there,
when 'all; the while this eternal
court is open to you. with its" so
ciety as the world, multitudinous
as its days, the chosen, and the
mighty, ofVeery place and time?"
Were you about to start on a
protracted journey into a frontier
country, what books would you
put in your pack? .
Theodore, tloosevelt, when pack
ing his kit , for his- now famous
African expedition, faced a prob
lem not different, from that faced
by all . readers. - Roosevelt's limit
was'st by the weight pt the books
he could carry. Your limit is set
by the time you can devote to
reading. What are the volumes
you would select ? ; E'oosevelt
crammed these into his "pigskin
Library," to be taken . into the
jungles:
Bible, Apocrypha; Barrow, Bible
In Spain, Zingall, Lavengro, Wild
Wales, -The Romany Rye; Shakes
peare; Spencer, The Faerie Queen;
Marlowe; Mahan, Sea " Fever;
Macaulay, History. Essays, Poems;
Homer, Iliad, Odysey; Lowell,
Literary Essays, Bigelo w Papers ;
Emerson, Poems; Longfellow;
Tennyson; Poe, Tales, poems;
Keats; Milton, Paradise Lost;
Dante, Inferno; .Holmes,-Autocrat,
Over 'the Teacups;0 Bret , Harte,
Poems, Tales of the. Argonauts.
Luck of Roaring Camp; Brown
ing; Crothers, Gentle Reader;
Mark Twain, Huckleberry - Finn,
Tom Sawyer; Buhyan's Pilgrim's
Progress; Euripides; The Federal
ist; Gregorious, Rome; Scott,
Legend of Montrose, Guy Menner
ing, Waverley, Rob Roy, , Anti
quary; Cooper, Pilot, Two Ad
mirals; Fro issart, Percyi's " RelJ
ques; Thackery's Vanity Fair,
Rendennis; and Dicken's Mutual
and Pickwick.
J. C Nelson, , principal of the
high Bchool, says he would take
the following. ten. How many of
them have you read?
The Bible, -Homer, Euripides,
Horace, Rpbinson Crusoe, Shakes
peare, Walt Whitman, Browning,
George Eliot, .The Mill on the
GOVERNOR PIERCE ADDRESSES
PORTLAND BUSINESS -MEETING
Prison Activities Prom a Practical Man's Viewpoint la Theme!
upanaea nita
Following Is the speech deliv
ered by Governor Walter N. Pierce
before the Business Men's club, in
Portland, on December 10. It. is
printed t here for , the perspective
it gives of state and prison acti
vities.- . " '. - -
"I am especially gratified . to
have this opportunity of present
ing to you, as business men f of
Oregon, a brief statement of pri
son activities from the business
man'ft viewpoint . j ? i - : i
"There is practically "no "other
subject - of general interest' on
which the public has so little first
hand information as on the Indus-
trial part of the . state 1 prison.
Only a very small percentage of
our citizens; ever visit the prison
and owing to the nature of such
an institution It is hot always
practical to admit-visitors to the
inside of the yard itself." - '
i"Som; one has wel said, 'The
things we are most down on are
apt to be the things we are least
up on," and this applies well to
the average, man's ideas of prison
management. So; in : presenting
thia-juhject, let; me ask you la
fairness to disabuse , your . minds
of pro-judgmehts which is the
real ; meaning -or prejudice and
look with ine for aJ few minutes
upon r this Institution as one of
Oregon's industrial plants-ln
fact as one of your own Institu
tions, And really, an institution
in - which th state 'has invested
for over a period of some fifty
odd yers many,-niany thousands
of the taxpayers moneysand
which houses on th average some
450 inmates is wtll worth taking
stock of occasionally froiri a pure
ly business, view point- 1 --
"Ask yourself Whot - Is the
prime purpose of sucli an Instltu
tioa? jho answer 5 Hi yjry with
SCHOOL HEAD;
Floss; and Mrs. CaskelL Crantord.
rarian.; declares I the iollOwiog her
choice: "'..' k ,
Buried Alive, Arnold Cinnet;'
Memoirs, Benvuneto; Cjliini; Lord
.Maud E . Covington, Sateni lt
JJmt ; Joseph Conrad; Jobn" . Hail
fax, Gentleman, D. M. '. Cralk;
Divine ; Corned y,. Allghierl ; D&nte ;
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel UDefoe;
Pickwick Paper?; Charles Dickens;
Golden Treasury.4;?!, Palgrave,
JWusensg tintfclojjy; r lyn
pfc4qdiWt hater dictionary.
Press-Radio Service to Fur
nish -Daily Selections
With a
; CINCINNATI, 6. (AP.)4-Th
Press-Radio - Bible Service U to
furnish the. complete story of the
Bible free .' to . more -.than .0 0 0
daily c newspapers in . the .'United
States and Canada. . t... :- ..:
- The first copy is ready for mail
ing in December. It is a quarter
ly edition and rlM cover January,
February and March, j with daily
Bible selections and a brief pray
er of about 50 to 75 words WlU
this service goes an appeal to the
newspaper, editors, to use the ap
pointed selection, datty '
Four years ago when the news
papers of this section were cam
paigning against profiteers, Addi
son Y. Reid of Cincinnati, one ot
those: who takes his Bible with his a
breakfast, scanned Proverbs and
stumbled across this declaration
of Solomon: -
"He that withholdeth the corn
the people shall curse 'him; but.
blessing shall be on the head' ot
him that sellethlt." r ' -
Mr. Reifl, a short, chubby man
of advancing years, envisioned the .
possibility of extracting from the
Scriptures an abridged selection
of verse for every day In the yeal
and for every man of the millions
who have no church connection at
all. . ' ". -: V, ; .
He Interpreted the, declaration
of Solomon as a warning to profi
teers and thought this whole story
of the Bible could be - told from
day to day in an appropriately
trimmed verse that would carry a
message. -
It will require two years and a
Coniimae4 a par 8) . , , F,
ueuiu and FacH
th' amount of though yod have
given the subject. The Eighteenth -Ceptnry
idea was, a place whers
criminals ot all classes and kinds
were .shut .up to be : tortnred-r-to
often to, rot, away : their Ibresi In
living deaths.r The ' Twentieth
Centurv idea ia Terv different..
First pf ail a prison is a, place
to shut away from the rest of or-",
eaniaed society these : members
f.' Jli all: i' ..t
wao rB uaogerous iQ 11. secona-
iy, it is a place of . punishment,
wher "th inmatn shonlf hnrria
penitent, hence the nameVpenlten-.
wary.- -, ; , . .
! "Thirdly: since the rreater
number of Its . inmates must be
sooner or later returned to society
it i a: matter of .much Importance
what kind, of inen they will be and
what their attitude then wilt be to
wards society-l-whether, they will
be valued members or a menace.
I "Herein Ilea the - reformatory
phase of such an Institution. If
while Incarcerated the tnmats can
receive wholesome training, be
usefully .employed perhaps mas
ter:iome trade anl get, thf rlrlvt
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zed society,, then the real -work. of
a , prison ia being accomplished.
When I tell you that over two
thirds of the Inmates jn.your In
stitution are young men under
thirty, many ot them . are mere
boys -the Importance of tbls last
purpose of the prison, will be. more
clearly ajreciated. by: you. '
rxou.wm agree with m I am
sure that hard work at : useful
tasks is the best possible cure for
most of society's Ills whether
outside or - Inside prison ; walla.
Idle brains are the devil's work
shop and nothing is mora coa-
BIBLE SW FE