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the work of the child while in »chool
itp
there ia undoubtedly much rhild crime
due to the lack of it. Habitual truancy
'»htnirr’» I amou« ••kid" Judge I Inda
»1
ia one of th«* chief caavea of crim i in
childhood, anil this condition is fro-
Poverty lh< Chief Cause.
it» l< ■•ig
quently due to a lack of effort on the
e I»«, ita lo­
part of the home anti cooperation with
A letter earn« to me the other day
the »chool. In fact failure at horn ne to
the r piti ot
I XIIIBIIIMl I MM1 Pitot it v I s.
from a superintendent of schools in
rely, ili i cruelly
stimulate the child in ita «chool <1 liuti» w
New Englaui, asking the following
and in respect for the school and the
Iti 4 » of I'trl t
questions: •
authority in the school, is reafwnaiM«*
I integrity a
"In your opinion, to what extent is
ml«, St.tidar I
often for children who are backwarti in
the [siblic schist! system responsible for
»chot l, am! I find that t>--l .chool
< .t ntpl.ir ,f
juvenile crime
children who drift into crime are back
a v« rimirai it
“To what extent are th* <• crim» -t
th«* gathering t.>geth«»r of I
ward, which might < f cour»«
due to a lack of cooperation be tween
of the farm t«> compare will
f
ad voided bad the home doni
nt
» *'f the I
the home and I the »chool?
«me'» neighbor i« the rnecn
throughout the school |er
It ul>t t
“To what extent i» the increase of
provemout, both in variety
child.
I a< .It.
juvenile crime • due to the secularization
of product, and in growth,
pur Ai
I And the home alw aj» mor
schools?
and care. It is by thin met
rftUM
than the school. There is a
“How far does immigration contri­
fiartsun that w<* a
U|a>n the part of thou»an-la <
VII)
bute this unfortunate condition?"
the possibilities <
IO
fr
in every city to shirk duties
His qnestionx and my answers may
t( th«*
The education
the idea they seem to hl
•• Idle
lx- suggestive to others.
fair have prnctici
it
ex-
should be all ferfurn,«x! by t
1 cannot say that the public »ch<xd
the -, >•
tends to every de
ri* r
H
Such parents are certainly <ttti
system in in any |>urt:culsr rvsponsil lc
«•ml f««atures nr
and of
ci User.».
for juvenile crime. 1 he i . ■ ' ■
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H immense value
Aa
to
the
third
question,
it
is
not
free
« t.i- . : ■ .
.u
There is an aekl
from difficulty. 1 think that the «‘duca­
IM
til»
tion has done more to reduce crime
with the trnsln« 9
lliut II • t til
t’on of a child in a school. though sec­
than almost any other cause. Of courr«-
clan*
in acquiring a wide to
u!ariz< d must ne vert he ies» involve a
1 recognize that there are some short­
over
the
coil sty and state. '
certain amount of moral training g. fur 1
l’r««t «liitg «»»i the lh«»*rv that tl«*
comings in the public si h«Mi| system.
feel certain that the great mr.jor rity of la* • »» r*‘ t< r tl..-1 h » r u»<<i lr *1l lor lh< so an »dvantag with the vol unii | s >p t*
For instance, in my judgment, if we
American | ul lie »chool chlldrr vn are rich, the*
<f'«• 1 statu*.
•otiris aiwl in forming ar uaint Knees ouUkle < f
had more of that kind of training
their own imtr uediate neighbo
hum st, law-ubidirg and develop ping in all hr eliti. P t 1 «•r hrurv ri
which would equip children for industrl
The county fair should !«• mr nagrol
heart as well as in head. Much of
< this. Fili? r»*r|*«»rM dim i a» rh>t tn A t t r<»tv»4i «»i
al efficiency throe h the more direct
of course, may com« from the home. orKtms.s| p utnle», hut belId up II. in »ui h a way as to afford the gr elite-1
t
t
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[x.sisi tile e advantages for bring u ■i the
the Sunday school, and the churc ch, as it han4w hi h <4y 1 .t«rr»*r ii * « •r
some kind of a commercial training, it
together in the common inter-
t
-
th«*
1«
«
OU| ht to, but I beiieve also that
flu
1
1
••Usti h « . qUll rights ?•«
would make of the children surer bread
eat» of th«* farm aril home. Si
a Ii
measure supplemented in thr It I..nnded
4 »• im I ut-U Hlmi«
winners, and everything that increases
i
1 ai>4
I by itAtf •4 » a ri»»»r hall» i should be provided in tl
school, whether »eculanzctl or nut,
the opportunities to earn a livelihtxxl,
grounds fur hol«ling meetings in ti
, have never taken any statistics *< /»n the ITI‘HA
•’ r ah <1 «■. r. t fl c al m ) »1« in.
'to that extent reduces the temptation»
1 subject, , but have frequently Sot sight to d'ov«- luto ti■ant n
•*at ly k’ldVt1» tercet of dairying, fruit growing,
■ta crime. I am ton vincevi that potrrty
' observe, i, with a view of forming ( «urne men ulio < l4r«»il lu i n»-» its path, it raising, poultry raising, anil f
ia the chief e »une of crime in thia
free discussion <>f any and all topi
: opinion, and I beliei f just a» large
I
a
tl un l »*«• th t| h ’> 1 it* 1h4ii4, am >4
country—that m the crime that ia gen
proportion of lovs
from
pa iruchtrl * «11. llir i.tli «r r» i rv »«4 ini« » III.e p-sket interest to the farm and h Tit*
crally punished by the ruurta, fur the
j rchools get into the kind of ji iu vente <4 « * ry «»i|i l'< »l*W Ullit’f Hi ti ! •« <»•«hl. It hulls should tie light, airy,
l
people who go Inta the courts « i? i sAual-
IIHtfB. bill | luted rest rooms, with e
troubles which we call crime A* I tl.UM l»ra*h i i*ut»h
4 buateul
ly the p«x>r and igrairiint. It in only (K*-
forlablv
M'sts
for
the
tired
to
r
front the | ublic s, h< «,1s
n i
• »i h »«141 U* V , 1 r
vioUtrd th«
caaionally that the crimes of the intelli­
with a degree of cass and con:f
-.1
I am strongly inclined,
howe« it?r, tu <>• Ibt* t
alili an i I r laws <>f
gent, cunning, ami wealthy arc punl h
ten to the addresses ami dis
n
lielievc that n«,re relig.ous tr
th«* Abiti.ht y
cd.
the
various
sul
jecis
that
n
reme
up
more real exlucation of the hurra n heart
III
trail It h .»«» tr*.v« c d ilII its» bu«i-
To hold the public school responsible
The institute i«lc a may thus be intro
ta nee«!rd in all <>f our schtxda. 1 have r • u|«»rai4 »HA is etra a II Uli!« «he
for w hat it fads to do and might do to
it ureo and cultivated to the advar.trp«
come to the core I us tn that tl here U w frt kt«^»* <«i
• rarvrr». th* H It »HiSr
equip nwrally the future citizen, would
of the fair visitor and the trilling aid«
something radicu'ly wrong in out r appli* a«.I ll,c.r, 1L» lM.ll»»*!• r>itef|
•, ail be-
shoulder U|»>n it the responsibility fur
cation or teaching of ethics in t?»e va <• • n.w hi* ii «•■•»lit tu 4 4« n Ait »how and »illy amtisem« nt fratiuei
any enme resulting from that failure.
that have prcsistently forci
school», parochial or public.
ho»* p I in in>«£ i'l th«*
I i i «si f’«.
¡1»
We can only urge u|xm the school the
into the fair grounds tut a legitimate
Answering the fourth question : lam « AdtMi'Ir*. i»V
4 serr I r. I>«it«**
great importance «>f neglecting no u|>-
not of thoa«' who lay much str«'* m ujtin <> hvr ti a *5»»l < Irtic. s. 1» 4« 1 «evil ruin» form <>f amusement for the«u rn at,
portunity to make as perfect a cit ten
mixed audiences, I <• educated out of
immigration as a cause of crim«* tn this um to
of tuv «• oil til r
as it is poaunl le fur it to make, within
existence.
Public scntinwrit ia for ro­
country, whether adult or juvenile w Ito »
( ill I lit
pr
the reasonable acojxi of it» purpw ar.d
form and the fairs of the country of all
i,,
,
My own invest-gat or » of Duhce rcconir
4
Ii I.
function».
clu.i'*«-», Ixith vreat ami »ma!!, will 1^
(aix! I have intvrtigaled those of nrnrly
.1«
ii
I * . rt by
As to the secund qu> tion:
I woi.l.l
f.irci“! to look more carefully after the
all the large citie») have rather »tartte i A j»..li.y
•*t let
anti
say always that the ho-nr is infinitely
character of entertainment th«*y lice
m«* by the showing how f« w of otr
ii.pli».
more responsible for the juvenile crime
to come on the fair grounds. - I’ruif c
juv«*nihf cm.dual» are of fyrrigr*. j>ar< -r-
Ilo ii»
than the school. It must come first in
Homestead.
age. Perl aj* n err children of imn. *
It I
responsibility. An ideal condition in
grant.« get into court, but my judgment
my Juiignu'nt, Would make the horn«* al­
Bl WWil S. <i M OKI I
i« that this i* largely because of pover­ l’cu»
suu
most entirely responsible for the moral
ty and igr orai co.
U ..rid
Aber July «th.
charactcd of the child; but since we are
I am corning more ar.d ti orc to the
In t!
of a it iterai i i
Z Xkl gsllui.si i I tigard eri le»
p
face to fare with the fact that so many
conclusion that the causes of crime
e imp ■•••«I ny
til
Sic
children are horn.« less, without fmrents
l*r vs
must be iwarch«Hi fur among those evils
2lN gallon» of Knaplierrivs
at all, or what ia equally as bad, with­
that affiict our social, economic, indur,-
per feMl.,
out fiarent» who understand their re­
trial
and |s>lilical conditions.
The
?i«l gallon» *>f t'lirrrir*», ll'.ial Ai
sponsibility an«! endeavor to live up to
prayer most repeated is that one con­
»>•<1 pie
per tfal.,
them. It follows that the sch< <>l must be
taining the »tipplication, “Lead us not
Fvvrvlssly in» i*< d to conte «ml
re»|>on»iblc mure or leas for the char- into temptation, but deliver us from n*d**i» thè rr.ivi'hi’>u hy * In h thi* <•* li
acter of the child. But where the j>ar- cwit;** but many of the conditions in chinimi » •* r»4« l»rd, n*»r f*» p«i»« ttfw>n Mantiatn Farm and get fr> it.
F. " . <>Aisi.
ent has utterly failed it is frequently this civilisation of ours gainsay the tlir’r» htiit .il At iirm v <»f th* n| | rllnlv
court'» n i» r¡»retatimi <4 (hr hi*, imi
difficult for any «chool to make up the pray cr.
wr ih» *»y nfilm»itatingly tbst a Hrv* ol
deficiency.
link >rv Ikirk Ci'Ugt» H» iitrdv, iihu I v
1100,1)00 ,lk 0 W’ilki r<*t I m * Ali ei« * <«ivr by the Ha k- ry lUtrk K*li'r<|y (, «4
I think that any failure of the ho.-re
(irrrtcM Criminal of the Age.
punithtiM*nt i*»r thè
kn**wn riimm Kaleiu, Or»*., giiArimiv«-4 lo !*• pur«*
or the parent in this resjx-ct is a lack
tir«* y«»nr r>-i4 <»r nmnrv
whifh
lȏ
a !
thè
«luu?
Muti dsrd Od, •«la'antawil It
Whatever
lilt.
««II
elusion*
<f
court»
of cooperation with the school.
As to
rrturitletl. <» ha rutile*«'«? u» innki'H fi « h4
It
in
a
natlonal
cìatnili
limi
ibis
l*a/v
F’t,r »»le
»»«Ir |»,
the more direct cooperation, such as the miti lawyer» in lite Stsmlsr*! Uil «vise,
of you
For
l>, »■ * <’ Pe.-rv, Fro
interest of the parent in the school and there are certain ii.Ji putable tact» (i»r¡w»rHti<>n. ibis hardriird and inv«hr Ore,, and tir »1 i la-' dealers ever ya her
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