Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-31

And if boy is furloughed for good
behavior, instead of being DISCHARGED.
and his conduct under his furlough
shows that he needs further discipline,
he is easily recalled to the school with
out additional legal proceedings, and
thus no pretended reformation can de-
ceive the officers of the school,
Hence, after considerable experience.
it has become our practice not to dis
charge boys, but to furlough them for
good conduct. On the old plan, every
boy goes at the expiration of his SEN
tence, however short, and however I'M
repentant and defiant.
We invite attention to two of the
leading principles affirmed by the Ma
tional Congress of Penitentiary Reform
and Reformatory Discipline for 1870,
found on pages 541 and SAB.
CART. VIII. Peremptory Sentences
ought to be replaced by those of indie
terminate length. Sentences limited
only by satisfactory proof of reform
should be substituted for those measured
by lapse of time"
CART. XXI. 1t is the judgment of
this Congress that repeated short SEN
fences for minor criminals are worse
than useless; that in fact, they rather
stimulate than repress transgression.
Reformation is work of time: and
benevolent regard to the good of the
criminal himself, as well as to the pro.
lection of society, requires that his SEN
tence should be long enough for refor-
matory purposes to take effect"
CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL.
We insist that our Institution has been
and is a school, and not a prison. We
receive boys that are sent US, feed and
clOthe them well, instruct them to the
full extent of their capacity; set before
them good examples; surround them
with possible inducements for good con-
duct; stimulate their hopes, and make
their stay at Waterbury compulsory only
till they have received a fair common
school education, and have acquired sniff
Gent moral strength to resist temptation.
In every case the attempt is, to consult
alone, the best good of the boy, and so
of the State.
The details of the management of the
school have been set forth in former re-
ports, and need not be repeated. That
they have been eminently successful,
all know.
Anu blltIt w III Dt lOuuAl III lllC IEitDIb
of the Superintendent, and in the &C
cOmpanying tables, all such facts as we
conceived could convey any information
as to the working of the school.
The personal influence, and the efforts
of the Superintendent and the other
officers of the school, have been eXerted
to this end for the past two years, as in
cOngenial work. The boys regard them
as their best friends, as they are.
And we now commend the school with
its increased means, and tried methods
to the care of your EXcellency, and the
regard of the Legislature.
With the present corps of officers,
most of whom are deemed indispensa-
bic, the number of inmates of the
school could be Increased one hundred
or more, with very little additional eX-
pense. The average number of inmates
the past year has been 122.
And we know that there are now
more than 100 boys in the State in the
daily practice of vice, and truants from
schrol, whom a residence at Waterbury
might place i'm the class of the virtuOus
and useful, instead of the dangerous and
criminal.
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
CHARLES Reed
JOHN L. MASON, Trustees.
JAS. NJ. SLADE.)