The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-01-14

lng scuo0iS ; also tDat schools he e:
tahIished wbcrcin trades may b
taught, or afrangemeR;s made iu
such instruction ia connection 81,
schools already established, 50 tia
skilled mechanics can he GRADUATED
and the principle incuiented tina
there is nothing ungraceful or undig
nifed in honest and hard labor, am
that the handiwork of the skillfal al
tisan viii confer in the future rs nc
bic title as any to he achieved il
professional calings.
More thorough examination Of ,b
subject strengthens me in the conyic
ton that the State must adopt SOM
mode to compel the attendance o
those children whose parents are un
willing or uEable to allow their of
spring to avail themselves of th'
benefits our school system affords
The solution Of this important ques
tion presents grave difficulties, but
expect to see them all surmounted
Some plan must be devised 10 snatci
these children from the career of idle
ness and crime to which ignorance
will consign them By far the great
er portion Of the inmates Of our pen
itentiaries never attended schools, OF
had the advantages Of education. l.
modern civilization unequal to the
task of rescuing the children of the
INDECENT aud the criminal from such
fate
The views expressed in the report
Of the Superintendent of Common
Schools upon this very point, en-
brace, in my opinion, feasible plan
to secure the attendance at school OF
every child in tie State, and | earn
estly solicit your consideration Oi
that part Of his report. with the ad-
ditional suggestion, that when these
/ poor yagrant children are gathered
into schools or homes, that the in
dusirial plan be engrafted upon the
conduc; Of these institutions, 80 that
those taught may also acquire useful
trades. Observation shows that a
man thoroughly acquainted with n
trade is secure against many Of the
temptations that open the doors Of the
prison to great numbers whose hands
are unskilled, and who are unused 10
any steady or exacting labor. In the
able and comprehensive report OF the
Inspectors ofthe Eastern Peniteutiary
for 1872, among other details OF val
ne is found this significant statement:
That Of the 2l0 conyicts admitted TO
the prison during the year 1871, 80
per cent. had never been appreuticed,
and IS Per cent had never attended
ssdool These figures are eloquently
and painfully suggestive Of the rela-
tions Incidence and Ignorance bear
TO crime.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS.
No act Of the State ever secured
hcf more honor than that which pleg-
ed her people to the care and educa-
ton oi the orphans Of the soldiers
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/ al" Purau'uee' o'SFC"N l'' men.
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'o.is'' ",'ien '''9' !" ~" '"S Pt'i,o
s't'"u ta"' SouiV in' "H"'' sno"'" "'
trades
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b"f'hS the P"Si E,a' ,"f S"n',e-
men com posing ,.n ~, pun" ,, - u"''c
chaF'''eS nave '''H,icd 'ne important
trust commute" 20 '"elr care WIN vi,
lne' ! "oH|' "pp'''s anu 1e"i Ut
results oi ''eir '"'O,9 e'cIF'! ueihon,
s'ratc thH true Phiial'hropy, wen
suaroeu anu uire''eH, ,t [,In peoi S'c"'
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Is '"'' "'I III so'p1 W. 80 '.' uup.n-
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cr'"Se {, ,ne'. l'uilDe'' r anu ., 80 "uu "
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In the light Of the reports of the
Board of Public Charities and Prison
inspectors, and OF my own investiga-
ton, | am frmiy Of the belief that
the sytcm Of communication wherby
the term Of prisoner is shortened
by reason Of his good conduct, has
been productive of reformatory re-
suits. BY examination, also, | am
possessed Of this other conviction,
that Tor the purpose oil awakening the
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Fioc MN WIN So'ilc , 'no.'I.'eh, 70
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'ieh Iet''ce "nI'o ~ I'' ''on
rs compensation loi ms '""o.' l'pi
non ol n'S earnings 10 'c ~ q, " n'S