Daily Kennebec journal., 1885-01-09

n Maine school has been over-crowiei bv in
II mates. and new demands for sdmis sion hsv
: had to BE- refused. This makes necesssr,
}. another edifice. The State bv its laws, pro
e vides for sending to this school a specific
: class of persons. The Law, in this respect
T cannot be obeyed unless the Institution ha.
D the requisite accommodations to receive
them.
e The claims that the unfortunate girls OF
our State have upon public charity is GER
tsinly equal to that of the boys of the same char
acter, who have been so literally provided for
by the State. Private benevolence from
! time to time has been enlisted for this insti-
t tuition, and not for the other, aud during the
past year an earnest appeal for aid has been
made by its trustees and friends. and thereby
about 81 900 have been secured This il in
addition to the slS,500 contributed from pri-
vste sources, and expended on buildings now
in use. The new private subscription has
been used, under the direction of the trus-
tees, to build the foundations, wallis and roof
and to finish the exterior of substantial ed
ifce of granite and brick. When the new
home shall have been completed and organ
lied, Maine will have 4 humane and educa-
tonal institution for the present and future
generations, Of which the State may be just
ly proud. The first building was erected ten
years since by private aid and the grant of
an equal amount of financial assistance by
the State. | would therefore. recommend
that the legislature give the subject due con-
siuefs'io"' anu that the necessary sum 10
eouip,ete anu iurhish Tue new eoince De ap-
p'op' ."'e"' why" ga" oe "u' NIUE larger
than the amount private Individuals have
already contributed for the purpose.
Reform School.
The affairs of the Reform School are nm
der efficient MANAGEMENT and are adminis-
tered with commendable discretion and hdel
itv. The teaching appesrs to he thorouyb
and practical both in the srhooI--oom ana
work .shop
The health of the bows for the mast two
wears has been remarkably good TIL. AVERAGE
number in the school has been about 100. n,
obligation imposed upon the State is more
sacred. and no one should he more cheerfuly .
performed. than the care. education and
reformation of the youth VIII, have taken
their first steps in crime. almost entirely bv
the force of circumstances or inherited tom
dencies Ii is earnestly hoped that the
finances of the State will allow all necessary
means and appropriations for the full and
complete developement of our reformatorv
system and institutions 40 essential 10 the
inmates and to the welfare of the State. The
establishment and maintenance of a mecban
ical department at the Reform School IN
which bows can be instructed, has been COM
piled with, under the direction of a committee
of the executive council Instruction in this
department commenced Dec. 81. 1888. under
the charge of a competept mechanic in a
building erected for the purp,se iudiriouslv
equipped with benches. tools and machinery
and capable of accommodating tw.ntv-four
BOYS. The results. and the proficiency made
by the bows, in this department. seems fully
to vindicate the wisdom of the law establish.
ing it, An exhibit of the articles manutac-
tured by the bows was made at the State
Fair at Lewiston, in September last. and
was highly COMMUNICATED by those who OK
amined them The same have been forward
ed to the New Orleans Exposition for exhbi-
ton. With competent management and
suitable support from the State it is believed
the new department will be a success, al
though it may still be regarded as an expert
ment. Its cost has been within the appro-
priation for its establishment and mainte-
nance for the first two years
The law providing for the appointment of
a visiting committee to this school, and
defining the duties and powers of its mem
bers is found to be conducive to the efficient
management and discipline of the institution
In order to redeem and save its wayward
bows from ruin, it becomes the State ts adopt
the best means to secure their reformation
If State in its guardianship, fails to render
every practical facility to improve the young
men entrusted to its care, and sends them
out into the world to pursue course of
crime, to a certain extent it is responsible for
their offences. 1t is generally conceded that
no other system has been devised which has
. given such satisfactory results as the family
or cottage plan, where the opportunity is
afforded to classify the boys so as to insure
safety for the weaker or less hardened. 1t
| places the inmates under the constant aud i'm
mediate care of the officers in charge OF fami-
w. and distributes them in such m amer as To
enable ,hosa oyorsoars ., booon,o ,ar,onau,,
~ w ~ P'''"y
interested IN each MEMBER, ana TO ADOPT
, means of reform ad ,pted to the peculiar needs
sh ana req requirements s. or every individual. II Is
20" oe
directly to the good ana kindly influences IN
cdent to a christian parental home. 1t is
important that this subject should be wisely
coms'oe'eu ""o ac'eu upon'
ne az .uppy VI '''e '"s'''u''o" ~ Is iisu'ii'
: and in case of fire tho onant;tv would
he sadly inadeouatc. The sources for oh
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