The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-05-30


results Of another's labor, for if a child
recognizes that what he has belongs to
him because of what he has done, and
he remembers how much it means to
gain any end by labor, he will be less
liable to deprive another of the results
of his labor, just as he would not de-
sire to be deprived of the results of
his.
Sixth-There are moral instruction
and religious instruction that keep con-
| tinually before the child the necessity
of recognizing the existence of higher
power, which teaches that the welfare
of all mankind shall be. considered, and
which requires the attainment Of the
highest possible good Of each individual,
a disobedience of which Is sure to bring
upon the person so dlsobeying retribu-
ton of some kind, present or future,
Just as the violation of any law is sure
to result in loss. This instruction, of
course, is without sectarian bias and not
doctrinal in character, being simply a
general outline of mans duty to God
and his fellows.
Now, what may we expect TO be the
result upon those who come from such
sources as we have described and who
remain under such influence for long
err or shorter period and return again
to the same influence from which they
first came? Is It possible to expect that
a child will be "a potent factor in de-
terrnining the home life of a family af-
ter he returns to 1t? Is it possible that
the new wants that have been called to
life in his being will exercise so strong
an influence over him that he may In
some degree and to some extent bring
about a. different standard for the whole
family? Can he, spurred on by his own
new necessities, instil into the rest Oh
the family a sufficient feeling of impor-
lance of these things to excite new en-
ergy in the direction of attaining bet
ter standard of life? Now, these are
important questions, and in asking
these questions we have indicated the
source from which we should expect
the good influence to arise.
IT is not an easy thing for ONE who
has been accustomed for many months
to live in comfort and TO being sur
rounded with something like refinement
and TO having continually the expert
ence of considerable treatment to return
IN a life in which all these things are
absent When he does return to these
surroundings, he goes from the institur
ton well clad, in a condition OIL healuh
that has been attained through the reg
ularlty of his life and with abun-
dance Of physical energy with which TO
combat the evil influences under which
he NAV be cast His first effort, of
course. will be to try and have as
good as he has had at the institution,
and there is a large ground for ex-
pecting that the parents will in every
way second his effort. We know that
IN humble circumstances in life, par
ents are very proud Of any advance that
their children may make beyond the
class in which they have always lived
and I'M nearly all cases they viii make
the most se1f-sacrifcing efforts to give
to their offspring better education and
better surroundings and to furnish
them with better clothes than they
themselves have ever enjoyed. NOW
there may mot have been in the chill
dren themselves up to the time of
their coming to the Institution any |
ambition in any of these directions, |
but when they return from it, there |
Is certain to be such am ambition and !
4 very strong desire to attain these |
ends. May we not expect that the par |
ants will second that ambition and de- |
sire and i'm order to make their homes |
and acceptable to those |
who have returned to them endeayor |
20 improve their surroundings in every |
way, and in order to do this, be more |
faithful In labor and more persistent |
n their efforts to keep continual em-
Dloyment and to advance in the same
10 that the means OF attaining those
,nds may be more ample than they |
would otherwise be. The child himself |
AN contribute lin al large degree to the
attainment of these ends. I'm the first
,lace his own earnings will be no in
ignificant factor in the problem, In
he second place his own knowledge of
he care of the house and it's surround
ngs. the service Of the meals and the
of his own clothing will
e to those at home and who have
ever had any Instruction I'm these
hIings, quite an education. We have
cen this effect, and the most earn
st and persistent efforts on the part
f parents to bring UP the standard
f their homes to that of their chill
ren, who have by some means gained
reater advantages In these directions
han ever attained before, after leav-
lg The home temporarily. If such an
fort is made, 1t Immediately places
he family upon new plane Of respec-
ability and brings new circle of asso-
Iates and with that circle Of associates
ew strength to continue the improve
rent that has been begun.
This is the answer to our question: |
What we may expect of the influence
{ boys and girls who have been II
aimed I'M reformatory institutions up {
n their homes when they return to {
lem,' would say that we may reas- {
Dably expect an Improvement in all
irections, an elevation of the STAN I
ard of living and a refinement of 1
lie general conduct of every day life, $
hich Is the first lesson and perhaps r
lie most important ONE, leading to an .
inmate emancipation Of the family s
ON its long life of degradation and u
1verty. If this expectation may be l
allied, it is certain that the benef- q
mt Influence of these institutions cam +
vt be measured simply by the pro- S
,rtion of boys and girls they reform,
1T there must be added to this element
"a general uplifting of society in thatsl "
lrt Of it which most needs help from g
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