Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-22
WHAT TO DO WITH THE BOYS.
the srRJErr DISCUSSED At THE
TiRsr GONGREGNrIONNL.
Itrv. q. ~ Fem. superintendent
Greenwood mud Professor y. -.
Iiow.rr Participate In the
subjects Discussion.

The interesting and important subject,
what to 10 With tho boys" was dis
cusscd az the First Congregational church
last night by Dr Hopkins tho pastor;
Rev. C., II. Fem. the assistant pastor;
Superintendent j. NJ. Greenwood and FRO.
fcssor j II. Bows-r, colorol, principal OF
tho East Eighteenth street school. pr
Hopkins introduced the subject in a hrlcf
talk. in the course OF which hr spoke some
good words for his Boys Club and said
that Its members were not Ia the criminal
class. uut were boys whose tendencies
were toward the good
g II Fem. assistant pastor, made an nd
dress, during which he gave some siEniii-
cant statistics, showing the incnrcerations
OF boys In the county jail from January !.
i>aj, to juno -. l,e6. The tables read by
Mr. Fem show that there were committed
50 boys IL years OF aee, OF whom woro for
grand larceny, 3i for petit larceny ana
for burglary; % boys Il years Of ago. OF
whom were Tor grand larceny, 8 Tor petit
larceny and : for burglary; there were %
boys - years OF age OF whom / was for
grlnd larceny, - petit larceny and Il
burglary: there were 10 boys i2 years OF
age. Of whom ! was for grand larceny, II
petit larceny and burglary; there were II
boys II years OF age OF whom were
for grand larceny ! pctit larceny ana
burglary; thoic were l3 boys 10 years OF age
and boys . years OF age. Of whom was
for robbery and ! for burglary. The totals
show that 80 boys were IL years OF age, 20
were II. % were g. 10 were T. ii were II.
were ~ ami 4 were .. ls2 In all, of whom
GO w.rc white and III colorcd. OF those
committed il were for grand larceny ia
petit larceny. "a burglary. assault. ar
son. disturbing the peace. climbing
trains, destroying property, robbery and
1 each fugitive ana incorrigihlc.
OF the is boys under ls years OF age
committed to tile county Jail during the
The reform school, one has been cared for
by Dr. Hopkins ana the rest are again at
Commenting upon these statistics. Mr.
Fem condemned the policy OF herdine boys
VI tender years with hardened criminals.
He declared that boys learn to be expert
he strongly opposed the poliey ot tmrcwitns ,, tn.
boys IN the company oi vicious al men ,rains nor
MIR. Fem attributes. the criminal disposii
tion among boys. to lack of education anu
MS"6 Not Be Tn madS S'e out tt Of bad boy nni the
in'!penees that made n2 him oad s Rave ,n",s 9s.s
cannot be blamed for the life he Lends:
Professor Bows n spoke in behalf OF ihe
was not race Guestion, but one Of the
whole people He called attention to the
the white children Of school age were en-
rolled in the schools. while " per cent OF
the colored children OF school age were on
was in the state Of Missouri one school
for white children TO every hye sgnsre
colored children TO every ninety-lye square
miles OF territory. Notwithstandlng this
white children Of school age enrolled was
only = per cent greater than In the case
Professor Bowser said that two things
were necessary to reach the criminal boy.