New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-25
THE MORNING SESSION.
CARE OF DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT
CHILDREN DISCUSSED.

THE MORNING SESSION.
CARE OF DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT
CHILDREN DISCUSSED.
Tho morning session yesterday OF tho National
Conference Of Charities and Correction was at
tended by perhaps the largest number or members
and delegates who have assembled since tho open
ing meeting OF the Conference The programme
followed was a different one from that OF the
previous mornings since the converting OF the
Conference last Thursday. on every previous
morning there has been short business session.
after which tho members divided themselves into
a number OF section meetings" which were held
simultaneously in rooms OF the Young Mems
Christian Association Building. tho United Chari-
ties Building and tho Church Missions House.
Yesterday morning the usual short business meet
Ing held but the members and delegates
afterward stayed In Association Hall. in the build
ing OF the Young Mems Christian Association.
where a general session held. at which tho
subject Of THE Duty Of tho State 10 Delinquent
Children" wns discussed.
William Rhinelander Stewart tho president of
the Conference called the meeting TO order n Few
minutes after 10 O'Clock. and about 1890 O'Clock
five hundred Of the members and delegates had
assembled Besides these there was n large al-
dence Of residents OF this city who are not mem
bers Of the Conference but have attended tho
meetings regularly. After some routine business
the president read several invitations that had
been received asking the members Of the Con-
ference to visit various charitable and philan-
;hroplc Institutions IN and near this city These
included the Children's Aid Society, tho West side
Lodging House and School. at Seventh-av". and
Thirty-second-st and the Henrietta School. In
West Sixty-third-st.
Tho question OF tho duty Of tho State TO dclin-
quent children then taken up Tho commit
tee in charge OF this subject has held several
section meetings since the opening OF tho Con-
ference, and yesterday morning tho committees
was = chairman. Peter IL.
superintendent OF tho Louisville Industrial School
OF Reform. In the OF the report Mr.. Cald-
we'll said that In his opinion. 1t was more judlcious
for the State to eXpend 500 In helping 10 educate
tho delinquent than to expend thousands OF dollars
IN his detention In an institution. Tho gospel OF
child-saving. he argued. not sufficiently eI-
pounded and to this he ascrlbed the great tids
OF delinquents which flow from crowded cities an
nually into city and State institutions.
DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT"
The report then reviewed the condition OF anairS
in detail and drew attention to the distinction be-
tween tho "delnquent' and the dependent" chill
dren. 1t said. in part
Though It may DO reared in the squalor and aban-
don Of the gutter. It is htte different n nature
training. Through the work OF reformation these
condition Of delinquency and the OF mis-
guided youth into which they have lapsed from
which lead 10 delinquency are principally dehauched
parents. goddess homes. low theatres, parental
n nscs5s posa apd and proper Training by
precept and example eradicates all vestiges OF
Gradually the child acquires the desire 70 make
himself, good and useful citizen. and IS fitted for
tho duties OF useful life.
james Allison. superintendent OF the House OF
Refuge Cincinnati. read paper entitled The
Proper Care and Training OF Juvenile Deinquents;
Their Classification. Education. Moral and Indus
trial Training" Mr Allison SAID In part:
,...I ,Ho
protection and disciplinary care Of society. They
arc those who are from natural causes deficient
who are dependent from want OF parentagc and
home protection. and those who through deficiency
for tho violation OF the law or who have been
hsss he5 they
as ay TO be- punished but to be re-
claimed not needing reform so much as an origl-
nal founding and building Of character upon true
morally dencicI, it is because they have no, de-:
veloped under the influence OF rightly administered
bad The home lie is to be supplied 50 far az
possible and the nsit@ton which receives w., them
that 1t IS home and not prison
The names should be arranged In families md
families by sexes and under certain conditions.
by color. Clothing, food. sleeping accommodate lions.
sra to " be- Carefully and thoroushy seen to an
play TO be carefully provided for. labor 70 be 2
enough TO use a." needle or Weld broom, Pubic
days should be celebrated. Every order and ex-
planned with full reference 10 its moral influence
the children. Inculcate all the time the hon,ely
virtues Of cleanliness. order obedience, truthful
ness. modesty. honor affection brotherly kindness
Believe that your children have in them n native
principle OF honor; draw upon II frequently, and
be surprised TO see how constantly your drafts
are honored A youths character grows not by
fits and starts and impulses. but like the trees OF
we-cultivated nursery. responsive to the genial
influences OF the sunshine and the rain
THE LYMAN SCHOOL,
In the absence Of G. W. Ainsworth. of South
Dakota who was scheduled speak on Home
Training, and Why We Need Reform Schools"
Mrs. Il. c. Evnns. Of tho Lyman School for Boys,
at Westboro. Mass. was introduced. She told OF the
work OF the Lyman School. and OF how boys arc
cared for and treated. Boys she said who arc
high-spirited and restless enjoy certain latitude
OF freedom in the Lyman School. Those who after
leaving school become incorrigble deprived OF
their white cards. and again brought back to
tho routine OF correction and school life There
boys is just as important 1t is during the period
OF their keeping In the institution.
A general discussion followed. two minutes be-
ing allowed 10 each speaker. John ii. Smith.
colored delegate from Virginia, said that the Jas
in Virginia Allied with colored and white
felons OF tho former. he said out OF q pOpula-
ton OF 100000, more than 200 between the ages
of ten and thirty years were locked up. at cost
annually to the State OF $4,000. while out OF a
population OF 100000 whites only $40 are in peni-
tentiaries. at cost OF $1,000 annually. He
ascribed the cause for the large criminal repre-
ginia has had sufficient penitentiary accommoda-
ton for the whites, and little for the blacks. He