Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-01

ton; others have carried out the
work. The credit is due To these
good women here. the board Of
trustees and to the efforts Of your
distinguished senator. &. j. Brons-
ton.
To the boys who are already in
these building. and 10 the boys and
girls who are 10 come here i'm the
future. want To- speak word.
Don't feel that 10y being here you
are disgraccd and that you have no
future before you. Such il not the
purpose of this institution. ! am
glad that you are out of the walls
of the penitentiary and | trust that
you will bury as deeply a. possible
the memories of the days you pass
ed there. 1t is not written over the
doors of this building, Abandon
hope all who enter here but you
will see over these doors, this is
Manual Training School" 1t
means that this is to b. your home
and that you are to have an oppor-
tunity Of preparing yourself for fu-
tire usefulness and power and that
you are to be instructed in ali that
goes to make up a perfect man.
| You are not to he discouraged. for
you are to he given advantages that
you haye never had in the past.
have learned that the greater per
cent. of the youthful offenders are
those who are orphans and have
never had the guidance of mother
and | am told that almost without
exception these children are wholly
without education. 1t is the pur-
pose of this institution to supply
both. There is an old story which
SAYS that the mother was placed in
this world to take the place of the
angels that lived in the one before
this. We cannot place these boys
and girls in the hands of their own
mothers, but they are to be guided
and instructed by good, kind wo-
men, whose instincts are motherly
and whose purposes are to lift up
the fallen.
During my term of office as gov
ernor | have attended many State
, occasions of importance, but to me
= this is the occasion of all occasions.
At one occasion | was present at
r the christening of the great battle
r ship which bears the name of our
| Commonwealth. 1t was an impress
i've scene as the great hull glided
out into the waves; it was an occa
? sion when Kentucky was honored
. by others. Another occasion was
on the field of Chickamauga, when
r we unveiled monument to the
memory of our dead sons who were
there ON both sides. That was an
occasion when Kentucky honored
herself. The formal opening ofthis
reform school is Il greater occasion
q than all. Kentucky not only hon
ors herself, but she stoops to lend II
helping hand to Others and lift them
up to something higher.
am about to lay down the du-
ties of my Office as governor of the
Commonwealth, but before | have
: done SO am glad that came here
today. 1t will always be one OF the
!, most pleasing rccollections of my
! service to you that | assisted in the
/, dedication of this school of reform,
which is AN honor to our State and
Il credit to her civilization.
The speech, which was delivered
with impressive eanestness and elo-
quence, was many times applauded
and most heartily so at its close.
Senator Bronston being unable
To ill his place ON the program,
Mrs. Beauchamp was asked To
speak. which she did as follows:
To my mind there is only one
thing that could have made this oc-
- casioa more complete-the presence
. of Hon. CD. Bronston, whose place
- ON the program am to fill.
- For ten years have looked for
! ward with prayerful hope to this
- hour. Ten years ago | visited the
- State penitentiary at Frankfort and