Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-02
NECESSARY REGULATIONS.

There is a proposition before the Ci'y
Council, to appoint a couple OF police
men TO look after truants from the pub
Nc schools and rowdy boys In general
This appears TO be necessary and tu-
dIcicus movement We hope 1t will be
seriously considered BY the city author
lilies and. Il ind feasible. other things
being taken into view. win be speedily
acted upon.
The law requires that children be-
tween the ages Of six and sixteen shall
attend some public or private school.
Too many Of them are permitted to
roam the streets and pass along the
road Of life without discipline or re-
straint Some who do attend the public
schools engage In bolsterous rowdyism,
obnoxious to the public peace and
sometimes productive Of damage to per-
sons and property
We would not advocate anything to
curtall the proper liberty Of the young
people Of this community. Due allow
ance should be made Tor the exuberance
Of youth, and more or less noise and
turbulence may be reasonably expected.
But this must not be permitted to go
beyond proper bounds. The spirit Of
destructiveness which Is so frequently
exhibited must be checked. If this is
not done b. good teaching and lnnu-
ences that promote self-restraint, the
law must step In and lay its hand upon
the invader Of public and private
rights
There should b. special measures
adopted to clear the streets at night OF
that hoodlumisn which has at times
cropped out inn overt acts against
peace and good pder. The proper llber-
" of the citizen young or old. must not
be lnfringed, ether by public officers
orpriyate ptrsrs. But the defiant con-
tempt q the EQUATIONS imposed by So
cisIy upon AIRS members for the gem
eral welfare alght to be put down or
those who an guilty Of It be arrested
and suitably punished.
Nuth Of ~ evil complained OF can
Be corrected by peacoable methods.
Home tralnlF is essential in this dlrec-
'nn Parefs are In duty bound TO in
'iuet thelechildren as to their con-
duct whetlr in the house or else
where Thy should be taught 10 re-
gs'd The Hhts Of others as sacred as
hslf own Every act contrary to this
should be tprecated and the wrong OF
y made min. Children ought not TO
o Above to have free run Of the
streets lal at night. Their own health
ana gfoHl as well as the public well
nfe dnlnd that they should be in
90 'Mlsleep, at hours Of the night
Sha may Of them are yelling and
ho'dnh the public thoroughfares.
lharse Of instruction in our pub
m E'tls ought to include moral
Ma's Religion, or rather theo-
Nhst be excluded from those in
Nsss because Of the differences Of
n1rnong the parents. No sectar-
~ get can properly be introduced
M se public schools But the du-
~ children 70 parents. and to So
Wnay be and should be inculcated.
nv department both in school and
y school should be taught Re-
Nor the feelings, opinions and pro-
OF other people should be devel-
WIN the pupils, that they may learn
MO become true gentlemen and la
4hs they grow Up 70 maturity. Res
for the law Is n proper subject Of
nol education. and 1t should form
1cminent feature In common school
Non.
fe hope these suggestions win have
<ghs with our public instructors. and
70 that the city authorities win do
If part by making special provisions
support o. the school laws. and OF
<e ordinances Of the city FOR the sup
1ession Of rowdyism ana an forms OF
'wlessness. whether exhibited by
''hooi children or others Il more ma
ure age Let the reputation Of our
ity for peace and good order be thor
'ushls maintained.